As you know, I’ve been in less than the holly jolly spirit that this season
normally brings. Can’t put my finger on why I was less than merry and bright,
I just was. Last night, in a valiant (and I admit successful!) attempt to get my Christmas
groove back, we went to see the lights at the famed 34th Street block in Hampden,
a neighborhood in Baltimore. It was amazing, overwhelming and very cool! Imagine — a very retro cool Christmas Tree made entirely of hubcaps and lit from underneath. By the time we walked up one side of the 700 block and down the other,I was definately feeling more Christmasy!
And then just a few minutes ago Delegatrix shared this
with me! Its from Saturday Night Live and it finally put me over the top and
into fine Christmas spirit… that and the fact that in less than an hour, I
am off from work for 4 whole days!
So, if I don’t see or talk to you before Christmas, much less the end of the
year — Have a very Merry one and a fabulous, Kick A@#! New Year!
by Carollynn on 16 December 2004 From the BOC IT Holiday Party, the only picture of Delegatrix & me. This must have been taken after we won the the office Bingo game. We won Starbuck gift card and Starbucks vanilla mints. Don’t we look look like we’re having a good time?
Check out the designer name tags… They managed to mis-spell both of our names… I’m missing the second “n” in my first name and Delegatrix is missing the “c” in her last name.
First Holiday party of the week attended and survived. Second one tomorrrow, and I still don’t know what to bring.
Anyway, I must be getting that old Christmas spirit, as I figured out what to get 3 sets of folks, and even finished with one of them. Can’t tell you what it is or who its for, cos they have been known to read this blog.
Sunday I spent most of the afternoon creating a new photo image for my holiday cards – Photoshoping Abby and me into one picture is no easy task – so the holiday card machine is in full swing. In the process of working with the images, I rediscovered that I need a new digital camera, as the one I have sucks and takes lousy pix, hence more Photoshopping. Last night I picked up more photo paper, so now all I need is postage, oh, and the card holders for the pix, and then to print and stuff and lick and mail… Oy! I’ve got a lot to do!
But, whoohoo, my Christmas prep is underway, and I’m starting to feel that holiday twinkle and perhaps even a little good will toward my fellow man…
Delegatrix and I commute to work together, and we’ve often had discussions about the merits of bumper stickers on vehicles. Neither of us are particularly fond of them, but for differing reasons. I think they are unsightly and are an eyesore on vehicles and Delegatrix just doesn’t want to know that much about perfect strangers. (e.g. favorite sports team, religious preference, taste in music, etc.) Perhaps not the most compelling reasons on earth, but hey, we live in America, we have a right to our opinions, just as you do.
Anyway, in our region, its not unusual to see religious proclamations on bumper stickers (Jesus Saves!) or in the form of icons such as the Jesus Fish, the Darwin Fish and the rather sardonic Jesus Fish eating the Darwin Fish. Today, we were presented with a rather humorous sight. Directly in front of us was a van with the “Jesus Saves” bumper sticker, and in the lane just to the right, keeping up with the Jesus Saves van, was a truck with a bumper sticker on the tailgate that read: UNSAVED. As Delegatrix commented, this was a good reason to have a camera in the car.
How ironic…
Yeah, its me, grouchy Carollynn. I have to admit, I have no Christmas spirit. And its bugging me. What gives?
Could it be that the end of term hustle and bustle is getting to me? My art portfolio is due tomorrow and I haven’t finished the last of my Abby series charcoals. My 6 credit “What the world will be like tomorrow” course still has a final exam and “Personal Vision Statement” paper due sometime between now and December 18.
Or is it something else entirely? I have 3 holiday parties (2 work related, 1 school) to attend next week, I’ve missed all of my favorite Christmas specials (Its a Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – it’s his 40th birthday, too! and A Year without Xmas, featuring my favorite song: “He’s Mr. Heat Miser”) no holiday cards created or sent, no presents purchased, no cookies baked, no decked halls, no stockings hung by the fire with care, no nothing…
So yeah, I have no Christmas spirit… Any suggestions?
Can you believe it? As reported by Yahoo News, “A blow-up figure of SpongeBob SquarePants was swiped from a Minnesota Burger King.” And the kidnapper’s want a ransom. “The ransom note was signed by SpongeBob’s nemesis, Plankton. A postscript reads: “Patrick is next,” referring to the Bermuda shorts-wearing starfish that serves as SpongeBob’s sidekick.”
Now that’s quite a publicity stunt. Seems that the SpongeBob blow up’s have disappeared off the roof’s of 5 or 6 other Burger King’s across the country. At first glance, this is rather amusing, that someone wanted to impress a kid with having their very own SpongeBob Square pants blowup doll. And then, on second glance, by all of our snickering, and amusement, we’ve just made it alright to steal. What’s next, we decide its okay to kill people? Oh yeah, that already happened with O.J.
