Imperturbability, thy name is Joke.
It's (pretty much) Christmas.
You know what I'm doing?
Drinking a generous tumblerful of Bloody Mary. It's the wrong time of the day, the wrong season of the year, the wrong everything for such a beverage. Ask me if I care.
No, I don't...but thanks for asking.
As of 5pm yesterday I ceased to exist for the year to anyone not in my immediate circle. Need me desperately before 1/7/07? Doesn't look so hot for you, pal.
I havestuck in gift bags wrapped all my giftage and all I have to do is show up to my parents' house and hide in the kitchen to minimize contact with the Unusual Suspects. I bail out early in favor of Midnight Mass, stick gifts under the tree and eat the cookies NOS and I will have baked for Santa. (Reindeer eat Purina Reindeer Chow, not available in local stores.) That's it.
The Bloody Mary is delicious and mood-ameliorating. Part of the serenity is the fact that I'm always looking out for gifts throughout the year. We have what we call "the gift closet" where we stash away Christmas, Chanukah, Anniversary and Birthday gifts as we find them all year long. This year this was a life saver. Add the automatic card mailmerge thing, and I'm on @#$&ing velvet, people.
However, as my mind drifts to thoughts of the Unusual Suspects...my thirst for another Bloody Mary revs up again.
You missed me, admit it.
-J.
You know what I'm doing?
Drinking a generous tumblerful of Bloody Mary. It's the wrong time of the day, the wrong season of the year, the wrong everything for such a beverage. Ask me if I care.
No, I don't...but thanks for asking.
As of 5pm yesterday I ceased to exist for the year to anyone not in my immediate circle. Need me desperately before 1/7/07? Doesn't look so hot for you, pal.
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The Bloody Mary is delicious and mood-ameliorating. Part of the serenity is the fact that I'm always looking out for gifts throughout the year. We have what we call "the gift closet" where we stash away Christmas, Chanukah, Anniversary and Birthday gifts as we find them all year long. This year this was a life saver. Add the automatic card mailmerge thing, and I'm on @#$&ing velvet, people.
However, as my mind drifts to thoughts of the Unusual Suspects...my thirst for another Bloody Mary revs up again.
You missed me, admit it.
-J.
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So drink up, sez I.
P.S. Missed you? You were GONE?
-J.
Happy Christmas, Joke!
This raises the far more disturbing question of how you could let yourself run low on vodka...
-J.
Happiest of holidays to you and yours.