Christmas Mix Tape for You!

I made you a Christmas mix tape. Except, you are out there, and I am in here. I'd send it to you, but knowing me, you'd get it around Easter. I tried to put it on iTunes, if you want to download it (and if it works, I'll post it here)(okay, that sort of worked, but cut a few songs - boo). In the meantime, I've posted videos when YouTube cooperates. Otherwise, stop by and get one. I've got my reel to reel cassette player all queued up...

Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby and David Bowie

• Such a bad idea, and yet, so great!
  

Imagination - Gregory Douglass

• Lovely, lovely. And there is a video available here. Buy all of his cds. He is terrific (and I met him when he was about the age he is in some of those photos).
  

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Annie Lennox

• Best.Christmas.Album.Ever. Video here. (It was a toss up between this and As Joseph Went A Walking, which she also does, but I am so in love with that video that it won).
  

Snow - Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye & Bing Crosby

• From White Christmas. Video here. (I love that the "snow" sign on the poster looks like the logo for my hometown).
  

The 12 Days of Christmas - Straight No Chaser

• Here it is. A sentimental favorite from my few months living in Indiana.
  

I Saw Three Ships - Barenaked Ladies

• I really, really love that song. (fuzzy live version here)
  

Mele Kalikimaka - The Puppini Sisters

• That one is for JSP. Have him sing it for you sometime. I promise, it's worth it! And seriously, how cute are the Puppini Sisters? (also a fuzzy live version).
  

We Need a Little Christmas - Johnny Mathis

• Because though I haven't "grown a little leaner," I have "grown a little colder, grown a little sadder, grown a little older and I need a little angel sitting on my shoulder..." ("video" of Christmas cards with this song as the background).
  

A' Soalin' - Peter, Paul & Mary

• My high school computer teacher sang this with her husband at our Christmas assembly one year. It's really quite something.
  

The Holly & The Ivy - Mediaeval Baebes

• My favorite Christmas song for some reason.("video")
  

Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming - Sufjan Stevens

• Buy this cd for the packaging. It comes with stickers! ("video")
  

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Sixpence None The Richer

• I'm sure that I first heard this on Grey's Anatomy or some equally embarrassing show. Still a good song. ("video")
  

Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) - Duke Ellington

• Just perfect. This is what I wanted the Pink Martini Christmas cd to sound like, which it sadly did not.(video of The U.S. Army Blues Band playing it)
  

O Holy Night - Tracy Chapman

• The only recording of this song that hasn't made me want to tear my ears off.(live version here)
  

Christmas Time Is Here - Diana Krall

• I (heart) The Charlie Brown Christmas Special.(I couldn't find Ms. Krall's version on the internets for you, so here's the original)
  

Wintersong - Sarah McLachlan

• This song breaks my heart every time.
  

Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913 - John Denver & The Muppets

• There will be no mocking my love for John Denver. And after almost three decades, the line "and they knew they could not tell whether it were angels or the bright stars were singing" still gives me chills.(this says "lip synch version" but it's the only video of it that I can find)
  

Christmas Card From Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits

• Not strictly Christmas-y, but still awesome. ("video")
  

O Tannenbaum - Vince Guaraldi Trio

• Wonderful. But now I want a Christmas tree. here again is the Christmas Special video, with apologies for the ad.
  

My Next Job

• Monkey Deporter (though I am probably more qualified for the Shabash-Wala position)
• Surfer (though this necessitates me learning how to surf)
• Weeki Wachee Mermaid - though, as a rule I am against Florida
• Something that involves having a big yard and a puppy, and not having to leave to do much. What's that? A trophy wife? A trophy wife.
  

To all the girls I've loved before

For some reason, I have had that song in my head all day, and so, I want to stop for a moment, on Thanksgiving, and thank all my exes. All the people I've loved, I've hurt, I've been hurt by, I've dreamed of, I've toyed with, all the people who I've thought of on lonely nights, all the people I've wondered "what if?", all the people I flirt with, all the people who broke my heart, all the people who have made me what I am today.

Thank you , my darlings.

I'm glad they came along, I dedicate this song, &c...

(and I am, of course, thankful for Willie Nelson)

Things for Which I am Thankful

• That the maple tree in my parents' front yard has held on another year
• That Christine O'Donnell does not represent anyone in the U.S. Senate
• My mother's stuffing
• Streaming Netflix
• Friends and Family
• The Pixar It Get's Better video
• The corgi flop
• Megashark vs Giant Octopus
• Vermont
  

Sob

Boo hoo

I seem to have completely lost my favorite scarf. I had it at the show last week, and I fear that it ended up under the table, and is gone for ever.

The bar does not have it. I am most unhappy.

Here is a picture of it in better days...

Le Jazz Hot

I had a marvelous evening of jazz in three parts last night: the good, the bad, and the bizarre.

The good - RTQ! Always a joy. I ♥ the new saxophonist. Though Jim, if you introduce everyone in the band except yourself, people are going to think that your name is Rollo Tomasi.

The bad - I won't name the group pictured above, as they may google themselves, and they are too earnest to really hate. Also, there was some disagreement over what they were called (I'm sure I was on the wrong end of that argument, but I liked my answer better). Also, there was a marimba, which made their load in more fun to watch than most. Suffice it to say, there were about 20 of them, and their lead singer was a irritating white girl singing African music. Which is too bad, as the musicians themselves seemed pretty good. Or at least, very loud.

The weird - I had the strangest - Very Special Episode of the Facts Of Life - dream in which our intrepid girls venture out to a jazz club wearing berets and are offered pot. Answer from Blaire - "We don't get high. We annoy each other enough as it is."

Socks!

JSP bought me these socks because I was freezing and not at all accepting that it's practically winter in New England.