Baked 300 cookies yesterday in order to bribe family member to not hate me for being absent this Christmas Day.
Actually, I like giving people things but don't have much money nor do I like just buying something to give someone when it is isn't really perfect for them.
Lesson learned:
Cookies = spread Christmas joy - cause useless clutter in someone's home
Additionally, I did not rock out to tradition Christmas tunes during this bake-fest. Alone in my sister's kitchen (well, alone except for pounds of flour, butter and fresh-out-the-oven cookies) I baked my heart out to my playlist on random, vowing to myself at the beginning of the session that I would not skip any song my computer chose, but would let all songs have their fair play time at this oh-so-sacred time of year. The result was a bizarre melancholy mix of 70s pop from the Carpenters, sad old Wilco, new Dave Matthews Band (how did THAT get on my computer?!), depressing Air, and Indian pop from The Guru soundtrack (what the f---?!)...evidently I am depressed and demented and didn't know it. The few shining beams of joy were shed by Kanye West, Mos Def and some other black folks. It is truly a sad state of affairs when the poor and oppressed of society sing the "happy" songs on your playlist. All in all I have learned this Christmas that I have a depressing and f-ed up playlist that despite its girth is lacking in soooo many ways.
Lesson learned:
Having a fantastic "Recently Played" list is no consolation for having a massively warped overall list.
Merry Musical Chrsitmas,
~ Angela
1 comment:
I'm studying for my last final right now, listening to Christmas Music on my ipod, and seriously HATING my life. I don't know if its because I don't understand the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment and our "Supreme" Court's three-tiered analysis of it OR because most Christmas music sucks. Whatever the case, have a happy christmas abroad!!
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