Weblog 95
December 2, 2007~ 8:45am
This weekend has been a blur. First off, I swigged some cough syrup at work on Friday afternoon (on top of other cold medicine/allergy stuff I'd already taken) and let me tell you........it IS possible to render one's self practically "drunk" from a bad mixture of those things, especially unmeasured. Ended up not being able to have dinner out because of lack of 'focus' and a galloping case of sudden diarrhea! So I've been holed up with this cold, alternatedly sleeping and reading--- fiddling on the computer since Friday afternoon. But ah......
December crept in anyway.
Advent calendars are hung in homes awaiting small fingers to open doors, peel back the tabs, and reveal another Christmas image as the month's days dwindle down to the 25th. Man, I loved those things as a kid. Now.....well they just make me nervous, even though I do my shopping online, there is still that mall stuff out there, snarling traffic and setting nerves on edge. I'm a pretty anxious person to begin with, and if you add Christmas to the mix, my anxiety level rises remarkably. I hate malls. Malls are the pretty hells of this world, exhibiting every cardinal sin decked out in glitzy color.
Fountains, food courts, glamour and greed-- with Muzak piped in overtop of it to lull the shopper into thinking "everything's OK, Dave..."Daisy, daisy, give you answer, do...."-- as the lemmings empty out their savings and charge up to the limit of their plastic "GIMME" cards.
I won't go near them, especially during the Christmas rush. The only time those places seem pleasant are about mid-January when everyone is holed up at home due to lousy weather, and inside they are merely bright oases of uncrowded, pretty pools of color. No noise, no shoving.....no panic whatsoever.
But for now, all you who face the prospect of streaming into those overheated torture chambers of the chronic spendthrift-- good luck, amigos.
I will be quietly clicking on items from online catalogs to be sent to the recipients without any further fuss from me, with just a few sent here to be wrapped, to give me just a small taste of this "can't-get-through-this-fast-enough" raucous season. Peace on earth has to start in small ways, and one of mine is playing down this celebration of consumerisim. I refuse to join in it. I'll handle it without its attendant hysteria, from home.
December 2, 2007~ 8:45pm
BRRRRRRRRRRR....the winds are gonna be howling tomorrow. Right now, it's 46 degrees outside, but there's a powerful cold front sweeping in from Ohio that's supposed to bring wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, rain, sleet and snow, perhaps a half inch by morning. Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this. I keep fantasizing that 'winter' is something I remember, but not something that's gonna happen again- and very soon, right on the doorstep. I'm very pleased I sent regrets as to our company Christmas party tomorrow evening. If the roads are 'iffy' there is no way I want to be traveling home at 9:00pm or so tomorrow night-- I want to be snug in my bed by that time-- hunkered in and reading a book. Lets see..........I hate summer most of all......I only like winter when I'm inside (I do appreciate the way it cuts down on noise and people everywhere)......so that leaves spring and fall. Ah yes, the perfect seasons, those two. They could last all year- a two season year would be just about right.
December 6, 2007~ 12:15am
Today was my first day off of the four I've taken for my traditional 'early December Christmas prep and mental health retreat'. My online shopping is finished with all gifts being wrapped and sent to daughter and son's house respectively, and I've had lots of sleep and reading, hanging out in a robe and doing next to nothing. (I seem to require this more and more each year....it keeps down the panic over the holidays for me.) Today was also the first real snowfall this year (about 4 inches) and oh, I'm so pleased to have avoided driving in that.
I've been wandering the web, just enjoying myself and came upon this delightful site that houses over 3,000 old TV themes......lol. I've just finished listening to 'RIN TIN TIN'- one of my favorites from early childhood.
If you want a trip down memory lane, here's the alphabetical listing. You're bound to get lost in that, neurons firing like mad, conjuring up old polyester leisure suits and muttonchop sideburns, hula hoops and Sputnik, avocado kitchen appliances and Ed Sullivan's stiff-shouldered scowl. Have fun.
December 6, 2007~ 9:15pm
How do you rate on this test....
I'm a 3.....makes me not an asshole. (Does not give any indication what I might be, however.) LOL!!! Bob Sutton's done a delightful job of aptly describing the type of folk who make one's toes curl in the workplace. Take this test--- and if you are an arse---cut that out.
