Holidaze (or, Christmas Spirits)
Well, December is upon us, meaning that 'tis the season of wintry weather, wassailing, wonderment, and weight gain (in that order). I've actually been pretty good thus far about keeping my merriment maximized (okay, now the alliteration is approaching an absolutely excessive echelon JUST STOP IT, REILLY!).
On Friday, I attended an ugly holiday sweater party in New York with a few of my friends, including fellow bloggitarian Nathaniel "Mister Mistletoe" Borgelt as well as Class of '07 members Ali "AliCat" Filippelli (yes, I am in fact too lazy to look up the correct spelling of her last name), Sophie "SophFitzticated" Fitzgerald, and Alyssa "Explains It All" Tartaglione. The prize for ugliest and holidayiest sweater went easily to Alyssa, who had her sweater brought in from another state. It was well worth the effort; the hideousness of this garment quite simply eludes description.
The holiday party streak continues this Friday...
...when Mitch and I will be traveling up to Boston "Can't Go a Quarter Mile Without Bumping Into a Camel" Massachusetts to visit '07 bloggerina Jaime "Salt &" Pepper (okay, now I've gone too far with the nicknames). On Saturday, I'll be sticking around Boston to play what is possibly the biggest concert of my life! Welcome to Florida will be opening up for Rustic Overtones at Harper's Ferry in Allston (plug). Rustic is definitely the collective favorite band of WtF, so it should be a really great show. It's also my friend Laurel's 21st birthday on Saturday, a fact which should bump up the fun level to the next stratum (check out that vocab word).
Next week is holiday party season here on campus; I'm eagerly anticipating several staff parties as well as my first-ever Yankee Swap (I hear they're usually a non-stop thrill ride). There's a $10 limit, so that will restrict my options while shopping for the perfect terrible gift (right now I'm deciding between a case of Ramen noodles, the Lou Bega box set, and a $10 gift certificate to eHarmony.com). Mitch and I are also hosting our own ugly holiday sweater party on Tuesday; all potential attendees should note that this post will serve as the official invitation (I don't want anyone at the party who doesn't have the decency to go online and read about every detail of my life).
After all of these parties, I think I'll be too tired to participate in Christmas itself, which is fine with me. I went through an "incident" when I was six that left me with a pronounced aversion to reindeer, so I never get too excited about this particular holiday (I'll let you decide what that means and whether that story is true). I also have to decide what I should do for New Year's; if anyone out there has a great idea, by all means let me know (unless your name is Sam Garner, in which I don't care about your plan to count down to 2008 "in style" at the Brookfield, Wisconsin T.G.I. Friday's).
More updates to come during the egg nog aftermath (ooh, that would be a great Yule-themed hip-hop group)....
Comments
Happened on your blog via a google blog search for Rustic Overtones. I help run the Rustic fansite Rocklikewar.com and just wanted to wish you a good show at Harper's Ferry. Stop by the RLW message board and introduce yourself and make sure you let us know how the gig went.
Posted by: Darek | December 13, 2007 12:45 AM
Hi Darek,
Nice! Yeah, I'll definitely do a post after the show on Saturday to say how it goes.
Posted by: Chris Reilly | December 13, 2007 08:47 AM
Join the "crash melissa and becka's place for new years" band wagon!!! I'm recruiting (sans their permission)!
Posted by: Jaime Pepper | December 19, 2007 01:13 PM