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 Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:55 pm
Today I bought the first album of a band I heard about called The Protomen. This band mixes two things I really like. 1) Awesome Rock music. 2) Megaman. This is one of those bands that tells a story like a Rock Opra through the songs, namely the about Protoman and Megaman. Not sure what else to say then it's awesome. Hope Rides AloneWill of One
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:00 pm
I don't post about my personal life in here very much. Mainly because when things are good, I don't want to bore people with a bunch of bragging, and when it's bad, I don't want to bother people with my bitching.
But man, this holiday season...what is going on with people?! I know three long-term couples that are divorcing, two because of infidelity. My aunt and uncle, who have been married for nearly 20 years are breaking up. And when it happens, all of these ugly stories about manic-depression and Bipolarism crop up, and it's just awful and scary. My uncle moved in with his sister, leaving his wife with five kids...and SHE's the bipolar one. Their oldest is 19 and the youngest is 10. She called him up on the phone and threatened to kill them if he didn't move back. confused
The hardest part (other than the fact that they are all wonderful, brilliant kids) is that the youngest is adopted; she already feels a bit out of place in the family (She is a black girl in a family of blonde-haired boys), and now her mom won't take her medication and spends time between long crying jags and trying desparately to get a nursing job....jesus christ.
The big 'infidelity' story is a long-time couple of family friends, where we've discovered has been having an affair with his ex-wife for at least a year. This is a guy whose job, by the way, is cleaning carpets, which means his van has his NAME AND PHONE NUMBER on the side. Meaning, when he spends a bunch of time at his Ex-wife's house...PEOPLE NOTICE!
Work for the last year has been ranging between great, terrible and just freaking neverending. At the beginning of December, my boss became INCREDIBLY hard to work with. He snapped at everything I said, belittled me for asking questions and basically threw work at me and left. I've never just walked out of work before, but I did it then. I've never considered quitting my job before, but I came close to sending out my resume to costuming companies.
Things improved after I took a few sick days to get over a flu bug, and my boss revealed to me this week that his doctors switched his medication last month and he switched it back this week because 'it was making him irritable.' NO s**t! Things have been much better this week, mostly because he's been more pleasant to be around and partly because business itself has picked up.
I have a Christmas party to host tomorrow that I'm hoping will go well. I hold one for my closest friends most years and I put a lot of myself into making sure that (I hope) everyone has a good time, gets good presents and enjoys the food. I'm going to be serving barbequed chicken wings and chocolate fondue. I may even put a tiny Christmas hat on my pet mouse Penny Lane.
That was a lot of text. And I think I've forgotten about half of what I meant to type out, too. About Christmas shopping and the charities I haven't had time to make blankets for and the scarf exchange I got stiffed in and modding problems and the 21 inches of snow that fell on our house last weekend.
Yeah, it's been an exhausting month. I'm not at my limit, quite yet. But I'm getting there.
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Linda Lee Danvers Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:24 pm
I've noticed a lot of couples breaking up for the last few months. It also seems like the threat of depression is going high right now. There doesn't seem to be a set pattern or reasoning behind the depressions between individuals or why others become crabby.
Maybe I should insert a joke about how it's in the water and just fly high with that?
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:52 pm
Unfortunately the holidays often bring out the worst in people... and unfortunately when something bad happens some people just fall apart and you have to be the strong one. This doesn't mean that you should just take crap from people, but sometimes if people seem in a bad mood or irratable jsut smiling and trying to show sympathy can go a long way. Of course this depends on the person. Personally for the first time in a long time I'm looking forward to the holidays. It's going to be my son's first Christmas and even though he's only 11 months old and will be mostly assumed by the wrapping paper santa got him lots of toys. Just try to hold on.. hopefully after the holidays things will cool down. Your aunt's going though a divorce this time of year which is suppose to be about family, that can't be easy for her or any of her kids. Your boss went back to his regular medication and let's hope that works out. As for everything else I think it's great and very generous of you to help out charities every year but if you can't do it then you can't.. it's okay. You're only human. Whatever you do don't stress yourself out to much I've done that before and ended up sick the hospital... Stress can kill you at any age. So please try to relax and at the party you're hosting while I'm sure you're putting alot of effort into it. Try to have a good time yourself.
Anyways I hope that everything works out for you..
