durdencommatyler wrote:I know it's just barely November. But I couldn't wait. Watched Love Actually for the first of many times this holiday season last night. I fucking love that stupid goddamn movie.
You're one of those put your tree up in mid-November people, aren't you?
I'm really not. Last year we put it up on Dec 20th.
durdencommatyler wrote:I know it's just barely November. But I couldn't wait. Watched Love Actually for the first of many times this holiday season last night. I fucking love that stupid goddamn movie.
You're one of those put your tree up in mid-November people, aren't you?
I'm really not. Last year we put it up on Dec 20th.
Mine will go up by thanksgiving as long as we get snow! Its almost christmas movie time, so i get it !
durdencommatyler wrote:I know it's just barely November. But I couldn't wait. Watched Love Actually for the first of many times this holiday season last night. I fucking love that stupid goddamn movie.
You're one of those put your tree up in mid-November people, aren't you?
I'm really not. Last year we put it up on Dec 20th.
Mine will go up by thanksgiving as long as we get snow! Its almost christmas movie time, so i get it !
I put my foot down last December as we were taking ours down, no more glitter. We usually put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving and take it down the week between Christmas and New Years.
durdencommatyler wrote:I know it's just barely November. But I couldn't wait. Watched Love Actually for the first of many times this holiday season last night. I fucking love that stupid goddamn movie.
You're one of those put your tree up in mid-November people, aren't you?
I'm really not. Last year we put it up on Dec 20th.
Mine will go up by thanksgiving as long as we get snow! Its almost christmas movie time, so i get it !
It's just because Love Actually is just as much a romantic comedy as it is a Christmas film. So I don't mind watching that one all year. And I love it so much. And I'm amped for Christmas this year already!
I went on Amazon Prime video last night and noticed they have a lot of newish movies I want to see, but haven't. I don't think I've watched a movie since mid-summer. Football season man.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Last year we chopped down our own tree, up in the as-yet undeveloped area my wife's company is developing. We made it a party -- like 10 of us went, some brought their kids, we had hot cocoa, whiskey, beer. We all found our own tree and chopped them down. One of the best Xmas events I've ever been part of, hoping to repeat it this year.
That sounds like fun. Please tell me you wore flannel.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Last year we chopped down our own tree, up in the as-yet undeveloped area my wife's company is developing. We made it a party -- like 10 of us went, some brought their kids, we had hot cocoa, whiskey, beer. We all found our own tree and chopped them down. One of the best Xmas events I've ever been part of, hoping to repeat it this year.
I forgot to update my netflix blu ray queue, and it looks like I'll soon be watching Silver Bullet. I added it for the Halloween / October movies, but never got around to watching it. Maybe I'll still watch it, I think it's been 20 years since I've seen it.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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