I LOVE the Christmas season…but it really kicks my ass. I got tons of work to do, I’m backlogged on my accounting duties, I’ve got to grade my classes, I got to hurry up and record all my videos in time for next semester’s online classes, I got to rush on some work at the college web job because apparently work that was sitting around for the past 2 years suddenly needs to be done yesterday because of a big accreditation issue that will come up after Summer of next year.
On top of that, I never can wrap my head around what kind of gifts to get anybody…my wife, my kid, my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, my friends — who despite the fact we made a friendly pact not to exchange gifts for each other, always ends up embarrassing me by getting gifts for Kingston. Now this year I feel the pressure to get their kids something but I have no idea what to get a 5 and 9 year old. Nerf guns? Subscription to National Geographic?
It always happens around this time of year stuff really stacks up. So I don’t get to enjoy the Season as much as I’d like and then suddenly WHOOOSH, the new year passes, I have to take down our lights and trees and I don’t know what happened. I didn’t get gifts for anyone, I barely receive any gifts too. My mom always remembers me of course. And in all fairness my wife tries to think of stuff I’d like but she’s not so much into the surprises as she is trying to find me practical things I’d use….like a toothbrush.
The more I think about it…why the fuck do I like Christmas again?
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching