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Nov. 18th, 2008 02:36 pm
The most annoying time of the year
I'm not normally militant about the whole Christmas-is-in-advent stance, but I'm bracing this year for a retailers' onslaught redoubled by desperation. I've already informed ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu that, come what may, there will be no Ferrero Rocher on our table this year because the bastards have been running Christmas-themed ads since last week; go ahead and add Glade to the list as well for the same reasons.
But now I'm in a pickle with the Koreans. You'll remember this summer how I had to steer clear of their place for weeks because I couldn't think of a way to reciprocate their generous gifts of homemade food.niemandsrose astutely pointed out that the best way to win that game was not to play--"They'll always have more food than you; they own a restaurant"--so my answer has been to dine there regularly so I can chat a bit with the owners. For a couple months now, I've been reliably stopping in for lunch at least once a week.
Only today when I went there, I heard something most unwelcome: Christmas carols. And not just any carol, but "Feliz Navidad"--that's right, the slaggiest of the dross. Worse, the choice couldn't even be blamed on some hapless disc jockey. They were playing a whole bloody album of Christmas music from yet another irritating young graduate of the American Idol school of song styling.
All that I might be able to forgive. After all, they're apparently fervent in their Christianity, which has been known to seriously impair one's judgment in matters like these. And they're Korean, which means they spent their formative years securely insulated from decent popular music of any kind. But none of this can alter the irrefutable calendrical fact that it is still ten days to Thanksgiving.
So obviously I can't go back until the beginning of December at the earliest. But the original intent of my boycott was to punish the offenders throughout the Christmas season. Will they ever forgive me if do that to them? And, more importantly, what about my free kongjang and cabbage kimchi in the meantime?
monshu that, come what may, there will be no Ferrero Rocher on our table this year because the bastards have been running Christmas-themed ads since last week; go ahead and add Glade to the list as well for the same reasons.But now I'm in a pickle with the Koreans. You'll remember this summer how I had to steer clear of their place for weeks because I couldn't think of a way to reciprocate their generous gifts of homemade food.
niemandsrose astutely pointed out that the best way to win that game was not to play--"They'll always have more food than you; they own a restaurant"--so my answer has been to dine there regularly so I can chat a bit with the owners. For a couple months now, I've been reliably stopping in for lunch at least once a week.Only today when I went there, I heard something most unwelcome: Christmas carols. And not just any carol, but "Feliz Navidad"--that's right, the slaggiest of the dross. Worse, the choice couldn't even be blamed on some hapless disc jockey. They were playing a whole bloody album of Christmas music from yet another irritating young graduate of the American Idol school of song styling.
All that I might be able to forgive. After all, they're apparently fervent in their Christianity, which has been known to seriously impair one's judgment in matters like these. And they're Korean, which means they spent their formative years securely insulated from decent popular music of any kind. But none of this can alter the irrefutable calendrical fact that it is still ten days to Thanksgiving.
So obviously I can't go back until the beginning of December at the earliest. But the original intent of my boycott was to punish the offenders throughout the Christmas season. Will they ever forgive me if do that to them? And, more importantly, what about my free kongjang and cabbage kimchi in the meantime?