December 5, 2002
My least favorite part of the holiday season is the shopping. Not because I hate spending money (I'm not that bad of a tightwad), but having to deal with everyone else. Idiots who can't tell their asses from so many holes in the ground, clerks who act like it's their first day instead of their tenth year, and moronic driving that only a masochist could enjoy.
This year was tolerable though. I did half of my shopping on Amazon, in addition to a small purchase from T-Shirt Hell, several weeks ago and went out at noon today when most people were at work. I even had time to silently laugh at the JC Penny's clerk whose hairstyle looked like it came directly out of Bride of Frankenstein.
But it still involved three hours of driving around and waiting in (albeit short) lines. Maybe next year I really will get off my ass (or on my ass, I guess) and get this all taken care of online. I don't think there was a single item I couldn't have purchased over the Web, with the exception of a gift certificate.
