Seasonal Greetings everyone, wishing you all an enjoyable and stress free holiday period.
So what are you plans for the next few days up until new years?
Me, I'm not going to the big family gathering in Devon for various reasons and will intentionally be spending most of the next week alone. :( :cry: :D
I shall be using this time to work on a couple of business ideas, do some much need decorating, possibly visit a couple of friends and do a bit of posting on Languish. Looking forward to this family free week for a change. :cool:
Writing, meeting friends, and playing some video games. It's a short break, though, because I have to work tomorrow, and return on the 5th (with the 6th being another holiday).
I could have gone with today/tomorrow and the 5th off, but apparently my work is indispensable here. <_<
I was planning to go to Vienna with my parents for a few days but they are down with flu so we cancelled.
So, the plan is to have a traditional Christmas eve supper (depending on how they feel, they will either come to my flat or I will go to their house), then watch some movies and play some games over the next days. Probably will also hang out with Dawid a bit but he has his grandpa and mom over so spending holidays with them. A friend of mine is coming to visit on the 30th, and will stay for the New Year's eve (having a couple of people over) and leave on the 2nd. The 6th is a public holiday in Poland as well so I am looking for 2 weeks of free time, give or take a day here or there where I have to show up at work (technically, after tomorrow, only 29th-31st of December, and 2nd and 5th of January are working days).
Quote from: Martinus on December 22, 2014, 06:49:25 AM
I was planning to go to Vienna with my parents for a few days but they are down with flu so we cancelled.
So, the plan is to have a traditional Christmas eve supper (depending on how they feel, they will either come to my flat or I will go to their house), then watch some movies and play some games over the next days. Probably will also hang out with Dawid a bit but he has his grandpa and mom over so spending holidays with them. A friend of mine is coming to visit on the 30th, and will stay for the New Year's eve (having a couple of people over) and leave on the 2nd. The 6th is a public holiday in Poland as well so I am looking for 2 weeks of free time, give or take a day here or there where I have to show up at work (technically, after tomorrow, only 29th-31st of December, and 2nd and 5th of January are working days).
Nice. :)
Any minute now, you Europeans will have an American bitterly berating you for having so long a holiday, how 1 1/2 unpaid leave is enough for anyone and no wonder Europe is the economic basket case it is. :D
Not going anywhere, but my parents are driving down to Kentucky and will be here thru the 30th. We're planning on going out to dinner with them and my father- and mother-in-law, which should be cool since both my father-in-law and dad are Vietnam vets and like to talk about it. :)
I had plans to visit family on the 24th & 25th but I don't have hope that it will happen, my kids & gf are starting a flu. Flu that I got last week.
:(
Gonna sleep.
Fuck off, Mongers.
Same deal as the last few years-- catching the 7:00pm church service Christmas Eve with Tommy and my parents, then back to my place with my parents, one of my brothers, the wife, and the kids to have some traditional guiso de carne. Later on my other brother will show up once he's had enough of his in-laws and we'll open an aged bottle of Belgian Tripel. Watch the kids open a couple presents and then try to get them to bed.
Then Christmas morning the kids will open their presents from Santa. Then over to my parents' house for more presents and dinner. Oh and it's sort of a family rule to keep A Christmas Story running on TV the whole time.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 22, 2014, 09:51:07 AM
Fuck off, Mongers.
Seasonal Greetings to you too, Money. :hug:
Short 3 day week, taking Friday off also, so looking forward to a short vacation.
Christmas day meal with family at a cousin's house is the main thing I have planned, and that's always a good time.
I get two paid days off. Will catch up on sleep and masturbation.
Eat good food with family and friends. Laze around. Read. Go lift heavy things. Flu is kicking my ass at the moment but should clear up in a day or two.
Contemplate Jesus.
My office is closed until 7th January, so I couldn't even work if I wanted to. I am at my parents place now and will visit friends and family all over Northern Germany in the next days.
Quote from: Zanza on December 22, 2014, 01:03:29 PM
My office is closed until 7th January, so I couldn't even work if I wanted to. I am at my parents place now and will visit friends and family all over Northern Germany in the next days.
Spanish holidays are certainly an epiphany to those who are more used to Anglo-Saxon holidays... :D
Splitting my time between San Diego and Palm Springs. :cool:
Quote from: PJL on December 22, 2014, 03:24:40 PM
Quote from: Zanza on December 22, 2014, 01:03:29 PM
My office is closed until 7th January, so I couldn't even work if I wanted to. I am at my parents place now and will visit friends and family all over Northern Germany in the next days.
Spanish holidays are certainly an epiphany to those who are more used to Anglo-Saxon holidays... :D
I have Dec 24-January 1st off as government holidays. :)
In Paris for Christmas for a famiiy wedding for the SATVRNALIA. A bottle of champagne (real stuff for you garbonites) will also be opened for the birth of the most famous Jewish anarchist ever.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on December 22, 2014, 03:48:49 PM
A bottle of champagne (real stuff for you garbonites) will also be opened for the birth of the most famous Jewish anarchist ever.
