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January 1, 2012~ 12:00 am
Actually, it's 15 minutes till midnight. I am here, happily composing this entry for the brand new ....



No horns yet, no confetti, just the breath-held silence that precedes some new event about to pop open. Gingerly... because the Mayans, after all, have labeled this the last 365 we'll ever have.

Like Pandora of Greek Myth, we approach the unopened box and begin to lift the lid



our curiosity killing us. What exactly will fly out this year? Each and every December 31st, the world goes wild. Holds hands across seven seas and seven continents and SCREAMS and whoops in delight- as though we've somehow cheated death. As though the horns and the fireworks usher in some victory of having survived the last 300+ days, and sleepless...happy... we intend to dance into the next.

Here's hoping that's true..... for me, for you.... keeping my fingers crossed. (Breaking off here to listen to the sound of a new year being born. Be right back.)

Ok.

2012 made its way in a rather feeble fashion. LOL!!! I did hear a few gunshots, some yelling.... (of course, that may simply be a robbery happening down the street.) Nevertheless, 2011 is no more. How did we celebrate, Wayne and I? We had a very nice dinner out - (I had the pork roast and saurkraut, Wayne the Pasta ala Grec) and a complimentary, personal sized New Year's pretzel. That's a nice touch Calabria's offers every year. Each table gets one. Makes me happy.

We then watched Steve Coogan in 'Hamlet II', a 2008 comedy that (let me just say.....it's a TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE film) that nevertheless made us laugh. It's CORNY in the extreme, the acting WAY over the top (to the point where it's toe-curling 'ouch' at times) but still...



there's something about Coogan I find irresistable. The plot was like a goofy 'Glee' episode with a failed actor reduced to teaching high school drama, who pulls off a blockbuster self-written musical called, yes.... "Hamlet 2". I found the subplots excruciatingly unnecessary (and so much of the film was just plain silly and improbable... superfluous, yet despite that- despite the 'curled toes' of embarrassment for the film itself) by the end, with Coogan as Jesus Christ as the kids sing



"Rock Me, Rock Me, Rock Me Sexy Jesus"....Coogan 'moon-walking' on the water, I was howling. Some things happen like a tidal wave after a day of perfect calm at the beach and the fact that I ended up enjoying the film is still a mystery to me, but there you have it.





I hope all of you have a year just opened, a box that, right before, was closed and mysterious....



-wonderous in its own mystery, but about to release some magic for you. I sincerely hope now that the Christmas holidays have past, the presents played with.... branches beginning to droop



you take a black and white snapshot of that memory that lasts just as this Victorian image has. For all time, a caught and splendid moment before the startling wallop of the New Year breaking through with all its gala and its goblins... its happy times and horrors. Each year, you get a bit of both. (Let's hope the scales tip more toward happiness this time 'round) -hope this for all of us. Happy HAPPY NEW YEAR!




January 2, 2012~ 12:15 pm
It's so NICE to be home from work!! I slept 8 hours, then got up this morning and occupied myself by engaging in one of my favorite pasttimes..... looking at online art. I'm always so TICKLED to find something that captures my imagination in ways that delight me. That being said.... have a look at this WEIRD, wee New Year's Baby



...THAT is from the world of Swedish artist

Mia Mäkilä

that strange little guy is from her 'mixed media' section, but each section is sooooooo much fun to look at. (Glad to know there are people in the world with as demented a view of things as I have. LOL!!) Go check her out. Creepy and enjoyable both. (And sometimes scary.)

Now I'm going back to bed and read and sleep till sometime this evening. It's the LIFE OF RILEY, I'll tell 'ya! Hot damn.




January 3, 2012~ 6:15 pm
First day back after the long holiday weekend and wouldn't 'ya know it?? THIS GAL made an appearance....



The SNOW QUEEN!

And honest to Pete, it looked just like THAT when she'd breeze through! What a ROUGH day on the roads! All told, I guess I got about 4" total, but it's the way the snow came through that made is so difficult to navigate. Great masses of snow-filled clouds would suddenly take over the sunny skies and in minutes.... an inch at once (which made the roads slick instantly, visibility next to nil.) Add freezing temperatures of 20 degrees with gusting winds and... oh my.... what a recipe.

Luckily driving into work, things were calm, and the roads salted. But watching those bands come through all afternoon was nerve-wracking. I called my mother from the road going home and told her things were too slick, that I wouldn't be driving over to stop in and see her-- the bad weather watch was being extended till 7 this evening. (This, after I'd just seen a car facing in MY directions, half up on a hillside on 28, broken windshield, flares lit everywhere. Very sobering.)

Most folks did keep just below the speed limit and a nice, safe distance between.... but there's always those assh*les who BELIEVE the stupid car commercials, who come barreling along, passing everyone, and all I could think is, "DON'T SPIN OUT DON'T SPIN OUT..." (Why are drivers such morons?)

Anyway..... I'm home and safe and sound. The day WAS pretty, but that Snow Queen, man..... she can be such a headstrong bitch LOL!





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