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We were in Mattapoisett, MA with Berit's parents (Gary & Luana), my father and stepmother (Nils & Ivy), Ivy's mother and stepfather (Rita & Jerry) and Ivy's cousin and his date (David & Susan). Phew. A nice bunch. A pleasant holiday.
We got a nice bunch of swag, which we opened on Christmas Eve . . .
. . . but we're especially happy to have got a new digital camera in there (thanks dad! thanks Ivy!) - so I have bits of an Xmas in images.
Berit had been sick since Saturday, getting a tiny bit better every day, so she welcomed Xmas in with a celebratory toast of Dayquil:
Berit's parents had the tree up . . .
. . . and the table set . . .
. . . while outside, a very fat squirrel had its own meal.
And inside, before the meal, Berit contemplated the metaphysics of a snowman . . .
. . . that had a candle inside of him:
Eventually, after we got our stocking gifts, it was time for us to eat, as it was for our greedy little friend outside:
And all too soon after the meal, the guests went home, but not before Jerry enlisted Gary's help in trying to find some possible relatives of people he had once known in the area in a New Bedford phone book:
And Berit and I spent a couple more days up there trying to be relaxed, with some success . . .
. . . by ODing on the TV shows we only get to see at other homes, like Mythbusters and The Jeff Corwin Experience:
But now we're back, and it's nice to be home, and the kitties were sure as hell overly affectionate when we came in.
Just 90 minutes after getting back, though, we have to schlep over to The Brick to help out Frank Cwiklik, Michele Schlossberg and company on the setup for Bitch Macbeth. They're really changing The Brick's layout for this - actually, there will be no seating risers up in the space for the next five months and three shows! - so it's a bit of a mess, as Berit and I saw when we showed up:
So Frank and the crew showed up, and we set about fixing some things, techwise - the light board will be on the floor for the show itself, and several lights needed to be rehung (though not as many as would be expected with such a radical change in the space).
But eventually, the drive and work caught up with us, and we had to get home, and Berit crashed out pretty soon after. But first I tried to finally get some new Cat Blogging photos.
Hooker, my sweet boy, was amenable . . .
But Moni, even when being held by Berit, just wouldn't keep still . . .
. . . and eventually got upset with the whole situation . . .
So, with Berit crashing early, I have some late night time to catch up on the regular Friday routine, a couple of hours late, relaxing with some music as I write this. So here's what shows up on the iPod (21,554 songs) as I relax and wind down . . .
1. "Disappearer" - Sonic Youth - Goo
2. "I Fall Up" - Brian Eno - Vocal box set
3. "Don't Turn Me Down" - Ray Mason Band - Don't Mess With Our Routine
4. "The Maid" - The Ron-de-voos - Back from the Grave 7
5. "Busy Doin' Nothin'" - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys
6. "Love of a Woman" - Lighthouse - One Fine Morning
7. "House of Bamboo" - Peter Wright - Peculiar Hole In The Sky: Pop-Psych From Down Under
8. "Temptation" - The Field Twins - Girls! Girls! Girls! - Australian Female Performers Of The Sixties, Vol. 1
9. "Pistolet Jo" - Anna Karina - Anna
10. "Country Girl" - Johnny Otis - The Best of R&B, Vol 1
Well, that was nice, and now off to bed myself - I have to go back to The Brick tomorrow to finish my tech supervision on Bitch, and then they're on their own, and I'm off to make Merry Mount happen.
