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Another cold nasty day – I worked from home.

Well.. I “tried” to work at least. Mario-Kart is our new crack.

Our friend Carl who’s home is right around the corner from the studio in the city has perma-lent his vintage aluminum christmas tree to us for our first Christmas in the new house.

The whole thing came packaged in a modest 3′ x 2′ x 3′ box. I wondered how in the hell a 7′ tree could come out it… Well.. The answer is ONE FRIGGIN BRANCH at a time.

Chad took to sicking the branches in while Kevin and I marveled over the cheesy-cool color wheel. It’s sticking – so a trip to Radio Shack will be in order soon to buy a little motor and re-engineer our own.

Having trouble finding a place for it… We wound up pulling a chair and sticking it by the window near the fireplace. It’s…. It’s…. well….. very shinny…. Almost hypnotic – but honestly the traditionalist in me has me missing our normal natural tree. My old-fashionedness is checked by my adoration of kitsch.

Note to self:
1) Buy fake pine tree scent spray.
2) Don’t blog about tin monstrosity in living room.