Back in August, F.O.P. (Friend Of Polyfro) David Kadavy introduced us to the concept of Affluenza. The basic premise being, people have too much stuff. Kind of an anti pop-culture rant.
So, with that in mind, I proudly introduce The Affluenza Christmas Tree!

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The move is happening. In five days, I’ll be working from a new office. So I have to piss off the moving crew by stacking boxes all the way to the ceiling in a big ol’ tower. They’ll totally break all of my stuff. But its actually the company’s stuff, its not mine anyway, so what do I care?

I have a confession to make. I am not a good designer.
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Let me qualify that. I could be a good graphic designer. Oh, I suppose I have raw talent, waiting to be harnessed. I would not have been able to earn a paycheck as a designer for almost five years on personality alone.
I struggle with things that ought to come easily for a person with five years of experience. One of my good friends teaches a design class at a local university, and he was proudly telling the story of one of his students last week. For the entire semester, this student’s work has been really bad. On Tuesday, one class before the final, her logo was still looking bad. By Thursday, this student walked into class with an absolute knockout logo, the best in the class by far. His comment was that “The Light came on for her between Tuesday and Thursday”.
I realized as I listened to this that I have never had such a seminal moment. There are days when I see work people I know have done and I say, I don’t think I could ever do that. Technically, sure. Conceptually, no way. I would never have an idea that good.

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As the weekend draws to a close, I reflect on the fact that I have not done a damn thing. And it is good.
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Friday, I went to the bars. The original plan was to go to a birthday party for a buddy of mine. However, when those plans were delayed, I mosey’d on over across the street for what was supposed to be a temporary visit with my brother and his wife at the Green Onion. Never made it out of that bar. Too many good times. My apologies.

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Its Secret Santa Time here in the office, which means its time for me to put on the office clown hat.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Secret Santa process, here’s how it works:
-Everyone fills out a profile form, telling their favorite things
-A drawing is held, and each person is assigned someone to buy shit for
-You go out and using their profile, shop for them (small $2 gifts each day for a week, bigger $10 gift on Friday)
This all works well, except when you have someone like me who lies on their form to make it interesting. Actually, I went for the truth this year, because last year under Favorite Music I listed Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, and Michael Bolton. I got burned when my Secret Santa bought me “A Neil Diamond Christmas”. Except for that time I played it on a romantic date while we were looking at christmas lights, that CD has given me absolutely no pleezure. Collects dust, it does.
Sample answers to some questions on this year’s form:

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