the half-sven look - petescully

the half-sven look

In Britain, it's traditional to leave your Christmas decorations up until January 6th (the last day of Christmas); not so here, where all those colourful lights seem to be gone before the hangover on New Year's Day. There's our little tree, above, in our living room last week, making the most of its prolonged existence.
Meanwhile, on the TV, the race for the Presidency has begun, but these lights wont come down until next Christmas is upon us. That's Barack Obama on the telly there, in Iowa, begging for Change (Iowa Lotta Money, maybe). It was interesting watching the Republicans debate among themselves the other night, followed by the Democrats, in a scene reminiscent of the Life of Brian (and I don't mean the "what have the romans ever done for us" bit). Good to see passions inflamed; they weren't allowed to make personal attacks, and they all tried not to, bless them. I'm not looking forward to the endless campaign of bitchery and lies during every commercial break that 2008 will bring. I've been in America during elections, but not a pres'dential race, and I'm not looking forward to it. Still, it'll have a happy ending: no more Pres'dent Shrub.
I finally got new glasses. I would have had them before Christmas but the optometrist didn't bother calling me to say they're ready (won't be using them again). I am trying a new type of frame for me - I'm forgoing the Fabio Capello (no, American folks, he's not a fashion designer) frames and trying a more Sven-Goran Eriksson (nor is he, folks) look - well, half. Sven favours the frameless formation, well I'm only half frameless, I'm trying out what I'm calling the 'half-Sven' look. Only one shoe outside the bedroom door. Needless to say I now look different. A new year, a new Pete. I can now see a little more clearly at a distance, something I missed recently when trying to draw all those buildings (hopefully my accuracy will improve, if not get better).

8.1.08 06:57

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Simplelsie (8.1.08 12:42)
You really do seem to have landed among an odd group over there (over here, I guess would be more accurate.)
My Christmas trees always stay up until Epiphany, the end of the Christmas season. Of course, I don't have the pretty thing set up the day after Thanksgiving, either--I'm more the December 20-ish type. When I was a child, my mother always decorated the tree on Christmas Eve while my father got the seven children out of her hair for a day and took them trudging through snowy forest-y places. I'll bet she really enjoyed those Christmas Eve days.
Anyway, you were right about the "sorry, he's not a designer" bits. I wouldn't have known. Happy Vision in 2008--I look forward to seeing your drawings.

petescully / Website (8.1.08 17:00)
Yes, Fabio Capello is the new England football manager (fashionably Italian), while Sven is the old manager (fashionably Swedish); the guy who was in between (what was his name now?) was unfashionably English, and had no sight whatsoever.

karen at pen in hand / Website (10.1.08 01:59)
Come to Cleveland, Ohio, where ever other neighbor still a hass his lights up. (Aside: there's something wrong with the blog thingie here, which won't let me correct typos.) Your room scene is lovely.

petescully / Website (10.1.08 07:12)
it's probably a california thing. or at least, a davis thing. Still, i'm keeping one set of ligths up, makes the living room feel so much cosier. I always hated that January post-dedecorating empty room feeling.