Now that we're men we change our underwear.

Deanna is the best. 11 year olds are awesome.

Deanna: "You know that bracelet I got last night? It was made in Korea. Isn't that cool?"
Me: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...you love sweatshop labour and multinational corporations.
Deanna: I knew all your book-learnin' was a mistake.

So the last two lines are entirely fictional but that is the reaction that Deanna's statement provoked in my head.

Family Christmas party last night. It was nice to see my cousins, if a little boring at times. Patrick certainly has become a hairy bastard. I kept saying "you would" to my cousin Gillian, as I'm apt to, and she was befuddled by it. Another Guelphism that nearly slipped out: my cousin was telling me about how her cat that she's had forever had to be put down recently and I had to stop myself from saying "that's total balls." Not that I wasn't completely sympathetic as one might imagine...in Guelph that IS an expression of sympathy and empathy.

Still, things are goodly. Home Alone is on every 2.3 seconds. Snoopy is a delight. Deanna and I are hanging out in our pj's and playing with this hook-a-rug thing she got last night. (Possibly the sexiest sentence I've ever written). Oh man, that takes me back. Unsurprisingly, I now wish I had one of my own.