Chrissmuss!
I feel so happy guys I just...
I can't cry on my TARDIS crashes into the DeLoreon shirt!
Obligitary haul list is obligitary, even if small:
- Said "It Came Out of Nowhere" shirt, along with some nice blue and purple shirts with silly patterns and such. Just like I like it.
-"Freakazoid" 1st season on DVD...Gypsy and Odye thought I should be more silly. (MORE SILLY?!)
-"How to Train Your Dragon" on DVD (the double DVD, actually)
-Weird Al's "In 3D" album
- A DVD AND CD SHELF omg I've needed one for so long it's ridiculous now I have ~room~ in my drawers and such and it also provided more room on the top to re-distribute by collection of toys and such.
- An "UltraPod Mini" for my camera as a sort of "try this out for a camera tripod for the time being while we look for something well made but also affordable and not huge." I have no idea how to use it but I'll try!
My mum got her TARDIS bank from the Doctor (no, really, SOMEONE put that on the package...I don't remember his handwriting looking like the dreck that is my father's...) and the "Legend of the Gaurdians" DVD since she liked it well enough (what can I say, fantasy, birds, she's there), and my father got Toy Story 3 for himself (really, the family.)
Went to my aunt and I got ANOTHER BATHSOAP BASKET and some hair barretts. ...They're pretty, too bad my hair is too short for it. My aunt in Florida, the one who I have noted has never seen me in ages got me...hold on to your butts, guys, a sleevless, bright red dress with red and gold matching "scarves"-- the light girly kind, not the cool kind we all know I love. Just...dear god the woman does not know who she is sending this stuff to. (For one, she seems to be under the impression I am WOMANY...)
My aunt, uncle, and mum got into an uber-depressing conversation about the economy and how everything's turning to shit and there's no jobs (no wonder my father was like "hahah, yeah right" tonight when I said I would get Series 5 on DVD when I "get a job and scrape up the cash" while was listening to me supportively on my plans on going about buying an Intuos 2 ON THE WAY THERE) and somehow it got into religion and creationism and how humans are "special" (OH YEAH, WE'RE SPECIAL) and while I respect it and stuff having this wrapped into a very depressing talk about money and again, the US turning to shit and having to maybe go back to the way it was in the 30's and even talking about NO ELECRITICTY NO WATER USE OUTHOUSES (W...T...F...?) seriously guys I know it's discouraging right now especially since you're spending all YOUR cash supporting my cousin's family since he got temporarily laid off and isn't getting unemployment since he's not looking for a job (well duh, of course not, HE'S EXPECTING TO GET HIS CURRENT JOB BACK) but seriously do you really think it's gonna turn to that?
Okay I'm sorry but GAH DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF ON CHRISTMAS DAY. And them mocking evolution in the same breath for reasons I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER, GUYS, WHY WAS THIS BROUGHT UP?! was not helping.
Thankfully things got 100% better when we went home, and just spent the rest of the night watching Doctor Who and playing with Gypsy. I have already noted that one of the few things that has made my mother look forward to Christmas was new Doctor Who, so this was hardly just a "me" thing. Me and my dad had a running geeky commentary during the commercials and whenever we'd notice a horribly-made cut, and the Christmas special...
...omg...I had no idea how the hell this was going to work but it was original and not a carbon copy of A Christmas Carol like people were afraid of at ALL and bittersweet as most of the best NuWho episodes are (especially since now they're emphasizing the consequences of the Doctor's actions and they're not always the best) but not depressing, funny, Matt is freaking adorable with kids as always and GAH I'VE MISSED HIM ON MY SCREEN AHH I NEVER REALIZED THIS BUT IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE HIM AGAIN. I have promised to never utter the phrase "MY DOCTOR" but if I ever did...he's freaking close. Even my father was like "...I just don't understand how you CAN'T like him! Maybe he's a little over-the top..." Me: "...he's the Doctor..." Dad: "EXACTLY THAT'S THE POINT!"
I'm being vague here for people who haven't seen it but HATERS GONNA HATE, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE ALL NEEDED AFTER THAT LESS-THAN-IDEAL FAMILY VISIT.
Lastly: My Christmas miracle. It's simply something my mother said, but it's given me hope for my family, my faith, and my friends:
We were watching the Graham Norton show afterwards (turns out my mum's now a fan too, she's been watching that much BBCAmerica) and my dad, during a commercial break, was joking around saying "Here's like...a drinking game, no, well, a party game, whatever, that you could play: British or gay?"
