ten more things on another tuesday

1. previously, i touched on the subject of christmas cards. here’s one more thought: unless you’re a corporation issuing thousands of cards to all your employees, sending one out with a pre-stamped or pre-printed greeting/signature (i.e., the christmas-card equivalent of a form letter) is, in my opinion, hugely impersonal and pointless. friends should not send these to other friends because, honestly, even if you’re not going to write individual messages to each recipient, how long does it really take to sign your name? two seconds? is that really so much to ask of a holiday gesture meant, one assumes, to spread joy?

2. i’m always surprised when my subconscious gives me what i need through my dreams when i’m sleeping. when i went to bed last night, i really needed a hug and a laugh, so my brain sent me ericanddan (and threw in eric’s brother) in a dream where we not only hugged and laughed, but made huge shortbread cookies with giant chunks of toblerone chocolate inside. if i concentrate, i can almost taste the dough i sampled in my imagination. it was a lovely reverie filled with warmth and, i’m sure, symbolism.

3. yesterday, i saw an NBC promo that was totally directed right at me. it was for Mercy, a show i love (despite its many flaws), and it was set to this song, which i lurrrrrrrve and have lurved for a long while. the commercial was a match made in marketing-to-vickie heaven.

4. yesterday, i also had an interesting epiphany about the universe. i'll write about it tomorrow.

5. young beatrix and i may go to buffalo on new year’s day, weather-permitting.

6. chips, salsa and ice cream are a fine lunch, i think.

7. though, i seem to have lost five or six pounds in the past several weeks, which isn’t good. so perhaps i need to rethink my meal plans.

8. on the theme of snacking: my craving for a milk-chocolate-covered marshmallow santa from laura secord remains, but many of the stores have actually... say it ain’t so!... sold out. though, even if they’ve disappeared, the valentine’s day milk-chocolate-covered marshmallow hearts should be on their shelves by the second week of january, if not sooner.

9. i’d planned to take a walk earlier tonight. it’s cold but dry out, and the sidewalks don’t have any snow, so i thought it might be nice to bundle up, stroll around my neighbourhood and see the lights on the rich people’s homes. but i didn’t. maybe tomorrow.

10. i’m feeling melancholy.