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Things I got for Christmas that you might be interested in knowing about:
- Sarah McLachlan's 'Wintersong'
- Sarah Slean's 'Orphan Music'
- Aimee Mann's 'One More Drifter In The Snow'
- Tegan & Sara's 'So Jealous'
- The Sims 2 Pets expansion pack
- kitty litter mechanical scooper...thing...2 OF THEM!! (one for Aurora, one for Haiku)
- an Egyptology calendar (so, so fucking cool, you don't even UNDERSTAND!!)
- discman (that is working intermittently - we're going to have to exchange it)
- Granny gave me her little earbud piton things, since I lost mine and she doesn't use them (srsly, best gift ever - the ones I've been using are too damn big)
Things I bought for myself that I wanted and didn't get:
- Hawksley Workman's 'Lover/Fighter' (got 10% off!)
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand (on sale ftw!)
- Evanescence's 'The Open Door' (because I really wanted a hard copy and it was on sale)
- iTunes gift card
- actually, any gift cards would have been nice. D:
- Vienna Teng, which I couldn't find myself, though, but, hey, GIFT CARD!
- Final Fantasy XII (which technically I didn't ask for but my brother would know I would like it)
- this is the first year I didn't get any kind of movie or tv show. No Boston Legal, no Supernatural, no Bones, no CSI. D:
- I really, really needed that linen trunk. D:
- I guess I'm buying myself cello lessons (I've only been asking for 3 years...*facepalm*)
But there's a sale on at amazon.ca, so I'm thinking maybe I could order some shows? That would be nice. X-Files seasons on for $25, you know.
I did get $50 in mall certificates for St. Vital Centre (which, btw, is totally inconvenient for me - I live downtown for crying out loud!) and traded clothes Granny bought for me which were too small for the cost of them in cash and a $100 Zellers gift card. Of course, there's no Zellers at St.V, but I could use one or the other towards a PS2, since Sean has appropriated mine, and maybe a Nintendo DS since Sean got one and it's pretty damn cool.
Really, though, I spent so much money on Christmas this year and I got the fewest amount of gifts out of everyone. That probably sounds really bratty and greedy, and I had a feeling that my grandparents weren't going to get me as much because I've graduated and moved out and am, essentially, an adult now, but half my gift from Granny was for my cat, and she bought the same thing for Jen, so essentially Granny only got me clothes for Christmas and she's always been the one who buys us the most stuff.
Dad really really liked the poem, though (it made him cry, and when he showed it to Mom she said it was 'too deep for her' because she's stupid), and Sean really liked his scarf (although he says it's itchy but he's just full of shit), and Mom was mad that I got her an HMV gift card because she tried to get me one but they were sold out, and she didn't know why I got her the CD I did, even though she always buys them, every year, and Dad was super excited about the Rankins tickets and his Christmas village house, and Sean seemed non-plussed by the BNL tickets and CD, and Granny really liked her stationery set (which was under $5, btw - I rock at shopping).
I don't know. This year really didn't feel like Christmas, and I don't know if it's because my family's all broken apart, or because it seems like everyone I know is having a rough time, or if it's because there's barely any fucking snow, but I'm kind of depressed. Sure, I may not have gotten a lot of stuff this year, and only half of which were things I actually asked for, but it's not that. Not just that, anyway. It hasn't felt like Christmas at all, and maybe I spent so much money because I thought it would make it seem more like Christmas - put tons of gifts under the tree, give people things they want, and they'll be happy.
Well, it didn't work. And nobody did it for me, either. I'm starting to wonder if that's what a lot of the Christmas spirit has always been for me - knowing that I'm going to get a lot of stuff and being able to look forward to having things that I've wanted.
Well, I'm going to go do some housework and maybe work on my Porn It Forward (I'm almost done - just the last, big porny scene! [I think, unless the story gets away from me *bites nails*]), so I hope everyone got something they asked for this Christmas and spent time with their family (if they wanted to) and ate lots of food!
