"Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise"

 [...] Listen to the wind blow, down comes the night

Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies

Break the silence, damn the dark, damn the light

 © Christine McVie / John McVie / Lindsey Buckingham / Mick Fleetwood / Stephanie Nicks. 

Fleetwood Mac. 1977. 

"The Chain". 

Rumours.

Some one in my community still doesn't know when dawn or dusk are, so the sign to go Nightswimming is still valid. I guess REM has been playing too much in that person's head? 

I don't know what the person who made the sign was thinking, but here it is, Christmas Eve, and people probably want to take their family to the pool. Proving no one pays attention, the hours of operation aren't going to affect them because "we all know better" than being allowed to swim from night to day. Especially since our community security system yells at anyone who is on the pool deck as soon as the sun stops shining (trust me, I experienced this myself). 

So people escaping the cold, will be splashing away in 75° Florida weather. And then go back to whatever frigid climate they came from, next week. 

I caught a gecko on my lanai.

He's been rehomed to the front of the house. 

He's not too big, as I've gotten bigger ones in this cup. 

But he's also the second one I've caught this week. They're coming in to warm up, but we attempt to get them before they run around our house and hide forever. We take them to another part of the yard and see what happens. 

I'm not mean, I'm just rehoming him. Might do them good to meet the neighbors better. 

I couldn't stand the Bath & Body Works "Eddie's Leather Jacket" soap, so my mother is using it in the kitchen. In its place, I opened the "Demogorgon" soap. 

Which, like all the Stranger Things x Bath & Body Works products, is no longer selling on any website. 

Unless you're looking to buy from third party vendors (on all sites). 

Amazon only has the candle from other vendors, so I can't speak of the quality of the products being sold. I can only speak of the soap I bought at a physical B&BW store. 

The soap smells so much better than the other one. I'm not biased because of the patchouli aspect, but this soap smells cleaner, 100%. 

It makes me excited to try the candle when I have opportunity. 

It's the first night of Chanuka and it's also Christmas Eve. 

I went to the gym this morning while my mother went to the pool. We had lunch and then went to CVS and Publix because both were open and we needed some things (we have company, and they are leaving tomorrow, to go back north). Tonight for supper, it'll be a mix of things but not any type of take away. Nor will we do that tomorrow, because we will be busy making sure the company has everything they need and packed to go home. 

I really don't know what's planned. Maybe catch up on some streaming that we missed this week. If not, I started the next chapters in the Conjuring universe, so I know I have the Annabelle and Nun series to finish up. I've been slow on the uptake with a lot of the movies, but at least I have them on DVD. 

I did watch The First Omen recently. As a stand alone movie, it was okay. But to be hovering around the Omen universe, it was all right. Not the best. I mean, I could see where the directors and writers tried to make it jive to the 1970s movies, but it wasn't completely gelling. Much like the remake Julia Stiles was in, 18 years ago. It wasn't a complete reboot but it wasn't a stand alone either. 

Beggars can't be choosers. It's interesting to see these old movies get remade or continued, but at what point do we say "stop; create something new and inspiring"? 

That is a future question meant solely to be answered when we find it, I suppose. 

At any rate, whatever your holiday flavor is, enjoy it and don't try anything stupid. You're still being watched by those who believe in outer worldly magic and if you haven't gotten your wrapped gifts yet, they're on the way.

Be as happy as Buddy the Elf.

Cheers;