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This weekend has been a blur. First off, I swigged some cough syrup at work on Friday afternoon (on top of other cold medicine/allergy stuff I'd already taken) and let me tell you........it IS possible to render one's self practically "drunk" from a bad mixture of those things, especially unmeasured. Ended up not being able to have dinner out because of lack of 'focus' and a galloping case of sudden diarrhea! So I've been holed up with this cold, alternatedly sleeping and reading--- fiddling on the computer since Friday afternoon. But ah......
Advent calendars are hung in homes awaiting small fingers to open doors, peel back the tabs, and reveal another Christmas image as the month's days dwindle down to the 25th. Man, I loved those things as a kid. Now.....well they just make me nervous, even though I do my shopping online, there is still that mall stuff out there, snarling traffic and setting nerves on edge. I'm a pretty anxious person to begin with, and if you add Christmas to the mix, my anxiety level rises remarkably. I hate malls. Malls are the pretty hells of this world, exhibiting every cardinal sin decked out in glitzy color.
Fountains, food courts, glamour and greed-- with Muzak piped in overtop of it to lull the shopper into thinking "everything's OK, Dave..."Daisy, daisy, give you answer, do...."-- as the lemmings empty out their savings and charge up to the limit of their plastic "GIMME" cards.
I won't go near them, especially during the Christmas rush. The only time those places seem pleasant are about mid-January when everyone is holed up at home due to lousy weather, and inside they are merely bright oases of uncrowded, pretty pools of color. No noise, no shoving.....no panic whatsoever.
But for now, all you who face the prospect of streaming into those overheated torture chambers of the chronic spendthrift-- good luck, amigos.
I will be quietly clicking on items from online catalogs to be sent to the recipients without any further fuss from me, with just a few sent here to be wrapped, to give me just a small taste of this "can't-get-through-this-fast-enough" raucous season. Peace on earth has to start in small ways, and one of mine is playing down this celebration of consumerisim. I refuse to join in it. I'll handle it without its attendant hysteria, from home.
December 2, 2007~ 8:45pm
BRRRRRRRRRRR....the winds are gonna be howling tomorrow. Right now, it's 46 degrees outside, but there's a powerful cold front sweeping in from Ohio that's supposed to bring wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, rain, sleet and snow, perhaps a half inch by morning. Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this. I keep fantasizing that 'winter' is something I remember, but not something that's gonna happen again- and very soon, right on the doorstep. I'm very pleased I sent regrets as to our company Christmas party tomorrow evening. If the roads are 'iffy' there is no way I want to be traveling home at 9:00pm or so tomorrow night-- I want to be snug in my bed by that time-- hunkered in and reading a book. Lets see..........I hate summer most of all......I only like winter when I'm inside (I do appreciate the way it cuts down on noise and people everywhere)......so that leaves spring and fall. Ah yes, the perfect seasons, those two. They could last all year- a two season year would be just about right.
December 6, 2007~ 12:15am
Today was my first day off of the four I've taken for my traditional 'early December Christmas prep and mental health retreat'. My online shopping is finished with all gifts being wrapped and sent to daughter and son's house respectively, and I've had lots of sleep and reading, hanging out in a robe and doing next to nothing. (I seem to require this more and more each year....it keeps down the panic over the holidays for me.) Today was also the first real snowfall this year (about 4 inches) and oh, I'm so pleased to have avoided driving in that.
I've been wandering the web, just enjoying myself and came upon this delightful site that houses over 3,000 old TV themes......lol. I've just finished listening to 'RIN TIN TIN'- one of my favorites from early childhood.
If you want a trip down memory lane, here's the alphabetical listing. You're bound to get lost in that, neurons firing like mad, conjuring up old polyester leisure suits and muttonchop sideburns, hula hoops and Sputnik, avocado kitchen appliances and Ed Sullivan's stiff-shouldered scowl. Have fun.
December 6, 2007~ 9:15pm
How do you rate on this test....
I'm a 3.....makes me not an asshole. (Does not give any indication what I might be, however.) LOL!!! Bob Sutton's done a delightful job of aptly describing the type of folk who make one's toes curl in the workplace. Take this test--- and if you are an arse---cut that out.
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