TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE

SONG OF THE DAY #221
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
by Ella Fitzgerald

6:30 PM: Though today was a very sleepy day filled with getting up pretty early and opening presents, going over to Itita's and insulting each other in true family tradition, I can't help but think of this song, which always reminds me of a peaceful Christmas with pasta, laughter, and Nancy Meyers. It was the first day Tia wasn't over on Christmas morning, which I thought would be strange.. Instead we enjoyed the comedy stylings of our new family.

What am I thinking? I'm sitting at home spending Christmas alone. I'm going back to Itita's straight away, and I'm taking The Holiday with me. But first, I'm making a Christmas playlist to go with the season. It's late, but great.

TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN

SONG OF THE DAY #219
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
This Is How We Do It
by Montell Jordan
and
The Christmas Song
by Tim Reynolds

Went straight to MIFF after the last day of Camp! Ayo is responsible for the first jam. Hung out with Susi after coming home from the end of my first week at work. Went to Lincoln and to the beach, then down to Washington and up Española. Came home, ktfo. All I heard of the second song was a snippet on a radio station somewhere, but it felt like what sitting on the beach at night did. It was somewhat familiar, and I found out afterwards it was a christmas song. That's not weird, is it? Sets the mood for the night and helps ring in the season! Not really, but it's alright. They're both good.

TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN

SONG OF THE DAY #217
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The Christmas Song
by Nat King Cole

This song is good for today... A few things happened before I got to the office, but once I got there the mood was like this. It was incredible. Being there is pretty calming, actually. This morning I started off at camp, where we packaged up our soaps and pillows, wrapped our frames in homemade wrapping paper, and made mints. Said Kira "You're going tape crazy. Look. One piece. That just looks ghetto." LMAO. This morning before class, we acted out the Angel's coming to Mary. Hilarious performance on our part. Said Ayo "--AND THEN THE ANGEL MENTIONED ELIZABETH (cough cough)," after which I popped back up and replied "AH, YES! Elizabeth!" Lol. It was a fun morning; Ayo's hilarious.
The afternoon brought the office holiday lunch at Piola on Brickell, where I met Jay and the rest of the staff I hadn't yet. I sat with who happened to be my co-intern and learned about her filmmaking experiences, after which I drove back to the office. The rest of the gang had taken the metro mover! That's an exclamation mark... because I said so.I mentioned it to Danette and I got a parking pass! I trained my co-pilot in the database, learned some more about the way things work at MIFF, and laughed with Vivian several times, lol. Toward he end, I tore down the personalized remnants of the last Programming people, and tomorrow starts the personalization of the 2011 staff-- yeah, that's me. Did I mention I have a company email? I have a company email! It ends in @miamifilmfestival.com--- OH, YES! It's so exciting!!! Parking pass, email, own computer, own desk, own phone number.... It's all happening so fast! And I'm milking every second of it. With regard to song choice, Vivian was playing this on Pandora today and it stuck. It's just the mood. Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe help to make the season bright. I don't have either of those, but I can still wish you a Merry christmas, readers. Merry Christmas to you all. Enjoy this little Nat King Cole as I have, and always will.