And I publish my Holiday Wishlist

I was shopping on Saturday and saw one of those giving trees.

One of the wishes from a 13 year old boy was ankle socks.

I don't have quite that amount of restraint.

I am going to be simple...

1) I would like a new bike. No, there is nothing wrong with my bike, I just covet this one.

2) I would like a new bag.

3) I want a book, but I want the pages to be uncut.

4) I would like a new phone.

5) I would like a new sportcoat.

I know that I am not going to get any of these for the holidays, and I know that I really don't deserve any of them, but I will have most of them by the end of 2011.

See, I am simple.

Oh, that Holiday Cheer!

Wow, it was five years ago when I did the Holiday Sounds Project (according to the Wayback Machine from the Internet Archive) and it was the last time that I really though about holiday music. I know that this was one of the songs, and I still love it. It is by far my favorite holiday song, and partially it is because it evokes such a wonderful feeling and some memories, not a personal one, but a there but by the grace of God go I one (which makes no sense whatsoever) and it makes me feel something physically. I can feel the tip of my nose and my toes chill, and I can feel the skin on my face get taut. The night is dark, and made more dark by being overcast, and the flinty smell of snow is on the air, and then the back and forth. It is every relationship that I have ever had.

But it is only November 8th. Yeah, it is...but Duane Reade out up the holiday displays last week, two radio stations in the CD have gone all holiday music all the time, and I know people who are putting up their tree tonight.

Here are my favorite lyrics:

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can´t make it out alone
I´ve built my dreams around you

So, on this cold & snowy night, when too many people are me are sick, and no one is completely happy, I leave you the Pogues...

Holiday Time

For the first time, it being so close to the Holidays made me happy.

It is a brisk day, I am drinking Christmas Blend coffee, I had a cookie, I have to pick up something that it is particularly Holiday-ie today, and at Starbucks, they are playing some of the music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas".