Yeah, Christmas is Crazy
Ok, so I fucking cheated. SO SUE ME!! I'm leaving town in less than a week, and Mom dropped off our presents Friday morning (minus TheKid's as she has decided to take her on a shopping spree while we are somewhere worth shopping at). I asked TheHubby if he wanted to open presents early together as he will be staying behind this year due to being new at his job and not having the seniority to get the days off that he wanted. We both agreed that we would and I was thinking that we'd at least hold out till the day before I left. As soon as I got home, we tore into them -_-. I'm damn ashamed... really I truly am >_>. Anywho, as anyone who knows me would know, my parents go apeshit over Christmas. I mean, it's not really my holiday and I only celebrate it because everyone else around me does, and it's fun sometimes, but there was one year where she spent literally thousands of dollars on TheHubby, TheKid and myself. I love her, but she is insane! This year thankfully, she got me and TheHubby one big thing, and that is it. I got a really nice long lasting NOT CHEAP pot and pan set. I'm ecstatic about that :D. TheHubby got an iPod *eeevil* and TheKid will get the shopping spree as I said. TheHubby and I have agreed that we would not get each other something, but instead get a Wii for the household to use.
Speaking of the Wii, here's an amusingly tragic story :P. TheHubby went to stand in line when it first came out. He didn't think that there would be much trouble getting one, so he went to Wal-Mart (the only fucking place in our little city that sold the damn things) at about half an hour before it opened. There was a line up. They got 30 Wii in. He was 31 in line. His friend who was 32 in line paid a kid who had a ticket (don't ask me how the tickets work...I don't bother finding these things out) $50 to get him one also. TheHubby could not find anyone to do the same with and did not have $50 out at the time. >_<. So he calls me and tells me all this and then heads over to his friend's house...the friend that DID get a Wii, to play all afternoon. When he came home I told him to go get his daisho. He looked at me confused, so I told him to go get his daisho as he has failed me, so he must commit sepuku (Japanese ritual suicide done by taking your wakizashi carving a Z into your sternum starting at the abdominal and working up to the cheast cavity and ending, if you are good, with a disembowelment. There is also a person who would be your "second" who would have your Katana over you ready to chop off your head if you were to look like you were about to cry out or die/pass out before finishing. People have actually been known to not only complete this, but survive having done away with all stains on their families name) His only response was a middle finger and a solid "Fuck You!" as he stomped off to play WOW. I felt bad for him, but I had to laugh :P. He wasn't throwing a hissy fit though, just to clear his name :P. Tragically we still have not gotten a Wii. Meh, I can do without one for the moment.
I heard on the radio the other morning about the Bush administration putting into effect regulations on all scientific research. Any research done must be approved and checked by administration scientists before findings are made public. This is, apparently, not to interfere with any research done, but to ensure that that the government standards are met and bla bla fucking bla. Shortly before this happened, there was a report out stating that any oil development that would be done in Alaska would affect the Porcupine Caribou heard, which is a huge part of the Northern people's diet and way of life to this day. Losing that heard would make a huge impact on the Northern ecosystem. Not long after the new research rules came into effect, another report was put out stating that any drilling would have no effect at all on the heard. How fucking blind stupid do they think people are? The sad thing is that it'll work too. Meh, the whole place is headed to the shithouse anyways, why not just hit the fucking nitro button to speed up the process and start handing out weapons to enemies of the US and giving out free training as well... oh wait.. THEY DID THAT ALREADY! >_<.
On a random note, TheHubby just started a video thingy with me on MSN for no apparent reason and is now making odd faces O_o. I don't ask why he does what he does, I just love him for doing it :P.
This weekend will be quite busy. I'll be cleaning out unneeded shit all night tonight. Tomorrow is the last brunch of 2006 with the littledykelette and Liette, and perhaps a gift exchange may take place... dykelette and I have decided to get each other a neat toy that comes with a Nintendo 64 controller, a smaller controller for 2 player games which all plugs into your tv and has all of the old Nintendo, Supernes and Nintendo 64 (I think) games on it. I'm damn excited. I still have my original Nintendo, and I'm hoping that when I get the new set up done (I'll take photos later on) we can have a tv or two (we have 2 TV's and use none) in there to play games off of.
