That time of the year is nearly upon us, so let's do a little group discussion about our plans, and afterwards... (the best part), boast about our presents! :U
RJ's... Whatever: Here's what's happened to me so far...
Got too long and ranty, so I decided LJ was a better place to be emo at. (http://rainejoybringer.livejournal.com/7076.html)
But to sum it up- I may have stabbed myself in the finger with a knife, but at least I had fun apart from that. And no, it wasn't serious, just a little puncture.
I seem to have built up a few emotional scars about Christmas, or more specifically New Year as many terrible things have happened during that period. Since none of the presents I have ordered for this year have turned up yet, it's getting off to an inauspicious start. :<
Nice to see you are hanging on RJ. Dont worry Tapewolf, things are bound to get better eventually, what exactly happened to you before?.
Oh and Merry Christmas!
At least here. Apparently we have the longest Christmas season starting nine days before the 25th and ending during the first sunday of the new year which is the feast of the Three Kings.
December 16 began the Philippine Cristmas season with the Simbang Gabi or Evening mass. The story my grandmother tells me is that you complete the Nine evening masses your wish will be granted.
Though more of the parishoners use this time to meet up with their lovers and eat traditional Simbang gabi treats, the puto bumbong and the bibinka or girl/guy watching than actually paying attention to the service. :P
Aw, sorry to hear about that Tapewolf... that sounds horrible. Hope your presents turn up soon though. :<
Christmas doesn't last all that long here really with my family. We'll perhaps go shopping a couple days before Christmas, and then we have Christmas Day and we'll go see a movie on Boxing Day with friends. That's about it really :/
Quote from: King Of Hearts on December 18, 2006, 06:46:01 AM
Nice to see you are hanging on RJ. Dont worry Tapewolf, things are bound to get better eventually, what exactly happened to you before?.
At the risk of casting a chill upon the festive mood:
1995: Mother died
1998: Dog died, firm I had been working for went under
2000: Stepmother's mother died
2004: Grandmother died (father's side)
2005: Grandmother died (mother's side), stepmother maimed
..so as you can probably guess, Christmas for me has gained something of an association with family members dying.
1999 and 2002 were kind of gloomy too, although that was more for economic/employment reasons than actually losing anyone.
*huggles tape tight*
:( Poor Tapewolf. I wouldn't like it either.
We're celebrating Hannukah this week (albeit poorly, but we're not really Jewish, so eh- it makes Darkmoon's dad (who is Jewish) happy)
We'll probably celebrate Christmas with my family sometime this week.
We'll go down to Darkmoon's mom for actual Christmas, which down there is more of a secular thing with family and presents.
Quote from: Damaris on December 18, 2006, 07:22:36 AM
:( Poor Tapewolf. I wouldn't like it either.
I might add that wasn't a plea for sympathy, just giving the reason I get jittery around this time..
QuoteWe're celebrating Hannukah this week (albeit poorly, but we're not really Jewish, so eh- it makes Darkmoon's dad (who is Jewish) happy)
We'll probably celebrate Christmas with my family sometime this week.
We'll go down to Darkmoon's mom for actual Christmas, which down there is more of a secular thing with family and presents.
Heh. My brother's fiancee is Jewish, so this could make for quite an interesting celebration this year. The preliminary wedding plans are looking pretty convoluted as well.
Already got mine
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Kasarn/otherphotos/th_200612144-5.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Kasarn/otherphotos/200612144-5.jpg)
I won't be doing anything of interest.
I might watch the 4th Ashes test; there's not really much else to do.
My plans: Do nothing, continue working out. I might take a few pictures of the work out to please the photography gods, but beyond that I'm not doing much.
Quote from: Tapewolf on December 18, 2006, 07:06:39 AM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on December 18, 2006, 06:46:01 AM
Nice to see you are hanging on RJ. Dont worry Tapewolf, things are bound to get better eventually, what exactly happened to you before?.
