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Christmas kinda blew this year. I didn't get to spend it any place particuluar (nomad), the really special parts I always enjoyed were ruined by family fights, little cousins that didn't care that I drove thru the night to see them, and all sorts of other crap).
Time for my pitiful, materialistic whine:
Why does it seem everyone got some sort of cool, expensive, and/or electronic gift(s) but me?
Somehow, along with copping out and giving you a gift card, one also seems to feel the need to give you an effing 5-dollar Old Navy gift card.
THERE IS NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL AT OLD NAVY THAT COSTS FIVE DOLLARS.
...seems like everyone has an iPod now. Except me. Sweet.
I did get a few good things this Christmas. The Complete Gundam: 08th MS team DVD set, a scarf, and the person who gave it to me :-).
Otherwise, it was socks, clothing, a meltdown due to a fighting family, and (I should be excited, but it'll be underutilized) a set of luggage. And about 10 bucks of 'gas money'.
As much as it's not the real meaning of Christmas, the real meaning was kind of spoiled this year by fights, having to essentially run for 48 hours on 3 hours of sleep, and various obnoxious extended-family rituals. I drove at 10:30 pm Christmas eve to Ohio where we knocked on the door of my little cousins' farm at 5 AM to surprise them... Well, they didn't really care we were there, we got back on the road at 10 AM to head to Dayton where the rest of the family was... got there, and again, only the adults seemed to care we showed up. Thanks dad for a cool trip which was supposed to be to surprise my little cousins. So, now it's been a letdown, I'm spending most of my Christmas in a car, and am severely sleep deprived. Today (the 26th) wasn't much better. A lot of road travel, again, more family that didn't really give a shit that we came to see them, and a lot of 4 year olds coughing on me. Now, I'm home.
So, I thought getting some form of technology I've been asking for for a year or more (an iPod, a laptop for college, A PSP, a Nintendo DS, and/or some other stuff), but the materialistic consolation for the other crap was essentially nonexistant.
I always look forward to this time of year, and even if it's not perfect I try to pull something good out of it. Sure, I'm thankful that i have a roof over my head and all that jazz, but I can't help but say that this Christmas blew.
At least I got to spend part of Christmas eve with Abby. That was probably the best gift I could've had. That's what really matters... spending it with those you care about. Woulda loved to spend it w/ all the rest of you all, my friends...
Time for my pitiful, materialistic whine:
Why does it seem everyone got some sort of cool, expensive, and/or electronic gift(s) but me?
Somehow, along with copping out and giving you a gift card, one also seems to feel the need to give you an effing 5-dollar Old Navy gift card.
THERE IS NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL AT OLD NAVY THAT COSTS FIVE DOLLARS.
...seems like everyone has an iPod now. Except me. Sweet.
I did get a few good things this Christmas. The Complete Gundam: 08th MS team DVD set, a scarf, and the person who gave it to me :-).
Otherwise, it was socks, clothing, a meltdown due to a fighting family, and (I should be excited, but it'll be underutilized) a set of luggage. And about 10 bucks of 'gas money'.
As much as it's not the real meaning of Christmas, the real meaning was kind of spoiled this year by fights, having to essentially run for 48 hours on 3 hours of sleep, and various obnoxious extended-family rituals. I drove at 10:30 pm Christmas eve to Ohio where we knocked on the door of my little cousins' farm at 5 AM to surprise them... Well, they didn't really care we were there, we got back on the road at 10 AM to head to Dayton where the rest of the family was... got there, and again, only the adults seemed to care we showed up. Thanks dad for a cool trip which was supposed to be to surprise my little cousins. So, now it's been a letdown, I'm spending most of my Christmas in a car, and am severely sleep deprived. Today (the 26th) wasn't much better. A lot of road travel, again, more family that didn't really give a shit that we came to see them, and a lot of 4 year olds coughing on me. Now, I'm home.
So, I thought getting some form of technology I've been asking for for a year or more (an iPod, a laptop for college, A PSP, a Nintendo DS, and/or some other stuff), but the materialistic consolation for the other crap was essentially nonexistant.
I always look forward to this time of year, and even if it's not perfect I try to pull something good out of it. Sure, I'm thankful that i have a roof over my head and all that jazz, but I can't help but say that this Christmas blew.
At least I got to spend part of Christmas eve with Abby. That was probably the best gift I could've had. That's what really matters... spending it with those you care about. Woulda loved to spend it w/ all the rest of you all, my friends...