Saturday, December 21, 2024

Happy Solstice and other things

Another solstice is upon us. Unfortunately, the next one will really, really suck. i cannot overstate how much i hate summer.

Well, the solstice presents have been opened. Let's say the Solstice Abominable Snowman delivered them (that is a bit wordy though).  All i really wanted for Solstice was a winning Mega Millions ticket.

- Someone slipped a Vanilla Visa gift card under my tree.  Have i ever mentioned that Vanilla Visas are a pain in the ass (cash is always better).  You want to check the balance - just what i've always wanted another f*ing "system error".  Last time i had one, i gave up and traded it to someone else (it took them hours to finally use the thing).

- Watched a Roku Channel thing on Wham! Last Christmas.  Hard to believe they released that in 1984 (some would say 40 years ago).  i don't think i heard that song until i got a Music from the Edge of Heaven album (yes, a record) from one of my multitude of sisters for Xmas - i want to say 1986.  This show was a little of the backstory of the video.  George Michael had an awesome voice there was a part where they played a little of the isolated audio track, forgot how good he actually was.    

Too bad this song took until 2023 to hit #1 in the UK (peaked at #3 in US).  So much of a better song than the awful Band Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas".  Thinking that the answer was largely no.  As for snow, Ethiopia is in the southern hemisphere - so UK winter would be their summer.

Would much rather hear "Last Christmas" than the awful Mariah Carey song people pretend to like for some reason.

- Everything is not, in fact, awesome

- Xmas lights: this year i took more of the kitchen sink approach (not like there is going to be a next Xmas).  i put up most of what i had.  Had some colored Xmas lights that i might not have used for a decade (didn't use once i bought an artificial tree).  Used almost everything i had.  Kind of hard when there isn't an outlet on the side of front of the domicile. 

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