POP

2011 is already promising to be an exciting year in the pop world..not sure if I am more excited for Gaga in May or Britney's TBA album. So happy they aren't making us wait too long for a taste..Gaga's single with none other then ELTON JOHN is debuting Feb 13...

And Ms Spears is giving us a new single on Tuesday ..yes this tuesday..jan 11!
I see a lot of dancing in my future :)

Passion

I work with a doctor who literally works 72 hours straight sometimes. He works back to back shifts on different units. Everyone is intrigued by him and they have their theories; he must like being away from his wife and kids, he has money issues, he's part robot, workaholic. You name it I've heard it. I worked with him the other night and he was telling me how he just got off his shift at another local hospital and was now going to be with us for the night. So I asked..how do you do it? why do you do it? and this is what he said...

"Think about the thing that you are most passionate about, the thing that you are the happiest doing ..do you count the hours when your doing it? No.. I am just lucky enough to be passionate about what I do. I am the happiest when I am at work."

Wow, how great would be if we all felt that way about our jobs? I thought I was passionate about my job but he takes it to a whole other level. I physically couldn't do what he does. Then I got to thinking about what that kind of passion is for me...what is the one thing I can do forever..and I couldn't think of anything! ha! Is that sad? Is it normal? What's your passion? Could you take it on for 72 hours and be happy as a pig in poop? I've decided that for me there's beauty in the balance.

best

The best Christmas present...

Merry Merry

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, surrounded by the people you love. I wanted to share with you my favorite christmas song...

Merry Merry!

Fact

Fact: I have a different view of humanity around the holiday shopping season. People are straight crazy.

Fact: It is frigid in New York right now..all you people who complained all summer about hot it was, are you happy now?

Fact: Santacon is a life experience.

Fact: There is a patient on my unit with a pot belly, white hair and a white beard that does a version of ho ho ho when he laughs. He denies he is Santa Claus but we are all trying to have him out by Christmas Eve just in case.

SANTA CON

This Saturday I will be participating in my first ever Santa Con! I could not be more excited! What is Santa con you ask? Wellll, it is a ginormous bar crawl in NYC in which everyone dresses as Santa Claus. 1000s of people prancing the streets of NYC spreading drunken holiday cheer! Could it get any better then that? I submit that it cannot..

(from the official santacon website....)

Santa's Rules:
-Don’t Fuck With Kids (be nice to them and give them presents. it’s okay to be assholes to their parents)
-Don’t Fuck With Cops (how will you shimmy down chimneys if you’re in jail?)
-Don’t Fuck With Security (bouncers and security guards are still bigger than your jolly beer belly)
-Don’t Fuck With SANTA! (Santa loves creative holiday attire from naughty elves to Hannukah Harrys. Santa loves candy-striped stripper poles, whimsical stocking stuffers and holiday games for boys and girls. Santa does not love gropey frat boys in a Santa hat and jeans.)

Santa's Survival Guide:
What to expect
Santacon is an annual convention for Santa and his holiday brethren. Expect holiday cheer, unconventional gifts, naughty carols and general mayhem.

How to be Santa
Santa doesn’t just wear a cool suit and invade your dad’s liquor cabinet: he also brings gifts! A gift can be a reindeer game, a song, a dance or a joke to entertain Santa and tourists alike.

How NOT to be Santa
-Santa never endangers his reindeer with violence, vandalism, inappropriate groping or theft. Santa never gets SO jolly he needs babysitting. Santa never expects to get away with behavior that an ordinary citizen wouldn’t.

-Don't get SO jolly that your friends have to clean puke out of your beard. Dont be that Santa!
Follow the candy canes.The folks with the tall candy canes can help you get to Santa’s next stop.
-Tip your bartenders well.Or burn in Santa’s Special Douchebag Hell for all eternity.
-Bust out the carols.Remember that carol book you printed? Use it!
-Don’t get arrested.Dressing like Santa does not exempt you from city, state and federal laws. This includes open container violations!
-Don’t litter.Santa likes his elves dirty and his streets clean.
-Check in on your friends.If you brought ‘em, you’re responsible for ‘em. Don’t send your wasted 22-year-old cousin on the train back to Ronkonkoma by herself!

As you can see this promises to be one hell of a time and you should all be in attendance..will let you know how it goes, ofcourse ;)

Kieran John

Welcome to the world Kieran John Bella. December 6, 2010. 8lbs 19 inches

Congratulations to Jen, Brendan and ofcourse Uncle Frank! What a cutie head!