sakaido
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Post by sakaido on Nov 14, 2008 11:16:59 GMT -5
oh em gee. [disclaimer: I'm running off pure caffeine. Prepare for fits of happy posting =D] I'm excited. So much so that I had to post this obnoxiously random thread about it. Like an anti-rant thread. Next week my apartment won't need ceiling lights anymore. Thats how bright the decorations will be. This is my first christmas not at my parents. I'm gonna go nuckin futs. I asked for clothes. I always ask for clothes. This year I upped my wants to Hollister and American Eagle. Overpriced? Yup. Stereotyped? Mhmmm. Comfortable? ohmygosh yes. And I asked my mooooom for a toaster. Cause ours is broken, hahaha. And bathroom stuff. What did you ask for/want? And what are getting for other people?I make all my presents. I handcraft jewelry. 'tis my trade. picture? Mhmmm. Shiny things are love. XDXDXDXD 43 days!
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Post by Ammy Fae on Nov 14, 2008 11:48:50 GMT -5
What did you ask for/want? I never ask for anything for Christmas, I have too much stuff already with no where to put any of it. Every year, though, I get art supplies from anyone who knows me. Which is useful, but I don't have anywhere to put THAT either. =P
And what are getting for other people? I give paintings to people. I don't have a job, but I have plenty of supplies.
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Hravan
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Post by Hravan on Nov 14, 2008 12:15:09 GMT -5
[disclaimer: Annie is very depressed today, so don't read on because this is a very pissy post] What did you ask for/want?For it not to happen this year. And what are getting for other people?Nothing. OK, I might get my friends the traditional box of chocolates each but nothing else. They know I don't want anything. Yeah, sorry. I'm not feeling very well today, am depressed and loathe Christmas thanks to shitty childhood. I am incredibly jealous of you though.. I wish I could look forward to it and be happy about it but it's just a source of dread for me... I hope you have a great Christmas..
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Post by ladytera on Nov 14, 2008 18:20:49 GMT -5
I don't really want anything for Christmas, except peace in my heart. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, depending on how you look at it, I'm the only one who can give myself that gift. As for what I'm getting for others.... We usually don't do gifts for the grown ups in our lives, we call and talk, and have a big dinner for anyone who happens to be around, and generally just try to build fond memories, I've found those to be the longest lasting gifts. For the kids, I'm not sure this year. Last year we went a little overboard for some, and didn't quite finish the big gifts for others, so I'm re thinking this year. I probably will actually do food gifts for family this year. I'm thinking spaghetti sauce, home made breads, and maybe cookies. But, as some of it spoils if you make it too far ahead, I haven't gotten too much into that yet. The last week before Christmas is going to be busy. Hravan, I'm so sorry to hear of your troubles with this time of year. It is a feeling shared by many around the holidays, whether it is similar memories of a bad childhood, loss of loved ones that make the time seem more empty, or a general melancholy from the loss of something essential in today's celebrations. I know the feeling myself, although not nearly to the extent your talking about. This time of year, starting from my birthday, always makes me a little sad. I tend to ponder the lessons unlearned, the focus on things when it should be on people, the opportunities missed, or the years when I was so proud of my Dad for being in the Navy, out defending the free world, but at the same time sad and lonely when he was away all of November and December. The gifts he sent were always bittersweet for me. They were always beautiful, and thoughtful. He always chose things that would mean something to us. But at the same time, they could never quite replace his presence. Now that I've grown up, and have children of my own, who are only here for Christmas day half the years, I work at building other kinds of Christmas traditions. We try hard to make it a time of fun and togetherness, just for all of us to appreciate each other and the time we have. This year is even more bittersweet than normal, as I see my oldest ones growing into the adults they will be, and see the future of them moving away, and being far from home this time of year. I was blessed by my early life as a Navy brat because it taught me that the people you love are always with you, even when they are far away. But that doesn't stop a part of me crying at the thought. Going to help out at the soup kitchens is an excellent idea, and when you get older, and the dreaded holidays draw near, if you build yourself traditions like that to replace the earlier ones you couldn't control, you'll find the holidays hold less pain for you. Better yet, as you get older, and do more things like that this time of year, you'll probably even find yourself looking forward to it, and seeing the beauty in the renewal the season represents. So, although you are not looking forward to it, I will wish you a Merry Christmas anyhow, that perhaps you will find joy in having the time to do something nice for others, which is really what it's supposed to be about anyway. To the rest of you, Merry Christmas as well. But I'm going to have to stop listening to the radio now. I despise Christmas music, and I was horrified to hear it playing in the store already.
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Post by keyodie on Nov 14, 2008 19:15:42 GMT -5
Hahahaha licia you're so hyper. xD And I've said this before but I freaking love your jewelry.
Christmas hasn't been too meaningful to me, it's very close to my birthday (January 6th) so it's basically an excuse for me to receive presents and for me to show family/friends some love and buy them stuff. We don't do Christmas Trees anymore. New Year's eve is more meaningful to me because it's the start of a new year, and I don't know, that's always been a huge deal for me.
I asked for art supplies and just a short list of DVD's that I might like. Oh and I would really really really like the DVD box set for the TV show Six Feet Under. I really don't care if my friends give me presents or not, it's no biggie.
As for other people, when it comes to presents I've never really spent too much. I usually just make a card and write stuff relevant to some of our inside jokes and memories and such and give them random things like candy, neat little things from the dollar store, etc.
