Christmas!!
So Christmas was pretty fucking awesome! Started out great when I went to a couple parties. We had one for our office and it was actually fun. I feel like I am starting to fit in with these people. At least they aren't calling me the new Katie (which was the name of the girl who had my position before). I think I might actually be too big of a geek for them if that makes sense. When I find out people are into something I am into, I want to talk about it and really get good conversation going. That helps me open up a bit more. They are into things like Dr Who or Twilight or other tv shows, but we never really get into it. Yes, we are at work, but it isn't just work all the time. We are in the office for like 8 hours a day, sometimes more. We aren't always quiet. It seems to be just with me though cause they can go on and on about past experiences. Like I said, I think I'm too geeky for them. I can't relate to them the same way I can with everyone in the LVHPF or should I say the LVBHS. Anyways, the Christmas party was a lot of fun. We did Yankee Swap type of thing, but I think we played it wrong. Plus, nobody was stealing. There were a few instances in which people bought gifts specifically for certain people which is what happened with the Office game. As soon as I saw someone open it, I knew what I was going to steal. One of my coworkers brought over his two Yorkie puppies and they provided the entertainment. They were so stinking cute. It reminded me of when Monte was a little puppy. We got him around this time about 6 years ago. Then there was a little gift exchange between friends in which I got amazing gifts. I got an all region dvd player, life on mars season 2, 30 rock season 2, and awesome I <3 Boys that sparkle key chain and sticker, and I <3 Jim post its and note pads which are impossible to find at Target when all the dollar office stuff are put out. That was just a great night of movies and making cookies. Christmas Eve was pretty good. I was supposed to work from 8-7 to cover medical passports, but my supervisor let me go around 6 because there were no releases and the place was completely dead. I headed off to my cousin's place who has Christmas every year and entered the chaos that usually ensues when my Las Vegas family gets together. Of course the majority of the food was just pasta with fish sauce with fish on top. It looked so good, but i wasn't willing to risk my shell fish allergy to have some. My dinner basically was bread, a tiny slice of broccoli pie, salad, and some turkey. I was pretty much starving as there really was nothing else. I just filled that hunger with some booze. I just made myself a few cocktails and my uncle who is a bar tender at the Mandalay Bay was whipping up some drinks for us to try. My grandpa shouldn't be allowed to mix drinks anymore. He was whipping up some nasty concoctions that would probably make Carey hang his head in shame. My cousin and I try one and it seriously tasted like the nasty medicine I would have to take as a kid. He thought it was good, but he paid for it later. The kids opened their gifts which was insanity. My two younger cousins freaked out because they got some Twilight stuff. The adults did a Yankee Swap which I participated in. I got a dart board and a lava lamp which was pretty cool. Then my family went home and we did our normal present opening close to midnight. Everyone loved the gifts I got them. My little sister loved the zebra phone cover I got for her Blackberry and the Jacob wall scroll I got her because she is in love with Taylor Lautner and I think she might even be Team Jacob for that reason alone. I got a really great haul. My parents never cease to amaze me with what they can pull off. I even told my parents not to get me anything, but my mom just can't let me not open stuff. The first thing which I wanted more than anything was a red Nintendo DS which I got along with Guitar Hero and Brain Age 2. I also got Dark Knight and thankfully Lost s4 which I was holding off buying just in case I got it for Christmas. Everyone knows I am a huge Lost fan so it was really killing me that I didn't have it the day it came out. I got some really great clothes that I can wear for work or if I am going out . I got a really nice sweater than I am in love with. Also got a pair of maroon chucks, red gloves, and a pair of black Mary Janes at least I think that's what the shoe is called. I got some great Twilight things like a hoodie from my grandparents and those rubber bracelets I love to wear. Perhaps the best Twilight gift and the coolest gift of the night was a Twilight Soundtrack old school vinyl record. It has the songs Decode which is not surprising and Full Moon by the Black Ghosts which is a song I quite enjoy on it. There apparently is a story behind this. My mom of course wen to Hot Topic and supposedly those records are a limited run that are not being sold anywhere are hard to find. She pretty much got the last one. Then, she had the brilliant idea of buying it for me and telling me she figured since I can't play it since we don't have a records player, to buy a nice frame for it and put it up on my wall. I was like blown away that she came up with that idea. If I can ever get it signed I can die happy. Then I got some random diet stocking stuffers and played on my DS till I couldn't stay awake any longer. We all felt like we were little kids again because we all got what we wanted. I got my DS and awesome Twilight stuff and Lost, my sister got her make up stuff and clothes she wanted, my brother got the clothes and video games he wanted, and my sister got her phone cover and her iPod nano she wanted. Christmas day was uneventful as it usually is. I just enjoyed my day off and played on my DS. My grandma and uncle came over for dinner. My grandpa was sick from the night before. My grandma refused to admit he was hung over, but he was. That and he got sick from the nasty drinks he was mixing. Then the night ended with us watching the Dark Knight (which one of my sisters hadn't seen yet) and me watching the Dr Who Christmas special. That was the highlight of the day. It was just absolutely fantastic. I really can't see how anyone can say it sucked or that is was okay. It had everything that you would want and expect in a Christmas special. It was right on par with the past ones which are awesome as well. David Morrisey and David Tennant are great on screen together and carried over that amazing chemistry they had in Blackpool. It was a great mix of drama, emotion, comedy, and action all rolled into one. It just makes me sad knowing that now there are only 3 specials left which means 3 episodes till Tennant leaves us and the doctor regenerates. At least it is reassuring he will be going out on top and as possibly one of the most favorite doctors of all time. He will always be my #1 doctor. And that was that. Christmas was over and it was back to work. Now it's on to New Years and then we enter 2009. So much is happening that year I don't even know where to begin. We get 2 specials for Dr Who, Lost starts up again, Watchmen, Half-Blood Price, New Moon among others I'm sure, and two big trips on opposite coasts one of which is for sure and one up in the air, and then my little baby brother graduates high school goes off to Long Beach State for his freshmen year of college in the fall. My sister also will be getting her licence and receiving confirmation. And my other sister turns 21! Lots of great stuff to look forward to. To end this, I have finally finished Buffy. A great end to a great series that I know I will want to just rewatch over and over again. I am even more sad now that I completely missed the bandwagon with that show. Even some of the later seasons that were just ok are better than most of the shit that is on tv today.
"You'r surrounded by armed bastards."
"You'r surrounded by armed bastards."