Siege? :unsure:
Visiting the family and playing videogames until the 7th. I'm going backwards :lol:
Back at my parents place. Trying to spend as much time as possible lying in bed and playing ps3
We'll probably crack open a bottle of wine with dinner on Christmas eve and bake some pies. Christmas morning we'll have a light breakfast and open our presents, then go to aa's mom & dad's for Christmas dinner.
What aboit jews?
Quote from: mongers on December 22, 2014, 06:39:51 AM
Seasonal Greetings everyone, wishing you all an enjoyable and stress free holiday period.
So what are you plans for the next few days up until new years?
Me, I'm not going to the big family gathering in Devon for various reasons and will intentionally be spending most of the next week alone. :( :cry: :D
I shall be using this time to work on a couple of business ideas, do some much need decorating, possibly visit a couple of friends and do a bit of posting on Languish. Looking forward to this family free week for a change. :cool:
I'll cook a nice dinner on the 24th. Open presents on the morning of the 25th then go to work.
Be working the 25-26 at graded pay.
I've got 3 days of PT this week, in addition to wrangling 6 kids and one grandchild.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on December 22, 2014, 03:48:49 PM
In Paris for Christmas for a famiiy wedding for the SATVRNALIA. A bottle of champagne (real stuff for you garbonites) will also be opened for the birth of the most famous Jewish anarchist ever.
Well I am drinking Veuve Clicquot this Christmas as everyone seems to love to give it as a professional gift. :unsure:
Have to be at work so late tomorrow that I can't do Christmas Eve with either my extended family or with S'. Probably gonna come home and get myself a little tipsy for Christmas because I'm depressed about how crappily this one is going.
Quote from: Siege on December 22, 2014, 06:49:36 PM
What aboit jews?
Is this your Brooklyn accent? Just horrible.
Got gifts for Dawid, my mom, my dad, Rufus and my Ukrainian cleaning lady. Still need to get something for the concierge in the morning.
Had two long weekends with friends drinking and eating. Almost died of over-indulgence. Now I'm back home for the final feast of the season :menace:
Quote from: PJL on December 22, 2014, 03:24:40 PM
Quote from: Zanza on December 22, 2014, 01:03:29 PM
My office is closed until 7th January, so I couldn't even work if I wanted to. I am at my parents place now and will visit friends and family all over Northern Germany in the next days.
Spanish holidays are certainly an epiphany to those who are more used to Anglo-Saxon holidays... :D
Spanish holidays are the 30 days out of the year you actually work, right? :(
Anyway, I did Xmas with my folks already since I'm avoiding my sister. I got some great gifts, including a gift so good I already bought it two years ago. :lol:
I'm working every day but real Xmas Day and New Years, because I'm not a lazy shitty Euro, I only wish I was.
Oh, and Real Xmas will be spent cleaning, writing, and going to go see Big Eyes and The Imitation Game by myself. The woman who may or may not sleep with me again will be back Sunday, which may or may not be nice.
Sittin' here in Queens
Eatin' refried beans
We're in all the magazines
Gulpin' down Thorazines
The Ramones pretty much summed it up.
It's always fun going two blocks and crossing the invisible line to a world where there are no Christmas lights or trees, Santa is unheard of, and all stores are open full hours on Christmas Day, almost all the inhabitants being of the Hebraic persuasion, the serious kind, not your classic Jewish-American "Chinese food and a movie" Christmas.
Plus fun driving for me all the way down there in the dark and rain tonight. We'll be gulping down tranquilizers for sure, but no Thorazine for me, thanks.
Quote from: Barrister on December 22, 2014, 03:38:05 PM
I have Dec 24-January 1st off as government holidays. :)
Interesting. Our courts are open December 24th and 26th-31st. Only Christmas and New Year's Day are holidays.
Thanksgiving is a holiday, but the day after technically isn't. We go through a comical pretense where the governor, sometime in October, decides that his state employees have worked so darn hard this year, he's giving them the Friday after as a state holiday. It happens every single year from time immemorial, but it can't be put on the calendar or anything.
I feel bad for anybody awaiting an arraignment in Alberta.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 23, 2014, 06:31:53 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 22, 2014, 03:38:05 PM
I have Dec 24-January 1st off as government holidays. :)
Interesting. Our courts are open December 24th and 26th-31st. Only Christmas and New Year's Day are holidays.
Well they do Boxing Day on the 26th, right?
I feel bad for the dudes I did arraignments for today who got locked up. :( And the fucking jail phones weren't working so I couldn't call my clients who are held and just say "Hey, I haven't forgotten about you and I know you're in for Christmas." Maybe I'll try from my cell phone tomorrow when I'm in NY.
