Winter Doldrums

I think February is definitely the worst time of the year for me. It's not just that it's cold, it's that it's cold and there's pretty much nothing to really get excited or happy about.

At least in December, you got the holidays, which means days off, presents, Christmas music, etc. In January, you got the NFL playoffs and the birthdays of three great men in history (Martin Luther King Jr., Chrastastic Chrastopher, and yours truly). Then in March, you obviously have March Madness and baseball Spring Training, and by that time it's getting warmer too.

The only major "holidays" in this month are like Lincoln's Birthday or President's Day, and I don't get either of those days off from work. Other than that, the major occasions I can think of are Groundhog Day (very unclutch) and Valentine's Day (not a big fan, see last year's blog). Meanwhile, the days are still bitter cold and the streets still salty. It's just demoralizing sometimes.

Well, at least it's the shortest month. Unfortunately, this year it's still a day longer than it's supposed to be, and I can't say I'm too happy about that.

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Music

A look at the songs I've been listening to:

Cassidy f. R. Kelly - Hotel
Hilary Duff - Come Clean
N Sync - I'll Never Stop
Joss Stone - Fell In Love With A Boy
Outkast - Happy Valentine's Day
Ryan Duarte - You
Britney Spears - Toxic

The Joss Stone song is kind of funny if you like (or have heard) the White Stripes song "Fell In Love With A Girl". First of all, you don't usually expect anyone to cover a song like that, especially so soon after the original song was popular. Second of all, when you cover a hard rock song, you don't expect it to sound all soulful or R&B-ish. Finally, when the song sounds as if it was sung by someone like Aretha Franklin, you don't expect to see some white teenage girl singing it in the video.

I was going through some of the old videos on my computer the other day and came across the one for N Sync's "I'll Never Stop". I think this one was only released in Europe or Japan or something. But anyways, watching that video and listening to the song brought back lots of memories. For some reason I always think of Chras when it comes to old school N Sync. Good times, good times...