the Chronic-wha?-LES of Narnia

I'm not doing so well on this Holidailies thing. I've now missed three days of posting. I had a good excuse yesterday though as the rain knocked out our DSL. I'm not even sure if it's working again.

I got caught in the rain yesterday on my way to Berkeley. Actually it wasn't so bad until I got there and entire streets were closed off and then I got to where I was supposed to meet some Mills friends for brunch - only it was an outdoor place and obviously that was not going to work but I didn't have anybody's phone number and when I called home to ask Cory to get me some information from my e-mail the said info was in an eVite which couldn't be accessed because the DSL was down and so there I was standing in the soaking rain, tired and hungry and alone and wet and having to pee and just generally kind of bummed out by the whole soggy mess of it all.

But all was not lost. After I decided to write the brunch off and once I finally made my way back out of Berkeley (no easy feat), I stopped at the Macy's at Hilltop Plaza - which was not at all crowded - and finished most of my holiday shopping. So here it is, Dec. 19 and I only have three more gifts to buy. Three easy ones. Not bad at all and it gave me a little emotional boost. Then I came home and napped for an hour, got up and baked a batch of cookies and set off with Cory and Jeff and Rochelle to check out Christmas lights.

If you've yet to drive by the house at 53rd and S streets - the one with the lights set to music that you can tune in your car radio - well you're missing quite the extravaganza. Anyway, there's nothing like driving around on a misty night, sipping Kahluha and Brandy-spiked coffee and noshing on cookies while listening to the Johnny Cash Christmas album and seeing all the pretty lights. Big thanks to Jeff for driving so that we could all enjoy our holiday spirits.

Tonight: Christmas shopping for the Sacramento Children's Home and more holiday cocktails.

Always with the holiday cocktails!

Also. I have already watched the Saturday Night Live "Lazy Sunday" digital short oh, about five times now. If you haven't already, go watch it...

And if anyone knows where I can download the "Christmas time for the Jews" video, please let me know...