At the risk of casting a chill upon the festive mood:
1995: Mother died
1998: Dog died, firm I had been working for went under
2000: Stepmother's mother died
2004: Grandmother died (father's side)
2005: Grandmother died (mother's side), stepmother maimed
..so as you can probably guess, Christmas for me has gained something of an association with family members dying.
1999 and 2002 were kind of gloomy too, although that was more for economic/employment reasons than actually losing anyone.
I think my mom had a deal with that too, though all it did was make her more psycho about getting the decorations up...
Plans: Well, I considered getting heavily drunk but alcohol just makes me fall asleep so no fun there. I'll probably just hang out and sketch and read and play games on my computer. It's the true meaning of Christmas!
And Tapewolf... I actually don't know what to say, except that I hope you manage to have a happy holiday regardless.
My plans: As little as possible for as long as possible with lots of drawing breaks.
That's what i do during the weekends anyways but theres honestly NOTHING to do in my town.
Got a computer two weeks ago, and i'm hoping to ger either Starcraft+Broodwar, or a Scanner, or both. Perhaps I'l get a game for my PS2 but I'm doubting it.
yeah, Pretty boring.
Because my mothe'rs the only person in my immediate family that religious(well, we belong to a church, but the Uniterian Universalist one hardly counts as an actual religion.) and she's Pagan, so we celebrate on the winter solstice(Yule).
I almost always have school on that day(usually the first day before vacation or the like.)
I'm getting a camera and a coat, I bought my little brother a game for his GBA, my mom a book, Dag the first Ultimate X-Men book, and I don't want to say what I bought Kaos yet. >>
I've already done part of what I do every year for Christmas.
Last Sunday I spent time with my Great Grandmother and family, and on Christmas day I'll be spending it with my Grandmother and family.
Quote from: Farinata on December 18, 2006, 12:39:06 PM
Plans: Well, I considered getting heavily drunk but alcohol just makes me fall asleep so no fun there. I'll probably just hang out and sketch and read and play games on my computer. It's the true meaning of Christmas!
I'm up for that one.. After a movie and hitting the bar (The only two places open on Christmas Day) But -someone- had to go and be born on Christmas day, so I'm not only celebrating Christmas, but a birthday with someone as well. I likely won't get drunk, I'll drive. But as soon as we get home. Yeaaahh.. Drunken WoW!!! I can see it now...
Too bad I have to work the next day. Stoopid holiday being on a Monday. *grumbles*
But Woot for Second Shift! So sleeping in FTW!
What will I be doing on my 2 weeks off from school? Sleep and Halo. And of course spending time with family on Christmas day.
I get 8 days off, including the weekend. :<
Well, even as I type my little sister is pestering me to do stuff with her. Since she's out of school, I don't expect this to stop anytime soon, likely continuing past the New Year. I don't mind 'cause my sister is really cool (she begs me to play Twilight Princess "with" her. More like just her watching me...)
Also, Dad bought himself a new Ford Explorer, writing it off as a "business expense". He's really jazzed and thinking "road trip!" We'll probably be driving south for more warmth. Fun in the sun and all that. :)
I'll be getting that Superman dvd collectors package. So I imagine I'll be spending much of my time watching Superman on Christmas.
I'm likely getting a pair of noise-reduction headphones that I've had my eyes on.
Quote from: BillBuckner on December 19, 2006, 03:29:04 PM
I'm likely getting a pair of noise-reduction headphones that I've had my eyes on.
Not the light-reduction glasses you've had your ears on? ;-P
[Edited because my language skills drops after 22:00]
...
*deactivates Murray Walker mode*
Well, I'm already celebrating Hannukah. I even had a party, thanks to Sergio and Joan, my relatives from New York. Lots and lots of food.
I'm getting a Computer-monitor (TFT, LCD whatever) Paying half of it myself since my parents budget isn't that large this month.
:U I want a laptop , but they're so.... expensive...
Let's see. I'm working Christmas eve, spending the day with my folks, then back to work afterwards. Man I love being an adult....*sighs*
hmmm, Christmas smells like sarcasm this year!