But really, I was on fire at arraignments today, all passion and oratory. Kept guys out who I really, really thought were going to be held. :yeah:
I recognized the colors magenta and red today. I'm still at work, because I'm not lazy.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 23, 2014, 07:00:06 PM
I feel bad for the dudes I did arraignments for today who got locked up. :( And the fucking jail phones weren't working so I couldn't call my clients who are held and just say "Hey, I haven't forgotten about you and I know you're in for Christmas." Maybe I'll try from my cell phone tomorrow when I'm in NY.
But really, I was on fire at arraignments today, all passion and oratory. Kept guys out who I really, really thought were going to be held. :yeah:
:cool:
That is quite cool, making small but Real differences in peoples lives.
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 06:54:29 PM
Well they do Boxing Day on the 26th, right?
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I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
My family has mostly devolved to gift cards. I am going to propose we dispense with such silly, symbolic back-and-forth money transfers (that usually even out anyway) and just make Christmas about being together as a family.
My niece and nephew still get gifts, but that is because they are minors.
I tried to suggest to my cousins that we dispense with gift giving. No one listened to me. <_<
Quote from: Ideologue on December 23, 2014, 03:01:43 PM
Anyway, I did Xmas with my folks already since I'm avoiding my sister.
What'd she do?
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:57:31 PM
I tried to suggest to my cousins that we dispense with gift giving. No one listened to me. <_<
We had a consensus to do that two years ago, everybody was on board... But a few slipped presents anyways and my grandad got so flipped out over breaking tradition, it fucked up the whole year. From now on, we just buy shit for each other and that's that. He's almost 84 and was on (I think) the first nuclear-powered sub during the Korean Police Action of '50-'53, so it's his rules I guess.
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 23, 2014, 11:55:38 PM
My family has mostly devolved to gift cards. I am going to propose we dispense with such silly, symbolic back-and-forth money transfers (that usually even out anyway) and just make Christmas about being together as a family.
Yup. It's almost to the point of the scene in
Donnie Brasco, where everybody gives everybody else holiday cards with cash in them. :lol: Itsa bootiful ting.
QuoteMy niece and nephew still get gifts, but that is because they are minors.
And, as minors, you are legally obligated.
Family Knows Better Than To Fall For Mom's Little Bullshit Speech About No Presents This Year
News in Brief • Family • Local • holidays • ISSUE 50•50 • Dec 19, 2014
RICHMOND, VA—Saying that several of them had learned the hard way, members of the Gordon family confirmed to reporters Friday that they knew damn well not to believe Mom's little bullshit speech about not giving gifts this Christmas. "She doesn't mean a goddamn word of it," said Alex Gordon, 32, one of Ellen Gordon's three adult children, all of whom agreed that you'd have to be pretty fucking thick if you didn't see right through her little song and dance about just enjoying each other's company without the expense and obligation of giving presents. "She says this every year, but forget that—of course she wants to do gifts. Can you imagine the look on her face if there actually wasn't anything under the tree and we just sat around empty-handed like a bunch of assholes? No way is that happening." Gordon added that he and his siblings were taking their mom's suggestion that they could leave on Christmas Day if the ticket was cheaper for the utter horseshit that it is.
My philosophy is do away with the obligatory gift/gift card/cash idea...but if you see something that makes a great present for a person, give it...and don't care if you get nothing that year in return. Something for you will probably come around at a later Christmas...and if it doesn't, so what?
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:06:08 PM
I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
Put them in gift bags.
Keep the gift bags.
We're in a depression.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 24, 2014, 12:15:31 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:06:08 PM
I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
Put them in gift bags.
Keep the gift bags.
We're in a depression.
Some of the gift bags have been re-used - as I've borrowed all my supplies from my mother. :P
Anyway, didn't they say that US growth hit an 11 year high this year?
Quote from: garbon on December 24, 2014, 12:16:51 AM
Anyway, didn't they say that US growth hit an 11 year high this year?
And the market broke 18,000. So it'll be a Merry fucking Christmas for people who live in Lexus Christmas Commercials. Big fucking deal.
:yawn:
Dad's spending Christmas with his girlfriend's family this year. Oh how things turn about! I'll see him in the morning before retiring with my kitties, Twin Peaks box set and a roast chicken, because leftovers.
My special agent. :wub:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 24, 2014, 12:13:51 AM
Family Knows Better Than To Fall For Mom's Little Bullshit Speech About No Presents This Year
News in Brief • Family • Local • holidays • ISSUE 50•50 • Dec 19, 2014
RICHMOND, VA—Saying that several of them had learned the hard way, members of the Gordon family confirmed to reporters Friday that they knew damn well not to believe Mom's little bullshit speech about not giving gifts this Christmas. "She doesn't mean a goddamn word of it," said Alex Gordon, 32, one of Ellen Gordon's three adult children, all of whom agreed that you'd have to be pretty fucking thick if you didn't see right through her little song and dance about just enjoying each other's company without the expense and obligation of giving presents. "She says this every year, but forget that—of course she wants to do gifts. Can you imagine the look on her face if there actually wasn't anything under the tree and we just sat around empty-handed like a bunch of assholes? No way is that happening." Gordon added that he and his siblings were taking their mom's suggestion that they could leave on Christmas Day if the ticket was cheaper for the utter horseshit that it is.
