C is for Cookie

...That's good enough for me! Well, I just went out for a late, long lunch and after I ate (Chicken Pot Pie from KFC, and they gave me a free drink too while I was waiting) I wanted something sweet. But first I had to swing over to the 1/2 Price Books to seek a DVD that S wants for X-mas. I didn't find it, but I found something comparable, hope he likes it, and I found my X-mas present to myself. Yes, I always buy myself something for X-mas, and I honestly hadn't given it any thought at all this year until someone asked me about it last week. Well, I got it! The DVD of one of my all-time favorite movies, All That Jazz! I only own the VHS and it's time to upgrade, so I did, and for only $5 bucks, too. What a country. Then I got back to work, had a hunch that there might be some sweet things in the back, and found a huge platter of all kinds of cookies!!! Smelling out sweets has got to be some kind of talent that I have. Boy, it really is like Christmas!

(Plus I picked up my gifts from the Library: a travel mug w/Library logo on it, and a blue t-shirt, size medium, w/Library logo on it. We also got paid today, and Bob said, "I guess the holiday bonus is going to be on the next check?" Ha ha ha!)

So I love that movie for several reasons. I first saw it when I was very young, and was just enchanted by the dancing. Plus, I love showbiz and always have. The soundtrack is charming. There's also the father-daughter dynamic that always gets to me as well. Yes, the Joe Gideon character reminds me in too many ways of my own father. He's a womanizer, funny, brilliant, talented, adorable, selfish, and a total degenerate. (I'm speaking of both the character and my father.) The opening quote from the Flying Wallenda, "To be on the wire is life. The rest is waiting." has inspired my entire existence. And Jessica Lange as Death fascinated me too. S thinks I'm a total ghoul, and I am. At least I'm not a degenerate! (Anymore. )