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Raivynn
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Post by Raivynn on Nov 14, 2008 19:38:00 GMT -5
^ pretty much the same. My birthday's the 9th.
Prior to my daughters birth, Hogmanay was my favourite time of the year. Hang out with friends and eat, drink and be merry as you all saw in the new year. Since having my daughter my priorities changed and I could no longer do those things so now my Hogmanay nights are quiet and can be a wee bit depressing.
Yule has become a bit of a deal round Casa Phoenix. Lil un is genuinely excited for the arrival of Santa and what presents she'll get for being a good girl lol and is looking forward to putting the tree and decorations up. Tis just a small lighty uppy one, but she loves it. I do like to spoil my loved ones, as during the year I often don't get the chance too. So I try to get my immediate family something and get a card sent out to everyone.
Hravan: I'm so sorry this time of year brings you sadness and unpleasant memories. Many cyber hugs coming your way.
Sakaido: Your jewelry is beautiful.
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Post by pansy on Nov 15, 2008 9:38:01 GMT -5
Christmas for me has always been a big deal. My dad likes to spoil me rotten because he doesn't live with me and doesn't see me very often, so he's always made a huge deal out of it. He comes and spends the night at my house on Christmas Eve, and we spend Christmas together with my mom, generally. But this year I don't know how it's going to work out... He's got this girlfriend now and has taken to blowing me off to be with her or when we do something father-daughter he'll invite her along. Not that I really mind too much, but I miss when it was just us, y'know? And he's also mad at my mom and her boyfriend who is living with us currently, so it's all really up in the air. I'm just going to tell him to put on his big-boy panties and suck it up though. =P Anyway, what I asked for this year is probably going to make me sound really spoiled. xD But I've had so much trouble with my past laptop that it literally doesn't work anymore and I've only had it for two years. ; So I'm asking my dad for a Macbook. And that's like... it. I also gave him a very very short list of DVDs that I wouldn't be against having, but I'm definitely not expecting them. 1. Hannibal Rising (Gaspard Ulliel~) 2. The Dark Knight 3. Love Actually Ta da? Do I sound spoiled and like a horrible child now? Probably. x3 For my friends... I generally make them something because I don't have much money to spend on them. Like I'll probably just end up making them purses or something. The most money I've ever spent on a friend (but not for Christmas) was like $60 total for her birthday. I made her a bag, got Michael Rosenbaum to sign it, got her a manga she'd been searching for for a very long time, commissioned a picture of Sirius and Remus from an artist at Anime Weekend Atlanta and sent it... Uhmmm... There was more to it than that, but I can't recall! Anyway, yeah. =) Sakaido: I really like your jewelry! It's pretty!
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Post by keyodie on Nov 15, 2008 11:07:24 GMT -5
Aww no you don't pansy. Not at all! And I'm sorry about your dad and everything. Do you think you'll try to talk to him about it?
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Post by pansy on Nov 15, 2008 22:04:29 GMT -5
I probably will. I mean, it's obviously not fair to me what he's doing, and he's really just being a baby about the whole thing. It was all just a misunderstanding, really. But umm... yeah. =) Thanks!
Hravan - Oh my gosh! -hugs- I'm sorry you have such bad memories connected with Christmas! That's terrible! D= Hopefully, even though you won't be celebrating this year, it'll be better.
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Post by Caunion on Nov 16, 2008 1:20:49 GMT -5
What did you ask for/want? Natalie Portman in a skimpy, slutty Santa outfit. That's all I really want. Well her and a room to myself.
And what are you getting for other people? Random books. Sometimes, I just buy books that I want, give it to my brother and mother who never read them, and I end up getting the book.
Hravan- I'm sorry to hear about your Christmas experiences. I can't remember much about my Christmas experiences at childhood. I don't think I want to anyway.
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sakaido
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Post by sakaido on Nov 28, 2008 15:28:05 GMT -5
Caunion, That's what my boyfriend buys people for their birthday.
He bought his ex girlfriend books for her birthday and read them before he wrapped them.
But he told me that before he started dating me so he knows it won't work. I only read fantasy. hahaha, sucka.... hahaha.
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edward
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Post by edward on Dec 1, 2008 2:25:26 GMT -5
Well Pansy, you don't sound spoiled at all. Most of my friends are asking for things that are quiet expensive and they don't really need. You're case is different, a laptop is always helpful. What is an bigger HD tv gunna do for them? nothing. Except probably give them the hard labor of moving their old one out of their room -_- I've also heard some of my friends they have a small spending limit this year, only 2k...I think they're spoiled lol As for me I never ask for anything really, not like I NEED anything. My birthday is actually Dec 23rd so it's pretty close to xmas but yet I don't ask for anything then either. What I would like however this year is a best friend bracelet from a certain best friend *points up* And Hravan, i'm really sorry to hear that
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sakaido
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Post by sakaido on Dec 1, 2008 16:07:27 GMT -5
I'm working on it! *cough*
Gotta find that purse again.....
Which I will, today. when I clean my bedroom. and send it tomorrow! Tina has to drive me to do my GED anyway. So we'll just send it on the way.
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Post by Caunion on Dec 1, 2008 23:00:29 GMT -5
Caunion, That's what my boyfriend buys people for their birthday. He bought his ex girlfriend books for her birthday and read them before he wrapped them. But he told me that before he started dating me so he knows it won't work. I only read fantasy. hahaha, sucka.... hahaha. Oh, bloody hell. When I first read that, I thought your boyfriend buys people women in odd costumes for their birthday. I was like "What?" Talk about cursory reading.
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