Mommy's Taking Off Her Jackboots For Christmas Eve
Jack pointed this out to me, from the January 2008 Esquire magazine:
My personal M.O. for the holiday appears to be: explode self-righteously over any minor frustration (stupid design of honey bottle, puppy dragging my sports bra under the bed, the fact that RiteAid set up a big display of Valentines Day candy over the weekend), but quickly downshift into apologetic self-mockery because Hey! It's Christmas Eve, bitch! And Jackson still has a chance to firmly establish his happy holiday neurons so Loren Eiseley help anyone who screws that up for him.
Not that I could do too much damage, with him being so goddamned cute, hanging shiny balls on the tree and whistling "Waltzing Matilda" and almost helplessly declaring, "I'M JUST SO HAPPY!"
One morning at breakfast in Austin, April, Lyle Lovett's girlfriend, got up from the table, and as she did, Lyle rose from his chair. Lance Armstrong was also at the table, and he asked Lyle about his gesture. Lyle said this: "When you look like I do, you need every advantage you can get."
My personal M.O. for the holiday appears to be: explode self-righteously over any minor frustration (stupid design of honey bottle, puppy dragging my sports bra under the bed, the fact that RiteAid set up a big display of Valentines Day candy over the weekend), but quickly downshift into apologetic self-mockery because Hey! It's Christmas Eve, bitch! And Jackson still has a chance to firmly establish his happy holiday neurons so Loren Eiseley help anyone who screws that up for him.
Not that I could do too much damage, with him being so goddamned cute, hanging shiny balls on the tree and whistling "Waltzing Matilda" and almost helplessly declaring, "I'M JUST SO HAPPY!"
19 Comments:
There is just SO. MUCH. AWESOME. in this entire post that I'm not sure if I should rise from my chair and applaud as you take off those jackboots, or if I should join Jackson his declaration of happiness!
Jules
House of Jules
Yeah, how can you be unpleasant with that around?
Angie
(www.AllAdither.com)
Lyle Lovett is adorable. And Jackson is lucky he doesn't have to worry about his looks. Happy Happy, Joy Joy to you!
Happy holidays from a lurker. Kind men are so awesome. And I hate the use of the word awesome these days.
And Lyle Lovett is just that much of a gentleman too. My uncle does the artwork for all his cd's.
It really is hard being a bitch when your kids are so damn happy, isn't it? As hard as I try, their happiness invades!
Hope you had a great holiday.
So, apparently I'm the only one who still manages to be mean and nasty while my kids are being adorable? Dang.
Lyle may not look like all that, but he sounds like all that and more. He can get up from a table for me anytime.
It never ceases to amaze me that Julia Roberts had sex with that. ::shudder::
I never noticed his ears before. Hair and nose, yes. Ears, not so much.
Self-righteous explosions are an important Christmas ritual. Although they may be less obvious than lights on the tree, I'm confident they are more prevalent.
Also, is it okay that "shiny balls" always makes me laugh?
Extra super double bonus points for the Loren Eisley shoutout.
*throws stars*
Valentine's candy? Seriously? Can we just skip to Easter candy, that's the best anyway.
Very happy holidays to the whole fussy clan and especially to Emily the Bulldog's identical cousin.
I'm not too happy about that Valentine's Day stuff though, mostly because that means it will all be stale by February. A good reason not to buy your beloved a romantic gift at Rite Aid, perhaps?
It's just not Christmas until a mom explodes self-righteously.
Was that an unlinked Loren Eiseley reference??? Wow. TotaL Merry Christmas on that, Mrs. K. (xo)
I would get up for Lyle.
"...almost helplessly declaring, 'I'M JUST SO HAPPY!'"
I love this. *melt*
"...almost helplessly declaring, 'I'M JUST SO HAPPY!'"
I love this. *melt*
I think this picture of Lyle is embellished to make his nose look bigger.
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