that’s what she said. okay, i got it out of the way so you didn’t have to go there.
moving on:
so, every christmas (or birthday, or anniversary, or any gift giving holiday, for that matter) i get all excited and do one of two things:

carefully plan and ponder christmas gifts and get them all bought and wrapped super eary
plan and ponder and procrastinate and run around like a chicken with my head cut off at the last minute to shop and …

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after lots of thinking, i finally came up with enough to make this into a post.
2009 was a pretty tough year for me.  i started the year off unemployed and lost my grandfather on the 15th of january.  it was one of the tougher losses i’ve suffered, as he was like a father to me.  the year went on, i got a job (and struggled there for the first couple of months), there were a few other bumps and bruises, …

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So, @sixcrayons just made my day.
Last week, @AdGab (Thanks, Ariana!) noticed that I tweeted about wanting an Apple Magic Mouse for Christmas.  She, at some point, saw a tweet for a contest sponsored by SixCrayons where readers could be eligible for a (you guessed it) Magic Mouse.  Readers were instructed to tweet the contest and the winner would be announced on December 11.

Well guess what?! (I know you already know) I WON!
This is exciting for a few reasons:

I never win …

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