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I wasn’t going to return to blogging until the New Year, but I felt bad for not hollering back Merry Christmas to 19 bloggers. In true fashion, the Blog Slacker (BS) will wait until enough greetings (via Twitter, blog comments, e-mail, pigeon carriers, etc.) have accrued before the BS will fire up the laptop to utter, “Merry Christmas, right back at ya!” in one fell swoop.

But since I haven’t achieved Blog Slacker Master status yet (any day now), I went two steps further on the path of “unnecessary energy consumption”. I’ve slapped up a Christmas card (featuring the fat head of my fat cat Max who looks quite… creepy Photoshopped like that) for the following bloggers who initiated a greeting: Alternati, AnitoKid, Ann, Arlo, Chase, Evilgenius, Goe D, GYK, Fatima, Janette Toral, Jim, { K }, Kaitlin, Kendra, Leah, Pusa, Sara (formerly of whatsarahsaid.paint-the-silence.net), Zerovoltage, and special thanks to Nix for this e-card.

You get 69 useless bonus points (that can’t be redeemed for anything) if you remembered that the cute, little girl sitting on Santa’s lap is my pretty niece, Lau aka “Pink Princess”. She was 2-years old when she met creepy Santa for the first time. As for me, the concept of Santa was introduced to me when I was 8-years old… so I was too old and smart to fall for that trick (much to my detriment). I didn’t much care for his good/naughty list.

Hello to Valerie, Evil Twin, Jude, Jessica Alba, Pedro (and your manifold soul), Em, Paulie, Sash aka “Farm Boy”, my #1 fan — Hodges and y’all on my whopping links page. (Hmm, in 1 year and 4 months of blogging, I haven’t asked for one single link exchange… ever. Really. People link me up so I usually return the favour.) Kubi’s back! Yes, you’re still on my good side. Wanna join my Blog Slacker Group? I serve Absinthe and cookies that I stole from that overgrown bastard elf Santa. Naughty list, oh ya…

Iva… I’ll wish you a proper Serbian Merry Christmas on January 7, 2008.

Oh lastly, I don’t much care for saying Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays, etc. (definitely not on my own blog) in place of Merry Christmas. Christ… reason for the season for me. I’m Roman Catholic. But I’m always mindful of the inclusive nature of the holiday season — Good Will and Giving. As Jewish comedienne Sarah Silverman (whom I’ve seen in person) reminds Santa, “Give the Jew Girl Toys”. (Umm, you wouldn’t know it from reading my entries, but I lean mostly towards subversive risqué humor and puns.)

I’m aware that pussycat said, “GREETINGS.” Christmas is very over, he says.

Who’ll submit the last comment of 2007 on my blog? What will I do with it?

Adieu until next year,

Massa P aka “fruity”

P.S.
X-MAS BLING: $4,000 from Mom and TFCko (The Filipino Channel) — Dad

FOOD CONSUMED: Beef Caldereta (tender beef stewed in spicy tomato sauce, red peppers, and olives), Bringhe (Filipino version of Spanish Paella — glutinous rice, chicken, veggies, etc. cooked in coconut milk), Smoked Ham and Potato Chowder, Sweet Corn, Herbed Wild Rice, Salmon Steaks with Butter and Dill (baked in aromatic banana leaves), Lechon (roasted crackling pork in sweet & sour sauce), Lumpia (Filipino egg rolls), Leche Flan (melt-in-the-mouth rich custard with thin layer of caramelized sugar), Suman (glutinous rice coconut milk cake steamed in banana leaves, usually sprinkled with sugar and grated fresh coconut), Best Ever Macaroons, Coconut Cranberry Biscotti, Chocolate Espresso Biscotti, and Spicy Salty Sweet Almonds (so addictive). Everything was made from scratch by my Mom and sister. Sorry, no photos. Umm, too busy eating! ALL GOOD!