Day 77 of the boywife chronicles

Merry Christmas, Happy Xmas, Happier Hanukkah, Happiest Season, Merry Christmas for the 7th for all the Orthodox Christians, Merry Yaoimas as the kids say, have a great Festivus to the Costanza's, Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad! That's all of my bases covered! It's still Christmas Eve for me though. Let's get into it! I had two very bad ideas today and the first one was so bad and I really didn't think it through so it just will not be discussed. The second idea is something I actually went through with, it's a bad idea but I made a bingo card for this entry. 

I don't expect you to complete it but if you do actually do this bingo card, I will reward you! This wasn't very well thought out because now I have this bingo card in my brain as I am writing this. Let's just write this one, it's getting a tad late on my end. Oh yeah, I almost forgot...BINGO!!!!

• When I Catch Elliott Smith 
• New and Kawaii Razor Blades!!!!
• Moby Dick
• Cousin returns!!
• Oh no...not the captain thing again
• Goodbye
• Really corny message!!!

Oh boy...I was miserable today. Fret not, moots! This was solely because I remembered this Elliott Smith song that I loved but couldn't remember how it went so I played the song and eventually I listened to another song and another and another and then I decided to listen Elliott Smith all morning. I wrote a bulletin about it too. I love Elliott Smith but he has ruined my entire life! If he was alive and I got the chance to meet him, I'd do that corny thing where I'd slap him and say "that was for ruining my mental state!" Then I'd hug him and say "and that was for bringing me through tough times" but I've been through tough times, I'm over it! He's just bringing me back! Don't listen to Elliott Smith but also do! I used to listen to him when I first started design class, I was really miserable those days and lonely too, I remember hearing Alameda play during one of those classes and I heard the lyrics and it was as if that song was made for me! 

Okay, when Im sad, I have lots of things I can do. I can wallow or I can watch Seinfeld or I can watch Jerma but today I decided to take a bath! Bathing always helps my mood because it makes me feel pretty. I did the whole 9 yards and then some, all my skincare! All the soaps and beauty products! It felt rejuvenating! The only problem is that it was shaving day and I'm starting to get cuts and ingrown hairs. My Razor blades have served me well but it is time they were replaced! Tis a sad day to lose such loyal comrades but, alas, it must be done, it is only inevitable to replace Razor blades! So, Im gonna replace them sometime. Don't worry, the face is clean! Squeaky clean and free of hair.

Ok, Moby Dick update! I wanted to talk about one beautiful piece of symbolism. So, the captain in the book, Ahab is this elusive man and they want to present him as a mysterious myth of a man and they were successful in doing so. In chapter 30, he smokes a pipe and talks about how it isn't soothing him and throws it into the sea, that's the whole chapter! Why should we care? That's what I thought but Ahab is not like us normal people, they want him to be a myth, someone detached from us and he throws the pipe in the ocean as a way of symbolizing him throwing away human pleasures. Great symbolism! This book is beautiful! It has a lot of religious symbolism like with the Bible and also Paradise Lost and Hamlet which isn't religious but I just like Hamlet. Some of it is very on the nose like can you guess which Bible story they referenced in this book about whales? Can you guess? It's too obvious, i don't even wanna answer. Even though there's so much symbolism, nothing struck me quite like Ahab throwing his pipe into the ocean, so short...so impactful! I wanna read MOAR!!!!

Oh and my cousin is back! She helped us make desserts but we'll get back to that. I was gonna watch Better Call Saul but she's studying law and we're all very proud so it's practically the same thing. Though I don't think she's gonna do elder law. I barely got to speak to her but we did watch Derry Girls and that was fun. 

You know why I didn't get to talk to her much today? I was busy working!!! Boywife!!! Let's gooooo!!!! House work is just what I need sometimes. It's kind of therapeutic to me. I did too much though, I can't! I know the Camus quote about sisyphus being happy doing the same thing over and over again and I respect Camus, his philosophy is big part of Kafka's work but still how was sisyphus happy? I washed the same dishes over and over again, I washed I packed away and as I was washing they were used and put down for me to wash again, it never ended. ITS NEVER OVER (OVER)!!! It was fun at first but when people started cooking as I was cleaning, it was like an episode of The Bear. As I was doing the dishes, I thought, maybe I could be a captain, right? I could captain a ship. Like I'd start in a kitchen and work my way up! Imagine being like Ahab, you sit in your cabin, throwing a smoking pipe overboard. Good stuff. My mind drifted to that as I was doing the dishes, it's a good fantasy. 

I'm not saying goodbye! I am, I did but not to my readers! I said goodbye to my friend! He's going to Thailand for a while, he needs it but I'm gonna miss him! I gave him a small gift but I'm planning on gifting him something bigger upon his return! I already miss him. What am I gonna do? I didn't want to come to this but I have to! There is someone I must contact, my sister wants me to be in contact with a friend of hers who is my age, I think one year younger and they read books! I've spoken about them before but I never knew how to approach them before. I'm just gonna go for it, I need literature friends, I need another bosom buddy! Bosom buddy? I love slipping old English into my stuff, like I tell my sister "make haste!" Or when she has drama I say "pray tell" I love old timey English like bosom buddy! Speaking of old tjmey English, a lot of people loved it when I ranted about Shakespeare and since I have so many Shakespeare fans reading this, I forgot which play a certain quote came from, it's either Macbeth or Othello. The quote is where the main character speaks of a prologue to a thrilling adventure or something, that could fit in both Macbeth and Othello, I don't know which one though, I'm leaning Macbeth because that would serve the irony. (I looked it up and it was from Macbeth, he says "happy prologues to the swelling act"). Let us make haste!!!

We're almost done! I just want to say that I really appreciate all of my mutuals and stuff. I really want each of you to enjoy your holiday season! Thank you all for reading this and I don't know, being nice! The people really make this site! It would be nothing without you all! The people are what motivate me to write! So...I thank you once more for reading! I thank you all for holding me accountable, with kudos, with comments, with private messages, thank you to all ye readers, even those who remain in the shadows!!! Before I descend into Shakespeare lingo, let me just say thank you and goodnight! Enjoy the holidays! I'm not gonna make an entry tomorrow but I will after that! Til then!