Christmas DBA Winners

Has anyone seen that commercial for NFL gear, where it's like one of those pre-award show things. There's these two fashion expert ladies ripping on what all the celebrities are wearing, and then these ghetto-rapper-looking guys show up on the red carpet dressed in NFL jerseys and hats, etc. and the ladies start going nuts about how much they like their outfits. One of them goes, "man, that is fly." Haha I thought that commercial was hilarious.

Another hilarious thing is on the D12 album, there's a track with Eminem talking to one of his managers (Steve Berman). He comes in and Steve starts goin off on how much the album sucks and stuff. The best line is: "I don't wanna rape my grandmother, I don't wanna have sex with pitbulls, I wanna ROLL ON DUBS. I wanna THROW BOWS. I wanna ROCK PRADA." Yes, it's hilarious.

Anyways, I know the anticipation is about to boil over, so without further ado, the award winners are as follows:

*Best Christmas Movie*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... Home Alone [-|-]
Not only is Home Alone the best Christmas movie, I could argue that it is one of the best movies of all time. The only hard part about choosing the winner for this category was picking between Home Alone 1 and Home Alone 2. But in the end, the original won because of its more quality lines. Such as "Pack my suitcase?!" hahahaha

I also noticed there were some complaints that I left out some movies. But honestly, I have not seen Family Vacation or A Christmas Story or Miracle on 34th St or whatever else there might be. Plus, Home Alone rules all, and these are MY awards anyhow.

*Best Christmas Song (Traditional)*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... Joy to the World [-|-]
Even though I dont remember much of the words, it is by far my favorite old Christmas song. Back when we were kids and I had to sing with the other Sunday Schoolers in our church for Christmas service, I thought this song was weak. But the older I get, the more I appreciate it for capturing the true Christmas spirit.

*Best Christmas Song (Contemporary)*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... Rockin Around The Christmas Tree [-|-]
There's no clear cut winner in this one, but since this song was in a key scene of Home Alone, I gave it the thumbs up. I know I left out a lot of songs like the ones by Sinatra or Bing Crosby but there are so many out there and different versions of each song by good artists spread out over a few decades. But, I do agree with Stork's list of nominations, you are recommended to check it out here. To his list, I would add almost any Carpenters Christmas song, especially "Sleigh Ride" and "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting...)", as well as Johnny Mathis' "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year". As for the "Carol of the Bells", I highly recommend the Home Alone version.

*Best Christmas Song (Childrens)*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... Deck the Halls [-|-]
I've always had a soft spot for "Deck the Halls" because it was a good song to sing with bad lyrics to as a kid. Of course, you could do the same with Jingle Bells (... Batman smells, Robin laid an egg... Batmobile, lost its wheel and Joker got away, HEY!). But at least I remember the actual words to Jingle Bells, which is not the case with Deck the Halls. If you asked me to sing Deck the Halls today, I would only be able to remember the "Deck the halls with gasoline" version. Another good thing about the song is that half of it is just going "falalalala-lala-lala" which is just plain fun.

On a side note, how many people know the 2nd line of Frosty the Snowman? This was brought up by Olivia because she gets songs stuck in her head a lot and gets mad when she doesn't know more than one line. Frosty the Snowman was one of those songs.

*Gayest Christmas Song*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... Feliz Navidad [-|-]
With all due respect to the other gay nominees, the only real reason I made up this category was Feliz Navidad. That song drives me nuts. I can't believe it's an actual song and that people actually play it during Christmas time. As for the other songs I listed, anybody who goes through and sings the whole 12 days of Christmas needs to seriously buy themselves a Playstation or something (like the people in Spain running with the bulls). There's about 11 unneccessary verses to that song. And you know how I was saying "falalalala" was fun for "Deck the Halls"? Well, singing "parupapapum" from "Little Drummer Boy" feels extremely flamish and it is definitely not fun at all .

*Best Christmas Song (Recent)*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... Mariah Carey [-|-]
This song was before Mariah started becoming a hoe, so I don't mind giving a DBA for this song. It's a good song. I really wanted to give this to Britney, but her song gets annoying after you listen to it for a while. And I know Piya will be mad that the Pumpkins got snubbed, but too bad.

