Day 163 - Chillen in the Holiday Mall

I have learned that everyday is a special day even on the day you like to crawl back in bed and hide away!  Today was not one of them days in fact it was a very bland day really - but the odd thing is I have also learned that a bland day is a good thing - see no bad thing or no good thing happens that means over all it was a good day for it only takes a small BAD thing to screw up a day. This afternoon I had some time to kill between appointments so me being a people person stopped by the mall. YES I STILL HAVE MY MAN CARD!

The mall is all X-massfied (I don't associate Christmas with money driven decorated stores that is why I use X-Mass) The music was playing all the lights were twinkeling and all the stores were all holidaied up. As I walked through the mall I noticed one thing - ALL THE STORES LOOKED ALIKE - it was kinda surreal - It was like each store was their own but yet the same - clothes were not that different even the colors were simular - the decorations were all the same and they all had HUGE HUGE HUGE SALESSSSS ---

I did not see anyone smiling, I did not hear any happy workers - did hear a few dreading BLACK FRIDAY (I remember those days in retail (shiver) )

I do not condemn stores for their greed it is human nature and the nature of business - I do not protest the exploration of the holiday season for it is the individual that must chose to be exploited. - I sat in this little area and chilled with the fake trees and realized this year the human exploitation is not bothering me as much - maybe today I just was happy to be here to see life going on! 

Have a chillen holiday/Christmas/x-mass -- Whatever it is you want to have just be happy this year to be here.