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Okay, I just want to start this thread because of what happened at my standard Christmas obligation of going to meet with the rest of my family — and including all aunts, uncles, cousins, and everyone that had a boyfriend or girlfriend coming with them, that's a very large family — this afternoon.
First of all, since my brothers both have girlfriends that have the same first letter in their name (though one of them had to have their name abbreviated for it to work) as does one of my cousins, I have to find a girl whose name starts with an R. My already limited choices of females due to a large portion of them being a league or 5 ahead of me is cut down to just the Rs now. What in the hell?!
I don't even know why I go to these things anymore. I'm past my childhood, so everyone in the family stops giving me lots of awesome presents, and now I just get the exact same template from my grandparents(not that I don't love 'em for it): One shirt that I will wear once before the year ends and forget about, deodorant, some form of chocolates or sweet tooth appeasing food, and a little box-thing that has three 'classy' items in it that usually vary, although they always have a pen in the three.
That was actually the best thing about going, besides the phenomenal food that even beats the food served at the restaurant my brother works at; I was in need of a new watch, which is good that I got a watch in the box of items, along with the pen and a wallet, which was also something I had been planning to replace, as my previous wallet didn't have nearly enough card slots.
I'm NOT a hand model
The worst part about this time, though, was that while I was helping my brother make the profiterole tower — if you don't know how it's done, Google; Wikipedia;5 minutes later — the smallest bit of caramel got dripped onto my left index finger and inner knuckle of my thumb. Only was there for a split second, but DAMN that stuff burns hotter than lava! That happened about 10 minutes after I turned up, and I spent the rest of my time there not being able to do much besides hand out presents, because one hand was holding onto ice cold cans of soft drink and cramping up. 5 hours later, I was finally able to take the bandage off of it and have it only hurt minimally.
Soaking in water really helps amplify the 'eugh!' factor, in my opinion.
One of my brothers bought himself an iPod Touch as everyone's gift to him, while my other brother got something with his own money intended as a "You bought this for me" gift, however in that case, I actually was able to get him something: A $70 Remote-Controlled helicopter;
also I'm gonna help him find the best deal on an Xbox360 on Boxing Day that he's going thirds in with his housemates, plus I have over 10GB of TV shows and movies to give him at some point. I totally won this Christmas. As for what I'll be getting from them — which is to say "Buying for myself and letting them take credit for it — I've got a limited edition pressing of a Voltaire CD, a Voltaire brass finish belt buckle, and I'm gonna be getting myself a $100 ocarina.
Now I just have to hang out with my Dad for a few hours this coming week as he starts moving stuff over to the house he bought at the coast, and my family duties are fulfilled for yet another year, and I can go back to just sitting catatonic for two months before I start the hardest four years of my life. I don't know if I hate the holiday season, or if it occurs during Summer here where it averages at 35C (that's 95F, for you Yanks), or if I'm still not that fond of people, and whenever I go out, everyone else is less intelligent than me.
So, what's happened to you so far this holiday season? What do you celebrate? Do you believe in celebrating it? Are you being religious in celebrating it, or materialistic? Did you get what you want yet? Have you snuck a peek at what you're getting? Do you care at all? Share everything about the holidays here, if only to ensure activity outside of the Fan Creations and Games forums for a couple of weeks.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I also got a 150g box (a couple of hundred of them) of jelly beans from one of my aunts that recently had an operation for a rare type of cancer (think it was in the ovaries, or somewhere in that area). Not just the regular, cheap-ass ones, though, I mean gourmet jelly beans, the ones that actually taste according to the colour, and have as messed up flavours as "Toasted Marshmallow," "Chocolate Pudding" and "Buttered Popcorn." The last one tasted horrible as a Skittle, and a more chewy format has not improved the flavour one iota.
