As you may have read;
I don't care much about the holidays, these days. There's no painful reason or anything behind it; I just don't give a damn, that's all. ;)
Nah, I would be lying if I said that; I do care a little about this (hey, my name is not Scrooge, you know); it's not something I look forward to, but I don't loathe them either; just a little in between.
I explained this to one of my female co-workers, who was wondering if I had a Christmas tree in my living room (she guessed right; I don't), after I made a comment on the company's tree being quite small, compared to the hall it's in. Next thing she wanted to know was if I had anything Christmas-y at all in my home.
Me: "No, I don't"
She: "Why is that?"
Me: "Well, here's why..."
So, after she heard my story, she decided I had to try and have at least something resembling Christmas lights to set my living room a little off and give it a little holiday cheer. Who knows; it might rub off on me.
So, here you go:
Here is where I put them.Happy? ;)
In order to try and get the Christmas spirit flying a little harder, I also decided to re-watch the
Love Hina Christmas Special, which I hadn't seen for God knows how long (could very well be three years ago or something), and I noticed something funny.
When you're re-watching shows, you start to see things that went unnoticed the first time you watched it; new things, new scenes, new details; and this was no exception.
Assuming that I watched it in 2003 for the last time, I visited Japan four times since then. Stuff like the Yamanote-line and why Narusegawa has to be patient to get her present back went rather unnoticed before then, because at the time, I had no idea on how that stuff worked over there, how long it takes to get from Shibuya to Harajuku on foot, what kind of town Hinata Onsen could be compared to Tokyo and how different things would be for someone visiting Tokyo for the first time.
It's nice and fun to recognise stuff you see on TV or in a theatre as something you've seen, visited and touched in real life. Jokes pay off as well. ;)
Cheers, K.