thank god for myspace's new features!!
i took my last look at myspace for a few days (i'm vowing to not get on the computer between after this and monday/tuesday--for the sake of christmas. if my family drives me insane, you will see me resurface faster than...something really fast)
moving on..
i'm on myspace and they have the new "view upcoming birthdays on your friend's list"
thank god for that!
my cousin's birthday is today. i completely forgot.
now, this isn't just any cousin. this is the cousin who is a month older than me, and thinks that we are best friends. the truth is, i can't stand her guts. she's fake, she thinks she so "punk/emo/indie", she wears 6" platform shoes with stars cut out in the heel, she dresses all in black and wears those damn fucking ugly bell sleeves (that don't flatter her at all), she will change her opinion about something 10 times depending on who's in the room, she thinks she's really something. it makes me nuts.
i'm a pretty laid back person, and sometimes (say, on christmas eve), i just like to chill and relax and have light conversation with people. i try so hard with her (and her sister/mini-me as well), but it never is comfortable. i can constantly tell that they are trying to impress me with bands they listen to, concerts they've been to, and most of the time, i don't even like the music they're talking about, so it just kinda gets this awkward silence and a "yeeeaaah" nod. you know the one i'm trying to describe. that fake smile nod with maybe a "cool" or "yup" uttered.
anyway, just for good karma, i called and sang happy birthday and said i'd see her tomorrow. tomorrow mind you, will suck. there is no way to get around it. my aunt is bringing her "boyfriend" (they've been dating for 2 weeks--i feel like that's a little soon to be bringing him to something like this AND calling him her boyfriend..but that's just me), random people who have recently gotten divorced will be there (that's always exciting), we'll probably miss most of the guests on my dad's side (apparently "everybody's coming"...i'll believe it when i see it). then we go to my mom's side, this is hell on earth. first of all, it's about an hour or more away to my uncle's house (because brockton is no longer the homestead with everyone dead now), then i have to fake smile at all my cousins. the only cousin i can stand is not coming this year. oh michael, why must you do this to me?! (i'm going to call him quick, hold on a sec). ok, left him a voicemail--didn't make him feel guilty. continuing, so you have to understand..most of you know me enough to know that i'm pretty straight forward about most things, and not really impressed by a whole hell of a lot. i don't like shopping, i only dish about boys to my friends on a one-on-one basis (*usually*), and i certainly have my priorities in a decent order. my cousins you see, they think of their priorities in a different way. they have the whole "boys are everything and i'm nothing without one" mentality, or the "if you're not drunk all the time, life's not as much of a party as you think" one, or the "i'm going to try to act like i'm still and annoy everyone", or the "i'm going to name drop to no end because you'll think i'm pretty cool". see what i'm dealing with?! it's awful. makes me nuts.
so wish me luck. i always survive every year, but it's becoming more and more of a struggle.
i hope everyone who reads my livejournal has a wonderful, safe holiday and hopefully celebrating it without much stress. :)
moving on..
i'm on myspace and they have the new "view upcoming birthdays on your friend's list"
thank god for that!
my cousin's birthday is today. i completely forgot.
now, this isn't just any cousin. this is the cousin who is a month older than me, and thinks that we are best friends. the truth is, i can't stand her guts. she's fake, she thinks she so "punk/emo/indie", she wears 6" platform shoes with stars cut out in the heel, she dresses all in black and wears those damn fucking ugly bell sleeves (that don't flatter her at all), she will change her opinion about something 10 times depending on who's in the room, she thinks she's really something. it makes me nuts.
i'm a pretty laid back person, and sometimes (say, on christmas eve), i just like to chill and relax and have light conversation with people. i try so hard with her (and her sister/mini-me as well), but it never is comfortable. i can constantly tell that they are trying to impress me with bands they listen to, concerts they've been to, and most of the time, i don't even like the music they're talking about, so it just kinda gets this awkward silence and a "yeeeaaah" nod. you know the one i'm trying to describe. that fake smile nod with maybe a "cool" or "yup" uttered.
anyway, just for good karma, i called and sang happy birthday and said i'd see her tomorrow. tomorrow mind you, will suck. there is no way to get around it. my aunt is bringing her "boyfriend" (they've been dating for 2 weeks--i feel like that's a little soon to be bringing him to something like this AND calling him her boyfriend..but that's just me), random people who have recently gotten divorced will be there (that's always exciting), we'll probably miss most of the guests on my dad's side (apparently "everybody's coming"...i'll believe it when i see it). then we go to my mom's side, this is hell on earth. first of all, it's about an hour or more away to my uncle's house (because brockton is no longer the homestead with everyone dead now), then i have to fake smile at all my cousins. the only cousin i can stand is not coming this year. oh michael, why must you do this to me?! (i'm going to call him quick, hold on a sec). ok, left him a voicemail--didn't make him feel guilty. continuing, so you have to understand..most of you know me enough to know that i'm pretty straight forward about most things, and not really impressed by a whole hell of a lot. i don't like shopping, i only dish about boys to my friends on a one-on-one basis (*usually*), and i certainly have my priorities in a decent order. my cousins you see, they think of their priorities in a different way. they have the whole "boys are everything and i'm nothing without one" mentality, or the "if you're not drunk all the time, life's not as much of a party as you think" one, or the "i'm going to try to act like i'm still and annoy everyone", or the "i'm going to name drop to no end because you'll think i'm pretty cool". see what i'm dealing with?! it's awful. makes me nuts.
so wish me luck. i always survive every year, but it's becoming more and more of a struggle.
i hope everyone who reads my livejournal has a wonderful, safe holiday and hopefully celebrating it without much stress. :)