nonsensical world of <br> shane bugbee: 12/18/11

the beAst of the season to all my friends...

this here video... my life story.
really, watch it till the end... it's short and fun, you can do it.

this christmas, it's better than the rest... one of the best... no, absolutely the best.

I have hated xmas for as long as I can remember... it's always represented a date where insincere family gets together and fakes interest. no interest the rest of the year, no phone call on a Wednesday in june, just show up and gift give on xmas and absolve yourself of any and all real family/societal obligation.

Over the last 5 years we've been on the road and working thru a creative project as well as family evolution/change/drama, so we've totally ignored this holiday. Our family doesn't usually gift give on xmas, we usually work thru it and try to ignore it... maybe a movie.

today, seeing amy's joy at getting a gift on and in or near the season... well, it put it all into perspective.

I guess I can look on it as a season to give back.
for what you might ask? yea... for what.
it's just the beauty of the life around my world... birds and trees and spys like that...the stuff that makes me wonder and ask, I like that... no, I love it.

it's a season of appreciation and respect.

it seems the world is humane today…

or maybe it's just me.

it's been 5, maybe 10 years that a christmas didn't bother me.
over a decade since our home has exchanged a yuletide gift.

I wonder if the spirited merry christmas and happy holidays greetings I'm hearing and even giving, isn't the one mind, the universal connect we all share...

embracing for the impact of great and possibly even cataclysmic change.

or, maybe, it's just me... and the ice melting from around my heart.

this might be one of the best holidays of my life.
fat and old and glad to be here… finally.

winter solstice guardian angel and other xmas makings...

winter solstice guardian angel or xmas b.s. protection fallen angel or a reminder to laugh it, xmas, the fuck off.

yes, this baby lights up and is ready for the top of a tree or the center of a table for the holiday dinner party and YES, IT LIGHTS UP!!!

santa dead ornament... amy's father used to send us an xmas ornament each year. now that he's passed, I thought I'd make amy an ornament and keep up the tradition.