Wow, it seems that another year has passed somehow, hasn’t it?
In the interest of starting with a fresh slate, it’s time for a quick purge of thoughts that I may or may not want/need in the New Year.
The Ting Tings – “That’s not my name”: Front-runner for being my favorite guilty pleasure pop song for the year. Additional points are gained because this song conjures up memories of screaming down the Fox River in a ski boat at dusk with said song cranked.
Detroit Lions: The Lions went 0-16, officially making them the worst team of all time. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. If they had gone 1-15 or 2-14, we would have just dealt with the knowledge we always have – and that is that the Lions suck. But now we can have it on the books that the Lions are, in fact, the worst team. Ever.
Batter Blaster: Don’t buy it.
From the first moment I saw the Batter Blaster in the store I wanted it. TFN was not as keen on the idea. Then, while we were doing the apocalyptic stockup (more on that to follow), I picked up the can of Batter Blaster and played the “but it’s Christmas” card. She relented.
For the record, Batter Blaster sucks. It doesn’t behave like normal pancake batter, bubbling to let you know when to flip it, so all of your pancakes are goopy or burnt, and the can ends up in the garbage.
Apocalyptic Stockup: In Michigan, liquor sales are suspended from midnight on Christmas Eve until the morning of the 26th. Don’t ask me why, it has something to do with Jesus somehow.
As a result, there is always some internal fear as this deadline draws near that, a.) liquor sales will for some reason not resume, or b,) we will somehow run out in those few hours. As a result, we irrationally stock up. This year’s stockup consisted of:
Bailey’s
Maker’s Mark
Rebel Yell
A case of Labatt Blue Light
3 bottles of champagne
3 bottles of wine
I know, right?
Cooking up a Storm: One of the gifts that Santa brought TFN for Christmas this year was a copy of Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.
After Katrina, among all of the other devastating losses that NOLA suffered, many people discovered that their treasured family recipes were also lost. And whether or not you’ve been to NOLA, you’re probably aware that New Orleans cooking is exquisite.
In the wake of the storm, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans was a swapping spot for people to reclaim lost recipes, and the paper compiled them into a book.
We made a pot of chicken and sausage gumbo the other night, and it was amazing. It was so good that I don’t mind that the house smelled like gumbo for three days after.
Be a Dick, Do the Time: It’s sad that we as a people need a law for this, but since we do, I’d like to see it passed everywhere.
In Brighton, they passed a law that allows police to ticket and fine anyone who is annoying in public "by word of mouth, sign or motions."
Enforcing that law would be enough to make me want to be a cop.
New Year’s Plans: This year, all is as I hope it should be. We are going to Geekfest 08/09, which essentially involves friends, booze, a living room and video games. I look forward to bringing in the New Year with good friends.
I also hope that 2009 will be the year that Detroit – and Michigan - turns itself around. Unfortunately, I’m thinking it will be 2010 at the soonest. We’ll see though.
Happy New Year, all! Check out my list of the 10 best albums on 2008 if you’re inclined, and don’t forget to put a penny on the sill tonight!
P.S. - If you were taken aback by my favorite pop song of 2008 being, you know, too poppy, let me point you to this video from my favorite album of the year, so you know I've not gone too soft:
Hope 2009 brings you all enough.
2 comments:
MrZ said, "Brighton, UK? I guess that kind of makes sense."
Honestly, I've been having a little trouble since I clicked the link.
I mean, Brighton, Michigan, is in the United States. The United States was founded by people who annoyed and were annoyed by their king, so you could say that annoyance is the bedrock upon which our great nation was built, and that annoying behavior should be encouraged and rewarded, not discouraged and punished.
But then I thought a little further. I remembered in the 1970s, on the school playground, that the annoyed could pretty much assault the annoying and almost always get away with it, unless, you know, the perpetrator of the annoyance tattled on the tough little vigilante who put an end to it.
Now, I have nothing (much) against cops, although, as Maud pointed out to Harold, they are a little officious, but I'm not sure why you would want to become one rather than simply time-travel back to 1972, where people dealt with the problem of annoyance quickly, efficiently, and without fear of expulsion or incarceration.
Police academy, or time travel? I guess being a Gemini, you could do both...
I have never heard of the Ting Tings and I found "That's Not My Name" to be a totally cool song! Glad I visited you! I think some of my offspring would love it! I'm going to check out some of their other stuff, life doesn't offer me the opportunity to explore music as much as I used to.
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