I was about to post the same thing. I am not falling for that again. :P
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:06:08 PM
I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
Why would you wrap presents yourself? Don't they have free present wrapping stations in malls in NYC?
Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2014, 01:51:38 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:06:08 PM
I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
Why would you wrap presents yourself? Don't they have free present wrapping stations in malls in NYC?
Why would I step foot in a mall? :wacko:
Quote from: garbon on December 24, 2014, 01:59:12 AM
Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2014, 01:51:38 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:06:08 PM
I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
Why would you wrap presents yourself? Don't they have free present wrapping stations in malls in NYC?
Why would I step foot in a mall? :wacko:
:bleeding:
Quote from: garbon on December 24, 2014, 01:59:12 AM
Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2014, 01:51:38 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 23, 2014, 11:06:08 PM
I'm currently drinking Chardonnay and wrapping presents. I hate wrapping presents...
Why would you wrap presents yourself? Don't they have free present wrapping stations in malls in NYC?
Why would I step foot in a mall? :wacko:
You are such a poseur. :lol:
:)
Anyway, I did mostly the online thing this year as it was easy for my lazy ways.
There'll be a pork roast dinner I prepare for myself for 25th/26th. It's my first time trying my hand it it, but meh, how hard can it be? :P
Thankfully it'll be traditional goose dinner at friends' family tonight. :P
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 24, 2014, 12:13:51 AM
Family Knows Better Than To Fall For Mom's Little Bullshit Speech About No Presents This Year
:lol: Emailed to my immediate family.
Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2014, 02:06:13 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 24, 2014, 01:59:12 AM
Why would I step foot in a mall? :wacko:
You are such a poseur. :lol:
And let's not support seasonal temp help in this shitty fucking economy or anything. 18,000, and the cunt can't even get presents wrapped by retirees forced to go back to work.
Mall wrapping here is all done by volunteers. I've never seen anyone doing it as a paid gig.
I'm sure Easter Seals Team Six appreciates the help.
Turns out I get holiday pay for the 26th, but can also put in time and double dip if I want.
I have engaged the full blackmail on the kids.
STOP ACTING LIKE MORONIC LITTLE HEATHENS OR SANTA WONT COME. The twins seem to be piercing through my bullshit though.
Time for bribery.
Read more on how The Elf On The Shelf is preparing the youngest generations for the realities of the perpetual surveillance state--
QuoteThe Elf on the Shelf is preparing your child to live in a future police state, professor warns
For some, the Elf on the Shelf doll, with its doe-eyed gaze and cherubic face, has become a whimsical holiday tradition — one that helpfully reminds children to stay out of trouble in the lead-up to Christmas.
For others — like, say, digital technology professor Laura Pinto — the Elf on the Shelf is "a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and" [deep breath] "reify hegemonic power."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 24, 2014, 10:13:22 AM
Quote from: Martinus on December 24, 2014, 02:06:13 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 24, 2014, 01:59:12 AM
Why would I step foot in a mall? :wacko:
You are such a poseur. :lol:
And let's not support seasonal temp help in this shitty fucking economy or anything. 18,000, and the cunt can't even get presents wrapped by retirees forced to go back to work.
And destroy the environment by using extra gas?
My mom keeps threatening to bring a mincemeat pie. :yuk:
I convinced her to make me a pecan pie but I have a feeling she'll bring the fucking mincemeat pie along too as a joke.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 24, 2014, 01:05:01 PM
Read more on how The Elf On The Shelf is preparing the youngest generations for the realities of the perpetual surveillance state--
QuoteThe Elf on the Shelf is preparing your child to live in a future police state, professor warns
For some, the Elf on the Shelf doll, with its doe-eyed gaze and cherubic face, has become a whimsical holiday tradition — one that helpfully reminds children to stay out of trouble in the lead-up to Christmas.
For others — like, say, digital technology professor Laura Pinto — the Elf on the Shelf is "a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and" [deep breath] "reify hegemonic power."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/12/16/the-elf-on-the-shelf-is-preparing-your-child-to-live-in-a-future-police-state-professor-says/
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"Capillary power." Lol. You human-hating anarchists.
In my house, the Elf is more of an entertainment thing to see where he'll be every morning than an OMG HES WATCHING YOU thing (Lord knows I've tried).
Guess I f'd up the quotes on that one. Oh well.
Should I give in to the guilt my stepmom is giving me over not coming home for Xmas Eve? Like, I literally JUST went.up there, I came back Sunday night. And I want to watch The Interview.
Yes.
I'm just going to be a complete asshole to my sister. I don't know what she expects. It's a,real.no-win situation, much as was never faced by Captain Kirk. I should've just said I was working, whicj is kinda actually true. It's where I am right now.
