ho, ho, ho (and a bottle of rum)

There's approximately a shitload of Chex mix (TV mix? I've heard both) in the pantry. I've never been its biggest fan, though it was pretty tasty along with those vegetarian sandwiches on the raisin bread at that restaurant I keep meaning to go back to that had all the kickass pie and mismatched dishes. But if you're in the mood for some Chex mix, our pantry is the place to be. It has Cheez-Its and mixed nuts in it, if you're into that sort of thing. If you're not into it, feel free to pick them out.

I'm all excited about Christmas this year. I have no idea why, and I think I'm the only person I know who is. The odds are against me. The weather is insane. It's a little colder out, finally, but we've barely had any frost, and the snow we got the other morning had all melted by the time I woke up in the afternoon. I took terrible pictures of it, though, so I know it happened. It wasn't an unreasonably thrilling dream.

I haven't done much in the way of Christmas shopping, either. I've picked up a few things, but there are still people I need/want to buy things for, and so little time. Even less time than you'd think, because we're celebrating Christmas early this year. Our holidays are all screwed up. We had "Thanksgiving" last weekend, because my sister had surgery the Wednesday before the actual holiday. We'll be celebrating "Christmas" on the 22nd and 23rd, because Eric and Shannon's work place is stupid. The 22nd, apparently, will be spent doing our usual Christmas Day food eating and puttering around as merrily as possible, while the 23rd will be spent doing our usual Christmas Eve exchanging of gifts at Grandma's house. In a sense, we'll be having Christmas Eve after Christmas Day, but before December 24th. Fun stuff.

Fast Freddie didn't even invite me to visit claus.com this year. My email from him has been the official start of the Christmas season since 1997 - not the most time honored tradition, but it was turning into a special event (like Bill's Pie&Chicken Day). I went to the site myself to write my annual letter to Santa, asking him for Transformers and Supernaturals and talking about my daddy passing out in front of the Christmas tree again, and I put the usual pig with a wreath stamp on the front. Then, I discovered that they had changed Fast Freddie's name to "Freddy Fast 'n Quick". How lame is that?

Everything is kind of wrong this year, but that's to be expected. Maybe knowing that things will be weird relieves my mind of any expectations, realistic or otherwise. Hard to say. I'm just excited about Christmas this year. I don't know why, but I'm rolling with it.

Michael McFann; 01-03-2002 @ 08:31 AM CST

I dont know how I found your site,and believe me ,I checked it out .I must say I dont have a clue what you are rambling about.Happy New Year......Mike.