Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Be merry, be happy, or just get to the other side


The Holidaze are upon us, and hope you are enjoying yours... especially hoping that you get at least a day or 2 off (although some folks are not that lucky) (and if you are working, I hope that you love your job). I have been off work since December 21st, so that fantastic, and don't have to go back until January 6th. I am in the category of persons who just wants to get past the Helliday itself, and it has gone smoothly this year except for just one anxiety attack last week... feeling much better now and in the home stretch!! Go go go!!

We have been entertaining ourselves with concerts, movies, some light shopping, and otherwise just NOT being on a schedule. Here's a bit of a concert from Sunday night, The Band of Heathens played wearing wonderfully tacky Christmas sweaters!


Seeing some good movies too... 'tis the season when the nominees are announced, and a lot of the contenders for awards are the ones freshest in the minds of those who decide. I loved "Inside Llewyn Davis," another Coen Brothers/T. Bone Burnett collaboration (like "O Brother, Where Art Thou?") that is not a musical but is driven by music. I've had the CD soundtrack for awhile, and one of my favorites from it is "The Auld Triangle," which is lip-synced in the movie by 4 guys in matching beige sweaters (I'm not really giving anything away there), but it is these guys (Punch Brothers & Marcus Mumford) plus Justin Timberlake who actually do the vocals. I love this intensely.


We've seen "12 Years a Slave" and "Dallas Buyer's Club," going to see "American Hustle" tomorrow (Christmas Day).

Whatever you do, enjoy it.

5 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I just went to "12 Years a Slave," "Philomena" and the last movie that James Gandolfini made, with Julia Dreyfuss, "Enough Said." Oh and a couple of weeks ago, I finally saw "Thor: The Dark World" before it moved on. The holiday season is when I have time to catch up on some movie viewing!

Best wishes to you and your husband, Blueberry.

Blueberry said...

Same to you Debra! (we are also fans of Thor)(a good God!) ;-)

Professor Chaos said...

Goddammit, Justin Timberlake, is there anything you can't do?

Blueberry said...

Ha ha, Professor! So true. The guy's got skillz, and he even plays a clean-cut nerdy-looking folk singer in the movie.

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