Twilight Funk; New Playstation games; a head of braid mange; and a Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!

Merry Christmas my festive peeps!

Its been quite a holiday season - as you noted from my continued web silence. One of my New Year's resolutions is to be more prolific in the writing department. I also need to be more prolific in the TV watching department. The only three shows I am even near caught up are Amazing Race (who got kicked christmas week?), Grey's Anatomy (hello Torres), and Boston Legal (funniest show on tv). And I need to read more and I haven't seen a movie since I think the Jodie Foster film - but this is not about the New Year's resolutions this is about getting y'all up to speed on my pre-holiday and holiday festivities.

The first Christmas miracle for me is that I bought my first xmas (sorry christ) gift early this fall - before Thanksgiving even. It was one of those old time drinking birds. Its like a beeker from science class with a bulb on the bottom of it and it was filled maybe half way with some red liquid. The top had a bird on it with a little red (or blue apparently) top hat. and the thing bobs into and out of a glass. it is cool. So, I bought that for Leon since there was one in his mom's house and we've been looking for one for about 10 years now. Gift numero uno, finito!

Next we move to post-triptaphan (sp?) glory and gift number two bought - Pinky & the Brian final season on dvd for Alyssa. ROCK ON AUNTIE! And then in terms of gift purchasing I petered out until around December 20. So much for early bird specials.

Now, in the meantime, y'all know about the hair. Well, it was cut. It went from mid back to shoulders, thanks to Jdog. Now it looks cute. I actually dig it. If you can imagine, I actually wear little head bands and can put it in a pony tail or pull the sides back into a little nibblet of a pony tail. Cute. It is wicked high maintenance to have long hair. Short curls are much easier to care for and are truly wash and go. Now I have to be a girly girl of sorts and it is strange at best. But it looks good to have hair. Right now, it is making me crazy since it is coming out. And by coming out I mean literally I was sitting doing a puzzle with Jdog and there was this feeling, a weird feeling on my neck, and then a braid fell like a dead snake onto my lap. This unfortunate event also happened in the shower and once while I was doing my hair. And so, I look like I have braid mange. Braid mange! And that horrible color which I lamented a few blogs ago is even lighter and coming dislodged from the braids and making me look all kinds of trifling. So, I am pulling them out and hopefully jdog will braid my real hair. yippee. Plus I miss wearing hats. I love hats. ball cap hats.

Speaking of hair, inquiring minds want to know what my mom's reaction was. Well, I forgot my cell phone and camera so I was not able to capture the moment on film so you'll have to do with this recitation. Jdog and I walk to the door and its locked. I ring the bell. Dad answers the door and immediately says "what did you do with your hair?" Comment taken and filed - mostly because this is my father's stock answer. Law school - why do you want to do that. New car - why do you want to do that. Negotiate salary - why do you want to do that. Buy a house - why do you want to do that. Hair anything - why did you do that? See the pattern. Just always asking why - he probably did that as a kid too. Then came my mom. "Oh your here. Oh your hair! What did you do to your hair? Ok. Let me see in the light." So we walk into the light. "I don't know. You look like Whoopie Goldberg. You really do." What? "i do not look like whoopie, she has dreads, these are braids." Jdog, "no she doesn't, whoopie has no eyebrows." Ok so that was the reaction. Can you imagine. Whoopie. Ok it would be the bomb to look like whoopie - she's hot right? But patty doesn't mean it that way - she means it in the why would you want to look like a black woman way. Well..hmmmm... let's see - can I really truly help that?? Not so much. The other family of course thought it looked good, cute, and it grew on everyone by the end of the holidays.

Ok blah blah blah holiday cheer. It was pretty good actually. I rocked on the gifts. Truly. Jdog painted me a piece called "Twilight Funk" - and it rocks. It will be framed and hung by the dining room table with cheer. An original created for me. Awesome! I cannot say enough about it - I almost cried but pulled it together. I am also on my way to becoming a rockin drummer - but let's not get ahead of ourselves. In true keeping of my wannabe pop idol by 40 mentality - I also received Singstar and Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) for PS2.

Most of you know I can dance, and I love to do so. The things that worry me about DDR are: 1. songs I am unfamiliar with; 2. dance moves my body can no longer do; and 3. getting winded from the extreme quickness of the moves. But, this game shall not beat me that is for sure! Singstar I actually tried and along with rocking out in my car, I love to sing. I adore karaoke and sing in the shower.

Singstar rates not necessarily on getting all the words right but on tone and pitch and all those professional american idol things. There are two songs I like to do in Karaoke - Paradise by the Dashboard by Meatloaf and the B52s Love Shack. the game does not have Meatloaf but does have Love Shack. Not so shockingly to say Leon, but to me, I was horrified that I received more AWFULS and BADS from this song than any other. If you can imagine, my best some was Rocket Man followed closely by Sweet Home Alabama. I think my fake English and then my fake southern accents helped with a lot. I will work on everything and cannot wait until I can play against someone else - or do a few duets. Bottom line - christmas rocked.

The best part of the holiday was that my mom truly brought Christ back into CHRISTmas. We had a little cake, with a music playing candle, and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus! I am sure that singing this diddy made up for the fact that I gave Jesus hand lotion (spread it on for Christ) in lovely lilac scent, and Holy Toast for xmas (imprint your toast, stick it in the toaster, and watch the adoring face of Mary appear next to your eggs on your breakfast toast). Well maybe not.

My christmas was really topped by the fact that I have no heat in my house. None. Zip. Its currently 49 degrees on Highland street. I have long sleeve t, fleece, and hoodie on, and my hands are blue. Last night warmth came with body heat, fleece sheets, down comforter, microfiber blanket, and comforter. I cannot imagine (and hope I never have to experience) truly being cold. Freezing every night has to be painful and horribly. I feel like a selfish princess!

Well, that's it. I hope this was not too insufferably boring. Hopefully the new year will bring more joy and peace and serenity and more exciting stories.

happy holidays.