It doesn't feel like Christmas is in 6 days. :/
That's probably because reality, cynicism, and the economy have teamed up to ruin Christmas.
Well, Christmas has never really been a big thing for me. My family lives scattered across the U.S., so getting together is a logistical nightmare.
Plus, we've been in a drought for the past few years here, with this year being the worst. Since the snow flurries in late September, it's been dry as a bone and dead brown here. Hardly inspires cheerful seasonal feelings, in my book.
Quote from: TheGreyRonin on December 19, 2006, 05:37:15 PM
Let's see. I'm working Christmas eve, spending the day with my folks, then back to work afterwards. Man I love being an adult....*sighs*
At the risk of sounding like one of the Four Yorkshiremen, I was working for a small startup firm as a self-employed contractor in mid-late 2002 having been laid off in February that year. (At least the Christmas itself was OK). For those of you who haven't played that game, I was charging by the day so all the time I took off Christmas was lost wages. All told it cost me several hundred pounds and I had to pull a couple of half-days to keep body and soul together :yuck
I was
so glad when they got the firm airborne enough to take us on as actual employees (at half-pay until we got the investment, but we had to move to Wales for that).
Anyway, my presents have arrived, three weeks late and arriving after the emergency replacements or two I ordered. Such is life, I suppose...
Quote from: Aiyno Wolf on December 19, 2006, 04:55:22 PM
I'm getting a Computer-monitor (TFT, LCD whatever) Paying half of it myself since my parents budget isn't that large this month.
:U I want a laptop , but they're so.... expensive...
And I'm hoping for.. tape.
..what? It's expensive and if I can persuade my synchronizers to stop messing around and actually do their job, I'll be using two reels at a time. >:3
Laptops aren't that expensive if you don't set your sights too high. I wanted mine to take to a studio, or run realtime synthesizers so it had to be relatively grunty - 933Mhz. It cost about £250 second hand. If I had only wanted to run a wordprocessor I could have got away with a far less expensive machine.
Two years ago I had my Dad's 12MHz 80286 laptop made by GRiD. I kid you not. It ran EDIT in MSDOS, which was enough to get ideas and stuff down. Someone would probably pay you to take one of those off their hands...
I spent $80 and got my little brother the box DVD set of Cromartie High... I really hope he likes it. I said to him I wouldn't be getting him anything after the way he's treated me this year, but I couldn't help it. :animesweat
TGR: I'm giving presents to my son and wife.
I don't think I'm getting anything. Heck, I can't think of anything I actually want, other than in a vague way, some music of sorts. Not that I don't have enough already...
Oh, and time with my wife. That would be nice.
It seems for some people here it's not too traditional a Christmas, and mine's no better. :rolleyes
It's supposed to snow here for one thing, but we don't get the coldest weather and therefore the most snow until...probably February. So everything just looks kinda grey and brown and dead. But driving around at night you wouldn't think so...the way some people decorate their houses is just nothing short of spectacular, and sometimes just short of ridiculous. But we like to laugh at it. :3
We used to get a nice-sized tree, a real one at that, to decorate...it was funny because we had to watch the cat so that she didn't get into the Miracle-Gro water. :mowtongue Then later we got a smaller fake one to put on the table and put gifts under. We still have it, but for the last two years, three counting this one now, we didn't bother putting up a tree...we have two cats who can be quite rambunctious and we're afraid of either of them knocking it down (Though I'm sure one can find a good and stable tree-stand SOMEWHERE...).
Thinking of the cats this year, it's somewhat sad...this is the first Christmas that my first cat (the one that used to try drinking the Miracle-Gro water) will never see again. (She died a few months ago... :( )
Anyway. One thing that never changed is that my parents don't always know what to get me. XD It's 'cause I never ask for anything...often, I don't know myself. So my mom just gave me a gift card for Amazon to browse things. :B Same with my brother sometimes too. I just spend Christmas with my family like usual, and whatever happens I just like it that way. We get cards and stuff from faraway relatives and I send cards to my good friends.
