Christmas With The Filipinos

I will be celebrating this Christmas with Emily's family in the bay area. This will be my first Christmas spent with Filipinos & my first time ever in the Bay Area. The two previous Christmases spent in California were spent alone in my room with a bottle of Cherry Coke & a shotgun in my mouth. If you don't know me very well you're probably asking "Gregg, why don't you just fly home for the holidays and spend it with your family in New England?" Well, I'm scared to fly that's why and driving back east would take 5 days one way.

Emily & I leave for our 7+ hour 470 mile car trip on Saturday, before I know it I will be an honorary Filipino for Christmas. I haven't driven that far for 2 years and I haven't ever been that far north in California. Herbie my dog will be attending "Filipino Christmas" with Emily & I. It didn't feel right to leave him at a doggy daycare place. I'd probably be whimpering at night without him by my side. It's kind of like having a pizza party for a kid but using Mama Celeste pizzas, it just doesn't feel right.

It's funny because Emily had to tell her mom that I'm a picky eater. She's like "He doesn't like dark chicken meat, anything with bones or anything that is exotic. He likes simple food like steak, white meat chicken, hamburgers, etc..." Then her mom was like "Well what kind of wine
does he like?" Emily's like "Um he doesn't drink..." Emily's mom asks "HE DOESN'T DRINK AT ALL?!?!?" Emily's response "Not at all..." I hope I don't come off as too much of a prima donna!
I'll be on my best behavior to make up for my wimpy appetite.

We''ll only be up in the bay area from December 23 til December 26 so we won't have a lot of time to go sight seeing which kind of sucks. I'd really like to check out the scenery and see if it's a place I'd like to live in the future!

Where are you going for the holidays? Fuck it! Fuck this politically correct shit! Where are you going for Christmas? It's funny because everyone is so politically correct these days and no matter who you call they always only say "happy holidays". Well today I had to call a fund company and as I finished my conversation the woman was like "Merry Christmas". It kind of took me off guard. If her supervisor gets a hold of her "Merry Christmas" greeting she'll probably be spoken too which is fucking lame. It's not like Christmas is really much of a religious holiday anymore anyway. It's more of a time of giving and receiving gifts.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!



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