5 Things: Jesus is a Rockstar.

1. If we all worshipped Jesus the way we worship rock stars, singers, actors, & other entertainers, we'd be in much better shape.... Individually & as a whole. Try it.
2. It is a widely spread rumor that the Christmas tree is Pagan in origin, but this is actually a myth. The roots of the tree tradition are actually Christian, and the first decorated tree is reported to have been in Tallin, Estonia in the late 1400s / early 1500s.
3. My sister has been to Tallin!
4. The trumpet part in Handel's Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus. *Sigh*
5. Jesus Christ. Best. Gift. Ever.

5 Things: Saga 1993...She's A Freak

1. A friend read to me today what a high school not-so-much-friend-at-the-time & I wrote about one another in her yearbook and it was hilaaaaaaaaarious!
2. Today I had Campbell's Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Loaded With Vegetables. "loaded with vegetables" = 1 slice of carrot.
3. I wish I could change something about today.
4. If you're reading this and have pneumonia, eat bananas. It'll help.
5. I really wish I could change something about today.

5 Things: Gobble, Gobble, Oprah!

1. Oprah maybe notsomuch the best celebrity endorsement for Miraclebody jeans... The "Put them on and you look 10 lbs thinner" jeans. Because well...really? I'm just sayin'.
2. Christmas is in 2 days. WHOA.
3. Haven't bought a single Christmas present or card. All the money I would be spending is going to the Thad Vance Benefit Fund to help him fund his un-insured fight against cancer. Cancer sux. You should donate, too. Ask me how.
4. I want to know what goes on in my cats' brains. They crack me UP. One of them has a little routine he does right after he poos. He runs ALLLL through the house at top speed, saying "gobble, gobble, gobble" like a turkey. SO hilarious. He also gets in the shower as soon as someone turns on the water. Weird.
5. Ever notice that the people who defended Bill Clinton for dodging the draft are the same ones who called Bush a draft-dodger for joining the Air Nat'l Guard instead of the Army and said Kerry was the better candidate because he was a war hero...and then voted for Barrack Obama (who never served in any capacity) over John McCain, who spent 5.5 years as a prisoner of war. Hmm.

5 Things: Welcome to America. We have Kellie Pickler & Tonya Harding.

1. A big thanks to my friend Holly for reminding me of the disaster that is Kellie Pickler's "Santa Baby" video. Its single redeeming quality is the red Christmas lights on the floor. Really.
2. Tonya Harding. I just help it. She's just soooo ........ whatever. Maybe its the hair, maybe it's the make-up, maybe it's the collection of rebel flag, deer-head adorned sweatshirts.... I can't resist. She had me at monster truck.
3. I love snow!
4. I'm writing a piece on the INsecurity of the US/Mexican border and what we, as the American public, aren't really aware of in terms of the danger and vulnerability it puts us in worldwide. Hopefully it will be up today at pollytickchick.blogspot.com
5. Leftover lasagna for lunch. See ya!

5 Things: A Ring Around The Moon

1. A VERY uneventful day, brought on by my failure to fall asleep before 6am this morning, resulting in on & off dozing all day. Gross.
2. A loving, extended step-family evening filled with the high-pitched sugar of the voices of children from 5 mos to 13 yrs. Love.
3. Saw the most beautiful ring around the sun from the top of the mountain tonight. It was almost eerie...creepy... but so beautiful!
4. I'm too tired to finish this. You'll get a couple of bonuses tomorrow. I promise.

5 Things: Teck Out Your Choes.

1. My sister spent the night with me last night.
2. My sister woke up at my house today.
3. My sister & I took fun and mildly adventurous pictures in the snow on top of a mountain and may or may not have mildly trespassed on a ski slope. Don't judge.
4. My sister & I had hot dogs for lunch, had the best waitress EVER (who may or may not be a BFF of mine), ran errands & packed her entire apartment into her car for Christmas break. Entire apartment. No, really.
5. My sister is at an Acoustic Syndicate show right now without me and that is really, really, really wrong.

(in case you're wondering, she has a sore toe and asked me where you go to get your choes tecked out....probably a you-had-to-be-there moment. but it was great at the time.)

5 Things: Colder Weather

It's only lunchtime and I already have a full list :) Maybe if you're lucky, you'll get two today. Or probably not.

1. My friend Thad has a surgery date! December 23rd. Shake & bake. Beat it, cancer.
2. Kellie Pickler makes me want to stick a pencil in my eye.
3. I watched a really cool documentary last night on an ex-Amish community and learned a lot. It was really, really good.
4. Do you ever hear a song that hits you like a bat to the chest? Something you want to take and own all for yourself and keep it secret from the rest of the world, so it can be just yours? But then part of you wants to share it so others can have a chance at feeling that same thing? Zac Brown Band & AMOS LEE (!!!) singing "Colder Weather" at the CMT Artists of the Year Awards. Watch.
5. The commercials for ASPCA about abused & abandoned animals break me to my absolute core. I want to take every single kitteh & doggie off the screen and into my arms and home.
6. (Bonus:) There's a dead mouse/chipmunk/something in a wall in my house and it doesn't smell pleasant. I don't really feel the same about it as I do the kittehs & doggies on tv...but I would really prefer it go die somewhere else.
Ok, that sounds mean. I wish it hadn't died. Better?