Season’s Bleedings Part 2: Merry Friday!

When I was a ninja-let still in diapers and training-tabi, Christmas was the highlight of the year, a break from the ordinary into a fritteringly exciting world of myriad possibilities. The gradual build-up in festivities, the flurrying preparations, and the very not-knowing of what was in that little box made me shiver with joy and anticipation.

Nowadays, being a weatherbeaten warrior who receives little and expects less, the joy of Christmas has dimmed in my titanium-encased heart. Instead of frolicking in the festivities, I retreat to the depths of Shinobi Valley and meditate on the cruelty of humans in shopping aisles and highways, the pettiness and hurried over-extension that leads to so much death and tragedy at a time meant for celebration and happiness. But as the dawn breaks on the day itself, I turn inwards, to those little fragments of Christmas past. I understand the world has not especially changed and has no reason to in the future, but I often attempt to convince myself otherwise.

Merry Friday to all (or Christmas for those who celebrate it) and I bid you stay safe and well this holiday.

Lukewarm Regards,

The Ninja

Ed: The idea of Merry Friday was appropriated from Mul, who probably appropriated it from somewhere else.

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