Ain't Nothin' Better Than a Man in a Sweater (or, Show Mo' Photos Fo' '07)
First off, let me tell everyone to check out the photos from the Class of 2007 Half-Year Reunion, which you can view by clicking the link under the pictures of the seven bloggers on the main page. There are some pretty cool shots!
On to more pressing issues! So Mitch and I had our much-anticipated ugly holiday sweater party on Tuesday, and I'm proud to say that I took the prize for most heinous specimen (the sweater, not me). It was a tight contest (it was literally tight; I was wearing a women's size medium), and there were some good contenders, but it's tough to beat a lime green cardigan with ice skating reindeer, mirthful snowmen (sorry, snowpeople) and a dancing Santa. Despite the fact that this God-awful green garment guided me to victory like a tacky neon lighthouse, I did not hesitate to return it to Sears after work yesterday [Editor's note: I swear to the Ghost of Christmas Past that this is the exact sweater I wore to the party; thanks to Ben from College Relations for the Photoshopping]....
....Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Becker House (my work turf) had its holiday party, which included my first-ever Yankee swap. I made a trip to Target to try to find the dumbest possible gift, and I think I was successful: I paid $5.99 for a small box of fake leaves labeled "decorative filler." The best part is that they are made in China and have a warning that they are highly toxic. It ended up backfiring on me though because our custodian Eric, who is one of the nicest people on campus, got stuck with my crappy gift! I gave him a Chili's gift card to make it up to him, which he seemed to appreciate. Christmas crisis averted!
Last night, Mitch had his holiday party with the Admissions office, and they even had an afterparty! I went to sleep at about midnight and Mitch was still out having a good time; I guess if you deal with teenagers all day some of their youthful vigor rubs off (eww, I don't want to think about anyone's vigor getting rubbed). Meanwhile, I was stuck home alone just doing laundry and twiddling my thumbs (ugh, I don't want to think about anyone's thumbs getting twiddled either). Fortunately, I caught this new game show called Duel, which is pretty much like 50 people playing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? two at a time against each other (when we were kids, my brother and I had a game called "Duel," except that just involved punching each other in the arm until one of us couldn't take it anymore). The show isn't anything too spectacular, but what made it interesting to me was that they identify each player not by name but by occupation, i.e. "The Used Car Salesman" or "The Carpenter" or "The Software Engineer" or "The Crossing Guard" or "The Negotiator" or "The Count of Monte Cristo" or "The Goonies" or "The Hunt for Red October" (oh sorry about that; I'm writing this post while making my Netflix selections online and I guess I got sidetracked for a second). This aspect adds a nice undertone of class warfare and socioeconomic prejudice to show, which just makes for good television (plus one of the contestants is a stripper).
Tonight I'm gonna try to get the rest of my Christmas shopping wrapped up (pun definitely intended). I only need three more gifts, so hopefully it won't take too long (I'm seeing my future in a Crystal Mall).
On Saturday I'm playing a gig downtown at The Oasis with Professor Gabe "California Love" Chandler; hopefully I'll be able to build up a little more New London street cred. The last time we had a gig downtown, there was a photographer there from the New London Times (southeastern Connecticut's free weekly journal of record), but alas my visage has yet to grace their 35% post-consumer pages.
Next week I'll be at my parents house in beautiful Nashua, NH, so I'll probably be blogging 4-17 times per day out of sheer boredom. Don't miss it!
Comments
It is astonishing that a sweater like that actually exists.
Posted by: Sophie | December 21, 2007 11:20 AM
chris, that sweater makes you look so thin. too thin.
Posted by: sam | December 23, 2007 01:28 AM