365 Days Left to Christmas
Another Christmas has come and gone. And I hardly noted its passing.
When Dan finally woke up around 1 PM today we went out for our annual dim sum at the Lucky Three, which was mobbed with mostly oriental people and a few scattered Jews. The dumplings in their little round pots, the clams in their brown succulent sauce, the lobster (which was a splurge at $10 and unfortunately a bitch to eat), David’s salty chicken, the pork buns, the slurpy wide noodles, and the pineapple buns were all fatteningly delicious. I noticed for the first time one of the servers pushing a dim sum cart around while talking on a cell phone. Cell phones are EVERYWHERE!
Then the family quandry of what movie to see. I know nothing about movies. When they suggest something, I ask, (1) Is it violent? and (2) Will it make me sad? and (3) Is it a stupid comedy? Those questions rule out about 85% of all movies. We were left with very little in the theaters that no one had already seen and that satisfied my requirements. So we opted for something ordered from NetFlix – Napoleon Dynamite. Rachel had seen it and swore that it was the funniest movie ever. I admit to dozing on and off, but what I saw left a lasting impression. This low-budget movie takes place in a small town in Idaho. Napoleon is a most unheroic, nerdy hero who befriends a Mexican kid running for President (of the school?) against a cheerleader type who runs on a platform of new uniforms for the cheerleaders, among other absurdities. At one point the Mexican kid is chastised by the school officials for putting up a pinata which looks like his opponent and allowing everyone to swing at it. The best thing I can say for Napoleon Dynamite is that it was CHEAP entertainment and I had a comfortable couch to fall asleep on.
Rachel gave us her yearly lecture about how we had deprived her of the joy of a Christmas tree for her whole life. We also surmised about how much the average American had spent on Christmas gifts, concluding that often the poorer one is in this country, the more important it is to spend a lot. Other than that, Christmas really didn’t come up at all. We’ll eat leftovers of yesterday’s Christmas turkey and look ahead to New Year’s – a holiday where all are equal!
When Dan finally woke up around 1 PM today we went out for our annual dim sum at the Lucky Three, which was mobbed with mostly oriental people and a few scattered Jews. The dumplings in their little round pots, the clams in their brown succulent sauce, the lobster (which was a splurge at $10 and unfortunately a bitch to eat), David’s salty chicken, the pork buns, the slurpy wide noodles, and the pineapple buns were all fatteningly delicious. I noticed for the first time one of the servers pushing a dim sum cart around while talking on a cell phone. Cell phones are EVERYWHERE!
Then the family quandry of what movie to see. I know nothing about movies. When they suggest something, I ask, (1) Is it violent? and (2) Will it make me sad? and (3) Is it a stupid comedy? Those questions rule out about 85% of all movies. We were left with very little in the theaters that no one had already seen and that satisfied my requirements. So we opted for something ordered from NetFlix – Napoleon Dynamite. Rachel had seen it and swore that it was the funniest movie ever. I admit to dozing on and off, but what I saw left a lasting impression. This low-budget movie takes place in a small town in Idaho. Napoleon is a most unheroic, nerdy hero who befriends a Mexican kid running for President (of the school?) against a cheerleader type who runs on a platform of new uniforms for the cheerleaders, among other absurdities. At one point the Mexican kid is chastised by the school officials for putting up a pinata which looks like his opponent and allowing everyone to swing at it. The best thing I can say for Napoleon Dynamite is that it was CHEAP entertainment and I had a comfortable couch to fall asleep on.
Rachel gave us her yearly lecture about how we had deprived her of the joy of a Christmas tree for her whole life. We also surmised about how much the average American had spent on Christmas gifts, concluding that often the poorer one is in this country, the more important it is to spend a lot. Other than that, Christmas really didn’t come up at all. We’ll eat leftovers of yesterday’s Christmas turkey and look ahead to New Year’s – a holiday where all are equal!
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