Today is a Breakfast Day

"Harry Potter loved to sit on my shoulder while I was cooking and insult my food...

A few days ago, Harry Potter jumped off my shoulder. And maybe he forgot he couldn't fly or maybe he thought a pot of boiling water was a birdbath. All I know is that he splashed into the water, and I scooped Harry Potter out with a spoon."

- excerpt from Flight by Sherman Alexie. Harry Potter was the name of their bird.

Don't worry, this isn't going to be all about Harry Potter. You'll have to wait another week for that one.

There is officially snow on the ground, so I feel like I need a new banner. I still love fall colors, though... so the banner in all it's fall glory is staying for now. ... but now that fall is over we can enjoy EGG NOG and CHRISTMAS MUSIC without guilt. I made it until two days ago, November 15th, this year. I'm keeping track year to year. I'd say I'm okay with that. I mean, if you start too late, you don't get to fully maximize your enjoyment of the music, right?

Today I was reminded of an artist whom I really enjoy. I worked with a short book of his for forensics in high school, and my partner and I really fell in love with his stuff. He mostly makes little comics for cards, but he has a few short books. They are all so adorable, random, and uplifting. My favorite and probably his most well known is A Lovely Love Story.

"The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice. Although it was cold he was happy in there. It was, after all, his cage.

Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur’s cage with kind words and loving thoughts.

I like this Dinosaur thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny.
He is also quite clever though I will not tell him this for now.

I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur. She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice.
She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a dinosaur.

But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
He is also overly fond of things.
Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things?

But her mind skips from here to there so quickly thought the Dinosaur. She is also uncommonly keen on shopping.
Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping?

I will forgive his peculiarity and his concern for things, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. For they are part of what makes him a richly charactered individual.

I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping, thought the Dinosaur. For she fills our life with beautiful thoughts and wonderful surprises. Besides, I am not unkeen on shopping either.

Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are old.
Look at them.
Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth of the sun on their backs.

And that, my friends, is how it is with love.
Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together.
For the sun is warm.
And the world is a beautiful place."

Without the comics to go along with it, it loses some of it's appeal. However, I just love his style. Today I found a few works of his that I'd never seen before.

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Anyway, that's Monkton. He's fun.

In other news, I have eight days of school left before two days of finals and then winter break. This is wonderful. Also, I'm going to Nashville in a week. This is great, too.

The author quoted above about Harry Potter, Sherman Alexie, is really funny. We had to read a book of his and also watch a movie he wrote the screenplay for. I've quoted that one quite a many times. "Sometimes it's a good day to die, and sometimes it's a good day for breakfast." :] He's pretty vulgar in his written stuff, so that's annoying, but his writing style is insanely witty.

Alright, time to go buy an egg nog shake, followed by an egg nog latte, followed by a stomach ache. A glorious, glorious stomach ache. Actually, time to go celebrate the then-boyfriend's (this is the new way a friend and I decided to refer to ex's. It's legit.) birthday with half off appetizers at Applebees.

Happy 17th! One month until I'm no longer teenaged!