aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Merry Christmas

Doug’s in Germany setting up a study abroad program, so I got card duty this year. We had our picture taken (not the best but it is authentic and it was for a good cause - our local animal shelter) and bought our photo cards together. But I was left to print the photos, stuff them into cards, address and mail or otherwise deliver them. A much bigger job than I’d imagined.

As I was hand delivering them all over campus yesterday, it occurred to me that our simple cards are something of a political act. Because, you see, on mantels all around my little town - in amongst the “Good Tidings of Cheer” and “Felice Navidad and “Delight in the true gifts from our savior this Christmas” - there will be me, Doug and our two dogs. Two gay guys sitting between a stuffed Santa and a Christmas Tree.

I like that.

I’m leaving now for a long lonely drive north, made manageable by Madonna , Neil Young, Stevie Wonder and a passel of podcasts! I’ve got my laptop, and a list of Panera Bread shops (where I happily click the EULA without reading it. I can only hope it’s not a non-leaky clickthrough!), so posting should continue unabated.

UPDATE: Darned if you wouldn’t know it. I leave and TODAY they update my TiVo service! Oh well, when I get back.