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We just had our holiday gift exchange at work today. This year I thought it’d be cool if we had such an event, so we tried organizing a little event. Jen (the Admiral) and Sean (the Commandant) and I formed a holiday gift exchange committee with the sole purpose of organizing the world’s greatest office holiday gift exchange ever.

We got a little daring and went with a gift swap versus going with the traditional Polyanna style exchange. It went really well, with every participant having had a good time. I initially got a punching bag and Hamilton Mall gift certificate that was later taken from me. But in the end I wound up with a massive inflatable moose head. It’s awesome!

The gift swap was really cool, and I have I feeling we’ll do something similar to it again next xmas.

Found myself with yet another wedding to attend. This time the groom was the mysterious two dollar bill tipper, who also goes by the name Mr. Yuk-Yuk. The wedding was at 4:00 on a Friday, so I took a half day at work.

Finding something suitable to wear was quite the challenge. Luckily a suit I had bought when I was in Wes’s wedding still fit for the most part so that was taken care of. Though I was destined to not remove the jacket for the entire night as my shirt was a wrinkled mess, and no iron was in sight. I managed to tie on my second try.

The Shepherd joined my on the ride to a church in Hammonton. It was located with no problems, and we were one of the early arrivers. It was a Catholic wedding so the services were a bit long, but it wasn’t too bad. The priest looked and talked just like Principal Anderson from Billy Madison. This had me laughing for the majority of the services, that and the got in my row ripping a couple of farts. I somehow found the strength to keep the majority of my giggles at bay and didn’t make too much of a fool of myself.

The reception was at Lucien’s Manor. Again I managed to navigate my way there without a single wrong turn. It was really nice in there, and the food was very very good. Joe told me to eat up, and I was true to his request. I devoured much food. I managed to escape when the Shepherd wanted out. Took my caramel apple and got home in one piece.

My Samsung LNT4061F 40″ LCD HDTV just arrived Monday night. I ordered it through Amazon, they had a really good deal. Been looking for a TV for a bit and I really like the Samsung LCD’s so I figured now was the time to actually buy it.

Was tracking the delivery all day online on Monday and they finally arrived a little past 5:30 when I got off from work. So that worked out really well, had it set up in time to watch Heroes on it. I’m very much impressed with the picture. It’s a very, very bright screen. Might actually have to turn that down a little bit. Still need to upgrade the cable boxes so I can get a HD channels. Wii games look great on it using component cables, Super Mario Galaxy is very impressive. Thus far a very good purchase, can’t wait to get the HD channels.