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›comments[1] ›all comments ›post #26 ›bio: katie ›bio: victoria ›perma-link ›12/27/2004 ›13:48 ›archives ›first post ›that week |
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Art Colony: christmas eve, deconstructed Monday, December 27, 2004 › by victoria  First of all, I have to say a Big, bigger than big, thank you to Robin and Jill for making it the merriest Christmas ever. I don't know how they manage to do this, but they've redefined both Thanksgiving and Christmas for me, and I'm very, very grateful. Thank you! Christmas eve, B.f. and I were figuring out what we were going to do for Christmas since we didn't have anything planned...we went to Comet Cafe and I called robin from a payphone just to chat. She asked us if we'd like to do some last minute shopping with her, I replied with an enthusiastic "YES!" and we came over to her house at about 2 pm. We took her and her younger brother shopping at this big mall over in Glendale, and it was a blast. On the way, filling up for gas, it got a little bit silly since we couldn't figure out how the gas card Jill gave us worked, and it was below zero at the time so everybody just wanted to jump back in the car and listen to hip-hop and drive, but it got sorted out and the car was filled up. At Bayshore, B.f. and Robin's younger brother (he's fourteen) hung out while we did "girl shit" like going in stores and buying lotion and CDs and calendars. Funniest moments were definitely when B.f. couldn't stop talking in an elite british accent about "Chesterly", his manor estate, as we went into Williams Sonoma to try to buy a glass teapot which they were out of (sadly). We even almost ended up going to Victoria's Secret but nope. We ribbed Abercrombie & Fitch for their ridiculous $70 and up jeans that come with large (really big, I mean, like 7 inches in diameter) holes already ripped in them. Barnes & Noble was hit up multiple times for giftcards, books, and using the bathroom. And we were kicked out of Sam Goody because, as in the words of the cranky elf from THE CHRISTMAS STORY, "Hurry Up Kid, the Store's closin'." But dammit, Robin was going to get those Anime dvd's and the MST3K dvd too! and I tested out the new Jessica Simpson perfume "Clean" which smells nasty! B.f. had a blast driving like a maniac (well, everybody else was driving like a maniac too, since it was christmas eve) in the parking lot. Then we went back to Robin's house, where Jill was preparing an absolutely divine dinner of steer tenderloin steaks, potatoes, and cheesecake. The TV was turned on to "It's a Wonderful Life" (*which I had not seen since I was a kid, so I'll be darned if I remember anything about the plot besides an angel getting his wings) and we all sat around the christmas eve dinner table--Jill, Robin, Robin's younger brother, Jill's first husband who's visiting from Florida, B.f., and Me--and had a fantastic time. the conversation was as good as the food. After dinner (and a quick smoke-break in the basement with Jill, where we discussed politics, we went back upstairs with Robin because we were "banished" from the living room while Jill wrapped presents. (hmmm... ;) We ended up watching "The Order" with Heath Ledger which has to be one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. B.f. gave it a negative 20, and that's saying something. Ledger's wooden, clunky acting, the ridiculously weak plot line, the lame special effects, the bizarre middle-Eastern soundtrack--it left you wondering "Why?" We made fun of that movie, but by the time it was over, Jill told us to come back downstairs. We all sat in the living room and Jill played Santa and passed out presents to everybody. it was great. She got some kickin' earphones to listen to music on, and a Rumpole book that she really wanted (and dammit, I want to get her that glass teapot we couldn't find at the mall!) She got me and B.f. new leather jackets (Robin's and my jackets match! We look really cool in them too--they're sort've like T2 meets 1950's biker gang) and a $200 check from her and Robin's dad so we could make the rent and everything. I was crying so hard from being so honored, and the generosity and kindness that she and Robin showed (and shows, and show some more) to me, and us. This was even during the scene in "It's a Wonderful Life" when Jimmy Stewart says that "No man is poor if he has friends." Is it any wonder I was crying and smiling at the same time? Everybody hugged each other. It was a beautiful moment. We all sat around in the living room smiling and trying on coats and having a mini fashion-show, then Jill busted out the cheesecake and B.f., me, and her had a piece of Suzy's cheesecake. The cake was "dank", to paraphrase how my younger sister would've described it--dense, sweet, and really good. Jill even busted out the Karamel Sutra ice cream, and I was dyin', that's how good it was. After all these good eats, Jill and B.f. fell asleep (jill downstairs, and B.f. upstairs in front of the TV with Robin and me, since we were all camped out watching SPICE WORLD as we always do). Then Robin busted out the Cosmopolitan magazine's 2005 Bedside Astrologer and we read the juicy bits out loud in husky voices, it was hilarious. Since she's a Capricorn and I'm a Libra, our "passion partner"(s) had better look out. Rarrr. It said, in her forecast, that she was going to use "aromatic oils and feathers" , which I thought was a bad idea, particularly if you aromatic oiled a guy up first, then busted out the feathers afterwards, he'd just end up sticky and covered with feathers...? is that an amusing mental image, or is it just me? Anyways, seeing as we kept the mountain dew flowing, we were caffeinated up and rarin' to stay awake at 2 AM watching "CLUB DREAD" on HBO InDemand. That movie is hilariously obscene and raunchy--plus, the acting is so tongue-in-cheek parodying of all hippie and college student stereotypes that we couldn't help but laugh ourselves into asthma-attacks. Best scene was definitely the tennis instructor for "pleasure island" trying to defend himself from the insane serial killer by serving tennis balls at him... very, very funny. Then we ended up falling asleep. (I ended up hitting B.f. really hard in the head trying to get him to move closer to me, since it was cold sleeping in front of the TV, even with a blanket! My id will not be denied warmth. Although I felt really guilty about bopping his head the next day...) Woke up at 10 am the next day. Ate bananas, then Robin thought it would be a good idea if I played 'Quake 2' for everybody's general amusement, since my video game skills are legendary...legendarily BAD that is. So, being the left-handed, co-ordinationally challenged PS2 player that i am (and a good sport!) I did my darndest to kill! kill! in the game. Wasn't very good, but I did okay, thanks to robin's and B.f.'s advice (and their laughter at my frequent predicaments). It was awesome. Then Robin went to her Dad's place to celebrate Christmas with her younger siblings (whose presents we had wrapped together) and B.f. and I went home to have a quiet Christmas day, eating popcorn (which Jill had given B.f. 10 boxes of for Christmas--so thoughtful! it's his fave snack!) and going to see the new movie "The life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". Review is forthcoming! Hope you all had a very, very happy holidays! |
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