December

There will be no ErnieList for the month of December.

If I had my way, I’d hibernate for the last 6 weeks of the year.  Starting Nov 15th, I’d crawl into bed with a stack of peanut butter sandwiches, a case of diet pepsi and a carton of cigarettes and I wouldn’t come out until two days into the new year.

I hate this time of the year for many reason, and one of those reasons being that every single media outlet feel like they need to make a list of some sort.  It’s no surprise that this also sparks the beginning of award season-the ultimate list of lists.  I hate having to read everyone opinions of “the best albums of 2007″ or “the most influential people of 2007″ or “Biggest newsmakers of 2007″ and so on and so on.

I know it may be a bit hypocritical of me to say, seeing as how I’ve dedicated a whole section of my blog to lists of s certain nature, but my lists are retarded.  I’m not trying to show off by creating a list.  I don’t take the “Suck-everyone’s-cock” approach like Rolling Stone and their Top 100 albums of 2007.  (Read my response to their list here) I don’t take an uber-prentious “Look-at-how-many-random-bands-I-can-name” approach like some hipster sites out there, such as Stereogum.  And for those who can’t quite handle more than 10 things at a time, Time Magazine has a special section of the Top 50 Top 10 lists of 2007 for you to chew on.

So there.  That is why I’m refusing to make a December list.  And I do apologize for the lack of blogs this month….It’s rough for me around the holidays and I get pretty cranky.  It’s hard to be funny when all you want is to pelt those damn kids skating across the street with ice balls.  I’m a scrooge, what can I say.  So, forgive me, readers.  I’ll be back with a vengeance in 2008!