Christmas!
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mylittleredgirlYOU PEOPLE STOLE OUR SNOW!
I know, I know, you can blame us by saying that we're the one who brought on the clearly impending apocalypse, either because we're the center of the gay marriage universe or because the Boston Red Sox forgot to die of curse this year, but NONETHELESS!!! A green Christmas in Western Massachusetts? COME ON! ;)
On the whole, this Christmas has felt very scrounged-together... so *today* wasn't all that amazing, but this whole extended HanuChrisWanzaaDan (tm Seth) week/month has been incredible and full of family and cheer! (If not snow, you EVIL WEATHER THIEFS IN OHIO!)
Kaya's last night was so lovely (wish we could have stayed longer!), and church was lovely, too. I need to remember to bring tissues -- I always tear up in the face of religion!! But squeeee, got to hear the Richmond Congregational Church standard Christmas carols, in our traditionally quaint off-key glory -- "Who Would Think That What Was Needed" is just *adorable*, and I'd never heard it anywhere else before. And the Cherry Tree Carol boggles my mind every year, too, because it's about Joseph being all human. And afterwards I went up to the organ loft and DEMANDED that my mother play In The Bleak Midwinter, because she'd forgotten to in the postlude. My own private organ concert!
The loveliest part about today was going over to Kripalu for the Christmas lunch feast, where we ended up at a table with a bunch of old residents in the dining chapel, very much like the old days.
And I got my afghan done for my parents!! Now I am -- eep! -- totally without an active knitting project!
A lot of other folk listed off their present haul... we didn't do so much with the presents in my family this year, and I felt like SUCH A BRAT because the presents they did get me *didn't work* and they could tell I was disappointed!! My dad got me speakers for my computer, but they hissed really loudly and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep with them in my room. He also got me a discman, but in a complicated transaction of things, he ended up taking it for himself and my mother bequeathed to me her headphones to use so I can listen to music until we find speakers that work! All very confusing. I also got a duvet cover... which is exciting because I can finally use the insanely huge duvet we bought a few months ago, but sad because my mother and I were going to sew our *own* duvet cover and that plan got scrapped. Oh well! We will sew something else!!
I also have promise of a shopping spree(e!) in the undefined future, and was told to play around with my wish list to see what item I wanted most. I really really want to get myself a wireless internet thing, but that *really* is a luxury item that I don't need! (But then, when else would I get it?)
From my *other* families, I got toys earlier this week! The quilting-cutter-y set I bragged about from Gira's mom and a SO COOL OMFG I WAS GOING TO WRITE THIS! book from Gira called "Mindful Knitting". Kaya gave me the CUTEST SOCKS EVER, and along with Naren and her mom bought me a facial at Kripalu! :)
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espirk and snarky_freak got me a daily Star Trek calendar (for my daily dose of geekiness!) and another pirated season 9 X-Files disc *grins*. It has Audrey Pauley on it!! I now have two discs of the season... I think they might be holding the others hostage until I write some actual fic!
Speaking of fic... I am writing Atlantis Holiday fic and a fic for the mini!otp ficathon (which is not Christmassy itself in nature), but 'tis tragically not yet done. I will finish and share the joy at some undefined point in the future!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!
edit:nostalgia_lj has given me some snow. 'Tis Christmas now for real, yay!
I know, I know, you can blame us by saying that we're the one who brought on the clearly impending apocalypse, either because we're the center of the gay marriage universe or because the Boston Red Sox forgot to die of curse this year, but NONETHELESS!!! A green Christmas in Western Massachusetts? COME ON! ;)
On the whole, this Christmas has felt very scrounged-together... so *today* wasn't all that amazing, but this whole extended HanuChrisWanzaaDan (tm Seth) week/month has been incredible and full of family and cheer! (If not snow, you EVIL WEATHER THIEFS IN OHIO!)
Kaya's last night was so lovely (wish we could have stayed longer!), and church was lovely, too. I need to remember to bring tissues -- I always tear up in the face of religion!! But squeeee, got to hear the Richmond Congregational Church standard Christmas carols, in our traditionally quaint off-key glory -- "Who Would Think That What Was Needed" is just *adorable*, and I'd never heard it anywhere else before. And the Cherry Tree Carol boggles my mind every year, too, because it's about Joseph being all human. And afterwards I went up to the organ loft and DEMANDED that my mother play In The Bleak Midwinter, because she'd forgotten to in the postlude. My own private organ concert!
The loveliest part about today was going over to Kripalu for the Christmas lunch feast, where we ended up at a table with a bunch of old residents in the dining chapel, very much like the old days.
And I got my afghan done for my parents!! Now I am -- eep! -- totally without an active knitting project!
A lot of other folk listed off their present haul... we didn't do so much with the presents in my family this year, and I felt like SUCH A BRAT because the presents they did get me *didn't work* and they could tell I was disappointed!! My dad got me speakers for my computer, but they hissed really loudly and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep with them in my room. He also got me a discman, but in a complicated transaction of things, he ended up taking it for himself and my mother bequeathed to me her headphones to use so I can listen to music until we find speakers that work! All very confusing. I also got a duvet cover... which is exciting because I can finally use the insanely huge duvet we bought a few months ago, but sad because my mother and I were going to sew our *own* duvet cover and that plan got scrapped. Oh well! We will sew something else!!
I also have promise of a shopping spree(e!) in the undefined future, and was told to play around with my wish list to see what item I wanted most. I really really want to get myself a wireless internet thing, but that *really* is a luxury item that I don't need! (But then, when else would I get it?)