...This is bad of him, I know, but my father's brain seems to be stuck in that "British people act very gay" stereotype, which, once he brought it up, I just started asking why the hell he got that because apparently I'm immune to that or something, I don't see it, and being able to ID my uncle as gay or Dale from the Happiness Patrol as gay was not fair game because they are camp as hell (My uncle comes complete with lisp and a job at a high-end salon in SoCal as a hair stylist) so maybe I wouldn't know a gay person until it say, a female hit on me, I dunno, but whatever, in the end, as my dad was frantically trying to make up for what he was saying and it was OK either way if they were gay or not, and my mum loudly and bluntly interjected:
"IF THEY'RE GAY THEY'RE GAY; God made them that way, just like He makes all of us certain ways for a reason, it's okay."
Okay remember: My mum is v. Christian. Raised in the backwater Philippines without electricity. Creationist, as shown above. And raised Catholic.
Once this sunk in I just about yelled "THANK YOU MOM YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT STATEMENT GIVES ME HOPE FOR YOU, MY FAITH, AND HUMANITY ITSELF." I just kept on repeating this in general because it was just such a freaking amazing thing for me to hear.
She didn't say He made gays flawed. (Well, not any more than any other human.) Just...it's their nature, part of who they are, just like how stubbornness seems to be part of being in my family, and silliness, also.
I just...
...It's such a simple, seemingly obvious statement, but she has no idea just how much that means to me to hear. And I'm not even gay. (I'm gender-weird and asexual, and they already know the asexual part, think I may just haven't met that person, [which is possible, no doubt about that!] and have probably guessed that I am at the very least a v. stubborn about not conforming to what society calls "feminine.") But just to hear that from someone with a background like hers was just...
I'm all ver klempt again.
That means more to me than any present they could've given. For me, it just equals hope. Hope that yeah, people can cut out all the bull and be kind to their fellow man.
That was the best Christmas present, ever.
This is not the place to argue about this, any negative or even debative comments will be baleeted and burninated like what I'm sure must've been some kickass Patrick Troughton eps of Doctor Who. Only these rightfully.
Love y'all. I know a lot of you didn't have great Christmases but there's hope. At least I think so.
"I wear a bow tie. And you know what? I don't care. That's what makes it cool."
On the subject of coolness, A-FUCKING-MEN.
I can't cry on my TARDIS crashes into the DeLoreon shirt!
Obligitary haul list is obligitary, even if small:
- Said "It Came Out of Nowhere" shirt, along with some nice blue and purple shirts with silly patterns and such. Just like I like it.
-"Freakazoid" 1st season on DVD...Gypsy and Odye thought I should be more silly. (MORE SILLY?!)
-"How to Train Your Dragon" on DVD (the double DVD, actually)
-Weird Al's "In 3D" album
- A DVD AND CD SHELF omg I've needed one for so long it's ridiculous now I have ~room~ in my drawers and such and it also provided more room on the top to re-distribute by collection of toys and such.
- An "UltraPod Mini" for my camera as a sort of "try this out for a camera tripod for the time being while we look for something well made but also affordable and not huge." I have no idea how to use it but I'll try!
My mum got her TARDIS bank from the Doctor (no, really, SOMEONE put that on the package...I don't remember his handwriting looking like the dreck that is my father's...) and the "Legend of the Gaurdians" DVD since she liked it well enough (what can I say, fantasy, birds, she's there), and my father got Toy Story 3 for himself (really, the family.)
Went to my aunt and I got ANOTHER BATHSOAP BASKET and some hair barretts. ...They're pretty, too bad my hair is too short for it. My aunt in Florida, the one who I have noted has never seen me in ages got me...hold on to your butts, guys, a sleevless, bright red dress with red and gold matching "scarves"-- the light girly kind, not the cool kind we all know I love. Just...dear god the woman does not know who she is sending this stuff to. (For one, she seems to be under the impression I am WOMANY...)
My aunt, uncle, and mum got into an uber-depressing conversation about the economy and how everything's turning to shit and there's no jobs (no wonder my father was like "hahah, yeah right" tonight when I said I would get Series 5 on DVD when I "get a job and scrape up the cash" while was listening to me supportively on my plans on going about buying an Intuos 2 ON THE WAY THERE) and somehow it got into religion and creationism and how humans are "special" (OH YEAH, WE'RE SPECIAL) and while I respect it and stuff having this wrapped into a very depressing talk about money and again, the US turning to shit and having to maybe go back to the way it was in the 30's and even talking about NO ELECRITICTY NO WATER USE OUTHOUSES (W...T...F...?) seriously guys I know it's discouraging right now especially since you're spending all YOUR cash supporting my cousin's family since he got temporarily laid off and isn't getting unemployment since he's not looking for a job (well duh, of course not, HE'S EXPECTING TO GET HIS CURRENT JOB BACK) but seriously do you really think it's gonna turn to that?
