Holiday Season 2016
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I didn&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;t post my usual holiday rant this year for various reasons. Mostly apathy. Seriously. I have run out of fucks to give this year. Not that I have all that many to begin with, mind. So, yeah.
It&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s been a hell of year, and I&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;m done now. We got the Sithmas tree up, but thought it best to decorate with lights and topper only given that Wyrd Cat (the now year-old kitten who joined the household this June who was born without one of her eyes and has only about 20% vision in the existing one) is both a climber and intensely curious about everything, especially shiny things (she can see light and movement, so sparkly things are her favorite).
So far she&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s only disturbed the tree a little bit. Next year (if there is a Sithmas next year, given the current political situation&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8230;I don&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;t know&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8230;EVERYWHERE), we may put ornaments on it. This year, though? The tree with lights is plenty good enough. That&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s honestly all the holiday spirit I could muster, and you all know Sithmas is my favorite holiday. Here, have last year&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s as a reminder of what we usually do:
On that note, whatever you celebrate this time of year (or not! No judgment here!) &http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8211; Christmas (Christian or not), Mawlid al-Nabi (Muslim), Chanukah (Jewish), Yule (pagan), Kwanzaa (African) &http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8211; have a Happy, Merry, or Blessed.
Here&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s hoping 2017 isn&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;t as much of a shit-filled Twinkie in a dumpster tire fire.
And before anyone asks, yes. I&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;m still unsafe to be around. SHE WAS MY FRIEND.
Here is my birthday present all washed and pretty. pic.twitter.com/EYYQVvQ5d8
- Dina James (@dinajames) December 3, 2016
You know how there&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s these supposed stages of grief? Yeah, those don&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;t apply to me. I have been viciously wounded, and pain makes me angry. (All right, fine &http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8211; I realize &http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8220;anger&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8221; is a terribly vague word to use to describe me, because that&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;s my default setting. This is a little different.) I have&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8230;interesting responses to pain. By &http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8220;interesting&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8221; I mean&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8230;uh&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8230;.
Yeah. I&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;ll come back when I&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;m able to drink tea with another person again. That might be awhile*.
Anyone who is stupid enough to think (let alone say aloud in my presence) &http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8220;she was just a cat,&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8221; I refer you to John Wick.
See you all sometime in 2017. Provided, of course, there is still an Internet. All things considered, we&http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/http://www.dinajames.com/dinablog/#8217;ll probably be nuked by China sometime in January.
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