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Thursday, November 22, 2007
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother
Did you actually believe me when I said that 'every day' thing? sheesh. You should know me better than that by now. (Actually, I am kind of disappointed in myself.)
I hope everyone who celebrates it has a great Thanksgiving tomorrow. We are going to my inlaws'; I am bringing the no-sugar-added cherry pie I made today. Mine is the type of family where if someone is making a cherry pie, people start humming "Billy Boy" -- we just can't help it -- and then someone starts singing it (for "someone" read "Rachel") and then if my mom is around it ends up being a duet, with harmony. Car rides were a lot of fun when I was a kid. I thought everyone drove around the state belting out "Hennery the Eighth" and "There's A Hole In The Bucket" and "The Cutest Boy I Ever Saw (Was Sipping Cider Through A Straw)".
Also, I introduced my dad to Regina Spektor tonight. (Well, not personally.) It was an interesting experience for all concerned. (Except, of course, for Regina, who had no idea it was happening.) Dad was humming along with "Fidelity" and "On the Radio" but by the time we got to "Après Moi" (one of my personal favorite RS songs, with the Russian and all) and "Lady"*, he was looking at my iPod like it was a visitor from another planet that had come down and attached itself to his shelf stereo system, bent on mischief. I fully concede that Regina S. is an acquired taste, especially if the person to do the acquiring wears overalls, is skilled at driving a 1940's-vintage tractor, and has never listened to NPR in his life**.
We are supposed to sign papers on the house on Monday, and get the key, and all that fun stuff. It is starting to sink in -- the glad part, anyway. The traumatic we-are-paying-how-much? and we-will-be-doing-how-much-work-before-we-move-in? parts are mercifully still resting beneath a veneer of unreality, where I hope they stay. Forever, preferably.
I can always tell when I have finished a really big English assignment woo hoo! because I cut loose with all kinds of verboten excess parentheses and run-ons and forty-character hyphenated compound adjectives and lists that use 'and' every time instead of commas.
*I skipped "That Time", "Uh-Merica", and several others. No need to overwhelm the poor guy.
**I only listen to it for the classical music. Really.
Comments
Yay for new home! That's so exciting. I love NPR. In fact, it is the only radio that plays anything worthwhile down here.
Posted by: Jenn at November 27, 2007 06:26 PM
