Christmas Randomness (and some links)

Christmas has come and gone.  Gifts have been opened.  The children have all crashed down off of their sugar highs.  Christmas empanadas have been eaten.  And, we’ve made our pilgrimage to the local theater to see the new Star Wars, which, by the way, is really good.  All that is left is the alcoholic’s holiday (New Years Eve), which is no fun for me.  I’ll be asleep by ten.  Now it’s time to sit and reflect upon the week that was.

• I got the one thing that I wanted for Christmas.  And I am happy to report that the new Point Break tanked at the box office.
  

  Merry Christmas to me.

• There were a lot of previews before the new Star Wars movie.  I would just like to warn everyone that there will be a glut of overly dramatic superhero movies coming out in the near future.  I looks like the plot of most of them involves people with awesome powers feuding like high school girls.  Superheroes are huge whiners.  Except for Antman.  Me and Antman are tight.
• I have reached the age where I don’t really have a Christmas list.  I like to be surprised.  I do realize that this makes things hard for Santa, because he has to put thought into what he’s going to bring me, instead of me going to the mall, sitting on his lap, and telling him exactly what to get.  But look, last year when I showed up to give you my list, the elves treated me really rudely and tried to charge me thirty five dollars.  But,,,,  if Santa happens to be taking some time off, surfing the internet, and he runs across this blog.,,,..  ..  A set of counterfeit documents would be a really cool gift.  Or maybe an honorary doctorate.
• Since we were hosting Christmas for the family this year, we decided to get a real Christmas tree.  We trekked out to the tree farm with the boys and told them that it was their job to pick our tree.  My six year old chose to spend his time hiding from us in the rows of trees.  Meanwhile, my ten year old picked out the most Charlie Brown looking tree he could find.  We suggested others, but my sweet-hearted boy had made his decision.  He felt bad for that tree and was worried that no one else would take it home.  We brought it home.  And it was perfect.  He was so proud.
• The list of people you are supposed to tip at Christmas seems to have gotten longer.  Garbage man, mail man, bus driver.  I’m okay with those, but I will not be adding anyone else.  I had to put it out there because I feel like some people have been eyeing me up.  My favorite cashier at Target.  Our local librarian.  The guy on the Stairmaster at the gym who always winks at me.  That lady who held the door for me at Wawa the other day.  Nice try people, but I’m all tapped out.
• Oh, just in case you didn’t know.  Santa hates net lights.

LINKS

• Oscar time will be here before we know it.  While everyone else prepares to decide what the best movie of the year was, let’s take a look at the Rotten Tomatoes Summer Movie Scorecard.
• Sorry.  One more Point Break link.  Lori Petty, from the original film, has some fairly strong feelings about the remake.
• This Christmas light display is pretty great.
• A guy walked off of a cliff because he was looking at his cell phone.