Nonsequitur Life

December.

To that I say, finally and how because this year has felt both like an endless slog and a smear of blink and you’ll miss it.

More so than usual at least.

A few years ago (when exactly, I do not remember) finding the motivation to put up the Christmas tree did not happen until very late in the season (when exactly, I do not remember) and even then, I really DID NOT feel like decorating it. (I like Christmas decorations, I hate putting them up.) So in an effort to find a sufficient compromise, we put the tree up with the lights and instead of ornaments, I rounded up a small population of Christmas-y stuffed animals, stuck them in the branches of the tree, and called it a day.

And we both decided we kind of liked that better than several dozen little ornaments. So that has become the tradition. It’s a little on the sparse side by comparison, but a tree inhabited by stuffed critters is so much more on-brand around here than anything else. And now instead of trying to find a new ornament every year, I seek out a new small Christmas-y critter to plant in the tree.

Jinx picked out this year’s critter.

Because unicorns.

Bob gave Jinx a candy cane so she could match her new buddy. She had to improvise a little bit.

They are both super jazzed to dance to some Christmas music while bringing in the November Last.fm stats.

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Top 10 Most Played Artists for November 2023…

1.) The Killers … 662 plays

2.) Brandon Flowers … 99 plays

3.) The Fray … 81 plays

4.) Semisonic … 72 plays

5.) The Monkees … 58 plays

6.) Splender … 52 plays

7.) Toad the Wet Sprocket … 47 plays

8.) Nine Days … 37 plays

9.) Panic! At the Disco … 32 plays

10.) O.A.R. … 30 plays

Honorable mention: Ingram Hill, Train, Elton John, Fall Out Boy, Sara Bareilles, Survivor, P!nk, Avicci, Sons of Jim, Foo Fighters

Total of 1,454 plays of 226 tracks from 79 albums by 34 artists.

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Spirit The Killers