I arrived to see my Aunt, Uncle, and Cousins in North Carolina yesterday. I'm finally away from work, away from school, away from Florida, and away from most of the things that have been irritating me a lot lately. In a couple days I'll be headed home for the holidays and, I have to admit, I'm not really looking forward to going back.

For whatever reason, I slept in until 1:30pm yesterday. So, since I wasn't tired at all last night, I ended up watching the sunrise this morning. I finally went to bed at 8am which, of course, encouraged me to sleep in until another ridiculous hour (this time 2pm).

I've come to the conclusion that the Nintendo Wii might be a little too intense for me. I don't own one, nor have I had even the slightest desire to obtain one. Today, I was reaffirmed that my decision to remain a virgin to the Wii was a good one. Introducing wiihaveaproblem.com. From the homepage:

A tragic ending, so absurd
You listened to my every word

I've come to the harsh realization that I may never write legibly again and, if I ever have to resort to a pen and paper as my only means of communication, I may become incommunicationable! Yes, I know that's not a real word but that's where my written skills are headed – to indecipherable lines of scribbles and text! Without a keyboard I am simply not a written communicator.

I saw George Carlin last night at the King Center. This was my first Carlin show and it was about as funny as I expected. I've read some of his books and seen videos of his stand-up here and there, but nothing comes close to the full dose you get at the live show. I can't believe he's been doing this for over 50 years!

Although I really enjoy catching some Z's every now and then, I feel obligated to contend Nature's effort to require this luxury we call ‘sleep' on a daily basis. So how does one man, a mere mortal, single-handedly take on a force as great as nature? Why, with a brilliant plan, of course.

The obligatory dance that must be performed prior to attending a cruise: 

It's getting late and I'm only running off of five hours of sleep from last night. I managed to do absolutely nothing productive tonight, with the exception of watch Thank You For Smoking and talk to Jared via IM.

Ah, yes. This morning was calm and comforting. I prepared some toast and yogurt to start the day off right. This would be the first breakfast at home that I've had in a while. As I took my first bite of my peanut butter toast…