C-Mac's TEN Songs of 2007

As you all know, I loooooooove music. So here in the age of YOUTUBE, I decided to post my top 10 songs of 2007 right here on my blog, complete with video. ENJOY!!!

10) J. Holiday "Bed"



9) Keyshia Cole "Let It Go"



8) The Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rock Star"



7) 50 Cent "Ayo Technology"



6) Alicia Keys "No One"



5) Bruce Springsteen "Radio Nowhere"



4) Yung Berg "Hey Sexy Lady"



3) Plies featuring T-Pain "Shawty"



2) Kanye West "Good Life"



1) Soulja Boy "Crank 'Dat"

100 Memories of 2007

It really seems like it was just a few months ago that I wrote my "100 Memories of 2006" blog...yet here I am writing my memories of 2007 blog. Tonight, I am reflecting on where I was in life a year ago compared to tonight. I am so much happier and content...so in no particular order, here are my 100 memories of 2007!

01) Meeting Jen
02) "Excuse me, were you sayin something? Uh Uh You can't tell me NUTHIN!!!"
03) Club 69 Finale Party
04) Moving to 33 Ohio
05) Moving out of 33 Ohio
06) Moving back to W. Fulton
07) Fine dining in the back of a Ryder truck
08) "My drink and my two step"
09) A roller coaster Yankee season
10) The Islanders making the playoffs on the last day of the regular season
11) Seeing Bruce Springsteen at MSG (yet again)
12) Seeing Larry David, live and in person
13) Playing volleyball in the rain on July 4th
14) My NIKE PLUS Gizmo
15) Losing my cell phone (what a nightmare, haha)
16) Friday Nights in the Summer at the Saloon with Jen
16) Our trip to NC
17) Tiny A's Tiki Party
18) Club 69's President's Weekend Bash (insanity)
19) Saturday Night drives to Jen's house
20) Sunday Morning Farmer's market this summer/fall
21) Bialys!!!!
22) Homemade waffles!
23) Memorial Day party at "Deck 33"
24) Labor Day party at "Deck 33"
25) Annoying Roommates! (good riddance!!!!)
26) Dropping Bruce off at Jackie's each morning
27) St. Patrick's Day in LB with Tiny A and a random group of folks!
28) Van Halen reunion concert
29) Yankee Game with Jen
30) A bad hangover on New Years Day 2007
31) Ice storm on Valentine's Day
32) Snow storm the night before St. Patrick's Day
33) Sitting on the beach with Jen
34) Bruce jumping in the fish pond
35) "Party Like a Rock Star"
36) Christina leaving our office
37) Christina and Joe's 7-7-07 bash!
38) Sugar V staggering to his car after a night of drinking at the saloon
39) New York Sports Club
40) eHarmony
41) Making lots of commission!
42) Hiring Kim at work
43) Bruce's "surprise" on Christmas Morning
44) Soulja Boy Dance
45) On the boat with Christina, Joe, and Jen
46) Bribing the Maître de at Sparks Steak House and cutting a 2 hour long line
47) Asking a fat guy that almost ran me over if he really needed that bagel
48) A wonderful Christmas and Christmas season
49) AAAAAAAAAALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICEEEEEEEEEE! (Jen's cat)
50) Kanye West (kick ass album this year)
51) Traffic on the Van Wyck (no matter what time/day)
52) Vegan cookies (not bad at all!!!)
53) "The First 48"
54) PATRON!!!!!!!
55) Phil vomiting in my house, yuck!
56) Trying to get Christina to dance with "Sonny Bono" (hahaha)
57) Our holiday NYC day with Kim and Didar
58) REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!
59) Beach Bagel
60) Music "that isn't native to this planet" played by my former roommate
61) Jackson Heights
62) My Storage Unit
63) Dog Hair all over my car (thanks Bruce)
64) YOUTUBE Debates
65) The Berkowitz car (haha)
66) Trico and Munzey (Jackie's Dogs)
67) Ralph's Ices! (I think I tried every flavor!!)
68) The Soprano's Finale
69) Kettle One and OJ!
70) Making homemade pizzas with Jen
71) "Kitchen Nightmares"
72) Tuesday Nights
73) The Imaginary "Curtain Girl" hahaha
74) The Mets September Collapse
75) XM satellite Radio
76) Driving the 2007 Charger to NC (and making it in 8 hours!)
77) Ipod radios, fancy fans, ottomans, and other home improvements in JH! (haha)
78) Turning Christmas songs dirty (haha)
79) The "Beach House"
80) Eating at every restaurant in the West End
81) Bruce barking at the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll collectors
82) Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm
83) NIKE Challenges
84) Vitamin water!
85) The $500 Vet bill!
86) C-Town
87) Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????
88) Bruce watching Jen walk up the street from the deck and going crazy
89) Sugar V going into hiding like Salmon Rushdie
90) Clock that makes "cricket" sounds
91) "You can't get out of your own way"
92) Controlling the jukebox for 3 hours at "Happy Hour"
93) The Red Sox winning the World Series again (WTF????)
94) Clemens on 'roids!!!!!
95) Hurting my back in September (ouch)
96) Mullet guy test driving my car after inspection
97) "WHO IS THIS GUY??????"
98) "MEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILE!!!!!"
99) Faaaaancy new digital camera
100) Wishing you all an amazing 2008!!!!!

