assume a spherical turkey
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jazzfishMade it to Nova again.
On the drive up I listened to about half of A Wizard of Earthsea as read by Harlan Ellison. Pretty good stuff, though it did impress upon me that I am not at all an audial learner: my mind kept drifting and a few minutes later I'd snap back to the story. Also, the first couple of pages were read by Ursula Le Guin, which was rather neat. She sounds like a seventy-year-old Joan Cusack, with that distinctive roundness to all her vowels.
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nixve, which was very funny and very brutal, sometimes simultaneously. I enjoyed it a great deal, though if I hadn't known it was based on a play I might not have enjoyed it as much. A partly-successful stage adaptation is more interesting than a movie with some poor filming decisions. Will have more to say elsewhere, eventually.
Spent an enjoyable afternoon in a remaindered book store in Springfield (happiness) that I found by accident, and then making Xmas chocolate & alcohol with Tony and Mo and Jeff Firestone. (I'd called Jonathan, and left a message on his cell phone. Then at around 10:30 this evening it occurred to me that Jonathan doesn't have a cell phone. So, sorry about that, Jonathan.) Good to see all three of them, as I hadn't since the wedding 3.5 years ago. They are all recognisably themselves as I remember them, only grown up a bit. Listened to a comedy sketch entitled "Polly Anderson's Christmas Party" and learned that you can determine exactly how long to cook a turkey if you assume a spherical turkey, made several messes of Mo's kitchen and had really good pizza. Wonderful.
Went to the Xmas eve candlelight service as usual. My parents decided not to stick around for it, so despite the presence of a six-year-long crush two rows up and the non-relative I've known the longest one row up, I was alone at a church service for the first time I can remember. Certainly the first time at St. Stephen's. An interesting feeling.
Christmas was an average Christmas, not horrible but nothing spectacular. The Welches came over for breakfast, we had stockings and presents, and then they left and my parents watched Harry Potter #3 while I read. Christmas dinner was just the three of us, and was quite tasty. Though reminiscent of Thanksgiving dinner . . . turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mandarin salad, asparagus. Cinnamon creme pie (yay!).
"Merry Christmas" falls awkwardly off my tongue; always has. "Happy holidays" feels forced, and "Happy Christmas" is closer but still curious. (Maybe it's that I didn't realise I /could/ have a happy Christmas until several years ago.) So, fröliche Weinachten to you all, and I'm surejude will correct my atrocious Deutsch.
On the drive up I listened to about half of A Wizard of Earthsea as read by Harlan Ellison. Pretty good stuff, though it did impress upon me that I am not at all an audial learner: my mind kept drifting and a few minutes later I'd snap back to the story. Also, the first couple of pages were read by Ursula Le Guin, which was rather neat. She sounds like a seventy-year-old Joan Cusack, with that distinctive roundness to all her vowels.
Saw Closer with
nixve, which was very funny and very brutal, sometimes simultaneously. I enjoyed it a great deal, though if I hadn't known it was based on a play I might not have enjoyed it as much. A partly-successful stage adaptation is more interesting than a movie with some poor filming decisions. Will have more to say elsewhere, eventually.Spent an enjoyable afternoon in a remaindered book store in Springfield (happiness) that I found by accident, and then making Xmas chocolate & alcohol with Tony and Mo and Jeff Firestone. (I'd called Jonathan, and left a message on his cell phone. Then at around 10:30 this evening it occurred to me that Jonathan doesn't have a cell phone. So, sorry about that, Jonathan.) Good to see all three of them, as I hadn't since the wedding 3.5 years ago. They are all recognisably themselves as I remember them, only grown up a bit. Listened to a comedy sketch entitled "Polly Anderson's Christmas Party" and learned that you can determine exactly how long to cook a turkey if you assume a spherical turkey, made several messes of Mo's kitchen and had really good pizza. Wonderful.
Went to the Xmas eve candlelight service as usual. My parents decided not to stick around for it, so despite the presence of a six-year-long crush two rows up and the non-relative I've known the longest one row up, I was alone at a church service for the first time I can remember. Certainly the first time at St. Stephen's. An interesting feeling.
Christmas was an average Christmas, not horrible but nothing spectacular. The Welches came over for breakfast, we had stockings and presents, and then they left and my parents watched Harry Potter #3 while I read. Christmas dinner was just the three of us, and was quite tasty. Though reminiscent of Thanksgiving dinner . . . turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mandarin salad, asparagus. Cinnamon creme pie (yay!).
"Merry Christmas" falls awkwardly off my tongue; always has. "Happy holidays" feels forced, and "Happy Christmas" is closer but still curious. (Maybe it's that I didn't realise I /could/ have a happy Christmas until several years ago.) So, fröliche Weinachten to you all, and I'm sure
jude will correct my atrocious Deutsch.
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