Viewing Thoughts: So, I'm watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, hands down my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I love how the movie brings everything from tonight full circle. You got people wronged, you got the Christmas Miracle, you got the whole Kit and kaboodle. It is basically a more grown up Christmas Story. Both are all about going through the motions of the holidays.The shopping, the tree, everything. Plus, you have that little kid who's so cute you want to punch them because they make you want to feel for them or something stupid like that.
So, in the vacation series, the kids never stay the same. Their personalities, body types, ages, everything changes and yet Chevy and his wife stay the same. THis got me thinking. Sure, their names stay the same but what if they are in fact different kids? Maybe the Griswold's kidnap kids and brainwash them into believing they are Rusty and whatever the girl's name is. It doesn't matter if it's name only, point is, they think they are Clark's kids. However, they grow up or the conditioning wears off. Eventually, they have to deal with this. So, old set of kids are killed and a new one is brought in. They;re basically urban gypsies.
So, in the end, there are two victims in this entire movie. It's not the Griswold's, it's their neighbors. You have this Waspish Yuppie couple who just want to live in peace but this buffoon next door proceeds to make your life hell. He ruins your expensive stereo equipment, blinds you and causes temporary blindness, let you get attacked by animals, and wrecks your house and causes distress. Sure, you're a dick but maybe they were hopeful once. They saw this house that someone was really underpaying on little suspecting that they just wanted to get a way from the dumb ass. He ends up ruining the marriage. The pool is the least of all the worries. The neighbors suing for emotional and property damage should be threat enough.
Late Christmas Ideas: I so want the Moose Antler classess they drink the egg nog out of in the movie. That would be so sweet I could see doing it. Either that or are there Jelly of the Month Clubs? That feels like the only way I'll ever be able to get a good Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam.
Non-Viewing Thoughts: I need an advent Calender next year. I always mean to pick one up but then i forget all together and then the question is what kind of one. I mean, there are so many different kinds of them. Do I want candy, do I want to make a little scene, what? Oh well, got a year to think on it all.
The Tally
Mountain Dews Left: 7
Energy Drinks Left: 3
Cups of Coffee drank: 0
Santiy Rating (1 being most sane, 10 being thinking of doing this again):8
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