Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Fuck The Holidays; Fuck Them in Their Fucking Ass- A Rant in the Style of Drew Magary

I hate the Holidays!

Not in a not so funny romantic comedy starring washed up has beens like Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon type of way.

In a now I remember why I left the country two years in a row to get away from this pathetic, capitalist, LAZY, Boring 4 week stretch of slow torturous agony, that runs from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve.

Oh how I loathe the Holiday season, let me count the ways.

1. Everybody is on vacation... Business hours when things get done have become a thing of the past since around Dec 20th. Leaving people who like to ya know be productive members of society like myself, talking to voicemails and being forced to chill. And I'm not Chris Bosh, I want to work and continue to make things happen, but I'm being forced into inactivity. Grrr.

2. Everything is fucking closed! Fuck, Christmas and Christmas Eve are the Worst. I stocked up at Whole Foods last Thursday like a Somalian refugee. Then was bored to death of eating salads and pre-mades by about 3PM on Christmas day. Not to mention when my roommate and I went to go get some delicious holiday desserts do we wouldn't show up empty handed at various holiday shindigs(Which I'm getting to in a second) we were turned away because it was 3:01 and they closed on 3PM on Christmas Eve. As I stood there kicking the door, and yelling " The children at Clover Elementary will have NOTHING for Christmas". The menial wage employee simply shrugged her shoulders and said and I quote " Mi yob is mi yob." Plus my Kickboxing coach is on vacation and the gym is closed til January 2nd, Yoga classes have been canceled, School is on a break and I am left with few productive options and a lot of time to online shop. A dangerous combination if ever one existed.

3. Family. Families are FUCKED UP. Everyone's is, and if you say any different you're a Goddamned liar. I luckily don't have a family, as much as a network of sociopaths, People who borrow money and don't pay it back, and of course cheating whores. So I avoid this. Unfortunately it is impossible to avoid hearing about about every slapdick and alcoholic in everyone else's family. For the record, I officially DON'T care about your son's first steps, your Grandma whose a racist, or your sister who just bought a new car. Instead please eat shit and die, oh and you look like a dick in that Holiday Sweater.

4. No one goes out. As my boy Pauly D of Jersey Shore fame once said " You can't creep when it gets cold, girls stay in the house." Everyone stays in around the Holidays except for alcoholics, and the girls who were 1 step away from slitting their wrists in the bathtub with a Pink Lady Bic razor. Plus seeing as everything is either closed or empty the TV stations decide to load up on bad movies ( Roadhouse, Cocktail, It's a wonderful life) and forgo new shows. The worst offender being "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" which aired last year's Christmas special as this year's season finale. Luckily for them it's the funniest show ever. But still...

5. Gifts. I fucking hate gift giving and receiving. First of all I must smell bad, because it seems like I get about 50 different off brand ass colognes every single year. Secondly it seems like the people I hang out with are either stupid or just don't pay attention as EVERY year I get something I specifically went on a long rant about hating! It's like fucking clockwork. One year it was the movie 8 mile, another gift certificates to a restaurant I hate, this year a girl took me to Cuvee a restaurant I DESPISE as a Christmas gift. I certainly don't hold back my opinions so they're either dumb or not paying attention.

But more than gift receiving, I hate gift giving. First you have to think awkwardly about whether or not the other person will get you a gift, cause let's be honest whether or not you're a nice person, giving someone a gift and not getting one back is a giant kick in the balls or coslopus (if you're one of my 5 female readers). Does anyone get what they really want without asking for it? I doubt it. And let's be real asking for what you want as a gift kinda defeats the whole purpose. I swear now that I'm good financially, I'm gonna just start handing people cash for Christmas; Jack Donaghy style.

6. The Mall is an Atrocity. I consider the mall one of my homes away from home. I hang out, I meet girls, I eat at one of the fine and ever expanding food courts. I try on things I'd never wear and I buy beanies. A good time is had by all. But over the Holidays, my nice little relaxing malls, become the spawn of Satan. You can't park anywhere, the slection of EVERYTHING dwindles down to almost nothing and size 3XXXL Ben Rothlisberger jerseys, and there is a line for ANYTHING you want or have to do. Bathrooms? line. Check out? Line Eat? Line at fucking Sbarro. I like Sbarro but even the brothers that founded that place wouldn't stand in line for it. All in all, I am forced to stay away from my precious malls, which not only hurst me, but them, random women and the US economy.

