Christmas without the Snake (Or, "I don't give a fig leaf if the apple's were on sale!")

[talktooloose]

My first ever Christmas was in 1988 with Snake in a small woodstove-heated cottage in the woods. Having been herded away from the goyishe holiday my whole childhood, I felt like a traitor to the Jews. But it was a symbol of my newly-minted love that I would give Snake his special celebration. Of course, it was a communist de-Jesused version, but whatever.

Over the years, Christmas has come to mean a lot to me as a joint celebration. This year, with Snake in Hungary, the Jew and the Chinese Communist boy made a half-hearted go of it. We dressed the tiny fake tree that Snake and I used in our early years, lit Chanukah candles, put on the Boney M Christmas album and made that traditional Yule dinner: lamb curry.

Still, you got to admit, any occassion for presents is an occassion for presents. Here's what I got:

Looney Tunes Golden Collection
Meshell N'Degéocello's new album (which is really rich on first listen - really present live drums with a misty, triphoppy top)
Barbra Streisand's new album (from Tutu, I'm not expecting to like it)

But wait! There are gifts from ME to ME! I realized that I need a faster computer the way a Slate Junco needs a chainsaw (that was for you, redrunner), so I ditched that obsession and just bought a new CD drive to replace the dying one. And better! It reads and burns DVDs! Then, after three hours of tryouts (thank you for your patience, Carbon Computing) I opted for a $189 drawing tablet instead of a $2600 one. It's a Wacom Intuos2 4X5 tablet and I'm loving it, baby! Loving it. I draw in a tiny cramped fashion anyway, so not having room for big brushstrokes is fine with me. I hope to post the results of tests shortly.

In response to a response, I just coined the word "Humbuggery" which sounds like a much more pleasant way Ebenezer could have spent his nights.

And now, I'm going to watch faggy videos including the Judy Garland biopic with Judy Davis from a couple of years ago, and then get into bed to finish off Fall on Your Knees which is, as they say, a read and a half.

Comments

[33mhz.livejournal.com]

You need to put on your own Christmas special: "A Commie-Jew Christmas". It would effortlessly be the best Christmas show ever.

[redrunner.livejournal.com]

If juncoes had chainsaws they'd get my vote.

That doesn't make sense, but it's true.