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2001-12-16 - 10:31 p.m. -
Florida- Day Five
lets start with last night shall we
i crashed like a bad bungee jumper.
major migraine. thought i was going to die
the ladies went out so i stuck around the
house on baby duty. got some much needed work done.
(yes, i brought work with me on vacation)
spent the night working on blueprints for an exhibit.
yeah, i know, too much fun for a mere human.
trying to get in 35 hours of work before
i return home. i�m getting close. a few more hours to go. spent most of the afternoon shopping. * twitch * * twitch *
10 days before x-mass & we went to the mall.
christmas shoppers scare me. the closer it gets to the 25th
the more crazed they begin to look.
saw a woman who had this look on her face that said�
"peace on earth & i just killed my husband & buried
him under a palm tree" * twitch * and that brings us to my main point for today�
christmas lights on palm trees.
it�s just wrong. Stop it. i have seen more christmas lights down here than
i saw up north where they have real snow.
almost everyone near here has lights up.
and not just a few. the whole house & half the yard.
the power company must love this time of year.
set in the middle of all of this is one house
that has a 15 foot high menorah with teki lamps & a
dradle made out of colored lights covering the roof.
�tis the season. ho ho oi.
four houses down they have the 3 wise men
projected onto the front of the house
& 3 white wooden raindeer prancing on the lawn.
or at least they should be prancing�
see, some kids in the neighborhood keep moving the
raindeer so that they form a holiday gang-bang with
the 3 wise men watching over them.
"love & joy unto you" i guess. add to all of this the fact that this is "Christ Country"
and you start to get a good picture of x-mass in orlando.
it seems like every church is having a "living nativity"
in the next few days. i find this unnerving.
its kinda like the SCA does the bible.
at least the climate is accurate.
people dressing up in "period garb" to re-create the
birth of Christ. they should have to do it all the way.
get someone from the church who is due & make her
deliver in the hay with the cows & sheep
& goats & camels without any medical assistance,
covered in fleas & animal droppings. bet she�ll feel
closer to God after that.
then, 33 years later, we could nail her kid
to the cross for good friday. come full circle if you will.
there are times i wonder if God looks down at us
& thinks,"they are missing the whole point"
there are times i wonder if i�m missing the point.
------------ ------------------ two more days before i�m home.
i miss my bed.
i miss my friends.
i miss streets that i know. two more days.
i can�t wait.
--------------- ------------------ shameless plug�
i have a gig at AS220 in providence
wednesday night @7:00pm.
come on down. i may do all improve.
check out my new shoes.
thank you.
-------------- ---------------- Today�s Stats
Coffee Count: 11 mugs
Cigarettes: 18
Candy: Carmello candy bar
Now Playing: none
---- ----------------------- "I can�t wait to put the key in my own front door.
I�ve been gone too long I�ve been gone too far
Now I�m one step closer to my start."
-Jon Svetkey, "Closer"
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