Somebody Spiked the Eggnog!

So the holidays roll on with so many different things that we've all been doing. I am incredibly indecisive, especially today, about what I really want for christmas, and even what I wanted for lunch. It was weird yeah. Anyhow so I will probably end up with some lump sum of cash and a couple of gift cards to all the good places. This however may work considering I will hopefully end up with some good stuff I can buy on my own.

Last night I attended the movie Sweeney Todd with my friends Tyler, Shannon, and Margy. I can tell you that because it was a musical, this won me over in the end, but thanks to Tim Burton it was quite gruesome and dark. But even then i do love dark sometimes. I may have nightmares about tons of ugly blondes coming to attack me or cut me or something. (you'll have to see it) A definite thumbs up from me. 

And tonight was a fantastical night spent with family getting together and eating and drinking eggnog and opening gifts which was amazingly terrific. We open our night with the chatter of hello's and pigging out on food, the sausage balls, eggnog, and chicken cheese dip are astounding. We laugh and carry on and play with all the new babies of the year. Then we all gather around and listen to Pop read the Christmas story from Luke 2 aloud, then we sing Christmas carols. This has not always been my favorite part for some reason, maybe I've been in a bad mood the last couple of years, who knows. But this year it was beautiful to my ears as always, and I realized that if I ever become famous and need a choir to sing in one of my movies, it's going to be my family. After all of this we got down and dirty with our annual dirty santa game with all of the adults, which now includes me. I ended up with some stinking pecans that no one stole and there were so many good gifts. I suppose that's the way it goes sometimes. 

Spending time with all of these crazy folks laughing and being sarcastic and catty with one another was just another happiness meter positive. Yeah, I know, that was a little bit fruity but you just gotta spend some time with my family. It's also cool to look back on the heritage of this part of my family, and how far it can be traced back, and there are so many stories that really tell a cool part of my history. Well, I leave you with another Merry Christmas! Enjoy yourself, I heart all of you who read this!

I want a lip ring,

Marcus C. 

Waking up with headaches and staying out til 4am

Oh the times we have spent in the last couple of days have been quite astounding. I spent all of Tuesday night playing guitar hero, having good conversations, and watching the Bourne Ultimatum until the wee small hours of the morning. I indulged in a smorgasbord of wings and fried potato wedges with mark and fiends, and yes i do mean fiends, on wednesday night. I feel so much better connected with friends I haven't seen in aeons and I simply feel as though I haven't really relaxed. Maybe it's the mornings spent sleeping til noon or in a chair playing video games. Here's a quote I found from one of my favorite dudes. 

"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king."

-Frank Sinatra

It reminded me of all the stages of life we go through and the places we take as we take our strides down the Christian walk. We will often play these parts, when God sends us on an amazing adventure with him. I almost wish we were in medieval times where we could be knights and ride in and save the princess from the fire breathing dragon where she lies in the highest room in the tallest tower. But really all that adventure one day is coming, and I know that when we truly find joy in the Lord that nothing is more exciting ever. 

Find me some Advil,

Marcus C.

Home Sweet Not in Auburn

You will not believe it but I actually finished up at Auburn and I have just returned to Birmingham not a half an hour ago. Relief runs through my body as i sit on my comfy couch down in the party basement, looking at the 62" monster t.v. No one is here yet but i feel like I am out of place in my own home, not because it's really quiet, but because home is not a solid place for me while I'm in college. 

It's extremely weird to think about how I have permanently moved out of my house in Birmingham, consequently giving up my sweet upstairs room with it's own office, to take on another sweet bachelor pad of an apartment in Auburn. Now I am simply floating along in outer space with no real place to call my home. In four years if I'm not already out of Auburn I'll be moving somewhere else to God knows what. Ha, until God knows what, exactly. 

I encourage all of those who read this to be overly thankful for what you receive this holiday season. Think about the real reason we celebrate such an occasion. Be overly kind to all you encounter. There's nothing worse than letting some tiny incident ruin your day. Freaking God loves you, and has given you these times to spend with others who love you. DO IT!

I need exercise,

Marcus C.  

Finals, Christmas Carols, Mcdonalds

I find myself in the back seat of my car, sitting in the C parking lot behind the Coliseum, eating McDonalds, and listening to christmas carols by the rat pack (my absolute favorite is Sinatra). I'm all alone in the middle of finals week but for some reason i feel at peace and very content. It may be the yummy sweet tea, or the fact that christmas carols always put me in a good mood. It could also be the fact that really after my last exam tonight I won't have to worry about much else for a couple weeks.

I really believe though that it's the fact that soon I will be home spending time with my family, and friends sipping coffee and hot chocolate, unwrapping presents and sharing many laughs and stories.

Christmas time really brings out the jolly side of me that just lifts me up and reminds me of my God who created me and gave me all these wonderful and amazing things to be thankful for. But it also gets me thinking about my future and how i have kind of struggled through my first semester at college. I wonder sometimes where i am supposed to search for the motivation to type a 1000 word essay, or studying about paleolithic man or even piddling around with logarithms until my brain just pours out of my ears. I realize that there are so many things in this life (as I have been told before)  that I need to knock out that I don't necessarily want to do. whether it's frivolous to me to be spending my time doing such things, God has a much bigger plan for me, but it's incredibly important to not skip out on the details. I wish that I had my bible on me so I could produce for you some verse of great wisdom. Maybe on a later date. 

But as my friends in the Rat Pack say, i wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year as it approaches.

Seriously,

Marcus C.

So what is it that you do exactly?

I am an old school sort of blogger, at least back to the days when livejournal was a BIG deal around my middle school/high school years. I'm back in the business of sharing my thoughts on the internet and I thought maybe it would be another fantastic way to communicate with friends and such. For those who don't already know I'm a freshman at Auburn University majoring in theatre. I have had a rough start and kind of a burnt out first semester, but that seems to be happening to everyone. I find true comfort in nothing but my God, and lately it has been tough to keep up with reading my bible on a regular basis and just sincerely diving into His word. Thank God though that this semester is coming to a close and I will be returning home to B'ham in only three days to spend time with my sweetheart Emily and my most missed family and friends. This being my first post, is extremely random and will consist of such thoughts for today by the way. It's wonderful how friends are there for you all the time when it seems like there's nothing exciting to do. In fact we are planning on all going to this sweet cigar/pipe shop in Homewood called The Briary where we can all relax smoke some CAO or Hoyo de Monterrey cigars. I'm very much looking forward to being home and enjoying the Christmas season without huge responsibilities.

For all of you who are into this I just finished up my last performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show in which I played Eddie. It's sad to have to leave it because I got so attached after watching to movie so many times and getting hooked on all the songs and never getting sick of calling brad an a**hole or janet a slut. oh good times. sorry for those of you who missed it but you can look forward to seeing it every year and we may even try to do a gender swap version. I really wanna be Magenta. muahahahaha 

Poops & Giggles

Marcus C