Shoot the Messenger, You Might Feel Better
Alright, here we are in full holiday swing, with all the usual annoyances - Xmas Muzak in every business establishment, extra people bustling about at those same establishments where you are forced to listen to that same Muzak, most of them looking harried and overwhelmed and uncertain. Cheap, bountiful displays of decorations imported from places that probably don't even celebrate Xmas. I find large displays of new merchandise very depressing in general, but when it's large displays of throw-away Xmas crap, it just feels all the more hollow and depressing.
All of the usual stuff is bad enough. And in a way I'd say the worst of it started with those "icicle" style garlands, you know the ones that are supposed to resemble the trim on a gingerbread house or something? But did some idiot have to add one more piece of trash to the already bloated holiday decor milieu by coming up with these godawful inflatable lawn ornaments? Talk about taking the cheapest and easiest way out when it comes to making a "big" statement. The "snow globe" style are the worst of all, an irritation wrapped in an annoyance surrounded by bits of floating plastic. Would anyone hold it against me if I bought a BB gun (maybe a Red Ryder! See, I really do have some Xmas spirit!) and went gangster in my neighborhood?
Before you start thinking I have no appreciation for the little things in life, allow me to correct you: I have a deep appreciation for the package store down the street that not only carries 30 packs of PBR, but charges $11 for them. That about made my week. Welcome to the neighborhood! I guess ya gotta take the good with the bad. Even though the good might influence me to go do something about the bad one of these nights... yeah, I'm talkin' to YOU, Snowman on the Hill! If ya' don't keep an eye on yo' air pump, that carrot nose might be touchin' yo' toes, what? what?
All of the usual stuff is bad enough. And in a way I'd say the worst of it started with those "icicle" style garlands, you know the ones that are supposed to resemble the trim on a gingerbread house or something? But did some idiot have to add one more piece of trash to the already bloated holiday decor milieu by coming up with these godawful inflatable lawn ornaments? Talk about taking the cheapest and easiest way out when it comes to making a "big" statement. The "snow globe" style are the worst of all, an irritation wrapped in an annoyance surrounded by bits of floating plastic. Would anyone hold it against me if I bought a BB gun (maybe a Red Ryder! See, I really do have some Xmas spirit!) and went gangster in my neighborhood?
Before you start thinking I have no appreciation for the little things in life, allow me to correct you: I have a deep appreciation for the package store down the street that not only carries 30 packs of PBR, but charges $11 for them. That about made my week. Welcome to the neighborhood! I guess ya gotta take the good with the bad. Even though the good might influence me to go do something about the bad one of these nights... yeah, I'm talkin' to YOU, Snowman on the Hill! If ya' don't keep an eye on yo' air pump, that carrot nose might be touchin' yo' toes, what? what?
posted by Black Egg at 9:19 PM
4 Comments:
omg!!!-lol-PBR-Pabst Blue Ribbon.
When I did a show last week (Mon night),I hung out in the station offices for a few and Hannah had a 30 pack of PBR-'course I killed a few-lol.I've been drinking Coor's lately.It's made from rice grain I think which gives it a sweeter taste-and me,I got that sweet tooth thang even though I'm not into candy.But yeah:)whatever-oh,and I'll soon drop some lines at my blog thingy-promise:)
sweet dreams and all that gooey stuff:)
Yah, Good ol' PBR, personally I prefer Corona or Kirin or Modelo or Red Stripe or Becks or...
PBR fits my budget and it tastes OK. Then there's the famous Blue Velvet scene w/ Dennis Hopper, "Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!" yaga yaga yo. Yeah, c'mon w/ a post already - I've been pushing them out despite myself...if I can do it so can you! (:
I think you would be doing a public service to shoot down those things. God-awful ugliness like that should not be allowed. But then...this is America, as George Carlin said in the show I just watched: "It's the American Dream! You have to be asleep to believe it!"
What an awesome quote! And cringingly sad but true...
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