Well, my 23rd Christmas is in the can, and yet it’s still unclear exactly when or why Pejman began slowly transitioning the holiday’s official name from “Christmas” to “Chrimmas” to “Krimmas” to “Krimmus” to “Grimmus” to “Grimmucide”. Perhaps it’s better we don’t know. I suppose as long as we remember the true meaning of Christmas then people can call it whatever they want.
Christmas Eve was at my mom’s house this year, and as expected, the food was absolutely ridiculous. We spent the night with the Campbell family, who you might remember from every single Christmas Eve since 1980 or from any of the 10 summer vacations in San Diego or from any of 20 trips to Pinetop. It was great catching up with Brian and Kelli and to hear that everything is going well in their lives. Interesting things to note in this picture include but are not limited to: Brian and I wearing the same exact Christmas outfit, a guest appearance by Devon’s “blanket”, and whatever face Lindsay is making.
As with every other Christmas Eve, I had trouble getting to sleep because of residual childhood anxiety about potential presents combined with a bit of a “stomach ache” from the inordinate amount of holiday cookies I ate after dinner. As a child, I remember lying in bed just waiting to fall asleep… this went on for hours until around 3 AM when I started to hallucinate and eventually passed out from mental exhaustion. My slumber was short, however, as I usually woke up around 5 AM and again played the waiting game (not very fun unless you have more than one player) until the rest of the family got out of bed. I’ve since shaken this habit, though not from maturity; rather, my circadian rhythms have been thrown off by complete absence of any light in my bedroom and my waking times are now randomized on any day from 7 to 11 AM.
* George W. Bushism of the Day: “The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.”
* Movie Quote of the Day: “Shitter was full!”