Well, I should get some cleaning done around here so the place will be spotless for when TheHubby is alone and wanting to have a few friends over or something. Who am I kidding, he'll be in playing WoW ordering pizza every night >_<. Still, I have a little over a week off when I get back, and it would be nice to be able to work on some reorganizations that we were planning instead of cleaning shit out like I'm doing now. Anyhow, I'm off for now. I'll try to do a post before I go, but make mo promises.
Speaking of the Wii, here's an amusingly tragic story :P. TheHubby went to stand in line when it first came out. He didn't think that there would be much trouble getting one, so he went to Wal-Mart (the only fucking place in our little city that sold the damn things) at about half an hour before it opened. There was a line up. They got 30 Wii in. He was 31 in line. His friend who was 32 in line paid a kid who had a ticket (don't ask me how the tickets work...I don't bother finding these things out) $50 to get him one also. TheHubby could not find anyone to do the same with and did not have $50 out at the time. >_<. So he calls me and tells me all this and then heads over to his friend's house...the friend that DID get a Wii, to play all afternoon. When he came home I told him to go get his daisho. He looked at me confused, so I told him to go get his daisho as he has failed me, so he must commit sepuku (Japanese ritual suicide done by taking your wakizashi carving a Z into your sternum starting at the abdominal and working up to the cheast cavity and ending, if you are good, with a disembowelment. There is also a person who would be your "second" who would have your Katana over you ready to chop off your head if you were to look like you were about to cry out or die/pass out before finishing. People have actually been known to not only complete this, but survive having done away with all stains on their families name) His only response was a middle finger and a solid "Fuck You!" as he stomped off to play WOW. I felt bad for him, but I had to laugh :P. He wasn't throwing a hissy fit though, just to clear his name :P. Tragically we still have not gotten a Wii. Meh, I can do without one for the moment.
I heard on the radio the other morning about the Bush administration putting into effect regulations on all scientific research. Any research done must be approved and checked by administration scientists before findings are made public. This is, apparently, not to interfere with any research done, but to ensure that that the government standards are met and bla bla fucking bla. Shortly before this happened, there was a report out stating that any oil development that would be done in Alaska would affect the Porcupine Caribou heard, which is a huge part of the Northern people's diet and way of life to this day. Losing that heard would make a huge impact on the Northern ecosystem. Not long after the new research rules came into effect, another report was put out stating that any drilling would have no effect at all on the heard. How fucking blind stupid do they think people are? The sad thing is that it'll work too. Meh, the whole place is headed to the shithouse anyways, why not just hit the fucking nitro button to speed up the process and start handing out weapons to enemies of the US and giving out free training as well... oh wait.. THEY DID THAT ALREADY! >_<.
On a random note, TheHubby just started a video thingy with me on MSN for no apparent reason and is now making odd faces O_o. I don't ask why he does what he does, I just love him for doing it :P.
This weekend will be quite busy. I'll be cleaning out unneeded shit all night tonight. Tomorrow is the last brunch of 2006 with the littledykelette and Liette, and perhaps a gift exchange may take place... dykelette and I have decided to get each other a neat toy that comes with a Nintendo 64 controller, a smaller controller for 2 player games which all plugs into your tv and has all of the old Nintendo, Supernes and Nintendo 64 (I think) games on it. I'm damn excited. I still have my original Nintendo, and I'm hoping that when I get the new set up done (I'll take photos later on) we can have a tv or two (we have 2 TV's and use none) in there to play games off of.
Well, I should get some cleaning done around here so the place will be spotless for when TheHubby is alone and wanting to have a few friends over or something. Who am I kidding, he'll be in playing WoW ordering pizza every night >_<. Still, I have a little over a week off when I get back, and it would be nice to be able to work on some reorganizations that we were planning instead of cleaning shit out like I'm doing now. Anyhow, I'm off for now. I'll try to do a post before I go, but make mo promises.