The Joys of Christmas Shopping
Where did the time go? Christmas Eve is 10 days away and not only am I not through with my shopping, but as usual I have no idea what to get the rest of the people on my list. Raise your hand if this sounds familiar.
Those who know me really well, know that I loathe shopping. I'm not a browser at all. Except in a book store. I can get lost in a book store for hours. But other than that, I am the type who runs in and goes directly to what I need and gets the heck out of there. That said, every year I go Christmas shopping with my mother-in-law and Monnie and it always turns out to be a pleasurable experience. But that's probably because my mother-in-law feeds me. ;) But we usually get a lot done and the crowds aren't so bad when we go. It's after our annual shopping trip that it all turns ugly. The mad rush to get the last minute things, like items your children chose to tell you 2 days before Christmas that they absolutely have to have. Or the people you just flaked out and forgot to buy something for and then there's the ones who you didn't get anything for but they got you something, so it's back to the store. That's the part of Christmas shopping that I hate. It just seems to never end. Once you finished with the gifts, now you got to shop for all the food you plan to make.
I wish I was one of those "Happy Homemaker" types who can do all this and still look April fresh. Or maybe I don't wish that. I suspect not all of them are so "happy" either, but at least they seem to get it all done and still maintain some of their sanity.
In fandom news, I have a new video that I'm planning to put up soon. I also have a video by whoisnorml that I am going to put online as well. Eventually. One of these days, I promise, Jeff; I really will get to it.
And for those of you who are watching Smallville this season solely to see James Marsters, you must go read Spring Summers' reviews, James' Bits - A View Beyond the Spike. Some funny stuff there. Heck while your there, look around. We have some amazing writers at our site and they do really wonderful reviews. We also offer some really great fanfic. And of course this is also where your find Spring Summers' Spikecentricity. (Spring Summer's insightful and delightful (and ebulgeometric) analysis of "Spike" BtVS episodes.) She is up to the The Gift at this time. Spring Summers is amazing and her analysis are a must read for any true Spike fan.
You can find all this at The Soulful Spike Society.
Spikecentricity is located on the top right side of the page and James' Bits; 3rd row middle. There you will also find Lost, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Gallactica, and Dr. Who reviews.
And finally, I won a really cool award this month. I won the "Most Talented Vidder" award at HRA . They put this award right on the front page of their site. I also won an award for "Best Video," "Judges' Choice" and "Best Song" as well. That will help beat the holiday blues. I'm quite happy now.
Those who know me really well, know that I loathe shopping. I'm not a browser at all. Except in a book store. I can get lost in a book store for hours. But other than that, I am the type who runs in and goes directly to what I need and gets the heck out of there. That said, every year I go Christmas shopping with my mother-in-law and Monnie and it always turns out to be a pleasurable experience. But that's probably because my mother-in-law feeds me. ;) But we usually get a lot done and the crowds aren't so bad when we go. It's after our annual shopping trip that it all turns ugly. The mad rush to get the last minute things, like items your children chose to tell you 2 days before Christmas that they absolutely have to have. Or the people you just flaked out and forgot to buy something for and then there's the ones who you didn't get anything for but they got you something, so it's back to the store. That's the part of Christmas shopping that I hate. It just seems to never end. Once you finished with the gifts, now you got to shop for all the food you plan to make.
I wish I was one of those "Happy Homemaker" types who can do all this and still look April fresh. Or maybe I don't wish that. I suspect not all of them are so "happy" either, but at least they seem to get it all done and still maintain some of their sanity.
In fandom news, I have a new video that I'm planning to put up soon. I also have a video by whoisnorml that I am going to put online as well. Eventually. One of these days, I promise, Jeff; I really will get to it.
And for those of you who are watching Smallville this season solely to see James Marsters, you must go read Spring Summers' reviews, James' Bits - A View Beyond the Spike. Some funny stuff there. Heck while your there, look around. We have some amazing writers at our site and they do really wonderful reviews. We also offer some really great fanfic. And of course this is also where your find Spring Summers' Spikecentricity. (Spring Summer's insightful and delightful (and ebulgeometric) analysis of "Spike" BtVS episodes.) She is up to the The Gift at this time. Spring Summers is amazing and her analysis are a must read for any true Spike fan.
You can find all this at The Soulful Spike Society.
Spikecentricity is located on the top right side of the page and James' Bits; 3rd row middle. There you will also find Lost, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Gallactica, and Dr. Who reviews.
And finally, I won a really cool award this month. I won the "Most Talented Vidder" award at HRA . They put this award right on the front page of their site. I also won an award for "Best Video," "Judges' Choice" and "Best Song" as well. That will help beat the holiday blues. I'm quite happy now.