It's the most wonderful time of the year!

That's right punks, it's H's birthday.

He loved his gifts. He got Akira: special edition, Photon (the idiot chronicles), a grey henley, a bunch of sour candy (not the Japanese stuff, I'm saving that for Christmas), Aliens soundtrack, Killzone for PS2, Onion Book #14, and a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

So he thought that was swell. Plus he got this other game called GUN for PS2.

Here, of course, is our Christmas picture:



Katie gave us the coolest thing. It's a big plant of rosemary that I can use for a zillion different things. I can even leave it on the table because the cats won't touch it. It's the bomb.
So then, H came home from work and said "Why did you get a tree?" since we had already discussed and rejected the idea of a tree.
Although, I've taken to celebrating Christmas in the same was Christians celebrate Halloween. A little garishness never hurt anyone, no?
Yule is a swell time to get together with family, talk to eachother, share a meal, maybe buy fun things for one another, give out cookies and whatnot. I'm very into that aspect of the holidays. But not much for the decorating. Besides, if I wanted to really decorate for Christmas, I'd have to move my Halloween decor out of the way. And I'd really rather not.

( So a trip to the dollar store later... )

And finally, you'll all be delighted to know that I'm knitting a scarf that looks like a scarf. Katie taught me how to do it, and I've been working on it here and there. By say, New Years, it just might look like something. Plus it's made of camouflage yarn, so H's neck will be virtually undetectable.

Andy. Serkis. Is. KONG. !!!.

Okay, so we saw King Kong today. After I complained about stupid, loud, multiple-phone-call-getting theatr patrons, I thought it was pretty good. Lots of cool actiony stuff; and lots of good character stuff. Adrien Brody looked hot Hot HOT. No surprises there. He was also quite moving as the romantic lead.

Good stuff: Kong was sympathetic, scary, and wonderful to look at. Jack Black was a total prick, so that was fun to watch. Actually, everything on the island was great: natives, giant bugs, dinosaurs (although T-Rexi are no longer beleived to be predators), and even the terrain. I would have sworn the orignal Kong had a snake in it, but I guess not because I just watched it recently. Lots of clever nods to the original...and no nods to any other Kong ever.

Problems? Well, yes frankly. There were a few lines from the original Kong that seemed tacked on in relation to the style of dialogue throughout the film. In fact, they stuck out like sore thumbs. And this is just a "me" thing, but Jack Black was such a prick, I wanted to see him consequenced. And he really wasn't, nor did he learn a single damn thing from the experience. Although now that I type this, that may well have been the point.

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H got the super-tricked out version of Sin City for his birthday from R and K. So that was cool, and he was delighted with that. He also got a groovy card from Dan and Cathy.

Kassy came by and brought me some cool stuff including the "new" Fiona Apple album, and some Janis Joplin for me to upload. Plus for my (belated but still joyous) birthday she and D gave me the first two seasons of Tales from the Crypt. Damn, I love that show. There are seven whole seasons, too. I can't wait to own all of them.