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Those Aren't Pillows!!!!!

Every time I move I misplace something that I need
Actually
Misplace is too fancy a word
Throw out is more accurate
Unintentionally throw out is even more so
Maybe its because I pack using black garbage bags
Maybe the reason why it happens is irrelevant
The fact remains: it happens every time
When I went away to college
It was my...
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It's Just Not the Same

from Christmas night

At one point this evening my cousin turned to me and said, "It's just not the same anymore."
Christmas that is
Too many people are missing
Dead or otherwise
It just doesn't feel the same anymore
And to get through without a breakdown, I drank
Maybe it's because we're not 8 years old anymore (or in my...
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There is no such thing as a holiday tree
They are fucking Christmas Trees
If you are offended by the term Christmas Tree
If you feel that you are not being properly represented by the presence of a Christmas Tree
Go out and get a job
You obviously have too much time on your hands
Or
Smother yourself with a pillow

On a similar note...
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Part Time Lover is stuck in my head
Sing something else to me to drive it out

Sandblast Yourself

Last year I woke up to this instant message:
Dime is dead
I still well up a bit when I read those words
Just like I do when I listen to Cemetery Gates

There isnt a band I listen to more than Pantera
Growing up
Or even now
At least once a week I listen to Vulgar Display of Power from start to...
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Self Inflicted Insomnia

I didn't sleep well
Woke up at least 10 times over the course of the night
Once I finally got to sleep
Too much thinking before bed
It was the walk home at midnight that started it
Just drunk enough to be oblivious to my surroundings
But not drunk to the point where coherent thought was an impossibility
Dissecting conversations
Comments
Gestures...
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Fake Thanksgiving
As some of you may know
Was a huge success

That being said
Preparations for Fake Christmas have begun

I'm now in the market for a Christmas sweater
Which must have at least one (if not all) of the following:
Snowflakes
Reindeer
A tree
One or more Santas (preferably involved in some kind of sporting event and wearing sunglasses)
Mistletoe
Actual sleighbells attached...
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I'd Rather Be Choking

I haven't done anything today
I'm at work
The phone isn't ringing
The busy work is gone
I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to play a blast beat on my desk with a ruler
I've been asked several times what I'm doing and why
I'm secretly hoping to get into an altercation with one of my coworkers while they try...
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Overalls' Ass-Flaps & A Fraggle Stick Car

Every Wednesday
I get rained on
Going to and coming from my banjo lesson
Without fail
Why don't I carry an umbrella then?
If I did
It wouldn't rain
It would never rain
And I couldn't do that to the farmers

Yesterday at my lesson I started learning The Ballad of Jed Clampett
If I learn that I...
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Fake Thanksgiving

Yesterday I went to a Fake Thanksgiving
Fake Thanksgiving is my new favorite holiday
Fake Thanksgiving is just like Thanksgiving except that its on a different day
Theres still food
Theres still football
Theres still drinking
But all this occurs on a day that is not Thanksgiving
Its really a wonderful idea
Everything you like about the holidays without it being ruined by...
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