Shadowlight's Lighthouse

Every Year the Holidays Come Swinging at your Head...
November 3rd, 2009
Current Mood:blah blah
[title courtesy of singer Jonatha Brooke]
Fall back clocks? done.
Make saving throws vs. hibernation instinct.
Put away Jack o' Lantern.
Give Away rest of Halloween Candy before I eat it all. partially done.
Look over Halloween Clearance for useful cosplay / gothy items.
Replace Elvira poster on outside of apt door with a picture of Thanksgiving symbols being given the bum's rush by symbols of Christmas.
Vote tomorrow!
Call brother, find out if I can have Thanksgiving with him this year.
Talk to new manager in charge of my dept, ask for 3-4 days off around Christmas (yes, ma'am, it's important) and another 3 days for New Years (yes, ma'am, it's also important).
Finish Wish List by Thanksgiving.
Finish Christmas shopping by New Year's.
Write / illustrate book.
Do my Christmas lights actually light up? yes.
Buy christmas tree angel and long strand of synthetic pine branches; disguise lamp-post as a Christmas tree: done.
Bemoan how fast time seems to move while sitting between a metal Christmas tree and a plastic jack o' lantern? done.

*ripcrinkletearcrinkle*
Sally: "A Sarah Palin Chew Toy?? Wow, Mal, where'd you find this?"
Mal:You can find anything on the Internet if you look hard enough. It talks, too. 26 Palin quotes, in case you need Instant Rage!"
*ripcrinkletearcrinkle*
Mal: "a box of Chocolate Covered Scabs! I didn't know they still made these."
Glory: "a little place called the Aztec Candy Co. in New Mexico. An admirer sent one of their chocolate-filled -while -still -beating -hearts for Valentine's Day. I sent it back, but I figured you'd appreciate their wares more than I did."
*ripcrinkletearcrinkle*
Glory: "oh, honeybear! It's a diadem of mystic orange flame! How'd you know I used to wear one of these?"
Panda: "temple wall paintings in Assyrian ruins, a few emails to some anthropologists to follow up... the hard part was finding someone who could actually make jewelry out of orange flames."
*ripcaaarefullyseparateandunfold,preservingthewrappingpaper*
Sally: "Panda, for crying out loud, just rip the thing!"
Panda:"but, Sally, it's such nice paper, I don't want to ruin"--
Sally: "next year, I'm just getting you wrapping paper for Christmas."
Panda (holding up book): "_Fire & Nice: Getting Rid of this Polite Nice Guy Crap and Speaking up for Yourself_ This is actually a book? "
Sally: "You'll thank me later."
Panda: "Thank you, Sally."
Sally: "No! I said later! Read the book first!"
Panda: "ok, Sally. (looks straight at the Fourth Wall) From all of us at Malpanda's Journal, to all of you out in the Blogosphere... "
Mal: "Who's he talking to?"
Sally points. Mal looks at Fourth Wall, screams, and falls over onto the floor.
(all, in Unison, even Mal): MERRY CHRISTMAS!