Comments on: It’s Carnival Xmas Time http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278 at which a mad black woman rants about New Orleans, insomnia, teaching, education and "education," various -isms and anything involving a bitch, a spot or the letter g Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:56:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: liprap http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3754 liprap Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:16:39 +0000 http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3754 Prismacolors are indeed the Cadillacs of colored pencils. Your girl's got a real eye for the right tools for the job. Prismacolors are indeed the Cadillacs of colored pencils. Your girl’s got a real eye for the right tools for the job.

]]> By: MKS http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3753 MKS Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:21:19 +0000 http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3753 Spoiled by Berol Prismacolor -- she found them in my dusty artbox from college (1983) and they are still as amazing -- she will no longer consider Crayola. I told her at $1.99/pencil, we'd start out with a few new ones at a time (she wants the whole "Rembrandt Set" of 289), so now she's trying to convince her teacher at school why they're so much better than what they've got. Enjoy your holiday. Spoiled by Berol Prismacolor — she found them in my dusty artbox from college (1983) and they are still as amazing — she will no longer consider Crayola. I told her at $1.99/pencil, we’d start out with a few new ones at a time (she wants the whole “Rembrandt Set” of 289), so now she’s trying to convince her teacher at school why they’re so much better than what they’ve got.

Enjoy your holiday.

]]> By: liprap http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3752 liprap Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:12:09 +0000 http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3752 Don't forget that Chinese food with your movie! Happy freakin' hollerdays anyhow. Don’t forget that Chinese food with your movie!

Happy freakin’ hollerdays anyhow.

]]> By: G Bitch http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3751 G Bitch Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:30:32 +0000 http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3751 I like vegan-ing the in-laws! Maybe they'll think about that week-long visit next year. Once you no longer believe in the Jesus story, and don't buy fully into the shop-until-the-GDP-pops "spirit" of the season, you kind of want to go to the movies on Xmas day. I think the 5-year-old is totally onto something. Really good colored pencils <b>are</b> something to celebrate. That list looks like a brand-new family tradition. Peace to you and yours. I like vegan-ing the in-laws! Maybe they’ll think about that week-long visit next year.

Once you no longer believe in the Jesus story, and don’t buy fully into the shop-until-the-GDP-pops “spirit” of the season, you kind of want to go to the movies on Xmas day.

I think the 5-year-old is totally onto something. Really good colored pencils are something to celebrate. That list looks like a brand-new family tradition.

Peace to you and yours.

]]> By: MKS http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3749 MKS Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:53:59 +0000 http://gbitchspot.com/?p=1278#comment-3749 I have always been conflicted about Xmas. Growing up without Xmas (with parents who were non-conforming immigrants who celebrated no holidays of this land or their old--A tree inside the house???) and now having one of those "gimme-lust" kids (very early stages; I need to nip it in the bud) and Xmas-"traditions"(hah!)-shoved-down-your-throat in-laws (who also inflict upon me their annual, week-long holiday visit), I am more than bloody ready to wash my hands of it. Mistletoe arrows, anyone? Next year WILL be different. As I was crafting next year's holiday plans, I looked at the only thing I'd written on a scrap of paper: Winter Solstice. Question mark after it, lots of doodling around it. Dissatisfied, I asked my nearly 5-year-old to help me come up with additional ideas. Her paper: "Things to celebrate next year: snow, the Milky Way, cats, Buddha, being silly, really good colored pencils, dancing, the atom." ~MKS (P.S. The in-laws are getting a completely vegan Xmas dinner this year.) I have always been conflicted about Xmas. Growing up without Xmas (with parents who were non-conforming immigrants who celebrated no holidays of this land or their old–A tree inside the house???) and now having one of those “gimme-lust” kids (very early stages; I need to nip it in the bud) and Xmas-”traditions”(hah!)-shoved-down-your-throat in-laws (who also inflict upon me their annual, week-long holiday visit), I am more than bloody ready to wash my hands of it. Mistletoe arrows, anyone? Next year WILL be different.

As I was crafting next year’s holiday plans, I looked at the only thing I’d written on a scrap of paper: Winter Solstice. Question mark after it, lots of doodling around it. Dissatisfied, I asked my nearly 5-year-old to help me come up with additional ideas. Her paper: “Things to celebrate next year: snow, the Milky Way, cats, Buddha, being silly, really good colored pencils, dancing, the atom.”

~MKS

(P.S. The in-laws are getting a completely vegan Xmas dinner this year.)

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