December 2011
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1 day til Christmas
On the 29th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking Christmas.
Hot damn! You best be believing that those stockings will be hung by the chimney with the utmost care, Santa baby. Mmm!
See you tomorrow, Christmas.
2 days til Christmas
On the 28th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
badass PIE!!!
My mother is having her second annual Badass Pie Party. It’s a big open house. Lots of pie, lots of people, lots of drinks. It’s excellent. On the menu this year: French Canadian tourtiere, stromboli with homemeade meatballs, spicy chocolate cream, coconut cream, lemon ice box, and red-wine apple pie…...
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3 days til Christmas!
On the 27th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
<a href=”http://firechiefcharlie.bandcamp.com/album/town” _mce_href=”http://firechiefcharlie.bandcamp.com/album/town”>Town by Fire Chief Charlie</a>
fucking music by friends.
I went to college with these dudes. And as a disclaimer: I’m not one of those people that promotes...
4 days til Christmas
On the 26th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
winter solstice, motherfuckers.
It’s the longest night of the year. Make it count.
5 days til Christmas
On the 25th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Jews.
Happy Hanukkah, all you jews.
And if you’re wondering what the Jews have to do with Christmas, look here and here.
6 days til christmas
On the 24th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking surprise gatherings with friends.
Who gives a shit about Santa Clause when Joe Turk is coming to town. That’s right, folks: my dear old friend Joe Turk is coming to Seattle for a couple of days just because the motherfucker can. (He works for an airline and can travel whenever the hell he wants. Take that!) So,...
7 days til Christmas
On the 23rd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking magical darkness (…a must).
I was on a walk around Greenlake last night at about 5pm, just after the sun went down, and by the end of the walk—which I somehow managed to enjoy without listening to music or being on the phone—I felt so grateful to have had the time to myself.
Berlin is a bright city. And...
8 days til Christmas
On the 22nd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
The (fucking) Simpsons.
22 years ago today, The Simpsons aired for the first time. God bless American television.
9 days til christmas
On the 21st day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking buried treasure.
Going through old boxes of things that have been lying dormant at my parent’s house is like finding buried treasure. Ahoy! forgotten clothing.
10 days til Christmas
On the 20th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking haircut.
Mom and I have cuts booked today with our favorite Seattle stylist: Rachel @ Tart Salon in Ballard. I’ll have pics up later today if I’m really feeling proud.
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11 days til Christmas
On the 19th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking wrapping paper?
I was hoping that by the year 2011, wrapping paper would become obsolete. It’s just not practical anymore. And I enjoy a surprise as much as the next guy, and I think the beauty of wrapping gifts is a lost art, but just I can’t condone making paper solely for the purpose of wrapping gifts. Here are...
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12 days til Christmas
On the 18th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking queen mattress all to myself.
The big sleep indeed.
13 days til Christmas
On the 17th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking sense of place.
Where am I? Seattle today. Vancouver tomorrow. Then back. And the jet lag is still strong. And I’m disoriented and tired. And this place doesn’t feel like home. But neither does my body. Because I’m not here yet.
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14 days til Christmas
On the 16th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a flight home to see my family.
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15 days til Christmas
On the 15th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking ego boost.
I have performances from Wednesday to Saturday evening and then I fly out at 6am on Sunday. The performances are for two different projects, and both have been announced in one of Berlin’s coolest independent magazines: sugarhigh. I like to think of it as the Bananafish of its time. But that’s just...
16 days til Christmas
On the 14th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking interesting discourse on the overlap between politics and art.
Because like Karl Marx said: “Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.”
Maybe this year I’ll finally read Chomsky.
17 days til Christmas
On the 13th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking good new music.
Because the embed code isn’t working for the playlist, we’ll settle for the click-through photo. There are so many gems on this list. Check it out.
18 days til Christmas
On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking reflection.
My friend Dan had an exhibition last night. It was his first. And I think that is the case for almost every other person who presented work that night. You see, my friend Dan is not an “artist.” He belongs to a University of Washington study abroad program and has been in Berlin for the past three...
19 day til Christmas
On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking shower.
A nice hot shower can change a person’s outlook on life. Fresh face, fresh hair, fresh underware. It’s a new day, and—as evidenced by my bathing—I give a shit. Huzzah!
“We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that...”
– Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987)
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20 days til christmas
On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking nothing. and I liked it.
My parents are generously flying me home to Seattle to be with them for the holidays. And with the financial troubles I’m having, I’m have become uncomfortable with this holiday generosity. I thought that by 25 I might a little more self-sufficient. And I’m not. And that’s...
21 days til Christmas
On the 9th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking Cherpumple.
Confused? “The Cherpumple is the desert version of the Turducken. It’s a three-layer cake with a pie stuffed in each layer. YUM! Cherpumple is short for CHERry, PUMpkin and apPLE pie. The apple pie is baked in spice cake, the pumpkin in yellow and the cherry in white.” Thanks for the diabetes,...
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22 days til christmas
On the 8th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a really fucking good bedtime story.
As adults, for some reason we no longer read stories to each other before bed. So, in the wake of this unfortunate social norm, I, as many others, have learned to self-soothe with a blanket, a few cuddly pillows, and a good book. Right now, I happen to be reading the classic children’s...
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23 days til Christmas
On the 7th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
a fucking trip to the dentist.
I’m still on my parents health plan. (Thanks, Obamacare!) So, that means going home involves all the regular check ups. Mmm, nothing says Christmas like a good tooth cleaning by the fire.
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24 days til Christmas
On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
fucking German classes.
It’s time. I’ve been here nine months now (already nine?!), and my German, while better than when I arrived, is still only so so. When I was tested today, I found out that my reading comprehension of German is actually higher than I assumed: I’m at a B1 level! (That’s intermediate, for...