- Sarah McLachlan's 'Wintersong'
- Sarah Slean's 'Orphan Music'
- Aimee Mann's 'One More Drifter In The Snow'
- Tegan & Sara's 'So Jealous'
- The Sims 2 Pets expansion pack
- kitty litter mechanical scooper...thing...2 OF THEM!! (one for Aurora, one for Haiku)
- an Egyptology calendar (so, so fucking cool, you don't even UNDERSTAND!!)
- discman (that is working intermittently - we're going to have to exchange it)
- Granny gave me her little earbud piton things, since I lost mine and she doesn't use them (srsly, best gift ever - the ones I've been using are too damn big)
Things I bought for myself that I wanted and didn't get:
- Hawksley Workman's 'Lover/Fighter' (got 10% off!)
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand (on sale ftw!)
- Evanescence's 'The Open Door' (because I really wanted a hard copy and it was on sale)
- iTunes gift card
- actually, any gift cards would have been nice. D:
- Vienna Teng, which I couldn't find myself, though, but, hey, GIFT CARD!
- Final Fantasy XII (which technically I didn't ask for but my brother would know I would like it)
- this is the first year I didn't get any kind of movie or tv show. No Boston Legal, no Supernatural, no Bones, no CSI. D:
- I really, really needed that linen trunk. D:
- I guess I'm buying myself cello lessons (I've only been asking for 3 years...*facepalm*)
But there's a sale on at amazon.ca, so I'm thinking maybe I could order some shows? That would be nice. X-Files seasons on for $25, you know.
I did get $50 in mall certificates for St. Vital Centre (which, btw, is totally inconvenient for me - I live downtown for crying out loud!) and traded clothes Granny bought for me which were too small for the cost of them in cash and a $100 Zellers gift card. Of course, there's no Zellers at St.V, but I could use one or the other towards a PS2, since Sean has appropriated mine, and maybe a Nintendo DS since Sean got one and it's pretty damn cool.
Really, though, I spent so much money on Christmas this year and I got the fewest amount of gifts out of everyone. That probably sounds really bratty and greedy, and I had a feeling that my grandparents weren't going to get me as much because I've graduated and moved out and am, essentially, an adult now, but half my gift from Granny was for my cat, and she bought the same thing for Jen, so essentially Granny only got me clothes for Christmas and she's always been the one who buys us the most stuff.
Dad really really liked the poem, though (it made him cry, and when he showed it to Mom she said it was 'too deep for her' because she's stupid), and Sean really liked his scarf (although he says it's itchy but he's just full of shit), and Mom was mad that I got her an HMV gift card because she tried to get me one but they were sold out, and she didn't know why I got her the CD I did, even though she always buys them, every year, and Dad was super excited about the Rankins tickets and his Christmas village house, and Sean seemed non-plussed by the BNL tickets and CD, and Granny really liked her stationery set (which was under $5, btw - I rock at shopping).
I don't know. This year really didn't feel like Christmas, and I don't know if it's because my family's all broken apart, or because it seems like everyone I know is having a rough time, or if it's because there's barely any fucking snow, but I'm kind of depressed. Sure, I may not have gotten a lot of stuff this year, and only half of which were things I actually asked for, but it's not that. Not just that, anyway. It hasn't felt like Christmas at all, and maybe I spent so much money because I thought it would make it seem more like Christmas - put tons of gifts under the tree, give people things they want, and they'll be happy.
Well, it didn't work. And nobody did it for me, either. I'm starting to wonder if that's what a lot of the Christmas spirit has always been for me - knowing that I'm going to get a lot of stuff and being able to look forward to having things that I've wanted.
Well, I'm going to go do some housework and maybe work on my Porn It Forward (I'm almost done - just the last, big porny scene! [I think, unless the story gets away from me *bites nails*]), so I hope everyone got something they asked for this Christmas and spent time with their family (if they wanted to) and ate lots of food!