Happy New Year, Suckas

JoeFish — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:52:08 -0500

Another long stint between posts, and I don’t do a lot of trick photos of eggs in famous moments in musical theater history. No wonder nobody reads this thing. Well, except haddock and occasionally shuna. Oh, and the Agent, when I mention the blog and he feels guilty. It’s ok, though, I’ve never done anything for recognition. I do things for me, or for other people, not for recognition of me. Believe me, if I wanted that, I would have stayed in languages. I could have gone to school anywhere for foreign languages. The head of the language department of my high school never ceased to try and challenge me with a word or two here and there of a language I didn’t know. He never got me, although he did know a lot more German idioms than I. I was the foreign language beauty queen blah blah blah.

What did you do for the New Year? What did you eat? Beets? Black eyed peas? The Italians eat pork, often cotechino or zampone, which is basically the same thing except stuffed into a partially boned pig’s foreleg. Lentils are di rigore (not really an Italian idiom, to my knowledge) for their resemblance to coins, and therefore required to ensure plenty in the coming year. Just remember when people argue against gay marriage, they are using the same logic.

I made my pork roast as part of a cooperative meal at the Agent’s aunt’s house, among glazed cornish hens, buttered brussels sprouts, steamed carrots and other things I’m forgetting. Several unremarkable but enjoyable bottles of wine were drunk, including a little cava at midnight and we were off to bed. I had left for work at 7:30AM and was hurting.

Now we’re gearing up for work again. Pilot season is fast approaching for the Agent, and I have a load out and 2 load ins coming. It never fails, feast or famine. Hopefully, however, we will have one or two more significant dinner parties before the onslaught.

The Agent and I had some discussions I’d like to air here over the holiday, but more on that later. For now, good night and good luck.

I’m not listening to music right now, however, SEE VOLVER. If you see no other film this year, see Volver.

The Omnivorous Fish - pork

Happy New Year, Suckas