My family ain't perfect, but I can't imagine not spending Christmas with them unless I'm in another country.
Well, your sister isn't a Judas cunt who makes you feel like garbage just by existing, also.
Christmas is about resolving differences and seeing through the petty problems of family life.
For fuck's sake, Ide. Just go, you have the rest of the year to be a schmuck to them.
No need to be mean. :glare:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 24, 2014, 02:47:28 PM
For fuck's sake, Ide. Just go, you have the rest of the year to be a schmuck to them.
Yeah, but she won't notice the other 364 days of the year, and why should she? She's the winner, I'm the loser. And she spends every second I'm with her reminding me of it, and I'm done with it.
Life's too short.
I'll go see my parents on President's or MLK Day or something. Do you think Jesus is better than Abe Lincoln or Dr. King? Do you hate black people? I mean, we all always suspected. Now we know for sure, I guess.
P.S. obviously, I didn't go. I did get a whiny bullshit non-apology exhortation to go upstate from my sister. I thought she was supposed to be the one with social intelligence.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 24, 2014, 02:31:06 PM
Well, your sister isn't a Judas cunt who makes you feel like garbage just by existing, also.
You're hired, my good man.
What is she supposed to apologize for Ide?
Cal's Loot Thus Far:
silicone five-fingered BBQ gloves
a marinade injector
three bags of peanut M&Ms
a new Gillette Fusion ProGlide
a pair of Allgauer trachten knee socks
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 24, 2014, 09:04:42 PM
What is she supposed to apologize for Ide?
Ugh, fine.
I needed to talk about my suicidal feelings with someone who wasn't you scumbags and definitely wasn't my parents, and naturally my mind went to my closest blood relative, my sister, whom I know also deals with (sharply less severe) versions of what ails me and ailed our mother. As soon as I brought it up in our conversation, she closed up shop and about a month later, I got a rote happy birthday message.
In addition to that, I've always felt envious toward her greater luck in life. This includes better decisions on one hand, and straight-up better outcomes to the same class of youthful mistakes, on the other, so it's not all sour grapes--for example, I got a DUI when I was 16 and had my license pulled and a crime put on my record, whilst when my sister was 16 she got busted for possession of pot, and got PTI. And it goes on. My sister quit her job in January '14 to "go find herself," and actually did, in California, with a new gig and little the worse for wear financially. She owns a house, a nice automobile. She's even got a lower BMI.
And she knows she's won, and I've lost, and she rubs it on, all the time. She makes me feel stupid and ashamed and I've never liked it, and I'm done with it.
That sucks. :( I'm grateful for my close relationship with my brother, but it seems like your relationship with your sister is the more common kind of sibling relationship.
First Alabama family party was nice, I got a cool Vader Christmas shirt out of the Dirty Santa. Now we are at the Rican party, this place is LOUD! And these Drunk Ricans really think I will sing parandas with them? :nelson: Anyway, Merry Christmas you fucks.
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 24, 2014, 09:21:27 PM
Now we are at the Rican party, this place is LOUD!
Sorry, that's just not believable. :sleep:
Cal: Well, it would suck a lot less if I didn't get static from my parents about it. Like I said, I made a special effort to go seem them this past weekend--I would not have done that if I didn't plan on missing Xmas. I've also resolved to see my dad more often, since I think he misses me, and he is getting kind of old (64).
My sister will be around for ages, so if I feel like making amends later, when I don't feel like her existence is a mockery of mine, then that's great.
And if she isn't around? Then my dad as her heir at law gets all her stuff, which I expect he will amend his will in a special devise for me to eventually inherit. It's win-win.
I'm glad you and your bro get along though. :hug:
I thought you had a sister for some reason. :unsure:
I know CDM does. I'd think that dude would have a little more understanding. <_<
Quote from: Ideologue on December 24, 2014, 09:26:37 PM
I'm glad you and your bro get along though. :hug:
I thought you had a sister for some reason. :unsure:
I know CDM does. I'd think that dude would have a little more understanding. <_<
I had a sister, but she died. I guess that could be part of the reason my brother and I are so close. :hmm:
I'd like to withdraw the last part of my previous post. I'm sorry, Cal.
It's ok dude, she died a long time ago. :hug:
If your sister has a history of suicidal thoughts she might have just shut down the conversation because she's uncomfortable discussing the topic so as to not dredge up her own bad memories.
As for the rest, I have no siblings so I have no point of reference, but I'm sorry it's causing strife in your life.
I get you. Similar relations with some of my siblings. As you say, life's too short.
Quote from: HVC on December 24, 2014, 09:45:01 PM
If your sister has a history of suicidal thoughts she might have just shut down the conversation because she's uncomfortable discussing the topic so as to not dredge up her own bad memories.
As for the rest, I have no siblings so I have no point of reference, but I'm sorry it's causing strife in your life.