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:15 am
I understand the holidays can be tough, it doesn't help that companies are giving out pink slips for the season's gifts. I think thats part of whats going on... Hundreds of people in my area have been "laid off".
Thats not the worst of it. You know the phone call can't be good if they are calling late at night... So I regret to inform you (with out going in to details) that my little cousin passed on to the heavenly plain, yesterday, on her way to school.
I just wanted to tell every one that although the holidays can be tough, now it the time to cherish with the ones you love, because you never know when the last second of ones life can be.
Forgive me, I'm not trying to bring anyone down. Only to show that life although hard is short.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:39 pm
I think we all need a
{{HUG}}
Hey, Linda. What was Fluff's excuse for you not getting a scarf this year?
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:35 am
Last time she bothered to reply she just said she was working on it and she was very busy.
Bear in mind, she's the one hosting the exchange, and it started in September. I sent mine to my recipient the third week of Sept.
This is my fourth year participating and the first year I've been stiffed.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:21 am
She had my name last year. She was the first one to finish her scarf and never sent mine. I got a card after christmas basically saying "sorry. I moved and lost it ".
She was one main reason I didn't join this year. She tried to convince me to though.
How was your party?
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:38 am
Absolutely epic.
The food was great, the drinks were fantastic, and things just got so damn WEIRD as the night went on, I thought we were all going to die of laughter.
You see, my dad's family was having a party on the same night at my uncle's house, so my mom and dad went there first before coming back home to my party. And you must know that, when my mom shows up at a party my grandmother (dad's mom) is at, it's my grandma's goal in life to get my mom WASTED. (because apparently, she's funner that way)
So my mom came home down three glasses of wine and everyone at the party was already having a lot of fun...and we decided to ask mom to sing "Jingle Bell Rock" for us on her ukelele.
Which she did.
It was epic. We all sang along, even though we forgot the second verse and just repeated the first one again.
Then we opened presents, and Brooke bought my parents a gift. It was on the floor at my mom's feet, and she looks down at it and just says,
"s**t."
She hadn't even opened it yet! rofl
As the night started to wind down, I went into the closet looking for a board game, specifically 'Apples to Apples.' I couldn't find the game...but I did find an unopened package that apparently we had received in 2004. Yes, a package, from the post office, with delivery confirmation, shipped in June of 2004 to my dad that was never opened.
So, we opened it. It was....a computer modem?! And honest to god, no one could remember why in the world a) we bought a computer modem and b) why we never bothered to open it when it arrived.
So my mom started making up a ukelele song about the modem, but it ended up being a post-modern commentary on the abolishion of "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
Then we watched the "It's Always Sunny" Christmas special, thusly ending the night on naked Danny DiVito being shoved out of a couch he had been sewn into.
Crazy night. Great party. My boyfriend bought me Superman earrings with swarovski crystals in them. He knows me so well.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:42 am
That sounds like so much fun! I wish I lived closer to you!
crying
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:11 am
She didn't forget the second verse, she just didn't want to turn the page to get to the next one so she just repeated it. I'm still going to hold her to find Lou Reed chords for the uke.
Don't forget what happened when she opened the gift. "OH MY GOD! We could get so shitfaced with these!" Then she thanked ME for them!
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:17 pm
So, the laptop died on me last week. I still have means of accessing the internet via my shitty old desktop and my iPod Touch, but both are a pain to use, so don't expect to see a lot of me for a little while.
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:00 am
Fratricide: The murder of one's sibling.
JUSTIFIABLE Fratricide: Killing your brother after discovering he bought Doctor Who Season 5 for himself 4 days before Christmas.
scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream scream
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:03 pm
Visiting family in Michigan, have been here 4 hours and have recalled how much I miss driving. The car has heated seats. We live in an amazing modern era.
I hate "feminist" killjoys. I had to stop reading yet another blog because of the killjoy aspect of their beliefs. Jezebel released a holiday list that included unusual knitting pattern books and cookware (along with fancy beer, boxed sets of The Wire and athletic classes), and there's a whole "way to stereotype women, you callous ladyhaters" buzz going on. Except looking at myself and my ladyfriends, most of us knit. A lot. And I love cooking at would love gadgets that I don't have.
I'm really sick of blogs that say we're supposed to be proud women so long as we don't ever like any dainty ladythings.
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:18 pm
Sup? :} I am finally on winter break for the holidays. Whew.
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