....While you were sleeping...

03:44 11/27/97

Well, it has turned into an ass-kicking night and, as usual, it was my ass getting kicked. It was steady from 21:00 until about 00:30, then I went up to get my "free Thanxgiving meal" I got about half-way done eating when my pager went off... "We got a code red walking in the door!" Normally, we get a little warning on these things, but not tonight!

That opened the gates; I was busy as a three-legged dog with fleas until about 03:30.

So... I sat down at 03:44, and I got paged again at 03:52. It's now 06:21, and I've been running since then... now I have a shitload of paperwork to do. But first.... a long cigarette break, then I will proceed with my annual holiday-bashing.

08:07... time flies when yer havin' fun! Or is it "No rest for the wicked... and damned little for Doug, either..."

Yes, the holiday season is upon us. Drunks, suicides, domestic disturbances... everyone likes to celebrate in their own way. Let's face it... most people are overwhelmed with the holidays.

Everyone's supposed to be happy!

Some people don't understand why they can't be happy. Having everyone else be (supposedly) happy is a real blow to them. And then there are those people whose happiness depends on everyone else being happy... well, you know what kind of shape they get themselves in.

I really hate to be an out-and-out holiday basher...(well, not really...) but someone has to do it. However, at this point, my butt is draggin' and I need to go to sleep, because I feel myself becoming less lucid by the minute.... We'll pick back up on this tomorrow.