GAAHHHH!
Today we went over to the parents' to help them decorate the tree. Now, my dad is a real pain in the ass to shop for. I came up with a really clever, kick-ass gift for him that he'd love. Well, today my stepmom informs me that her sister got him the exact same thing! Mum tried to persuade her to take hers back, but she wouldn't hear of it. "Nah, then he'll have one for the house and one for the RV!"
Mum assured me that Dad would get mine before hers, but it still pisses me off because I am his daughter, and my gift should be better than that of his sister-in-law who just gets on his goddamn nerves anyway!
I dunno, maybe I'm overreacting because this isn't what Christmas *should* be all about, and there will always be those lovely relatives who are like fixed dogs in heat (they just. don't. get it!) but I think I've got a fairly legitimate gripe! I will say something to my aunt the next time I see her. Not to be disrespectful or bitchy, but just to let her know that this is not appreciated.
Aren't the holidays GRAND?! Bah fucking humbug!
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Today we went over to the parents' to help them decorate the tree. Now, my dad is a real pain in the ass to shop for. I came up with a really clever, kick-ass gift for him that he'd love. Well, today my stepmom informs me that her sister got him the exact same thing! Mum tried to persuade her to take hers back, but she wouldn't hear of it. "Nah, then he'll have one for the house and one for the RV!"
Mum assured me that Dad would get mine before hers, but it still pisses me off because I am his daughter, and my gift should be better than that of his sister-in-law who just gets on his goddamn nerves anyway!
I dunno, maybe I'm overreacting because this isn't what Christmas *should* be all about, and there will always be those lovely relatives who are like fixed dogs in heat (they just. don't. get it!) but I think I've got a fairly legitimate gripe! I will say something to my aunt the next time I see her. Not to be disrespectful or bitchy, but just to let her know that this is not appreciated.
Aren't the holidays GRAND?! Bah fucking humbug!
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sorry i've been away from sg for a loooooooonnnng time. this is utterly belated but thanks to you and phil for the ride home from bentos. it was totally greatly appreciated. i've been in a bad way for a month or so and i've pulled out of it just in time for the holidays. whoop de freaking do!
but yeah. i have a lot to catch up on. here's a lot of random comments from the past. sweet to win a pumpkin contest for not knowing how to paint...from the story i imagined milton painting a red swingline on a pumpkin.
i posted a poem in my journal about the shopping zombies of black friday that i thought you might enjoy. i'm working in a retail major chain this holiday season. but not department store. discount retail shopping hellhole cesspool of holiday quagmire and fights over the last <fill in the blank> between soccer moms the day after thanksgiving and still now and then. add to that my totally so utterly dysfunctional that mental health professionals cringe and say "wow i'm really sorry" to me about and you can tell i share your deep deep disturbance of the holidays.
and yet mysteriously (like lewis black's alzheimer like yearly reaction to candy corn) every year i get filled with a somewhat happy spirit of TRYING to have a pleasant functional holiday season. it never works but i guess it's somehow worth giving a shot. i got to decorate a tree with my bf this year and go to his thanksgiving instead of mine (my yearly reason to drink) so i guess there's hope.
that would be sweet if you two could get a house and another cat and a dog! i hope that works out for you!
hugs and smooches to get you through surviving the holidaze!