Well, I am not privy to anything that serious. I just mean episodes where she's been sad. I'm not convinced she has any genuine biochemical depression (then again, I'm not convinced
I have genuine biochemical depression).
I dunno, maybe it reminded her of our mom.
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 24, 2014, 09:46:09 PM
I get you. Similar relations with some of my siblings. As you say, life's too short.
:hug:
Yay, I'm postint at 10:12pm on Christmas Eve. Yay.
Did you get all the brats toys put together?
Set fire to the train set, did we?
Quote from: Ideologue on December 24, 2014, 10:22:27 PM
Set fire to the train set, did we?
Giant stuffed Pinkie Pie was ritually sacrificed.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 24, 2014, 09:26:37 PM
I know CDM does. I'd think that dude would have a little more understanding. <_<
Meh, she feeds me and grossly overpays me to watch her house and dogs, so it's a push.
I don't blame anyone who doesn't want to spend Christmas with the family. I was always happy to work Christmas Eve (which is the Big Day re Xmas over here with fancy dinner and exchange of gifts), so that I'd only arrive in the late afternoon when all that was left to do was wait till dinner is ready and maybe play some PS2 with the kids.
So far, the score count is:
Christmas Eve, I work 9-4. The store closes early, ostensibly to give us time to do Christmas Eve with family/friends. Except all of mine said "sorry, we're doing brunch/eating dinner too early for you to be a part of this."
Then when I get done work, my truck, with absolutely no warning whatsoever, decides it doesn't want to start. Did I mention that I work 40 minutes from my house? So my mom has to drive all the way down to the shore to pick me up, and on this rainy Christmas morning, my truck is sitting in the parking lot outside where I work, flying the universal flag of "disabled vehicle"- a white plastic shopping bag stuck in the driver's window.
My Christmas spirit is about as strong as Ide's right now.
Depending on how many hours I book tomorrow, I figure I'll bank about 19 hours of overtime this week. Next week looks to be similarly profitable.
Thanks Obama!
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 25, 2014, 08:19:44 AM
So far, the score count is:
Christmas Eve, I work 9-4. The store closes early, ostensibly to give us time to do Christmas Eve with family/friends. Except all of mine said "sorry, we're doing brunch/eating dinner too early for you to be a part of this."
Then when I get done work, my truck, with absolutely no warning whatsoever, decides it doesn't want to start. Did I mention that I work 40 minutes from my house? So my mom has to drive all the way down to the shore to pick me up, and on this rainy Christmas morning, my truck is sitting in the parking lot outside where I work, flying the universal flag of "disabled vehicle"- a white plastic shopping bag stuck in the driver's window.
My Christmas spirit is about as strong as Ide's right now.
Merry Christmas, may Baby Jesus get you a Toyota truck.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 25, 2014, 08:19:44 AM
My Christmas spirit is about as strong as Ide's right now.
Yeah, getting a little tired of progressively shittier Christmases the last couple years.
Next year, just hoping Santa doesnt drop cancer on me. Keeping dropping those expectations.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 25, 2014, 08:19:44 AM
So far, the score count is:
Christmas Eve, I work 9-4. The store closes early, ostensibly to give us time to do Christmas Eve with family/friends. Except all of mine said "sorry, we're doing brunch/eating dinner too early for you to be a part of this."
Then when I get done work, my truck, with absolutely no warning whatsoever, decides it doesn't want to start. Did I mention that I work 40 minutes from my house? So my mom has to drive all the way down to the shore to pick me up, and on this rainy Christmas morning, my truck is sitting in the parking lot outside where I work, flying the universal flag of "disabled vehicle"- a white plastic shopping bag stuck in the driver's window.
My Christmas spirit is about as strong as Ide's right now.
Even less strong, I'd imagine.
I mean, I just had a normal day, marred by people either largely ignoring me, on one hand, or trying to make me feel guilty, on the other, which eventually backfired and just made me mad at getting bullied.
I'm sorry about your truck, man. :console:
First Christmas with the cats. We were all spoiled.
I don't get the "well, make amends, after all, they are family" attitude. Spend time with people you like - if they happen to be people whom you are related to by blood, great. If not, find other people.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 25, 2014, 08:19:44 AM
So far, the score count is:
Christmas Eve, I work 9-4. The store closes early, ostensibly to give us time to do Christmas Eve with family/friends. Except all of mine said "sorry, we're doing brunch/eating dinner too early for you to be a part of this."
Then when I get done work, my truck, with absolutely no warning whatsoever, decides it doesn't want to start. Did I mention that I work 40 minutes from my house? So my mom has to drive all the way down to the shore to pick me up, and on this rainy Christmas morning, my truck is sitting in the parking lot outside where I work, flying the universal flag of "disabled vehicle"- a white plastic shopping bag stuck in the driver's window.
My Christmas spirit is about as strong as Ide's right now.
Makes me feel lucky that my car (well, my mom's, actually) died a week before Christmas Eve.
Turned out it was just a dead battery. Hope you get off that easily as well.
