for the restivus

reason #3849 why i love the midwest

nothing says fun like an inspirational environmentally friendly dumpster.

shadowblogger

about a year ago i started a blog called me and my shadow. while it is likely that i subconsciously was thinking of my dear rodent friend the groundhog at this time, i would like to take this moment to wish you a happy groundhog day.

additionally, i would like to point out that i always associated bill murray's 'groundhog day' movie with his other hit, 'what about bob.'

oh - i also had a random memory of playing a groundhog named greta in an elementary school play about animals in hibernation. i had to wear floppy ears made out of animal fur.

and, speaking of hibernation - phil? yes, you, mr. groudhog. i found your shadow. it's between the actual temperature of -5F and the "what it feels like" temperature of -12F.

el fin.

for the rest-iv-us!

on this carefree day of december 23, i would like to wish a Happy Festivus to all fellow seinfeldian festivus celebrators. and regina spektor. in an attempt to shed holiday materialism, may you gather around your aluminum pole and embrace this holidazzle of a cult phenomenon. i also encourage you to get out and purchase a fine bottle of 2003 cabernet sauvignon from the pedroncelli winery, a festivus wine described as "a wine to toast grievances by, a wine to embolden your most bodacious* feats of strength."

as the head of my household, i look forward to being wrestled to the floor and pinned down in the Feats of Strength after my sushi dinner of which i will participate in the Airing of Grievances, letting those closest to me know how they disappointed me over the past year. i can't wait!

(six degrees of festivus: does anyone else find it slightly ironic that ben & jerry's came out with an ice cream called Festivus, and frank costanza, the prime source of recognizing festivus on the show seinfeld, is played by jerry stiller who has a son named ben?

...and is it also perhaps, a bit ironic that jerry stiller shares the same name as jerry seinfeld? no. probably not.)

*i believe they were mistaken, and meant jodacious.

saving the world one snowflake at a time

i know it's december because today my socks slid down into my shoes, reminding me of the winter days in elementary school that i would forget to pack my tennis shoes and have to wear my sorel boots all day.

i know it's december, and cold in december, not only because i listened to regina spektor's song december and matt costa's song cold december this morning, but because the weatherperson on the radio had to distinguish the fact that the temperature was nine degrees above zero, opposed to nine degrees below zero. this would be in degrees Fahrenheit, for those of you metric system conformists of Other Countries.

i know it's december because today is world AIDS day. who's excited for human right's day on december 10? and festivus?

i know it's going to be a long december and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last, but this past year was pretty spectacular, and if there's reason to believe maybe this next year will be better than the last, then i'll believe whatever the counting crows tell me to believe... unless it's contradictory with a Beatles song.

5-0

once upon a time in a land far far away i took a photo of a sunset, and it looked like this. and we lived happily ever after. el fin.

my second favorite music video.

a beatles music video attempt? it's so crappy! i love it!