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Nov. 19th, 2011 11:31 amTomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow I shall be working at full pelt. Today is slow.
In a little while I'm to do a bunch of shopping, with the help of Donna and Matthew. This will stock me up on unperishables and on frozen goods and prepare me for the next eight weeks. Part of this is Chanukah, of course, and part is in case I get ill, but an important aspect of stocking my larder is that I won't have to go shopping very often at all between now and the time when the Christmas musak is entirely past. I'm a much nicer and kinder and gentler soul when my ears and eyes are not confronted every day by seasonal tack.
On Tuesday I'm hopefully shopping with Kaaron. This is mostly to spend quality time together, but I shall also buy perishables and visit the Lebanese grocery, all going well.
And, on a somewhat related note, this week three people in my vicinity have strongly defended the pagan-ness of Halloween. I would listen to them with more understanding if they had given me any evidence to help me accept what they were saying but, for these three people, the ancient pagan nature of Halloween is a matter of faith. Since I lack that faith, I choose to disbelieve them. I'm quite happy to believe, however, that my own religious calendar has pagan origins. My evidence? The names of the months.
At any rate, Halloween is past, and I have measures in place to limit my Scrooge-ness this year. And I have decided that there will be eight days of presents from me for my online friends (one for each day, of course, with names drawn out of a hat, or something). I haven't decided on what will be in it, but I discovered I had two copies of Sartor Resartus today and, though they be different editions, they used the same innards. I know exactly who is going to get that second copy, too. So it probably won't be making an appearance on the Chanukah list...
In a little while I'm to do a bunch of shopping, with the help of Donna and Matthew. This will stock me up on unperishables and on frozen goods and prepare me for the next eight weeks. Part of this is Chanukah, of course, and part is in case I get ill, but an important aspect of stocking my larder is that I won't have to go shopping very often at all between now and the time when the Christmas musak is entirely past. I'm a much nicer and kinder and gentler soul when my ears and eyes are not confronted every day by seasonal tack.
On Tuesday I'm hopefully shopping with Kaaron. This is mostly to spend quality time together, but I shall also buy perishables and visit the Lebanese grocery, all going well.
And, on a somewhat related note, this week three people in my vicinity have strongly defended the pagan-ness of Halloween. I would listen to them with more understanding if they had given me any evidence to help me accept what they were saying but, for these three people, the ancient pagan nature of Halloween is a matter of faith. Since I lack that faith, I choose to disbelieve them. I'm quite happy to believe, however, that my own religious calendar has pagan origins. My evidence? The names of the months.
At any rate, Halloween is past, and I have measures in place to limit my Scrooge-ness this year. And I have decided that there will be eight days of presents from me for my online friends (one for each day, of course, with names drawn out of a hat, or something). I haven't decided on what will be in it, but I discovered I had two copies of Sartor Resartus today and, though they be different editions, they used the same innards. I know exactly who is going to get that second copy, too. So it probably won't be making an appearance on the Chanukah list...