
I was initially thinking about sort of just skipping Christmas this year. Not that 2009 has been a complete wash; far from it. A lot of good has come from the past 12 months.
It's just that there have also been some rather devastating losses this year. My job, my girl, one of my sisters — all gone, and in scarily close proximity. The idea of cards, gifts and happy fun time just doesn't hold much appeal right now.
But! I'm having a change of heart. Life is too short to let something as monumental as Christmas just pass by without nary a wave. I'll just celebrate it in my own, surely inimitable way.
I already live in southern California, so the whole idea of traditional Christmas has been gone for a pretty long while. Which allows me to go ahead and shape December 25th in my own image, so to speak.
My latest idea is a funny one. Inspired by someone on Twitter (I'm looking at you,
Taylor), I want to celebrate the season by making a half-pound of "Cannabutter"in order to bake up a nice, big batch of "T.H.Chocolate Chip Cookies." AKA pot cookies!

I'd be learning something new (ha!), baking something yummy that oh yeah, will also get you soooo stoned. Everybody wins!
I'm concerned about the "Cannabutter" making process, though. All of the recipes make it sound like the stuff reeks to high heaven. I'm fine with it, but I'm not sure the people that live across the hall and downstairs from me would really appreciate the entire house smelling like potent marijuana.
So now I'm thinking of people who have places where I could go to make the butter. A's house would be fun. We could talk shit and smoke joints while I'm whipping it up. I bet she would be down. Hmm. Who else has a place? Maybe even L. Now that we're to be "just" friends, why not celebrate it by hanging out and making pot butter? Call me crazy! Well, I am. But anyway...
I think it would be so cool to show up at holiday parties with a plate full of yummy pot cookies. Sure, I could just bring a shitload of weed and smoke everybody out. But making nommy food is something special.
Don'cha think?