12-28-2009, 11:47 AM
The Queen and I traveled north this Christmas. We spent three very uncomfortable nights in my old room. To make the sofa bed matress more comfortable, the folks have placed another mattress on top of the sofa bed mattress. It's like sleeping on a sponge. The mattress position or maybe it's the underlying sofa bed, causes your feet to be above your head, so it always feels like you are sleeping downhill. Yes, the room is jam packed with oddments and once we put our bags on the floor, there was no room to move or the dogs to lie down. They naturally gravitated towards the bed. Two dogs and two humans on the one full size mattress is no way to sleep.
But that is neither here nor there to the point of this story. One night I'm staring up hill past my feet and was looking at a pink curio cabinet filled with tschotkes. They really are hard to find in the house, I know. But for the first time, I noticed a theme to this small curio cabinet. It's full of creches, scenes of the nativity. Okay. There are also angels and people praying. Of course, there are also Santa's in the mix. Okay. It's confusing, but I'm getting used to it.
Then I look to this curio cabinet's neighbors. On the top is two representations of Hindu gods. On the second shelf down there are fertility gods. The juxtaposition of these two cabinets causes the sharp pain spike behind my eye. You would think one or the other of these two religious forces would send a lightning bolt screaming into this room. I'm sure this is still time for the cosmic reallignment.
I did well. That Amazon Wish List is really starting to pay off.
The Queen got a me a new printer that I won't stop using. If you have wall space, I have the picture for you.
The folks got me books and a new monitor and some cashola, which is always nice but sent Sister Steph into a Tizzy. She got furniture shipped to Seattle in Lieu of Cash.
I got some Photoshop books and some photography books. I got a galileo thermometer. It's the one with the glass bulbs. And jackets and underwear and new shorts.
I did very well for myself. Plus, I've gorged myself on cookies that i was supposed to handout but have eaten instead.
But that is neither here nor there to the point of this story. One night I'm staring up hill past my feet and was looking at a pink curio cabinet filled with tschotkes. They really are hard to find in the house, I know. But for the first time, I noticed a theme to this small curio cabinet. It's full of creches, scenes of the nativity. Okay. There are also angels and people praying. Of course, there are also Santa's in the mix. Okay. It's confusing, but I'm getting used to it.
Then I look to this curio cabinet's neighbors. On the top is two representations of Hindu gods. On the second shelf down there are fertility gods. The juxtaposition of these two cabinets causes the sharp pain spike behind my eye. You would think one or the other of these two religious forces would send a lightning bolt screaming into this room. I'm sure this is still time for the cosmic reallignment.
I did well. That Amazon Wish List is really starting to pay off.
The Queen got a me a new printer that I won't stop using. If you have wall space, I have the picture for you.
The folks got me books and a new monitor and some cashola, which is always nice but sent Sister Steph into a Tizzy. She got furniture shipped to Seattle in Lieu of Cash.
I got some Photoshop books and some photography books. I got a galileo thermometer. It's the one with the glass bulbs. And jackets and underwear and new shorts.
I did very well for myself. Plus, I've gorged myself on cookies that i was supposed to handout but have eaten instead.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit