'Tis The Season.

It’s pay day! And like any responsible adult I went out to buy some groceries to hopefully last more then a few days at my local supermarket.

When I was going to grab some 1% milk for my cereal I eat once in a while for breakfast (or dinner) I noticed something out of place. No it wasn’t the soy milk or the chocolate milk we’ve become so accustom to or the rare treat of strawberry milk. It was Egg Nog.

Egg Nog? You have to be kidding me! It is barely the last day in September and there is already an extremely seasonal beverage on the shelf. If it was on the shelf the Day after Halloween I’d have absolutely no problem with it as that is when all the other Christmas shit gets rolled out but we aren’t even to that holiday yet.

There was also barely any Halloween stuff around the store which confused me after seeing egg nog. I did however search the store for other signs of Christmas like candy canes, advent calendars and Santa Claus but didn’t prevail.

Keeping in mind this idea of selling holiday stuff so early before the holiday season will we see Valentine’s Day stuff in December or Canada Day stuff around Easter? We are already getting closer to seeing Easter all year as Shayne informed me they sell Mini-Eggs all year round now.

I thought the idea behind seasonal products was to well be seasonal. Clearly that isn’t the case in 2009. My predictions for years to come is that we will be able to dye eggs in July, be patriotic in November, and be thankful all year round not just at harvest.

Heck we can keep that menorah burning for all 365 days instead and not just those 8 boring days in December.

My point is who the hell wants to drink egg nog in September? Isn’t anything sacred?  Sacred like getting drunk on egg nog at your parents house so you forget all your family problems for at least one day.

September

Everyone keeps talking about how wonderful their summer was to me, but I didn’t really do much this summer other then work. With half of the province on fire at any given time it keeps us hopping.

But I’m tired of hearing about people talking about how awesome their summer was and telling me about their amazing vacation to wherever and how many girls they made out with. September is going to be my month.  Here is a little bit of a timeline for the weeks to come.

September 5^th thru 7^th  - Taking photos at the Saanich Fair and hanging out with The Q! people.
September 8^th – Marilyn Manson.
September 11^th and 12^th  - Great Canadian Beer Festival.
September 13^th thru 16^th  - Heading to Seattle with Darryl
September 15^th – Porcupine Tree at The Moore in Seattle.
September 24^th thru 27^th  - Rifflandia Music Festival.

Busy weeks and days ahead.