Okay I’m going to take a stand. Right Now.

I refuse to listen to Christmas carols, put up decorations, or even think about anything to do with the holiday until AFTER or THE DAY OF Thanksgiving.

I work in the retail trade and it’s hard enough to try to keep the Christmas spirit alive especially since some people are just so damn crotchety and evil when you don’t have what they want.

Its not that I’m a Scrooge or anything, I ADORE Christmas. I have like 60 Christmas CD’s

What? I like Christmas music…

But I believe there’s a time and place for everything. Two weeks before Thanksgiving is NOT the time and place for it. I don’t like to go into Wal-Mart and see the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations all in one isle. Nor do I like to go to Marshalls and see that they already have their Christmas wreath’s and Santa statues. And I absolutely abhor that Macy’s turns their housewares department into Santa’s wonderland at the beginning of November. This is why people are so pissy because they’re having it shoved down their throats two frickin’ months early.

Give Thanksgiving a fighting chance man!

In all seriousness though, isn’t it a bit presumptuous and ungrateful to start celebrating before we give thanks?

I know, I didn’t think of it that way until I was told either. That’s really what the whole issue is, its about showing thanks for what you have, then celebrating. That my dear friends is why, as much as I adore her, I refuse to listen to Barbra Streisand’s Christmas CD.

At least not until Friday, don’t worry Babs darling I will always love you.

I can’t believe I haven’t done this yet.

I just realized that out of my 3000 + posts, NONE of them are an “About Me” or something like that. So I thought before I hit 5000 I should probably let some of my wonderful followers know a little more about me.

• My name is Lauren
• I’m 23, but I have the sense of humor of an 8 year old
• I love to laugh and I will laugh if I think somethings funny; even if everyone else thinks its stupid. 
• I’m pretty hilarious, and no I don’t care if it sounds arrogant. 
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• I sometimes put my foot in my mouth, but its all good because I laugh at myself later.
• One of the greatest pieces of advice I ever received was from my father: “You should never leave home without two things: Your ass and your sense of humor. If you leave either of them home, you may as well stay home with it.” 
• In case you can’t already tell from my blog, I’m kind of in love with classic Hollywood
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• I especially adore Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, the de Havilland sisters, Peter O’Toole, Gene Tierney, among others.
• I also love Marion Cotillard, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Kiera Knightly, Leo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and others that aren’t strung out on coke or attention whores.
• I also have an unhealthy obsession with anything Alfred Hitchcock
• I also adore reading, poetry and writing. They are an outlet for things that I sometimes wouldn’t say otherwise. My all-time favorite author is Dame Daphne du Maurier, she wrote  Rebecca and while that is one of my favorite books, Frenchman’s Creek is by far my all time, hands-down, there is no other, favorite book. Sorry Joan, I still love your performance though.
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• I’m an avid theater lover, and run off to New York any chance I get.
• I also have an extreme intolerance for intolerance. I can’t stand the fact that some people hate other people because of skin color, nationality, appearance or sexual orientation.
• I’m pretty open-minded, and am very laid back.
• If I don’t like you or what you’re doing, you’ll know.
• I will always maintain class, and will always treat people with the same respect that I wish to be treated; even if I don’t like you.
• And that’s me in a nutshell
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