Okay I'm sorry but GAH DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF ON CHRISTMAS DAY. And them mocking evolution in the same breath for reasons I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER, GUYS, WHY WAS THIS BROUGHT UP?! was not helping.
Thankfully things got 100% better when we went home, and just spent the rest of the night watching Doctor Who and playing with Gypsy. I have already noted that one of the few things that has made my mother look forward to Christmas was new Doctor Who, so this was hardly just a "me" thing. Me and my dad had a running geeky commentary during the commercials and whenever we'd notice a horribly-made cut, and the Christmas special...
...omg...I had no idea how the hell this was going to work but it was original and not a carbon copy of A Christmas Carol like people were afraid of at ALL and bittersweet as most of the best NuWho episodes are (especially since now they're emphasizing the consequences of the Doctor's actions and they're not always the best) but not depressing, funny, Matt is freaking adorable with kids as always and GAH I'VE MISSED HIM ON MY SCREEN AHH I NEVER REALIZED THIS BUT IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE HIM AGAIN. I have promised to never utter the phrase "MY DOCTOR" but if I ever did...he's freaking close. Even my father was like "...I just don't understand how you CAN'T like him! Maybe he's a little over-the top..." Me: "...he's the Doctor..." Dad: "EXACTLY THAT'S THE POINT!"
I'm being vague here for people who haven't seen it but HATERS GONNA HATE, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE ALL NEEDED AFTER THAT LESS-THAN-IDEAL FAMILY VISIT.
Lastly: My Christmas miracle. It's simply something my mother said, but it's given me hope for my family, my faith, and my friends:
We were watching the Graham Norton show afterwards (turns out my mum's now a fan too, she's been watching that much BBCAmerica) and my dad, during a commercial break, was joking around saying "Here's like...a drinking game, no, well, a party game, whatever, that you could play: British or gay?"
...This is bad of him, I know, but my father's brain seems to be stuck in that "British people act very gay" stereotype, which, once he brought it up, I just started asking why the hell he got that because apparently I'm immune to that or something, I don't see it, and being able to ID my uncle as gay or Dale from the Happiness Patrol as gay was not fair game because they are camp as hell (My uncle comes complete with lisp and a job at a high-end salon in SoCal as a hair stylist) so maybe I wouldn't know a gay person until it say, a female hit on me, I dunno, but whatever, in the end, as my dad was frantically trying to make up for what he was saying and it was OK either way if they were gay or not, and my mum loudly and bluntly interjected:
"IF THEY'RE GAY THEY'RE GAY; God made them that way, just like He makes all of us certain ways for a reason, it's okay."
Okay remember: My mum is v. Christian. Raised in the backwater Philippines without electricity. Creationist, as shown above. And raised Catholic.
Once this sunk in I just about yelled "THANK YOU MOM YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT STATEMENT GIVES ME HOPE FOR YOU, MY FAITH, AND HUMANITY ITSELF." I just kept on repeating this in general because it was just such a freaking amazing thing for me to hear.
She didn't say He made gays flawed. (Well, not any more than any other human.) Just...it's their nature, part of who they are, just like how stubbornness seems to be part of being in my family, and silliness, also.
I just...
...It's such a simple, seemingly obvious statement, but she has no idea just how much that means to me to hear. And I'm not even gay. (I'm gender-weird and asexual, and they already know the asexual part, think I may just haven't met that person, [which is possible, no doubt about that!] and have probably guessed that I am at the very least a v. stubborn about not conforming to what society calls "feminine.") But just to hear that from someone with a background like hers was just...
I'm all ver klempt again.
That means more to me than any present they could've given. For me, it just equals hope. Hope that yeah, people can cut out all the bull and be kind to their fellow man.
That was the best Christmas present, ever.
This is not the place to argue about this, any negative or even debative comments will be baleeted and burninated like what I'm sure must've been some kickass Patrick Troughton eps of Doctor Who. Only these rightfully.
Love y'all. I know a lot of you didn't have great Christmases but there's hope. At least I think so.
"I wear a bow tie. And you know what? I don't care. That's what makes it cool."
On the subject of coolness, A-FUCKING-MEN.