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When it came to figuring out how to dress up my tacky little manger scene this year, there really wasn’t much of a presidential debate to be had. I mean, hands down, the Republican race has been the biggest source of unintentional entertainment for a while now…at least, for me. Combine that with an Occupy Wall Street background and badaboom! Instant American Manger, 2011 style.
It's been an interesting year, to say the least, but we got through it. Some of us even grew a little wiser, I think. I hope all of my friends have a great holiday season, a terrific Christmas (for those who celebrate the birth of the baby…um, teabag?), and good food plus holiday cheer in the weeks ahead. And, laughter! Lots of it.
My wish for the new year: Here's to many happy stories in the next twelve months, and the gift and ability to tell them well. I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store! I’m sensing good things in all of our stockings.
All the best,
Ted
Have yourself a Very Jersey Christmas...
Dec. 21st, 2010 11:34 pm
Badaboom! Hope youze guys have a great holiday, filled with lots of spray-on tanning lotion, hair product, and a freakin' partridge in a pear tree, if you know what I mean.
Hey, it's been an interesting year, to say the least, but we all got through it. Some of us even grew a little wiser, I think. Here's wishing all of my LJ friends a great holiday season, a terrific Christmas (for those who celebrate the birth of the baby Snooky), and the best of times in the year ahead.
My wish for the year ahead: Here's to more stories...most of them happy, I hope...in the next twelve months, and the gift and ability to tell them well. I can't wait to see what happens to everyone in the year ahead!
All the best,
Ted
By the way, for those of you not into this silly wave of reality TV, I tried to keep the New Jersey characters somewhat recognizable: aside from the three central characters (Snooky as Baby Jesus, the Situation as Joseph, and some chick from The Real Housewives of New Jersey as Mary), the rest of da guys are all famous New Jersey folks. The governor Chris Christie, and Danny Devito and Joe Pesci as the resident goombas. Then the three wise men: Jon Bon Jovi, Frankie Valli, and Bruce Springsteen.
Love's Labor Losted
Oct. 8th, 2008 09:57 pmI knew it was coming, but then again, it really didn't take a fortune teller.
Ashes, you may recall, started high school this year by playing a game of musical boyfriends. She had her first flirtation, first boyfriend, and first ride home in a police car, all in the space of a week-end.
But I've noticed something, these past seven days. While her first few days were full of talk about this new boyfriend, Billy, and everything he said or did, this past week has been filled with talked about how Billy's been avoiding her.
At first it was because he had a cold, and didn't want to give it to her. Then there was silence and avoidance, and talk of her friends threatening to kill him. And tonight, she asked to call him, since he clearly was never going to call her.
I allowed her to call, even though I knew what the conversation was going to be like. I tried to warn her, but she didn't want to hear it.
Sure enough, two minutes into the call, she asked to go outside. "The reception's better out there," she said.
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Ashes, you may recall, started high school this year by playing a game of musical boyfriends. She had her first flirtation, first boyfriend, and first ride home in a police car, all in the space of a week-end.
But I've noticed something, these past seven days. While her first few days were full of talk about this new boyfriend, Billy, and everything he said or did, this past week has been filled with talked about how Billy's been avoiding her.
At first it was because he had a cold, and didn't want to give it to her. Then there was silence and avoidance, and talk of her friends threatening to kill him. And tonight, she asked to call him, since he clearly was never going to call her.
I allowed her to call, even though I knew what the conversation was going to be like. I tried to warn her, but she didn't want to hear it.
Sure enough, two minutes into the call, she asked to go outside. "The reception's better out there," she said.
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Holiday cheer
Nov. 27th, 2006 12:07 am
Yeah, I know what you're thinking, and I feel the same way. You're right, it's way too early to be thinking about Christmas. But seriously, if you were offered a sweet chocolate martini on a cold November evening, wouldn't you have visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, too?
Josie invited Corb and I over to the homestead, last night, to decorate the Christmas tree. It was a time to play Christmas tunes, torture the kids with hints about what they were going to get for Christmas...and also, a time for me to remind everyone exactly when and where I received each and every Christmas ornament.
All the bulbs had been tastefully placed on the kitchen table by Josie, for us to hang on the tree, one by one. And so, one by one, I would make a point to show off my most precious Christmas memories...some of which, um, only a mother could love.
I would hold up an ugly ceramic monstrosity, a victim of the seventies fad for homespun creations. How well I remember my mother taking ceramics classes at the local studio pottery studio. "Look! I made this in Cub Scouts, when I was eleven!"
"Oh, good. Another reason to hate the Cub Scouts," grumbled Corb.
"And look! Here's the Christmas bulb Marcia gave me in college!"
"How could I forget? You've only mentioned it every year for the past fifteen years," said Josie.
And of course, there was very special Christmas ornament. It's become one of my favorite holiday traditions. I'm referring, of course, to the hanging of the Christmas muff.
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