Because the Seed hasn’t posted it yet
I give you Changmas!
Puts you in the holiday mood, doesn’t it? Now my browser window is slow as all get out.
Link of the Day [12.04.11]
I’ve always wanted to do try a series of posts related to holiday themed television shows. The AVClub has beat me to it. I seem to link to the AVClub every so often especially to their series of posts centered around a topic. This one is called the AVClub Advent Calendar highlighting holiday episodes of television shows. I had to post about this because the latest one features Northern Exposure, a beloved favorite of mine. If NewsRadio is my all time favorite comedy, Norther Exposure is my all time favorite dramady. The X-Files? It’s my all time favorite paranoia show.
If I was to do a series of holiday shows, I know I would be diving into Northern Exposure’s list of episodes. I want a girl who can appreciate the melancholia in this show.
Question of the Day [2.17.11]
Maybe I should re-sync iPhone and change out all that holiday music and the holiday playlists. Do you still have your Christmas lights up?
In the Year 2011
Welcome to the New Year! I resolve to… Nah never mind because it never works out.
Happy New Year!
The Detritus of the Season
We’re nearing the end of another year and the end of the holiday season. I’ve survived and so have you. It is a weird thing to think about, but the holiday season hasn’t been the holiday season in a long while for me.
I’ve given up on religion for at least four years now. No church, no belief in an afterlife, no God, and does this affect how this part of the year plays out.
In my younger days and in the days before giving up on religion, I’ve always felt this to be the best time of the year, because of the connection you get from serving your fellow men with greetings of good tidings and holiday wishes. The giving of gifts extended these feelings; an extension of freely giving of yourself to others, in service to others. The selflessness that this season aroused in me was welcome.
But lately, I haven’t felt that way. I doubt it is the loss of religion as I don’t believe having religion as a precondition to being selfless and caring. It’s more that the last couple of years, the Decembers have swept by and the holidays get up and get down. Before you know it they’re upon you. You spend hectic days shopping, but never contemplating what it all means.
I find that only a few things can get me out of the funk and into a holiday mood. It’s A Wonderful Life is one, but sadly, it is no longer shown on every channel, every where. The Charlie Brown Christmas album is another, but iTunes is evil and splits it into 2 albums so I can’t listen to it completely on iPhone. These two, any time I catch them during December, it instantly becomes the holiday season.
Yet, I still wish I could get that feeling back. Christmas is gone. Maybe next year.
OMG, An Ill Reindeer!
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Link of the Day [12.24.10]
Christmas Eve and if you don’t have that Christmas spirit then “Bah, humbug!” I’m home wrapping presents and doing last minute online shopping. It’s past midnight on the other side of the world, so it’s the 25th and Santa should be visiting those boys and girls of non-christian countries.
Stay safe this Christmas Eve.
It’s an anime Christmas
A scene from Toradora anime during a school fest/Christmas dance. I haven’t seen Toradora in a while, but since I was searching out videos on youtube and found plenty of anime, I thought I would post this in the spirit of the season.
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
Although, you have to wonder what type of Christmas spirit occurs in Japan, a mostly non-Christian nation.
Frankly, madam, ….
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