This song will be forever linked to 2007!

The Christmas Post Game Show

I hope everyone had an amazing holiday! Mine was the best in a very long time. I am back at the office as we speak....yuck...but it should be a slow week with a chance to catch up on some things here and prepare for the rush after the New Year.

The weekend was full of holiday preparations....not gift shopping, Jen and I finished that a long time ago...this weekend we had a lot of food shopping to do. I hosted my first Christmas Eve ever. With my family living so far away, I tried to carry on some of the Italian traditions. Jen, her mom, her dad, and her brother all came over. Jen and I made flounder, baked clams, and a great pasta dish with veggies, garlic and olive oil. After eating all that...including the shrimp Jen's parents brought over...we sat for a while chatting, laughing, and telling stories. About 90 minutes later....Jen and I put out all the Italian cheeses, olives, cold cuts, and breads. That's my favorite part of Christmas Eve! :) About an hour after that came the cannolis, pastries, cookies, etc. Needless to say, I had a food hangover when I woke up Christmas Morning.

Jen and I exchanged our gifts Christmas Eve after her family left. I got such amazing/thoughtful gifts including a great digital camera, XM satellite radio (with ability to use it home/in the car/at the office), great stuff for my new apartment, colognes, dvd's (I now have seasons 1-8 of Seinfeld...1 more season and I have the whole set!), and so much more. I was really overwhelmed by everything she did for me. I was so glad she enjoyed her gifts as well. One of her gifts was a Kitchen Aid artisan mixer. She had wanted that for a while, and since she loves to cook and bake, I thought it would be perfect.



Christmas Day, Jen, Bruce, and I ventured out to Eastern Long Island to spend it with her family. We had a great dinner...lasagna, one of my favorites...and turkey, stuffing, and a ton of other things. We had such a great day/night. It was 46 degrees here yesterday.....which is very warm for December 25th....so Bruce played outside for a bit, but was more interested in what we were doing inside. This picture cracks me up. He hopped up on an outdoor patio table so he could watch us unwrap gifts...he always thinks he is missing something.....



I hope you all had a great holiday as well! :)

The C-Mac Endorsement

Today seems to be endorsement day. The Des Moines register endorsed Hillary on the Democratic side and John McCain on the Republican side, while The Boston Globe endorsed Obama and McCain.

With Oprah hitting the campaign trail for Mr. Obama, Barbara Streisand stomping for Hillary, and martial arts pro/actor Chuck Norris endorsing Mike Huckabee, I sit here and wonder if it really matters who endorses who. If somebody is in the voting booth undecided and remembers seeing Oprah with Obama and casts a vote for him based on that, we have bigger issues than I thought we had.

Here are some more celebrity endorsements for the 2008 run:

Home Improvement "King" Bob Villa has endorsed Hillary Clinton
Actors Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon have endorsed John Edwards.
Baseball player Curt Schilling has endorsed John McCain
Folk Singer Ani DiFranco has endorsed Dennis Kucinich
Steven Spielberg has endorsed Hillary
Sean Penn has endorsed Dennis Kucinich

In the spirit of things, here is my endorsement.



John Edwards. Here's why. First, I'd NEVER vote Republican, so that knocks all those candidates out. On the Democratic side, Hillary is too polarizing and in my opinion, not sincere and genuine. I think she says what she thinks will be popular rather than what she really believes in. Obama is a 1st term Senator with no experience whatsoever. A year after being elected to the Senate he eyed this 2008 run. I think he needs more time building his resume. Although I really believe in what Dennis Kucinich has to say, he is too "out there". Joe Biden and Chris Dodd are good lawmakers, but not presidential in my opinion. Bill Richardson is a phony who couldn't get out of his own way as energy secretary.

I like Edwards. He is genuine, compassionate, has a plan, and could unite the country once again. His focus on poverty and his compassion for the poor reminds me a lot of Bobby Kennedy. I like his stand on health care, the environment, and the war in Iraq. So, come primary time, he will be getting my vote.

'Tis the Season

To be a miserable fuck, hahaha

Not sure about you, but over the years I've grown to dislike this time of the year. People really have forgotten what the holiday is all about. I am by no means religious, I am talking about family. My fondest holiday memories are of my childhood when my family was somewhat "functional" and normal. My grandparents really made the holidays what they were. After they passed, it was all downhill....but I think it is more than that.

As a child, we were all naive, and didn't know/realize how fucked up the world really was. We thought about Santa, candy canes, and toys. As adults, the holidays are about hustling, shopping, fighting crowds, and having Holiday music jammed down our throats from September through the New Year. I used to think people were sick fucks for being at a store/mall at 6am the day after Thanksgiving...now some open at midnight, some at 4am.....it is pure fucking greed. Months of stress, chipmunk music, traffic, and digging through the attic for old decorations...all to have it all over in a few hours. Is it worth it?

People flock to the Rockefeller center Christmas tree each year here in NY...but it is the same fucking tree year after year. Sure...the tree is from a different place each year...but it looks the same each year.....do something different! Amuse me. Make it worth the trip.

That's why summer holidays rock. No gift giving, no Hallmark telling me what I have to do, no slaving in the kitchen cooking enormous meals, no dealing with dysfuntional family members......just the beach, booze, a bbq, some fireworks, and relaxation. That's a fucking holiday.