And we're having duck for dinner. Mm. :3
Oh, I've had worse Christmases. It just seems that what little magic I found in it just kind of faded out for me as an adult. *shrugs*
*edited for excessive emo and angsty-type stuff that no one should have to endure.*
Christmas Eve: Work. Then drive two hours home that evening.
Christmas Day: Celebrate with family. Leave back for my dorm Christmas night.
Day after: Work. Bright and early...
My evil very, very, VERY not-mean-at-all plans:
12-20: Flirt with a cute guy at school. ;) Unless he's sick or something...Then I'll have to kill him. :< Or at least flirt with him on Thursday...or Friday, if I see him. Oh, and I'll give him a christmas present too. A few [colored] doodles. :3 Just for him. *Giggles*
12-21: Flirt with that one guy some more. And I'll probably look for my cousin and yell at her when I find her 'cuz she hasn't been on AIM/MSN for a while...when I needed to talk to her. RAWR. *Chibi pout*
12-22: Half day at school. I'm-a probably take a nap when I get home. Or go on fchan kick some puppies.
12-23: Kick some more puppies, nap, doodle, go on fchan, play video games or read or something.
12-24: Impatiently wait for my presents. Even though I'm pretty damn sure they're dragon stuff, art stuff, or video games. Or stuff for my laptop.
12-25: Open my presents, and hiss at anyone who tries to touch my new things.
12-26: Either play with my presents, doodle or play on my computer.
12-17 - 1-7: Be lazy. Or I might do those stewpid projects I have to do. >->
1-8: Go back to school. :<
Enjoying my blizzard. It'll probably be gone by Christmas, but...I can dream of a white Christmas. D:
Basically....enjoying my break. Spending the holidays with family and friends. My aunt is coming down to spend Christmas with us because the rest of my dad's family is at WAR with one another(my only regret, I think, is that I don't have five or so more siblings to have long elaborate fueds with). Also will be spending it with my sister, her husband and my two nephews. Henry thinks I'm the coolest person on earth, and I do not wish to tell him otherwise. :3
And...yeah. Christmas with the family and hanging out with friends. And no school. Sounds like a good time to me.
You should marry into a big family full of full-blooded Irish women. The holiday feuds are a sight to behold.
I wish I could head to a person I love dearly about....I promiced I would
I always forget that most get presends with christmas .... I got them sooner with Sint-Nicolaas woot the 5th of December
Okay, guys, one of the purposes of this thread is to boast about our brand new presents, right? Well! I love my parents. They got me a lap-freaking-top! :D:D I'm writing this (and making a zillion typos AUGH End brackets here we go) using it! My brother is celebrating that I wil no longer be using the family computer quite so much, and I'm celebrating because I own a freakin' laptop!
Alright, I'll boast. :B
I got:
A WACOM Tablet (It's installed, but I haven't used it to doodle yet.)
A new [used :U] scanner (My laptop's being a pain and it keeps lagging/freezing when I try to install it though XP)
A dragon figure-thing ([Site with pics] (http://www.spawn.com/toys/product.aspx?product=2989))
(Envy) I want a dragon figure... XD
At this moment, I'm listening to music with my brand new alarm clock/stereo CD player/radio...
After I had put away the new socks... :rolleyes
And later I shall watch the "Mysteries of the Deep" DVD set (Yeah, nature girl. Shut up. XD ), and play Zoo Tycoon 2, then watch my bro play Twilight Princess.
Wootness! :mowcookie
Let's see, I got two KATO N-Scale Amtrak Phase II baggage cars, a DCC chip for my KATO N-Scale Amtrak Phase IV GE P-42 Genesis, and Oingo Boingo - Anthology two disc set.
BTW, KATO is like the shiz when it comes to model railroading, so this is really cool. :D And my sis' fiance got her a guitar! :O
We were a bit pinched for money this year, but my dad still got me Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, one of those Bionicle things, My Granny got me some really warm socks and some Tracing Paper. My dad also ordered more games that are due sometime next month. No sign or a scanner yet, but I've still got some hopes for it yet. Now i need to go eat my way early dinner!
