I realize that my last post was quite negative, but I swear I haven’t been so since then. It’s been a pretty neat Christmas. I can’t resist posting the following, though. There was a tribute to Pierre Berton on the CBC a few days back, and they played a recording of Pierre reading one of my favourite poems when I was a kid. I know it’s a bit dark, but here it is, from “The Spell of the Yukon” by Robert W. Service:
The Cremation of Sam McGee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee.
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- The hand is fine, aside from some temporarily reptilian skin to remind me not to pour boiling water on myself. These reminders are needed sometimes.
- Children of Bodom is really good.
- I know this sounds shallow and awful, but sometimes I really wish that my family was the sort to give Christmas money instead of Christmas decorative cooking thermometers. Seriously, guys, my trousseau is the size of a chateau. There is no need to buy me that porcelain soap dish that doesn’t match any of the other bathroom pieces I have received for the past 20 years. I can buy one for 2 dollars at Ikea. And no, you don’t need to put that 13-piece stainless steel “Jesus and his Apostles” cutlery set on layaway for when I finally get hitched and need 11 extra pieces of silverware for no apparent reason (aside from my swinging high-roller lifestyle and distaste for doing dishes). When it comes time for matrimony, I’ll get my cooking utensils just like everyone else by stealing them from Leonard cafeteria.
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As I said before, I had a pretty neat-o Life Day. The highlights, in point form:
- Dogs
- I saw Mike Harris on Christmas Eve, shopping with his son
- I recovered from pink eye and got an ear infection the next day, and upon recovery from that I poured boiling water on my hand and had to wear a bandage for two days
- My aunt Liz and uncle Gord were over for Christmas, which was a lot of fun as they are hi-larious
- We drove up to Kingston on Boxing Day to celebrate with the other half of our Canadian relatives, and much hilarity was also had over there
- Because you can’t avoid materialism around Christmas, I will announce that I received a macro zoom lens for Christmas, and that it is awesome
- I also bought lots of stuff on Boxing Day, and now have like a kabillion new DVDs on top of the ones I received on Christmas Morn.
Clicking the More link will get you to a selection of pictures from the past week.
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