The Queen wings back

It's been a while, but I'm back online to update. It's not like I didn't have stuff to talk about. Gawd, moved to a place of my own, albeit w/ a roommate. Got trained in a new project at work and then thrown to take calls w/o ever seeing the system being used. But to the stuff that's top of my wonky little head: Xmas.

Aw screw off about the Xmas and Christmas thing. Don't care about gods and even if I did, the Christian one would be bottom of the list b/c it's 95% propaganda, 5% historical truth. So it was my first Xmas being away from my family. Not that we'd ever done much of anything since, oh about 5 years ago. Last couple of Dec 25 have been saying "thanks for x" when we see each other around the house. Often my brother and Dad wouldn't open their prez until after boxing day. And forget about dinner, don't even have anything special. But I emailed my 2nd bro to see what was happening. Iit was kinda like "well I'm not living at home, maybe you guys will try to do something special?". And b/c I was working that day, to do Duty, I was going to be at work until 7. Well my big bro was bringing the nieces over, but they were going to a dinner so wouldn't be there if I were to show up. So I ask my 2nd bro, if they were having anything after, and it was nada. Zip, Really it was the usual nothing that happens on Dec 25, but it still upset me. Can't believe it got to me, but I guess I shouldn't get any hopes up around them. It's not like they care, as they've made abundantly clear over the years. But I guess I'm that beaten puppy, still come back hoping for a bone. Before I'd moved out officially, my Dad had found pots and stuff that he didn't need and told me if there was something else I wanted, that I could just let him know before I grabbed it so he wouldn't try looking for it. That started tearing me up b/c it was so damn nice of him. How sad that I'd be so elated at something that for other families are normal.

Anyways I ended up spending Xmas day reading the paper; clipping items I wanted on Boxing Day; learning to yo yo(I can get it to return several times, but then it seems to tangle up) drawing a pic of Inu-Yasha w/ a Santa hat and sack; and having IM chats w/ JR. I called about 8 people over 9 hrs. That's it. Was nice and quiet, wish every day was like that. I called Bern and RJS on the phone b/c I hadn't seen Bern since she quit, but Bern somehow managed to leave me a xmas card in my folder. RJS I saw at his new job and talked a couple minutes, but I thought it'd be nice to wish him a Merry Xmas. After that, I ended up going to J's family Xmas dinner, and met some of his relatives. I think my last few Xmas dinners have been spent w/ them actually. Huhn. Anyways, called A and TT, and did the whole merry xmas w/ them too.

And Boxing Day. Ah, that vaulted day of consumerism. Well in the British colonies anyways. USA has no clue what it is. Actually I was originally scheduled to work today, but b/c I volunteered for the Duty shift on Xmas, I asked the replacment SLR TL to give me today off. Otherwise I'd have to hunt for someone to trade w/ me, and that usually sucks. So I was able to shop today, and shop I did. Started at 8 and went all around the city w/ J. Bought a lotta stuff, first got a TV bench from IKEA and a few other things. Was quite disappointed w/ the "sale" at BestBuy, Futureshop, Toys'R'us, Zellers. Didn't wanna be trampled w/ Walmart. Only hit one mall, and it was one that hardly anyone goes to anyways, so it wasn't bad. Very disappointed w/ EB Games. Last year they had a big sale, but nada at the store we went to. The store was still busy though. But my Mecca of shopping was nice. Had 30% off everything, so got the DMP yaoi manga for my bud H, and some DVDs. Ended up spending about $200. Also went to a liquidation place, and found a lotta LOTR stuff, so that's for my 2nd bro's b-day and xmas. Yeah, I shop early. So while we were having sushi for dinner, I remembered that I was wanting something else at IKEA but forgotten to see if it was on sale. Since there was still another 3 hrs before IKEA closed, J relented to driving back there. It wasn't on sale but at least I know what size I needed. So I go to him, "are you going to be mad if I don't buy it b/c I made you drive all the way here?" And he goes "Well then I can come here w/ you again to pick it up later. You know I like shopping w/ you." Well okay, that's good.

So while we were driving back home, I get a call from A, b/c TT thought that I was going karaoke tonight, but I'd already told A that I was going to be too pooped to do that, and A just wanted to make sure about that. So of course J asks, "who's that?" So I'm like A, who has the same name as my 2nd bro. So J makes some comment, and I go "No, it's a different A." "Oh is he from work?" says J. "Yeah." J asks, yes asks "Are you going out w/ him?" *blink blink* "No, he just wanted to know if I wanted to go karaoke, but I'd told him that I was going shopping and didn't wanna go karaoke tonight. I wanna go karaoke, b/c I've never been but A always picks the worst days to go karaoke. " Well it was pretty f*cking silent in the car after that. No response after I chattered about my progress in Star Ocean, and I always have to listen to him whine about how hard and boring it is to play Baten Kaitos and how there's no good games for the GC. And then when J was helping me lug my haul to my apt, he was really curt and basically just dumped my stuff. Ya know what? Don't ask if you don't wanna know, and if the answer wasn't what you wanted to hear, then you probably shouldn't have requested a response in the first place. So I really have no sympathy for him. As usual. D, H's hubby, says that it's amazing how I have him wrapped around my finger, but you know what? I'm not wrapping him around my finger, he's wrapping himself around my finger, and I've tried several times to get him off, but I'm not amputating my hand.