sea of leaves.

This is the leafy mess that is my front yard. I probably should rake it, but I'm too lazy. I could use a leaf blower-the guy across the street from me did that and 2 days later, his yard was covered again. Besides-I haven't raked the yard since I've lived here. I just run the lawnmower over it in the spring and it looks just fine. My dad would shit a brick if he saw it. Good thing he doesn't come over that often.

Yesterday was completely eventless. I did, however, finish my first Christmas gift and started on the next one. Maybe I will have time to knit myself a scarf and hat before I go to Europe. I'll need it, since we'll probably be sleeping on the street in Amsterdam. All of the B&B's are booked, as are the hostels. If our hotel in London burns down or something, I'll just jump off the Gay Street bridge.

No movie today. My parents are both sick with a nasty cold. I hate it when they're sick. They are getting older, have a few health problems and I get paranoid thinking that a cold could turn into pneumonia, causing their imenent death. But then they get better and my dad's back to playing golf, painting some part of the house that has yet to be touched by his paintbrush or harrassing my mom every 5 minutes-my mom goes back to cooking, cleaning, answering my 95 phonecalls a day, trying to catch up with Daisy the psycho dog in the back yard and living through my dad's harrassment. The last one pretty much takes all of her energy, so she retreats to the dining room to read her ever present book or People magazine, maybe even work on her Charles Wysocki puzzle. I can't believe they are still married after all these years. It's a rarity.

On a lighter note, I got a free ticket to see John Mayer in February. It's a long story, but Renita and I are going. He's playing at the Coliseum, which I thought was odd-it's a shit venue for someone of his stature. But whatever-it's free for me, so why should I complain? We never get anyone good to play here in Knoxville. I was really suprised when Jamie Cullum played at the Bijou. Usually it's just big country singers or 80's metal bands that can't get a gig elsewhere. Pete Yorn cancelled his concert here-I was very pissed about that. However, GWAR will be putting on a show at Blue Cat's-that would be extremely interesting. I tried to see if someone good like Basement Jaxx would be playing in London when we go, but apparently, there is nothing that time of year. Even Daniel Radcliffe's nude appearance in "Eqius" doesn't begin until February.

Well, back to my coffee and knitting. Gotta go check out This American Life-David Sedaris was on there and I missed it-and some Robot Chicken on Adult Swim. Other than that, I'll just enjoy the cold cloudy day inside my warm, cozy house that floats atop a sea of leaves.