friday-things that amuse me

last night i was waiting in line at the cvs, and the guy in front of me said "merry christmas" to the woman behind the counter. this cued his 3 year old, who yelled "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" like he was delivering it to the cheap seats. we agreed that this was spoken like a kid who knew that santa was coming.


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i'm taking christmas break here, and i'll hopefully figure out what i want to do about that pesky term of use. i started this thing to make me take more pictures with a new camera, and if i can't post them without having them turn up in google ads, i'm not sure i want to continue here.

anyway, in the meantime, and in the words of krusty the clown "have a merry christmas, a happy chanukkah, a crazy kwanza, and a solemn and dignified ramadan"

thursday-things that make the heart beat faster

a really good version of oh holy night. there aren't many, and for a while whitney houston had ruined the song for me entirely.

i recommend tracy chapman's version. my favorite was aoife o'donnovan, but she doesn't seem to be on itunes. she is also with a group called sometimes why, so here is a link to one of their songs (definitely not o holy night)(though it may raise your heart rate, who knows...)

wednesday-things that are orange

well i was about to put a picture here when i browsed google's new terms of service...

By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through Picasa Web Albums, you grant Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, distribute and publish such Content through Picasa Web Albums, including RSS or other content feeds offered through Picasa Web Albums, and other Google services. In addition, by submitting, posting or displaying Content which is intended to be available to the general public, you grant Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, distribute and publish such Content for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting Google services. Google will discontinue this licensed use within a commercially reasonable period after such Content is removed from Picasa Web Albums. Google reserves the right to refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any Content in its sole discretion.

perhaps my web-log days are over...

tuesday-things that displease me

the other charlie brown christmas special--why tamper with perfection?

monday-things that please me

ikea at 10 in the morning. it's just like a regular store. on saturday, nix and i drove down, and we parked with no problem, we picked up what we needed and we left in less than an hour. i didn't think it was possible. i've spent more time than that looking for parking there...

friday-things that amuse me

• that jason mewes and kevin smith call each other "sir"
• pretty much everything kevin smith does (i haven't seen jersey girl, but the only person i know who has loved it, so i reserve judgement)
• an evening with kevin smith & evening harder: i like the former a little better because the audiences seemed more receptive, however the latter had a gentleman ask what was hands down the best question at any q&a ever: if you were half man and half sausage which way would you want it and why?

thursday-things that make the heart beat faster

listening to the president

well, that's more accurately: "things that raise my blood pressure"

wednesday-things that are orange

tuesday-things that displease me

• that i can't read any faster
• that my shopping is not done
• that i have made very little progress on my christmas cards

if you read this...merry merry and a happy new year.

there, i've taken care of eight people...

monday-things that please me

real whipped cream, which--thanks to my truly marvelous sister--i have in my refrigerator, and will soon have in my coffee!

friday-things that amuse me

my favorite ad ever

thursday-things that make the heart beat faster

having your boss call you at home when you and your sister are most of the way through your second bottle of wine...

wednesday-things that are orange

okay--blogger is not posting pictures today, so:

pumpkin soup is orange

tuesday-things that displease me

• white people who say "bling"
• anybody who says "bling"

there was a very funny mtv commercial on the subject, but i can't seem to find it, so you'll have to take my work, or wikipedia's word, for it.

here's a site selling buttons that say "r.i.p. bling" which i would invest in, if i was the type of person who wore buttons

monday-things that please me

we got a tree!!!
also that someone has gone through the trouble of putting the muppet family christmas on youtube (sadly it's missing the fozzie/snowman song, which was edited out for copyright reasons)

friday-things that amuse me

• that the new sufjan stevens christmas box set comes with stickers!!
• that he has a song called get behind me santa!

• in that vein, let me also recommend david sedaris' holidays on ice (either the book or the audiobook); particularly the santaland diaries.