Quote from: Martinus on December 25, 2014, 05:01:30 PM
I don't get the "well, make amends, after all, they are family" attitude. Spend time with people you like - if they happen to be people whom you are related to by blood, great. If not, find other people.
+1
Thing is, if they're family they've got to put up with you as well. :P
Not an issue. I'm an excellent person.
Quote from: Caliga on December 24, 2014, 09:05:51 PM
Cal's Loot Thus Far:
silicone five-fingered BBQ gloves
a marinade injector
three bags of peanut M&Ms
a new Gillette Fusion ProGlide
a pair of Allgauer trachten knee socks
Loot Part Two
wireless BBQ thermometer
wanderhut hat pin
PS4 wireless headset
DNA kit for my dog
cash from dad-in-law
I got the wife a Chromebook. She doesn't realize how inexpensive they are; I'll probably wait a week before I tell her how good of a deal I got on it.
I got Tommy his Red Ryder BB gun. And I believe Lola now has every piece of Frozen merchandise ever made.
I received a modest haul, but I get more enjoyment out of watching the kids open up their stuff anyway.
Quote from: derspiess on December 26, 2014, 09:33:17 AM
I got the wife a Chromebook. She doesn't realize how inexpensive they are; I'll probably wait a week before I tell her how good of a deal I got on it.
So you're planning on taking the shine* off here new present. :hmm:
* Tarnished book?
Quote from: mongers on December 26, 2014, 09:37:45 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 26, 2014, 09:33:17 AM
I got the wife a Chromebook. She doesn't realize how inexpensive they are; I'll probably wait a week before I tell her how good of a deal I got on it.
So you're planning on taking the shine* off here new present. :hmm:
* Tarnished book?
Not necessarily. She's feeling guilty because she didn't spend as much on me as she thinks I spent on her (and technically she's right, just not by a large margin). Wouldn't kill her to learn how to deal with a little guilt :ph34r: but I don't want it to go on forever.
Highlights of Christmas
Meeting my very distant Australian cousin.
Playing with my cousin's youngest daughter who is so cute despite the fact that she decided to kill me with her sword when play was over.
My aunt giving me a signed copy of the latest Anne Rice book.
Warm, sunny weather. :)
Ayn Rand on Christmas:
Quote[In answer to the question of whether it is appropriate for an atheist to celebrate Christmas:]
Yes, of course. A national holiday, in this country, cannot have an exclusively religious meaning. The secular meaning of the Christmas holiday is wider than the tenets of any particular religion: it is good will toward men—a frame of mind which is not the exclusive property (though it is supposed to be part, but is a largely unobserved part) of the Christian religion.
The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: "Merry Christmas"—not "Weep and Repent." And the good will is expressed in a material, earthly form—by giving presents to one's friends, or by sending them cards in token of remembrance . . . .
The best aspect of Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized. The gift-buying . . . stimulates an enormous outpouring of ingenuity in the creation of products devoted to a single purpose: to give men pleasure. And the street decorations put up by department stores and other institutions—the Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only "commercial greed" could afford to give us. One would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle.
The Objectivist Calendar, Dec. 1976
Quoteproducts devoted to a single purpose: to give men pleasure.
:wub:
QuoteOne would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle.
-_-
Quote from: FunkMonk on December 26, 2014, 11:29:56 AM
Ayn Rand on Christmas:
Quote[In answer to the question of whether it is appropriate for an atheist to celebrate Christmas:]
Yes, of course. A national holiday, in this country, cannot have an exclusively religious meaning. The secular meaning of the Christmas holiday is wider than the tenets of any particular religion: it is good will toward men—a frame of mind which is not the exclusive property (though it is supposed to be part, but is a largely unobserved part) of the Christian religion.
The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: "Merry Christmas"—not "Weep and Repent." And the good will is expressed in a material, earthly form—by giving presents to one's friends, or by sending them cards in token of remembrance . . . .
The best aspect of Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized. The gift-buying . . . stimulates an enormous outpouring of ingenuity in the creation of products devoted to a single purpose: to give men pleasure. And the street decorations put up by department stores and other institutions—the Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only "commercial greed" could afford to give us. One would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle.
The Objectivist Calendar, Dec. 1976
Funny how that reads pretty much like those parodies of her. :lol:
I dunno. Other than the specific word choice, it's pretty sensible. Production and happiness. I can get on board with that.
Highlight of Christmas: my mother reconciling with her sister after their relationship broke down completely early this year.
That, and my Italian uncle's homemade limoncello.
Quote from: celedhring on December 26, 2014, 06:35:04 PM
Highlight of Christmas: my mother reconciling with her sister after their relationship broke down completely early this year.
I GET IT. STOP GUILTING ME.
(Just kidding. That's good to hear. :) )
The 7 year old niece got a pair of walkie-talkies. Spent the afternoon sending her on missions like getting me cookies and teaching her the 10- codes. "What? Over."
