Back from crazy-town
Christmas was fun this year, though it felt very much like a recession Christmas. The whole immediate family switched names, so we all got one present a piece. Knowing my terrible electronic karma, my present was a non-Apple MP3 player which is about 1/3 the cost and works just as well. Now I won't feel terrible if my wacky magnetic field causes it to die strangely within a year.
For Christmas I bought Sibyl, among other things, a Wedgewood lighter . She had mentioned a love of Jasperwear and it seemed much cooler than a plate or bowl or cup. For Christmas/my birthday Sibyl is getting me the most AMAZING present ever. Ever! Its a photo from Life magazine's newly uploaded images. The photo shows Sen. Joseph McCarthy swearing in author Dashiell Hammett. I can't think of anything cooler and I am literally counting the days until I get it.
Our trip to NYC and to North Carolina was great. When I'm less tired, I plan to write down my feelings and thoughts about spending time with my new Mother-in-law and spending time in liberal North Carolina. For right now, I will just make this observation. Though Sibyl and I have traveled out of Massachusetts, this was our first trip as a married couple. While I was fine in NYC, in North Carolina I felt amazingly vulnerable. I realized, with that sense of anxiety I manage to cultivate so well, that in that state Sibyl and I had no legal protections. We might as well have been strangers, for all the recognition we could have gotten in an emergency. Now, this was liberal North Carolina (I swear I saw as many Obama and HRC stickers in Carrboro, NC as I do in Watertown) and I don't think Sibyl's Mom dislikes me as much as she once did, but it still gave me pause. I'll mull over this some more and try to write then.
For Christmas I bought Sibyl, among other things, a Wedgewood lighter . She had mentioned a love of Jasperwear and it seemed much cooler than a plate or bowl or cup. For Christmas/my birthday Sibyl is getting me the most AMAZING present ever. Ever! Its a photo from Life magazine's newly uploaded images. The photo shows Sen. Joseph McCarthy swearing in author Dashiell Hammett. I can't think of anything cooler and I am literally counting the days until I get it.
Our trip to NYC and to North Carolina was great. When I'm less tired, I plan to write down my feelings and thoughts about spending time with my new Mother-in-law and spending time in liberal North Carolina. For right now, I will just make this observation. Though Sibyl and I have traveled out of Massachusetts, this was our first trip as a married couple. While I was fine in NYC, in North Carolina I felt amazingly vulnerable. I realized, with that sense of anxiety I manage to cultivate so well, that in that state Sibyl and I had no legal protections. We might as well have been strangers, for all the recognition we could have gotten in an emergency. Now, this was liberal North Carolina (I swear I saw as many Obama and HRC stickers in Carrboro, NC as I do in Watertown) and I don't think Sibyl's Mom dislikes me as much as she once did, but it still gave me pause. I'll mull over this some more and try to write then.