7. New Year's Eve. Is ANYTHING in the entire world more overrated than New Year's Eve? Any party you go to is going to be expensive, crowded, overhyped and inevitably will fail to deliver. There's a reason one of my suicide attempts was on New Year's Eve, cause it blows Moose Cock. Yes it's a pretty easy night to get laid, but in all honesty, I stayed home the last two NYE's and was SUPER happy. Though last year it was becasue Kristen got hit in the head with a rock at some bar, and was mostly incoherent as I watched hour after hour of The Wire. Seriously if you have the choice between going out to pick up chicks or staying in on NYE I say stay in, cause it's fucking lame.

Fuck the Holidays, Fuck Them in their FUCKING ass!

JS

16 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:30 PM

    Completely disagree with #7. NYE is the absolute best night to go out because its the night that everyone goes out to celebrate. This is especially important for hot girls who normally don't go out to bars/clubs/parties etc because its not their scene. But when NYE comes around you will see a ton of more women around that you normally won't see. Who wants to start off the new year alone?

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  2. LOL!

    Sinn this made me chuckle, mainly because it's mostly true.

    though you did miss out the most irritating part of it all. . . The fake nicety, you know the, "Hey I hope you have a safe trip" - That coming from a dude who is constantly trying to be a douche to you all year round!

    Dam that fucks me off.

    Anyway, thanks for the laughs.

    Seb.
    4 Elements of Game

    P.S. Though one good thing does come outta this holiday season... I get to watch home alone 1 & 2... probably the best part of childhood memories.

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  3. Anonymous3:54 AM

    wow finally something we agree on, kudos.

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  4. Dr Feelgood4:17 AM

    Guys, it's not the LOGIC behind those points, but the EMOTION behind them... ahm, happy new year, Jon, I guess...!

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  5. Anonymous8:34 AM

    if you wanna meet hot girls who are not in clubs every week... option 1) wait 365 days to meet then on NYE or do day game... with the day game product of sinn of course ;)

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  6. Xoramung10:30 AM

    I swear JS you are reading my mind. I agree 1000%. Fuck the Holidays and people and there fake bullshit.

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  7. Anonymous10:46 AM

    TOTALLY AGREE - there are, as always, many exceptions. But true. At least Jon you don't have snow to deal with.

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  8. Anonymous12:19 PM

    Mate, fucking owesome comment
    Sinofsydney

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  9. Anonymous10:42 PM

    I agree with this and all but seriously you look like one of the many douche bags in that faggot movie Grease. What the fuck dude?

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  10. Anonymous4:48 PM

    haha Happy New Years Jon!

    - Johnny from Australia

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  11. I agree with you 100%. Gosh I am so happy to see someone else also thinking like me for it has always been me being judged for making comments to the ones similar to above.
    I stayed at home new years eve the last two years but this time, I went out to a strip of bars to find that they're either booked or no people walking on the strip not wanting to be the loser I always saw myself as for not doing something fun for NYE...But finally I did get in to one bar, paid unusually high cover to drink cheaper option of drinks: PBR and watch fat chicks on the dance floor. NYE has failed to deliver indeed. Alas I walked home with a bunch of balloons from the bar

    This makes me beg the question: Whatever do people do on NYE?

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  12. Anonymous6:12 PM

    This is pretty hilarious, esp. the last two.

    As for shopping, dude, Amazon. They sell everything, just get them to package and ship everything to your family members, etc.

    And yea, NYE is totally overrated. What's worse, good luck getting a taxi on Dec 31st... haha.. great to hear from a fellow sufferer haha

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  13. i drank and got high every night for 2 weeks. minus letting down a ton of people by skipping xmas and nye, it was a blast. i'm getting used to the letting people down part, so the rest was beer pong and getting high.

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  14. Anonymous11:47 AM

    Dude, I have read your blog a few times. You are a smart and insightful and have actually helped me straighten out my thinking before.

    Not sure if this will help, but think about going down to south america or central america. its super cheap, plus awesome surf in nicaragua and awesome snowboarding in chile. you seem so proactive in your life, so if thanksgiving thru x-mas sucks for you, change it up. make that your cheap travel time. make some new friends in hostels and try some sports in a warm non-puritanical country.

    its fun to make a new tradition in place of something that is lame.
    sincerely, todd

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