Dec 25, 2006 22:58
or it was, 18 minutes ago.
today was...dare i say it? pretty good. no sign so far of the huge yearly ferocious free-for-all screaming matches between A) father and mother dearest B) eldest brother and father dearest C) yours truly and my very favorite dad or D) all of the above. But dont worry; that isnt to say that the moon has turned to cheese and my family got through an entire day together without someone telling someone else to Go to Hell, at least three short bouts of shouting and countless rolled eyes. Comparitively, though, it's been a rather dull major holiday...I suppose there's always Easter to make up for lost time, eh?
the presents this year were okay. apparently they couldnt afford to pay my ticket, as i was going 22 miles over the limit and it doubles each time you fail to pay, so i got actual presents. Gone are the days when i had a christmas list longer than hippie hair to slyly insert into every available conversation with my parents. I could not think of a single thing i wanted them to get me this year. My mom hasnt tried to buy clothes for me since i was 13 (I think i still have the pocahontas shirt with the leather fringe stashed somewhere), they couldnt afford an ipod or a laptop or new tack, and they have this odd prejudice against the beauty that is gift cards ("you need something we can put under the tree!"). So i just...didnt ask for anything. I picked out three cds for myself at circuit city's $10 sale, and also received some perfume, a nightmare before christmas tank my mom got when we were at disneyland, a framed photo of myself looking drunk, high and retarded at the same time, new headphones, $20 and a horse calendar. LMFAO. I'm pretty sure i've received one of those cheesy horse calendars every year since i was about 8. IT'S TRADITION!
I couldnt even afford to buy my friends crap from the DI and still afford to get something for my assigned member of the family, so i made them mix cds instead. I also gave my neighbor/good friend Kim a pair of shoes i bought forever ago and didnt wear much that i knew she really liked...with any other person i'd be worried that giving them (slightly) used shoes would be taken the wrong way, but she has 7 siblings and her mother is raising them all alone; she understands the meaning of poor. For my older brother, the hardest person to get something for out of all the people i could have gotten, i printed an old photo of him and his old best friend on nice photo paper and put it in a frame. i have no idea if he liked it, but i tried...
season's greetings, everyone! (i'm totally up on the politically correct jargon)
christmas