Banjo Christmas
I’m guessing you’re looking for some kind of a banjo or you wouldn’t have found this post. And chances are good that you have in some way connected your banjo need with Christmas. Put those two together and you have Christmas banjo. Isn’t that clever. Well, consider this. Rearrange Christmas banjo and what do you have? Banjo Christmas. I wanted to write a post about a Banjo Christmas. See how this works?
My only hope is that you are reading this well before Christmas. Uh oh. Maybe not. Does the phrase, stuck at Christmas without a gift, mean anything to you? Could be. But either way, whether you’re here early or late, read on and you may get an idea about how to become a Christmas gift hero. To get to that point, let me begin by asking a simple question. Any idea about what kind of banjo? Or what price you can pay? Okay, that’s two questions, sorry. Again, one question, any idea about what kind or what price of banjo?
To really answer that question may require a brief encounter with Virginia Woolf or James Joyce. Say what? These two authors wrote in a unique style that often amounted to no style at all. It’s officially referred to as stream of consciousness writing, that is to say they would come up with a subject and write for hours on end recording whatever came into their minds, forgetting about order, grammar, spelling, or sense. Oh, they did some rewriting, but, even with that, a lot of what they wrote is difficult to comprehend. And that’s the key. Each of them understood fully what they were saying, even if the common reader could make no sense of it at all. If that sounds like gobbledygook to you, please don’t click away yet, just bear with me for a moment.
This is supposed to be your very own stream of consciousness. Well, it may be a tainted stream, at least in my case, but let’s give it a try. The idea is to let your imagination take hold, to listen for and then write down things you might overhear in your mind—come to think of it, that’s a good definition of “stream of consciousness”. Here’s an example from my own polluted stream on our subject of banjo Christmas:
Christmas, don’t know, what can I get, better, brother in law, never, tide that binds, banjo, banjo Christmas, Christmas banjo, Xmas banjo, never, not me, same thing, no, late wrapping, good gift, who cares, makes no sense, well playing, tie a yellow ribbon, red ribbon, rags to riches, yellow and black, good gift, great gift, guitar, banjo, what am I doing, who cares, late working, belated, same thing, always, never, metal, metal drummer, drummer boy, little, wood, wooden, little drummer, fife and guitar, drum, banjo, how to play, who plays, too late, he already played, hate the sound of, no, make my own, economy, downturn, family, family project, yes, no, staycation, lost our way, some trip, we’re together, diy, me, do it, don’t do it, do it all, my way, I did it my way, again for my in law, brother, sister, yourself, do it yourself, late working, working late, hero, come unto me.
Of course this makes no sense, just as intended—not really intended, but just as expected. Sorry, I must not forget that the above nonsensical paragraph is just an illustration. It’s time to make some sense again. Try this yourself on the subject of banjo Christmas (or any subject for that matter), and you may get some real insight into your inner mind. You may be surprised at the revealing messages that may be just below your surface self. You could be blessed with an ah-ha moment, a way to determine the perfect, unique Christmas gift whether you’re shopping early or are somewhat stuck at Christmas without a gift. Good luck to you.