(it's a quarter to 3 here)
A wallet. With $100 in it. :)
My brother got me a Sigur Ros album, but I can't freaking read what the title is. :B I'm getting ready to go to my grandparents for dinner (at 1:40 PM) and I guess some more presents. *Shrug.*
Clothes. Almost nothing but clothes.
But hey, that's what I asked for, so I'm good. *grins*
Merry Christmas from the newbie! :)
I have to say this is one of the better Christmases I've had in recent years. I now am the proud owner of an acoustic guitar (Fender Starcaster) that I have no idea how to play and a Zune MP3 player which is pretty awesome despite difficulties getting videos on it.
But enough about me, I hope all of you guys are having a wonderful christmas, whether you're alone or with family and friends! :3
Now to plan the New Year's party... :boogie
I got a sweatshirt. And a book.
Woot. Hold me back.
I got enough stuff to give my room a makeover :3 New bedspread, table cover, mini water fountain, pillows, fairy lights inside pink flowers, a bonsai tree (wheee), and some fake cherry blossoms :)
I also got a new phone, my brother got me a DVD, and so did my dad, though... strangely enough, he got me the boxset of the Karate Kid movies... o_o Well, I did get him the boxset of the Batman movies. And MK gave me a Cozy Heart Penguin plushie <3
Oh yeah :D And a 10 DVD boxset of the 1980's version of Astro Boy! :boogie
The three things I got for Christmas. :mowcookie
A digital record, (http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/2581_VN-3100.htm)
a video game, (http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1167065264/ref=sr_1_1/602-1779412-3332618?ie=UTF8&asin=B0002XL3BA)
and a movie. (http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=8-5/qid=1167065310/ref=sr_8_5/602-1779412-3332618?ie=UTF8&asin=B000ICM5T4)
I got coal!
And a threat letter.
Hmm... :,
Christmas came and went... got cash from my granma.
And Ive become constipated after all the food Ive eaten this season with all the Parties Ive been to.
I got:
Axis & Allies (board game)
Beanie-Clown
New iPod (Black, video) & iTunes gift card
a few books
noise-cancelling headphones
a puzzle
some money
:V
So yeah, good day.
I went off to my aunts
I'd already got my presents (cheeps shoes and boxers) so I helped her wrap up stuff for my spoiled nephews and neices.
I had a little fun with is since I had to take them down a peg, I wandered around there house picking things at random and wrapping them up, A pile of napkins, one left shoe Robbies dirty luandry, etc labeling them and leaving them under the tree.
then I slept in christmass morning so I didn't have to listen to them bitch about how it wasn't exactly what they wanted, Aww you didn't get the right games with the x box 360, You got me a nano I wanted a shuffle, Hey this is just the 30 gig video ipod.
then as the day went on I'd end up sitting in a room watching hogfather, or listinging to my little cheesy mp3 play (hey 20 bucks and it's also a flash drive it was a damn good buy I think) and they'd walk over "err I've broken it it hasn't worked in an hour" and I'd plop open the instructions and have the damn thing working 6 seconds later
happy hogswatch
My parents got me a small sleigh-shaped basket and...20th anniversery special edition DVD of TRANSFORMERS the movie! Woohoo!
also...back home from my parents place...
I may, or may not, have gotten a Wacom...
I got
The most important thing ever (http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-videos/pid-1004565956/)
As well as
the second most important thing ever. (http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-NTRPAOSE-Elite-Beat-Agents/dp/B000HE9LL8/sr=8-1/qid=1167209443/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-9781448-0229241?ie=UTF8&s=videogames)
And Something that brings me great glee (http://www.amazon.com/Avatar-Last-Airbender-Complete-Collection/dp/B000FZETI4/sr=8-1/qid=1167209528/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-9781448-0229241?ie=UTF8&s=dvd)
Among other things, but those are the most notable.
Good times.
Yes. EBA is very important. VERY.
So far so good.. everyone is back home safe and sound. There were one or two rows and arguments this year but I'll take that over tragedy any day >:3