than to curse the darkness. So this evening I began the putting up of The Lights -- but another task I have never undertaken before alone.
I got a sweeet deal at Krogers -- it would have been enough to get them all at 33% off -- but then to have them overcharge me and have to pay me five bucks an item! Again, I saw this as a sign that putting up Christmas lights was expected of me by Powers greater than myself or DTE.
With a war on and all, I felt it important not to go Las Vegas this year and I am thus shooting for a more natural understated theme. However, I am finding the single strand of blue lights across the shrubery a wee bit too minimalist. I will reconsider and continue to look for sales, but insist on remaining monochromatic.
Speaking of minimalism, I have decided to approach my holiday lighting project this year as I would a work of art -- creatively and with dogged determination to see my personal vision realized. No fitting in with the Jones this year. I have also convinced myself that if I can build a life size concrete man out of thin air, for God's sakes I can put up Christmas lights in any way I wish. The technical challenges can not possibly be more daunting, I will just have to perservere patiently to working affordable solutions.
And besides, there is another issue at hand...opportunity. This year presents opportunities unique and rare. For one, it appears we will have snow through December. Christmas lights are one thing -- Christmas lights in the snow are quite another. It's almost criminal for a Christian to not light up a white Christmas.
Add to that my first chance to pound as many damn nails into the aluminum siding of my house as I damn well please and the freedom to cater only to my own whims unfettered by the collective embarrassment or financial niggardliness of others and you have potential that shouldn't be taken lightly. (haha)
I am particularly fond of these new giant killer glowing snowflakes. They are working well in the tree I just cleared under (the perfect front yard Christmas tree except for the sad fact that its taller than the one in Rockefeller Plaza and I'm not Rockefeller!) I will need a couple more strings of them. I think I like the concept of giant killer glowing snowflakes the size of personal pan pizzas -- as absurd as glowing monstrous pulsating hot air balloon Santa shackled and tethered down in your front lawn, but without the tackiness factor.
I saw one of the most fascinating Christmas light displays a couple years ago in Jackson. It's almost worth going back to Jackson to see if its still there and get a picture. (I said almost) A half size lit Santa in a sleigh was cracking an animated light whip over his entire team of reindeer strung out in front of him. And everytime the whip landed on them all at once all the tiny lit reindeer would leap off the ground as if scalded. Its hard not to find that amusing. God bless the Chinese...so much of the spirit of our strange customs and imagery is apparently lost on them, but we buy it anyway when the price is right.
I found my Wellbutrins this morning after losing them for two weeks. Can you tell?
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