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 26, 2014, 08:16:26 PM
The 7 year old niece got a pair of walkie-talkies. Spent the afternoon sending her on missions like getting me cookies and teaching her the 10- codes. "What? Over."
10-9
My 9 y/o is bugging me to get her bow set up. I still have to mount the sight and turn the poundage down a little.
I got a Roomba. ANd a fedora. And The Room. And some Dremel accessories. Also a bread knife.
Quote from: 11B4V on December 26, 2014, 08:45:22 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 26, 2014, 08:16:26 PM
The 7 year old niece got a pair of walkie-talkies. Spent the afternoon sending her on missions like getting me cookies and teaching her the 10- codes. "What? Over."
10-9
We got up to 10-7, called it a day. :lol:
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on December 26, 2014, 09:50:40 PM
I got a Roomba.
Are those things any good yet? I've been vacuuming all day... :rolleyes:
I found an old one the wife had gotten many years ago as a housewarming gift. It did a pretty good job. Performed well until it died of old age.
I'll letcha know when the new one is ready for use.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on December 26, 2014, 10:43:38 PM
I found an old one the wife had gotten many years ago as a housewarming gift. It did a pretty good job. Performed well until it died of old age.
I hope it avoided Robot Hell.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on December 26, 2014, 10:43:38 PM
I found an old one the wife had gotten many years ago as a housewarming gift. It did a pretty good job. Performed well until it died of old age.
I'll letcha know when the new one is ready for use.
I need to get a new battery for mine. We retired ours when the kids starting leaving too many toys on the floor and it would get jammed. It was pretty awesome before kids.
I wonder if, when cops do searches, they routinely investigate these things for a build up of drugs?
Quote from: mongers on December 29, 2014, 09:42:43 AM
I wonder if, when cops do searches, they routinely investigate these things for a build up of drugs?
The triple chamber water bong on the coffee table is usually sufficient.
One of the things we got for Xmas was kayaks, its torture having to wait for better weather to throw them on the lake. I can't wait to spring to go fishing in it, I may not even put bait on my hook, just float around half of the day. :)
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 29, 2014, 09:47:29 AM
One of the things we got for Xmas was kayaks, its torture having to wait for better weather to throw them on the lake. I can't wait to spring to go fishing in it, I may not even put bait on my hook, just float around half of the day. :)
My brother got a fishing kayak with a little motor on it last year. He could have bought an actual boat for what he ended up paying.
Quote from: Caliga on December 26, 2014, 07:42:48 AM
Quote from: Caliga on December 24, 2014, 09:05:51 PM
Cal's Loot Thus Far:
silicone five-fingered BBQ gloves
a marinade injector
three bags of peanut M&Ms
a new Gillette Fusion ProGlide
a pair of Allgauer trachten knee socks
Loot Part Two
wireless BBQ thermometer
wanderhut hat pin
PS4 wireless headset
DNA kit for my dog
cash from dad-in-law
Loot Part Three
Rautenwappen Suspenders with Breastplate
Lederhosen :cool:
White Trachten Buttondown Shirt (too small though, so it's gotta go back :( )
Quote from: derspiess on December 29, 2014, 09:52:05 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 29, 2014, 09:47:29 AM
One of the things we got for Xmas was kayaks, its torture having to wait for better weather to throw them on the lake. I can't wait to spring to go fishing in it, I may not even put bait on my hook, just float around half of the day. :)
My brother got a fishing kayak with a little motor on it last year. He could have bought an actual boat for what he ended up paying.
Motor? On a kayak? LOL
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 29, 2014, 09:44:32 AM
Quote from: mongers on December 29, 2014, 09:42:43 AM
I wonder if, when cops do searches, they routinely investigate these things for a build up of drugs?
The triple chamber water bong on the coffee table is usually sufficient.
:D
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 29, 2014, 10:22:17 AM
Motor? On a kayak? LOL
If there's any accessory that can be attached to that thing, he bought it-- regardless of how pointless it is. I bet I could paddle faster than that motor.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 27, 2014, 12:56:32 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on December 26, 2014, 10:43:38 PM
I found an old one the wife had gotten many years ago as a housewarming gift. It did a pretty good job. Performed well until it died of old age.
I hope it avoided Robot Hell.
It was welcomed by the heads of the Beasty Boys.
I tried a new battery, didn't do much.
MAH WHITE SAUCE
Found myself rapping presents late last night in the new years for a delayed family Xmas celebration, must be some kind of record for me. :cool:
My nieces, who just got back from St. Louis for that side of the family's belated Xmas, are coming over today for the "little Christmas" my mother throws for them. For fuck's sake, children of divorced families only get two at most.
Quote from: derspiess on December 29, 2014, 10:51:41 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 29, 2014, 10:22:17 AM
Motor? On a kayak? LOL
If there's any accessory that can be attached to that thing, he bought it-- regardless of how pointless it is. I bet I could paddle faster than that motor.
Can he hunt Narwhals?