From my *other* families, I got toys earlier this week! The quilting-cutter-y set I bragged about from Gira's mom and a SO COOL OMFG I WAS GOING TO WRITE THIS! book from Gira called "Mindful Knitting". Kaya gave me the CUTEST SOCKS EVER, and along with Naren and her mom bought me a facial at Kripalu! :)
And
espirk and snarky_freak got me a daily Star Trek calendar (for my daily dose of geekiness!) and another pirated season 9 X-Files disc *grins*. It has Audrey Pauley on it!! I now have two discs of the season... I think they might be holding the others hostage until I write some actual fic!Speaking of fic... I am writing Atlantis Holiday fic and a fic for the mini!otp ficathon (which is not Christmassy itself in nature), but 'tis tragically not yet done. I will finish and share the joy at some undefined point in the future!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!
edit:
nostalgia_lj has given me some snow. 'Tis Christmas now for real, yay!
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Date: 2004-12-26 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-26 04:00 am (UTC)Thank you. 'Tis Christmas now! *edits post*
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Date: 2004-12-26 04:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-26 04:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-26 04:02 am (UTC)HanuChrisWanzaaDan Dan??? I get the rest of the amalgamation, but Dan eludes me. Please enlighten?
Merry Christmas to you, too!!
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Date: 2004-12-26 04:18 am (UTC)My friend was all distraught that he couldn't come up with any *more* December holidays to throw in... I think we decided Diwali was too early and I forgot to mention Solstice... *ponders* Really, though, HanuChrisWanzaaDan has a nice ring to it all on its own ;)
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Date: 2004-12-26 11:19 pm (UTC)Just being too JudeoChristian in my outlook. My bad.
Yeah, it would be nice to get the Solstice in there, for I worship the return of light.
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Date: 2004-12-26 04:24 am (UTC)We got a teensy bit of snow here in Chicago. I think it was over before I actually woke up this morning.
*gasp!* No knitting projects!? The horror! It's funny, I've only been knitting for about six weeks and I already know the restlessness that comes with not having a project...
You'll appreciate this — Mom knitted my grandma a rug that was supposed to be a farm scene from the area of Oklahoma in which Grandma grew up. After presents were all opened, she called to tell Mom that no one was stepping on that rug. Too pretty to use!
As for holiday fics, don't you know that one never actually writes a holiday during said holiday? In other words, get started on Valentine's Day fics now, boys and girls.
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Date: 2004-12-26 04:36 am (UTC)I KNOW!!! I get all nervous when I get near the end of projects, because I will have to come up with something new quickly!
It's funny, I've only been knitting for about six weeks and I already know the restlessness that comes with not having a project...
*grins* When the obsession gets you, it gets you...
As for holiday fics, don't you know that one never actually writes a holiday during said holiday?
HEY!! Just pretend I'm on, like, Jupiter-time ;)
get started on Valentine's Day fics now, boys and girls.
Hee. Oooh. Really, I think that people should just write more Christmas fics all through the year!
Well...
Date: 2004-12-26 05:20 am (UTC)So....
*packages all the Ohio winter weather and sends it up to Red*
Take it!!! Please!!! :)
~Misty
Re: Well...
Date: 2004-12-26 05:26 am (UTC)I've heard we're supposed to get some snow tomorrow...
*eats weather*
Re: Well...
Date: 2004-12-28 06:13 am (UTC)So I apologize, belatedly, for hogging the Christmas snow.
If it helps, at all, a friend of mine who was flying to Cincinnati ended up in Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, and... somewhere else... before making it home, due to the nastiness in the rest of the state. So sometimes the winter weather is a bad thing.
But not here. *gloats*
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Date: 2004-12-26 07:55 am (UTC)For what it's worth, I just got back to my apartment after twelve solid hours of travel to find your card - it really rounded out my Christmas Day. =) Thanks so much! Must - see you - at GC...
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Date: 2004-12-27 05:19 am (UTC)It was sent with lots of love :)
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Date: 2004-12-26 10:19 am (UTC)I'm glad that if HanuChrisWanzaaDan wasn't perfect, the rest of the month complete with family cheer was.
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Date: 2004-12-27 05:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-26 02:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-27 05:20 am (UTC)She responds by giving me irresistible bunnies about other pairings. I have now written *two* Sheppard/Weir Christmas fics. AFTER CHRISTMAS. *needs help*
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Date: 2004-12-27 01:20 pm (UTC)snowy south...
Date: 2004-12-26 02:59 pm (UTC)see you at toads?!?!?!? :)
love, frog.
quiet, you...
Date: 2004-12-27 05:18 am (UTC)*delighted*
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Date: 2004-12-28 06:18 am (UTC)I find myself in a similar lack-of-yarningness. I finished the afghan for my dearest coworker just in time to give it to her at work on Christmas Eve, and now the next project is a baby set. Well, two baby sets, for two different coworkers. But they are three days apart, and only two months along. I could get it done early, but what fun is making things if you're not all "OMG I can't SLEEP if I want to finish this on time!!"?
And I'm apparently quite opposed to just making things for my own personal use and enjoyment.
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Date: 2004-12-28 06:30 am (UTC)And I'm apparently quite opposed to just making things for my own personal use and enjoyment.
Hee! I really don't have this problem, because I really want to try and learn new things at the moment, and so I don't mind making practice-stuff for myself. Or maybe I'm just selfish and really love the sweaters I've made... and want more!! At least half of my projects are for other people, but I definitely don't have a problem knitting for me :) I also like not having the time-pressure that you seem to so enjoy!! I'm such a process knitter and not a production knitter...