putting a positive spin on freezing to death
My holiday season was one of Unrelenting Holiday Cheer. I did my best to grant my apartment The Christmas of the Future, ripping my roommate’s mother’s collection of seasonal CDs into iTunes. I even took the time to seek out album artwork. I made the judicious decision to excise most of the Manheim Steamroller from the playlist. And the Rod Stewart Christmas Album, which, almost unbelievably, exists. Then I connected the Macbook Pro to our HD television for Maximum Holiday Magic. Wanting to ensure that the illusion remained unbroken by inappropriate wallpaper choices, I came up with a nondenominational background for the TV, above. Behold the snowman, contemplating the stand of evergreens before him. He is my winter buddy. Click to embiggen.
On an entirely different note, Facebook’s Top Friends Application and I are over. I don’t need an e-mail every time someone I barely know decides that their mood has changed, because that, people, is the human condition.
A Rod Stewart Christmas album… the horror.
I wish there was a way to stop others’ applications from spamming ME. Like I really give a damn whether you’ve defeated 2 ninjas for 200exp on your silly game … four times a day.
Actually, they have those little thumbs-up and X’s at the upper right corner of every newsfeed story. I’ve managed to click enough of the X’s on the Zombie/Vampire/Werewolf/Slayer/Pirate/Ninja/Alien/Predator things that I’m no longer informed of when the funk has been brought. Took a lot of little X’s to click, but I did finally accomplish this feat. I’ve also set my e-mail preferences so that it won’t e-mail me unless someone actually sends me a message or invites me to an event. Yes, now I can sit back and hate Facebook for being evil rather than merely annoying.
Thanks for the tip. I’d been clicking those every so often but it didn’t seem to do anything (and I even double-checked to make sure I’d temporarily allowed Facebook under NoScript, too!) I’d already set my email preferences similarly.