DEF XMAS: BARBARISM BEGINS AT HOME
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defrogOkay, and that just about wraps it up for 2008.
For those of you who don’t already know, Team Def is hitting the road for the holidays in a two-week adventure in the US, the highlight of which will be the Meeting Of The Moms.
You see, despite me having been married to the bridal unit for almost 12 years, her mom and my mom have never met for a number of reasons, many of them logistical and geographical. To say nothing of the language barrier (as KT’s mom speaks little English and my mom speaks zero Cantonese). So this should be fun.
I hope so. I’m not really looking forward to the family portion of this trip – I come from one of those classic families where, if we were complete strangers, we wouldn’t want anything to do with each other. But we’re related, so we have to deal with it.
I’m exaggerating, as usual, but it’s hard figuring out how to fill up yr day with people who don’t share the same interests as you – especially in East Tennessee, which lives up to many of the stereotypes people tend to assume about it.
Pro: beautiful countryside, especially in the foothills of the Smokies where Mom lives.
Con: Dollywood.
[See previous report for terrible details]
On the bright side, I’ll be making a side trip to Nashville (my hometown) to catch up with some old friends, and I’ll also be stopping in Chicago to do likewise on the way back, so that alone will be worth the trip. Still, with KT’s mom in tow, it’s not like we’ll spend it smacked out on whiskey and running around hotel lobbies in our underwear singing “The Mob Rules” at the top of our goddamn lungs.
You know, like we usually do.
Anyway, we leave first thing in the morning, so apart from the occasional mobile post (assuming I can get LifeBlog to work in the states) or trips to public libraries, this is the last you’ll be hearing from Team Def for the next couple of weeks.
Regular transmissions will resume around January 4.
Enjoy yr holidays. You’ve been a swell f-list so far, and we look forward to serving you in 2009.
Transmission ends in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...........................
For those of you who don’t already know, Team Def is hitting the road for the holidays in a two-week adventure in the US, the highlight of which will be the Meeting Of The Moms.
You see, despite me having been married to the bridal unit for almost 12 years, her mom and my mom have never met for a number of reasons, many of them logistical and geographical. To say nothing of the language barrier (as KT’s mom speaks little English and my mom speaks zero Cantonese). So this should be fun.
I hope so. I’m not really looking forward to the family portion of this trip – I come from one of those classic families where, if we were complete strangers, we wouldn’t want anything to do with each other. But we’re related, so we have to deal with it.
I’m exaggerating, as usual, but it’s hard figuring out how to fill up yr day with people who don’t share the same interests as you – especially in East Tennessee, which lives up to many of the stereotypes people tend to assume about it.
Pro: beautiful countryside, especially in the foothills of the Smokies where Mom lives.
Con: Dollywood.
[See previous report for terrible details]
On the bright side, I’ll be making a side trip to Nashville (my hometown) to catch up with some old friends, and I’ll also be stopping in Chicago to do likewise on the way back, so that alone will be worth the trip. Still, with KT’s mom in tow, it’s not like we’ll spend it smacked out on whiskey and running around hotel lobbies in our underwear singing “The Mob Rules” at the top of our goddamn lungs.
You know, like we usually do.
Anyway, we leave first thing in the morning, so apart from the occasional mobile post (assuming I can get LifeBlog to work in the states) or trips to public libraries, this is the last you’ll be hearing from Team Def for the next couple of weeks.
Regular transmissions will resume around January 4.
Enjoy yr holidays. You’ve been a swell f-list so far, and we look forward to serving you in 2009.
Transmission ends in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...........................
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