sophie's fair

Snow White (c) The Walt Disney Co.

On the seventh day of Christmas
My true love sent to me:
Seven swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings

patel's my dad's pet name for me. only a few more days til christmas, but since he's on the west coast, he decided to bring christmas here. my sister and i received a whole package of sweets from the swiss colony. i indulged myself with this and this after walking 3 miles around the city on a frosty [9°] afternoon. my dad's a great guy -- when i was a teenager, it was totally inconceivable to admit it, but now that i'm all grown-up, i can see clearly why my mother married him. i think that those people (balding heads and all) who still have issues with their parents have got to stop shitting on their childhood or how their parents are driving them nuts... so not cool.

There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

parents are no less perfect than the rest of us bratty kids. as for me, i'm just thankful i have my dad to tolerate my every whim and i take comfort in that all the time.

Disney Characters (c) The Walt Disney Co

The train of cars that
Santa brought is out of kilter now;
While pa was showing how they went he broke the spring somehow.
They used to run around a track--at least they did when he
Would let me take them in my hands an' wind 'em with a key.
I could 'a' had some fun with 'em, if only they would go,
But, gee! I never had a chance, for pa enjoyed em so.

The automobile that I got that ran around the floor
Was lots of fun when it was new, but it won't go no more.
Pa wound it up for Uncle Jim to show him how it went,
And when those two got through with it the runnin' gear was bent,
An' now it doesn't go at all. I mustn't grumble though,
'Cause while it was in shape to run my pa enjoyed it so.

I've got my blocks as good as new, my mitts are perfect yet;
Although the snow is on the ground I haven't got em wet.
I've taken care of everything that Santa brought to me,
Except the toys that run about when wound up with a key.
But next year you can bet I won't make any such mistake;
I'm going to ask for toys an' things that my pa cannot break.
-- Edgar Albert Guest