Monday, December 15, 2003
silent gag.
the monkey's sister sent us a christmas card--to us, with a particular note inside addressed to me, saying i must be something and she looked forward to meeting the woman who was making her brother so happy. in his mildly estranged family, this seems to be about the equivalent of asking to be my blood sister and giving me half a pendant printed with "-est -iends." i'm quite flattered.
what truly grosses me out, though, is that she included a photo of her four children. one, an infant, is wrapped--swaddled, even--in a white napkin; the eldest girl is holding him on her lap, a blue napkin on her head. the eldest boy has a green napkin draped over his head and has one hand protectively on his sister's shoulder. the little middle boy is in the background, also with a napkin on his head, looking upwards. one assumes, towards the star of bethlehem. the whole thing is shot in front of a snowy solid white background like they're at the portrait studio at sears.
woah.
what truly grosses me out, though, is that she included a photo of her four children. one, an infant, is wrapped--swaddled, even--in a white napkin; the eldest girl is holding him on her lap, a blue napkin on her head. the eldest boy has a green napkin draped over his head and has one hand protectively on his sister's shoulder. the little middle boy is in the background, also with a napkin on his head, looking upwards. one assumes, towards the star of bethlehem. the whole thing is shot in front of a snowy solid white background like they're at the portrait studio at sears.
woah.