*Best Christmas Story*
[-|-] And the DBA goes to ... The Polar Express [-|-]
I don't think Roi-dawg reads my blog, but if he did, I know he would agree with this. All of the nominated stories are pretty good, but this one comes in a book with quality illustrations. And, it reminds me of 2nd grade when we all gathered on the library floor after playing some Carmen Sandiego or Oregon Trail or Odell Lake and the librarian would read the book to us and show us the illustrations. I think she gave us candy canes too. Good times, good times.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Sleep

For the first time in a long time yesterday, I got a good night of sleep. I don't know why, but I have had sleep issues for about the past 2 years. On weekdays, I seem to always get up like 10 minutes before my alarm is supposed to go off. And on Saturdays, even if I go to sleep really late, I can never sleep past 9-9:30 or so. It's demoralizing.

But this morning when I woke up and looked at my clock, it said 11:30. How sweet was that feeling? Pretty sweet.

In other news, something good actually happened on monday night football for my fantasy team. It's probably not coincidental that it came in a week against Greg, the one team I seem to own year after year. It was not an easy victory but that made it just that much sweeter.

Echoes of that stupid Mike kid screaming "throw it to KEEEYSHAWN" finally came true. haha

Dudo509 Blogspot Awards - Christmas Edition

Merry Christmas everybody. I have this whole week off so everyone is free to call me if they wanna do something.

Anyways, in honor of the holiday season, it's time again for me to hand out some awards. The categories and nominees are as follows:

*Best Christmas Movie*
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
It's A Wonderful Life
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

*Best Christmas Song (Traditional)*
Joy to the World
O Christmas Tree
Away In A Manger
O Holy Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
Silent Night

*Best Christmas Song (Contemporary)*
Jingle Bell Rock
Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
Winter Wonderland
Silver Bells
The Christmas Song
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

*Best Christmas Song (Childrens)*
Jingle Bells
Frosty The Snowman
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Deck The Halls
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

*Gayest Christmas Song*
Feliz Navidad
Do You Hear What I Hear?
12 Days of Christmas
The Little Drummer Boy

*Best Christmas Song (Recent)*
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
98 Degrees - This Gift
Britney Spears - My Only Wish
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
N Sync - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
U2 - Baby Please Come Home

*Best Christmas Story*
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
The Polar Express
A Christmas Carol

If anyone has any more categories/nominees to recommend, let me know now because I am gonna release the winners within a couple days.

Nice...

My favorite little sister came home from school today and she got me an optical mouse. So good that I doubt I will ever go back to normal mice. But yeah, no more mousepad on my desk baby. Nice.

At work we have a company intranet which gives us news and information for employees. The latest bulletin was an invitation to attend the Women's Wellness Seminar. The seminar was titled "A Journey Through Life - The Menopause Years." Nice, menopause.

Oh yeah, if you are in the dark about what company I work at, check out the January issue of Forbes magazine if you can. Northrop Grumman was just named Company of the Year. Or you could try this link. Yeah, after buying TRW, we are now the 2nd largest overall defense contractor just slightly behind Lockheed Martin and ahead of Boeing. Nice.

Also, Motor Trend has named the Infiniti G35 their Car of the Year. Read more here. It's only a matter of time before Time magazine names me Man of the Year and People magazine hails me as the Sexiest Person of the Year. Nice.

Moe Williams likes to steal touchdowns from Michael Bennett. Not nice.

Merry Christmas

I wonder if I am supposed to get Christmas presents for any of my supervisors. The head manager of my division has been super nice to me ever since I started working. She stops by my desk all the time just to make sure I'm doing alright, when I know she is probably one of the busiest people there. Always going on business trips, conducting interviews, holding project meetings, etc. Plus she is a 3-star top secret bigshot so most of us 1 and 2-star suckas are supposed to fear her. So I feel like I should get something for her.

Also the secretary lady who wishes everyone "Happy Monday" through "Happy Friday" was real good to me too. Anytime I needed anything at all, she would order it for me or dig it out of her personal stash of goodies and give it to me (haha it sounds like I'm talking about weed but I'm not). Not to mention free M&M's, Sour Starbursts everyday and doughnuts or danishes on fridays.

Hmmm.... too bad I suck at buying gifts and I'm too lazy.