This Christmas winter consumerist holiday seems to be all about multiples: I would've really liked to get the exact same present for all three of my siblings (a cheap version of a Thermopen and a possibly handmade but probably store bought (but clever!) spoon rest) and I'll probably get Julian and Jon's kids the same present. Originally the last ( Read more... )

I should probably cancel all my plans for tonight. My mother just called to discuss logistics of meeting up this evening: she kept asking if I wanted to go for drinks with them, just come after work, etc. She's picking up a pile of library books - yes, my book needs are so intense, I borrow from her library as well as mine - and commented, "I ( Read more... )

It was so very good to see the whole family Thurs night: it was all I could do to keep myself from hopping around and hugging my aunts/uncles/cousins. I didn't see the HK branch all that often when they lived in Ct, but I still missed them, apparently ( Read more... )

I don't understand why anyone, let alone a teenager, would fail to respond to a message (over Facebook natch) about what you want for Christmas. Esp. when it's someone who has, in the past, gotten you or your sibling major presents like a freakin' iPod classic. If I was buying presents on behalf of just me, they'd be getting fucking coal ( Read more... )

This is actually a great time to look at a list I made last week, of 5 Things For Which I'm Thankful:

• finding a bag full of Naturopathica samples, including a facial wash
  
• my sister noticing I've been "off" and calling me as she leaves work at 10:30 to chat for an hour about everything that bothers me.
  
• PT likes me so much, he kept my # around bc he ( Read more... )

What a difference 48 hours makes: it was so weird going straight from DO, where people approach me with suggestions of fun things we might do together, to a talk in NYC, where I am an invisible wallflower. *sighs* I really don't get it. The English salesman I've seen at two prior events sat next to me and we chatted briefly, but the conversation ( Read more... )

My mother had an excellent bbq for her baby brother's visit home. Yaay meat cooked outdoors! My cousin is at that adorable stage when you can watch linguistics at work and she occasionally responds to reason. I ate scary quantities of meat and napped under a tree for two hours. There was something so Jazz Age about the whole weekend: I woke to ( Read more... )

Today's going to be an early book-related Friday, bc I will be distracted (or asleep) tmw morning ;)

I can't believe it took me this long to findadd Neil Gaiman's blog to my reading list!! And then he talked about a production of Macbeth in NJ that Teller (of Penn & Teller) worked on and it sounded awesome and I was trying to figure out who'd ( Read more... )

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the question is, does flying to phoenix to visit them constitute acts of service, quality time, or irritation for my mum, still getting over her own cold?