Hearing that old
Boyles theme in the last entry got me a bit
reminiscent so I thought I'd mix getting a
Christmas tree with a song I did on CD101 called
"Very Boyle Bells"... and then end the clip with a
particularly evil portion of Episode #31 - "Christmas
Eves" which debuted 15 years ago, in 1996, on the
airwaves of WTVN in Columbus... Whew.
Ha. The episode is
actually a flashback of several Christmas Eves and how
mean Lester was to Johnny. That clip has always made
me smile. It's an old John Handey poem that Lester
read and decided to do to Johnny. My poor, poor kids.
At least that shit will be on tape, right?
So yeah, the day
after Thanksgiving Talya and I got a tree. Seems
like a good tradition to start. I still find it
ridiculous that people put actual trees in their
house. And you know, I touched on this before,
but this whole "Taking Christ out of Christmas" thing
that comes up every year recently... when the hell was
Christ EVER in Christmas? When wasn't it a
commercial day? And people that get angry that it is
and boycott it... huh? I saw a bunch of people on
Facebook say they're abstaining from it because it's
corporate and unnecessary. What is, the celebration at
your house? How did a corporation affect that? Wait,
you're boycotting it because of the way other people
celebrate it? Or because businesses try to entice
people to buy THEIR shit?
Huh?
I will never
understand that sort of anti-corporatism. I get
being pissed that they buy our politicians, fuck with
the unions to not give people proper benefits, lobby
for deregulation on things that affect our health and
find ways to never pay any taxes. I get that. Duh. But
this anti-corporate shit where they're bad because
they sell products that people like that they can
choose to include or not include in their
celebrations?
Huh?
So now you're not
going to celebrate it because it's become too
corporate? GODDDDDDDDDDDD. Can you take the fun out of
anything else please? Do you stop having sex because
of the porn industry? Do you stop watching movies
because Twilight sucks ass? December 25th is whatever
the hell you want it to be. I for one think any reason
to give love to those around you is a good goddamn
thing. You can call it Hanukkah, Christmas, Festivus,
Kwanza... it makes no difference. Do you sit on the
couch with cocoa and watch "Bad Santa" saying horrible
things to children? Yeah? SWEET. Let's do that. So
what that kids thing it's the big day you get a lot of
shit. I waited all YEAR for that. When I was
a kid you got one big ass day a YEAR (birthdays were
for mid-level shit) to get cool shit. Are their deeper
religious meanings to some? Sure! As a guy who has
dates throughout the year where I reflect on big
moments in my history... I fully understand
people reflecting on their history. Jewish
traditions, Christian traditions, Muslim traditions...
all sorts of rich history. Don't forget those stories
- you share 'em. Good Journeys. Fun to share. I even
like the sad ones... you know, like the majority of my
songs? Good times.
Ranting. But I'm
just annoyed at people "TAKING A STAND"
against... having fun? THERE'S A TREE...
IN MY HOUSE. Because of Jesus? No. Because
these dudes on the side of the street?
THEY'RE SELLING TREES...
TO PUT IN YOUR HOUSE. You got my
$50. That's funny as shit. It smells really good and
has lights on it. My kids are gonna think it's the
coolest thing in the world. They're gonna sing silly
songs and watch sweet movies. Does it make me a
corporate shill? How do you even think of that? It's
like those people that won't step into a Starbucks
because it's a huge corporation. Uhm, the coffee's
really good. In 'N' Out Burger is run by
Fundamentalist Christians... they make a really good
goddamn cheeseburger. And sorry, I'm not gonna refrain
from buying iPads because they use Chinese labor -
they got incentives from OUR GOVERNMENT to do
that. Don't hate the player, hate the
GAME.
AND YAY THE NBA IS BACK!!!!
But, but - they're whiny crybabies! College is better!
The fuck it is. College is better for a WEEK. The
NBA is better for two whole MONTHS in May
and June. Eat me.
Ahhh the Christmas
Spirit. :-) Halleleujah. Holy Shit. Where's the
Tylenol?
