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Merry Christmas message from Debauchery Soup
I have Nic for a short time tonight – so of course, I picked the moment I washed my face and was in my PJ’s to say:
“Will you do a Christmas video with me for my site??”
I know Christmas blog will be many, many shots of food and ‘artistic’ tree and discarded gift wrap (LOL!)
What you don’t know, is while Nic isn’t big on reading my posts himself, often I have him read them aloud so I can see how they come across. He is UBER talented at voice over – and so far (because we know plans and ambitions change during the teen and early twenty years) wants to pursue that avenue.
He imitates so many voices – and I’m going to try to include the video he made for college – his narration grabbed the attention of everyone I forced to watch it, and every one authentically said “He needs to do voice work.”
ANYWAY! 2 more sleeps! And I wanted to say to those who celebrate Christmas “Merry Christmas!
And I wanted to do it in person.
Because I appreciate every one of you that reads my humble little odd blog!
Here’s my video:
I donned the fedora, because Nic said he was slappin’ his Santa hat on.
I was not going to be lacking in the haberdashery department. He didn’t (obviously) end up wearing it.
Still rockin’ the fedora though – even in my PJs and no make up. LOL!
Here’s his Zombie movie he and his girlfriend made for college.
LOVE it! You’re going to love the music, and hopefully confirm that my boy is a natural when it comes to narration. 🙂 If it won’t let you see the video on iphone or ipad – please go to a PC and check this out.
yeah, I have a cameo, and my favorite part is the bloopers, so be sure to watch it to the end!!
(and yeah, I slapped North Korea into my tags – why not? I’ve watied two plus years to be pressed! LOL! Freedom of expression …. sorta fits. 😉 (IMO – I don’t think they were behind the Sony thing – and I don’t think we were behind their outage the other day … c’mon, their power goes out all the time. One of my favorite comments I read on the topic was “South Korea musta changed their WIFI password”. Ha!)
Grackle Clatter
Watching a movie when an odd, and very loud sound came from outdoors. I went to the back in time to see a plethora of grackles alighting from my metal roof.
Here’s a lone grackle that braved the telephone pole, even after the others scattered. I threw in some doves from last week. (No editing)
Stark Vultures – and Star Wars and such
Then this morning ….
Contrails – then … accidental Star Wars
Discarded
Ah Butters … here she is a little while ago snoozing. I shot the pic from the kitchen between the plant that divides the rooms. What ensues is a collection of her discarded toys in the yard – I found something interesting/beautiful about them.
Behind the Curtain
I had a post decided for today – and it was dark. It was to be about my current mood – still ensconced in heart ache. It was to be about feeling Hopeless. No longer expecting anything with any measure of confidence for myself – no longer cherishing or desiring with anticipation.
But as a believer in contagious moods and in keeping with looking for good – I made the decision to apply that to myself.
I declared today Pajama Day! And as I lay on my bed watching a movie – a ray of light found its way onto my television screen.
I paused the movie, fetched a beautiful piece of material to cover the sheer curtain on the offending window and stopped. And noticed. And was inspired.
I give you – Behind the Curtain.
This is what I saw – and it caught my breath. I had covered my Thai Buddha and plant while shutting out the light – and in the process, brought some into myself.
I was fascinated and began to play.
I looked around my room for other suitable silhouettes.
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I so love the elbow pushing against the cloth during this ’embrace’
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And lastly – the ‘offending’ window – that brought unexpected light.
To you today I say: May your mundane astound you, and may you stop and notice beauty even with a heavy heart. – Amanda
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