The BIG Race

Jess and I (and a few other people) are running the St. Jude (half) marathon tomorrow morning. I am pumped. It's going to be great. Yay!

Props

to my wife for fixing up my blog with Dallas Mavericks colors. She's the bomb.

It's the Most Wonderful Time

Who doesn't love the holiday season that is descending upon us? It's the best! I love this time of year. Starting off with Thanksgiving, the Macy's Day Parade, the football, the turkey, the football, Christmas shopping the next day, the football, the decorations, and of course, the great holiday traditions! The cool thing for Jesse and I this year, is that we get to start our own (which really just means we continue the ones from our families that we cherish the most).

Here are a few of mine:

- Everyone must start, of course, with the old tannenbaum. Ornaments and lights are key, but often it's the oft-overlooked tree skirt that really ties it all together. Although, I am opposed to tinsel. I prefer multi-colored lights/common ornaments to the more stuffy, one color/one-ornament-repeated tree. Some of my fondest holiday memories are laying on the floor of the living room with the family, lights off, listening to Christmas music, and watching the lights sparkle on the ceiling.

- I LOVE Christmas lights on the house. The cooler it looks, the better. Also, driving in the car to check out lights in the fancy neighborhoods is great.

- Christmas movies are a must. My two favorites are White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life. Jesse loves A Christmas Story, which is also good (it better be since she quotes it year-round).

- Finally, Christmas food. Gingerbread cookies, hot chocolate (check out the Chantico at Starbucks), etc. Two family favorites are my mom's WORLD FAMOUS sugar cookies and also chocolate peanut butter balls (buckeyes for Bob's sake).

Yep, I'm pretty sure the holiday season, in all its glory, is upon us. What are your favorite holiday traditions?

And just because I can...

If genius was directly proportional to brain size.
















And if I was an alien, I might wear sweaters and look like this. Notice Alien Nick refuses to shave as well.

Photo Booth Rocks

Hitting yourself in the face is totally sweet. But it is twice as sweet when you do it twice... AT THE SAME TIME!!! In related news, I turn 12 next month.