First of all, since my brothers both have girlfriends that have the same first letter in their name (though one of them had to have their name abbreviated for it to work) as does one of my cousins, I have to find a girl whose name starts with an R. My already limited choices of females due to a large portion of them being a league or 5 ahead of me is cut down to just the Rs now. What in the hell?!
I don't even know why I go to these things anymore. I'm past my childhood, so everyone in the family stops giving me lots of awesome presents, and now I just get the exact same template from my grandparents(not that I don't love 'em for it): One shirt that I will wear once before the year ends and forget about, deodorant, some form of chocolates or sweet tooth appeasing food, and a little box-thing that has three 'classy' items in it that usually vary, although they always have a pen in the three.
That was actually the best thing about going, besides the phenomenal food that even beats the food served at the restaurant my brother works at; I was in need of a new watch, which is good that I got a watch in the box of items, along with the pen and a wallet, which was also something I had been planning to replace, as my previous wallet didn't have nearly enough card slots.
I'm NOT a hand model
It's pretty boring on the outside, but I had already put my license and cards inside it,
and taking them out would be too much of a hassle.
and taking them out would be too much of a hassle.
The worst part about this time, though, was that while I was helping my brother make the profiterole tower — if you don't know how it's done, Google; Wikipedia;5 minutes later — the smallest bit of caramel got dripped onto my left index finger and inner knuckle of my thumb. Only was there for a split second, but DAMN that stuff burns hotter than lava! That happened about 10 minutes after I turned up, and I spent the rest of my time there not being able to do much besides hand out presents, because one hand was holding onto ice cold cans of soft drink and cramping up. 5 hours later, I was finally able to take the bandage off of it and have it only hurt minimally.
Soaking in water really helps amplify the 'eugh!' factor, in my opinion.
One of my brothers bought himself an iPod Touch as everyone's gift to him, while my other brother got something with his own money intended as a "You bought this for me" gift, however in that case, I actually was able to get him something: A $70 Remote-Controlled helicopter;
also I'm gonna help him find the best deal on an Xbox360 on Boxing Day that he's going thirds in with his housemates, plus I have over 10GB of TV shows and movies to give him at some point. I totally won this Christmas. As for what I'll be getting from them — which is to say "Buying for myself and letting them take credit for it — I've got a limited edition pressing of a Voltaire CD, a Voltaire brass finish belt buckle, and I'm gonna be getting myself a $100 ocarina.
Now I just have to hang out with my Dad for a few hours this coming week as he starts moving stuff over to the house he bought at the coast, and my family duties are fulfilled for yet another year, and I can go back to just sitting catatonic for two months before I start the hardest four years of my life. I don't know if I hate the holiday season, or if it occurs during Summer here where it averages at 35C (that's 95F, for you Yanks), or if I'm still not that fond of people, and whenever I go out, everyone else is less intelligent than me.
So, what's happened to you so far this holiday season? What do you celebrate? Do you believe in celebrating it? Are you being religious in celebrating it, or materialistic? Did you get what you want yet? Have you snuck a peek at what you're getting? Do you care at all? Share everything about the holidays here, if only to ensure activity outside of the Fan Creations and Games forums for a couple of weeks.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I also got a 150g box (a couple of hundred of them) of jelly beans from one of my aunts that recently had an operation for a rare type of cancer (think it was in the ovaries, or somewhere in that area). Not just the regular, cheap-ass ones, though, I mean gourmet jelly beans, the ones that actually taste according to the colour, and have as messed up flavours as "Toasted Marshmallow," "Chocolate Pudding" and "Buttered Popcorn." The last one tasted horrible as a Skittle, and a more chewy format has not improved the flavour one iota.
And don't know if I care or not, really. I pretty much asked for a whole library of murder/serial killer related books or pretty much anything horror but of course I can find all those things in the library that I so conviently live near by to (pfft, EVERYONE lives near the library and this teeny little town).
But he used to always sleep under the tree. Now that he's gone, I'm sure Patches will do the same this year, once she's done getting used to the new furniture.
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