Things that the Holiday Season Teaches Me

- Despite being told that I have diabetes on both sides of my family, I am able to process TONS of sugar every single day.
- Despite being a pretty nice guy and being relatively cool with most of humanity, I really hate everyone when I'm out shopping. To be fair, they probably hate being there as much as I do.
- Despite stating that I am socially aware and not a typical capitalist, I will jump on bargains for things that were probably made cheaply.
- Despite saying that I don't really need anything for Christmas, OMG I REALLY WANT A NEW COMPUTER OR AN ESPRESSO MACHINE OR SOMETHING ELSE COOL BUT NOT REALLY NECESSARY/ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY.
- Despite liking to travel and drive pretty much anywhere I want to, I don't really like driving in holiday traffic.
- Despite being a pretty nice guy, I get that weird holiday, "if I've hurt anyone I'm super sorry let's be friends" mood going.
- While most Christmas songs are kind of cheesy to begin with, what is the deal with that "Last Christmas" song? It has no reason to be a Christmas song. If you take out "Christmas" and put in any other holiday, you get the same effect. "Last Flag Day, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away."
- Despite liking traditions and parallelism in writing, both are sometimes fun to break.