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Life continues to be a bit of a slog. The workweeks just seem to drag on FOREVER.<\/p>\n

Well … at least Christmas is over! There is one more weekend of holiday shenanigans (wherein we will hopefully not get Omincron-laced COVID) and then we are into the doldrums of winter. Yay.<\/p>\n

We did attend a big Christmas party at the beginning of the month and I went to a short family gathering on Christmas Eve and a rather lengthy Christmas Day dinner at a friend’s house (10 people were in attendance).<\/p>\n

This might be me tipsy and in a Santa hat after too many vodka tonics before dinner. I guess there are worse ways to spend the evening.<\/p>\n

\"Tipsy<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s hard not to feel paranoid about social interaction these days and I must confess to being jealous of those people who can put the worry of potential illness aside. The slightest headache or sniffle sends me into a fit of worry about whether I have COVID or not.<\/p>\n

And, yeah. The beard is in serious need of a trim.<\/p>\n

I got some cool presents (movies and books and such) this year … and I also received some end-of-the-year cash from the bosses. Whoo! So, while we were in Asheville last night, we stopped into my favorite movie store<\/strong><\/a>. I had been in last week and had found used copies of Wong Kar-Wai’s Fallen Angels<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and Happy Together<\/em><\/strong><\/a> on the shelf. These are the Kino Lorber releases that are seriously OOP. I have been pretty keen on locating copies of these after the revisionist<\/strong><\/a> debacle<\/strong><\/a> that World of Wong Kar-Wai<\/strong><\/em><\/a> ended up being. I didn’t buy them last week, so I was pretty excited to see that they were still on the shelf last night. $50 total for both movies! I have yet to see these listed for under $80 each on eBay or the Amazon marketplace. And somebody has this exact set listed for $280 on eBay. I am guessing the movie store didn’t quite know what they had on their hands. Ha, ha. Christmas Cash FTW!<\/p>\n

\"Wong<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve been going to this movie store for a while, and I had started to develop a crush on one of the employees. He’s punkish. He has tattoos. He’s a film nerd. A trifecta of awesomeness! When we walked in last week, Siouxise and the Banshee’s Juju<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was playing through the store’s sound system. Then it switched to Siouxise and the Banshee’s Tinderbox<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (my most favorite album of all time). Then it switched to a few songs by The Cure. Then is switched to the Cocteau Twins’ first album, Garlands<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (arguably the least liked by most fans … though I think it’s totally aces!). Guess who was behind the counter controlling the tunes. My Film Nerd Crush! So, now my wee “in-store” crush has blossomed into a full-blown “I want to watch movies and listen to records with you” crush. Oh, well.<\/p>\n

Ah, life. It’s been a while since I have totally crushed on a store employee (remember the Cute Bookseller?).<\/p>\n

Next stop … 2022 and hopefully a new iPhone 13 Pro (which will take years to pay for).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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