December 24, 2014

I spent over four hours wrapping presents today. The final count was twenty-two presents, each with multiple layers of newspaper. My hands were almost completely black by the end of it. The whole process was made easier thanks to one of my desktops. I tried bringing in the table I already put together but it won't fit through the door. Which means it probably won't fit through the door to the other room either so I'll have to take it apart, which sucks. Because of that, I took the table top from one of the other desks and put that on my bed. The underside was facing up because I was worried the newspaper might leave marks, and it did, so that was a smart move on my part. Next year I need to cut back to just one handmade gift for everyone. Save myself some wrapping.

I watched all three Santa Clause movies today. Or maybe I watched the first one yesterday, but I think I saved it for today. I can't remember. I missed the ending of the third movie because the recording stopped for some reason. Kind of annoying. I also watched Arthur Christmas for the first time. I remember when we had it at the theater but I only saw parts of it. It was pretty good.

Tonight I watched a radio version of A Christmas Carol on PBS. It was done like an old radio show but all the actors were dressed up and standing in front of a painted set with fake snow on the ground. It was pretty cool seeing the actors doing the different voices and the foley people making the sound effects.

While watching things I played a bit of Minecraft and I tried out OlliOlli. The latter is a fun game but also incredibly frustrating. Not like Super Meat Boy or Bit.Trip Runner frustrating, but it's close.

By virtue of today being Christmas Eve, tomorrow is Christmas. It doesn't really feel like it. Even with all the present wrapping and Christmas-themed movies and TV shows. I miss being a kid. Back then my sole focus was on Christmas and the presents I was going to get. Now there is just so many other things on my mind. It is hard to get into the spirit. I try to force it but it doesn't really work. I used to really love this time of year but I'm fairly certain after my grandpa died I kind of lost interest in the holiday. Hopefully someday I'll get back into the spirit. I fear I'll need my own kids for that to happen and it is going to take awhile for that to happen. Probably more than awhile.

Before going to bed I'm going to watch the Charlie Brown Christmas specials. I kind of feel like Charlie Brown.