Gin and Zilbertronic

i found the muppet movie on my hard drive last night, threw a bunch of pillows on my bed, plopped in the midst, covered my legs in tiger balm, and over the next hour and a half i watched the whole thing, in the meantime ingesting 2 beers, one mug of hot cocoa, a bag of popcorn, a plate of pasta, a side dish of brussels sprouts, yogurt with granola, a granola bar, andddddd a banana.  so, to recap, the advantages of long running?  you get to eat anything and everything, you get drunk really quick, and everything seems funny in your delirious state!  mel brooks talking about electronic yarmulkes (p.s. hey jon, band name?), kermit asking someone who’s lost if he’s tried hare krishna, made my night.

last night i dreamt about legs, my own and frog’s, which is too weird to make up.

i’m ready for a break from texas, big time.

i’m a sucker for lists.  december is my favorite time of year in no small part because it heralds a maelstrom of “best of” lists from all over the place.  My prized ones are the new york times top 10 books (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/10Best-t.html?em), and soon to come the music lists of pitchforkmedia.com, and the compilations on www.metacritic.com.  also, the staff picks at powells.com.  perhaps my own list may arrive shortly!