Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, this is the Charlie Brown-est
“I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel. I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess. And I’m getting presents, and sending Christmas cards, and decorating the trees and all that, but I’m still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed.”
Charlie Brown, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
“Why couldn’t McCovey had hit the ball just three feet higher?”
Charlie Brown – Peanuts (December 22, 1962)
The blogs been bleak lately. I haven’t written anything good. It’s nothing but movie reviews and links of the day with not much to say and terrible writing. The movie reviews are quickly jotted notes making no sense. The links of the day only interest me. Then there are the idols. Nobody but me knows about idols. I doubt my readers do. What little I have of them. I need to mix things up and get back to some writing. Good writing would be helpful. But any writing at the moment would be great.
Let’s try something different…
I go to the bookstore just about every week. I usually buy something which I end up not reading. I buy it and put it on the nightstand. It stays there for years before I decide to read it. Maybe I can write reviews of what I read.
But first, let me write about what I bought and the motivation to buy it. Maybe writing why will help me read the book.
Yotsuba&! Volume 13. The best manga out there. I love how it makes me feel so happy to see the fun adventures of Yotsuba, the 4 year old, kawaii kid. She’ll worm her way into your heart. You should be reading this.
The Complete Peanuts: 1999-2000. I have several of the early volumes but haven’t bought any of the latest. This is the last book of the run. It’s got the final chapters of the Peanuts strip. I adore the Peanuts strip. If I could draw, I would love to do a comic strip. Maybe it should be my next profession.
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt. I have a need to read some stories about movies. Hopefully, Patton Oswalt’s diary of the movies he’s seen as he gained fame will help me with my movie viewing writing. Like I said, this blog is just bad movie writing. But in it contains the movies that I have seen in the theaters these past 12+ years. Maybe, like Oswalt, this is my Silver Screen Fiend.
Peanuts and Morrisey. That is all.
“I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel.”
Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Next time, to get into the Christmas spirits just put on the soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The opening bars of the opening song, "O Tannenbaum," is so holiday is ridiculous.
It may feel like Christmas now.
Cold. Snowing. A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack playing on “Christmas Time is Here.” The presents are wrapped.
More of this. With the ones you love.
It would be Christmas. Now if I can only find the good cheer for my fellow men.
“Good ol’ Charlie Brown… How I hate him!”
Shermy, Peanuts, Charles Shulz
Is the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to the Charlie Brown Christmas Special the definitive music for the holiday season?
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Charlie Brown in japan.
