happy holidays
last night was surreal. home is funny, and i don't know how i get myself into these situations.
i know i'm being cryptic, but whatever. it was weird but fun.
we had a lovely thanksgiving today. my sister got in to town around noon, and we spent the day cooking and being lazy and walking the dogs for a couple of miles. dinner was good - tofurkey! - and i didn't even feel guilty eating it because it was all i ate all day (i woke up with a horrible stomach ache from all the whiskey i consumed the night before). i drank like half a large bottle of wine with dinner, though, so now i'm awfully sleepy.
we listened to christmas music today. i am not a big fan of christmas music. my sister, however, starts listening to those "all christmas music all the time" stations the second she changes the calendar from october to november, and she always wants to hear it on thanksgiving. so, instead of all the horrible choral/nat king cole/frank sinatra/manheim steamroller shit, i suggested we compromise and listen to sufjan stevens' christmas album. i love sufjan a lot. he sings a bunch of traditional and obscure carols, including this one, which never fails to bring a smile to my face:
The Friendly Beasts
Jesus our brother kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable of wood
And the friendly beasts around him stood
Jesus our brother kind and good
"I" said the donkey shaggy and brown
I carried his mother up hill and down
I carried him safely to Bethlehem town
"I" said the donkey shaggy and brown
And "I" said the cow all white and red
I gave him my manger for a bed
I gave him my hay for to pillow his head
"I" said the cow all white and red
"I" said the sheep with a curly horn
I have him my wool for his blanket warm
And he wore my coat on that Christmas morn
"I" said the sheep with a curly horn
"I" said the dove from the rafters high
Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry
We cooed him to sleep my love and I
"I" said the dove from the rafters high
And "I" said the camel all yellow and black
Over the desert upon my back
I brought him a gift in the wise men's pack
"I" said the camel all yellow and black
Thus every beast remembering it well
In the stable dark was so proud to tell
Of the gifts that they gave Emmanuel
The gifts that they gave Emmanuel
happy thanksgiving, everyone.
i know i'm being cryptic, but whatever. it was weird but fun.
we had a lovely thanksgiving today. my sister got in to town around noon, and we spent the day cooking and being lazy and walking the dogs for a couple of miles. dinner was good - tofurkey! - and i didn't even feel guilty eating it because it was all i ate all day (i woke up with a horrible stomach ache from all the whiskey i consumed the night before). i drank like half a large bottle of wine with dinner, though, so now i'm awfully sleepy.
we listened to christmas music today. i am not a big fan of christmas music. my sister, however, starts listening to those "all christmas music all the time" stations the second she changes the calendar from october to november, and she always wants to hear it on thanksgiving. so, instead of all the horrible choral/nat king cole/frank sinatra/manheim steamroller shit, i suggested we compromise and listen to sufjan stevens' christmas album. i love sufjan a lot. he sings a bunch of traditional and obscure carols, including this one, which never fails to bring a smile to my face:
The Friendly Beasts
Jesus our brother kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable of wood
And the friendly beasts around him stood
Jesus our brother kind and good
"I" said the donkey shaggy and brown
I carried his mother up hill and down
I carried him safely to Bethlehem town
"I" said the donkey shaggy and brown
And "I" said the cow all white and red
I gave him my manger for a bed
I gave him my hay for to pillow his head
"I" said the cow all white and red
"I" said the sheep with a curly horn
I have him my wool for his blanket warm
And he wore my coat on that Christmas morn
"I" said the sheep with a curly horn
"I" said the dove from the rafters high
Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry
We cooed him to sleep my love and I
"I" said the dove from the rafters high
And "I" said the camel all yellow and black
Over the desert upon my back
I brought him a gift in the wise men's pack
"I" said the camel all yellow and black
Thus every beast remembering it well
In the stable dark was so proud to tell
Of the gifts that they gave Emmanuel
The gifts that they gave Emmanuel
happy thanksgiving, everyone.