living room DJ

Today I started a six day holiday. My work gave me Thanksgiving and the day after off and I used vacation time to take off Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Monday wasn't very busy, so I was able to finish the DVD I'd been working on of my friend's wedding. That night I joined my roommates for dinner at the WAB and a trip to Meijer.

I woke up this morning around my usual time and lazily climbed out of bed about half an hour later. My morning consisted of listening to records, doing dishes and brainstorming ideas for a comic I might start, if I can develop some drawing skills. I was more than a little inspired by an awesome webcomic that I only recently discovered: Hark! A Vagrant.

My mom came over around noon to pick up the turkey that my work gave me and the two of us went out for lunch. She drove us to Inn Season Cafe in Royal Oak and afterward I walked around town for a little while to do some shopping. First I stopped by the Salvation Army where I contemplated buying a sweater as well as a couch which I figured was probably a little too big to fit in the corner of my bedroom. I ended up buying neither. Next I stopped by UHF records where I finally took the time to browse all of their 45s but didn't find any that I wanted to get. My only purchase was another XTC album which I hadn't heard before and (correctly) assumed that I would enjoy when I got home and put it on. Last time it was Skylarking, this time it was Black Sea. Before grabbing a latte and making the long walk home, I stopped by The Royal Oak Music Theater and picked up tickets for my roommates and I to see The Decemberists concert in February.

As my first day of vacation is coming to a close, I'm sitting on my couch playing living room DJ. About an hour ago one of my roommates came home and started making guacamole for movie night tonight. I told him he cold play some music in hopes that he'd finish up the other half of the dishes that needed cleaning. After two songs he said he was done so I grabbed my iPod and started an on-the-spot playlist which has allowed me an opportunity to play a wide assortment of songs, segueing them together as best I could. Some have been recent favorites, some I hadn't heard in a while and only needed this opportunity to listen to. Around 8:00 a bunch of our friends and coming over to watch The Room, which is perhaps the most hilariously terrible movie ever made. Maybe tomorrow I'll try and put together a review of just how gut-wrenchingly funny it is, or maybe I'll just relax.