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[apocalypsos]

-- I'm really hoping that yesterday's shopping excursion with my mother gave her the distinct impression that what I could really use for Christmas is clothes, and lots of them. And that preferably I'd like to pick them out my own damn self. There's nothing like the time my grandmother gave my eighteen-year-old cousin a gift certificate to Old Navy and gave me a pair of ugly lacy flowered long-sleeved undershirts from, like, the clearance rack at Wal-Mart or something. Which, sadly enough, sums up my entire family's estimation of my fashion sense. I don't have nearly enough relatives who'll just give me a gift certificate to American Eagle, Old Navy or the Gap. (Although granted, considering how I can only afford to shop for my parents and Bryan, even those manage to make me feel guilty.)

-- Speaking of the big dumb dope, I bought him Guitar Hero III, although I made the mistake of getting it in front of my mother. Seriously, I do not get her complete inability to remember every year that usually the two of us just get each other exactly what we want and give each other our presents early so we have something to tide our spoiled asses over until Christmas.

-- I'm really feeling an urge to write permanently-paralyzed!Luke/Noah schmoop. Like, it's ten years down the line and everything still doesn't work, but Noah's finally started convincing Luke he's not going anywhere. You know, after three movies and two adorable adopted moppets and a big gay wedding. Also, it's possible Luke's turned into a total voyeur who likes watching Noah jerk himself off with a dildo up his ass. Or something. :)

-- I have to go to work tonight. ARRRGH.

-- I want to say I'm going to be able to NaNo in December, but it all depends on whether or not I can finally get up off my ass and find somebody (God, ANYBODY) to pay for my college classes and get my ass to a doctor to get myself all medicated up (which means getting a new ID card for my insurance because I can't find it -- did I mention I never ever go to a doctor 'cause I'm stupid?).

-- Unsurprisingly, which is probably why I don't think I've mentioned it yet, I support the writers' strike. One of the more selfish reasons I think I'm supporting it is because there's a part of me that thinks all of my TV fandoms could use the break. SPN fandom as a whole is either depressing me by nitpicking or hating on everything or pissing me off by getting het up over the stupidest crap. Heroes fandom is complaining about pretty much everything about this season, although the sad thing is that nearly all of the complaints about the writing are warrented. Hell, there's no enthusiasm in nearly any of my television fandoms, with the sole exceptions of Pushing Daisies or Luke/Noah (and that one suffers from pretty much every other storyline on ATWT sucking like a Hoover right now). I just think maybe what we all need is another summer hiatus in, like, February. It's one thing to miss new television episodes in July when it's hot out and there's other stuff to do outside, it's another to miss them in February when you're trapped in the house and don't have much else to entertain you.

-- My internet still blows. Who? You decide! And it's Saturday, so there's nothing I can do about it. Faaaabulous.

EDIT: You know, I'd do that Christmas wishlist meme everybody does every year but there's really only one thing I want for Christmas that's probably outside my budget and it's something like this -- a really nice brand-new down winter coat that's really warm but still kind of lightweight. I have a winter coat, but it's kind of big and puffy on little old me and I still feel a lot like the little brother in A Christmas Story who can't put his arms down even though I've had that coat for years now. And it's not down -- I used to have a down coat that was lighter than my fall coats and yet I was totally comfortable wearing it in February. I miss that coat, damn it. *sadface* (I'm so going to end up spending money I can't afford on that cranberry one, aren't I? *sigh* But ... but it's pretty.)

Comments

[foenix.livejournal.com]

Your internet blows Dean Winchester. I have spoken!

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to get my mom to understand she is not my "fashion consultant" for YEARS now. She's always like, "You can return it!" And I'm like, "for credit at TALBOTS, yes." *facepalm*

Also, I condone and encourage Perm-parazlyzed Luke/Noah fic VERY MUCH.

Particularly that struck out bit.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I keep trying to explain to my mom that thanks to my inevitably empty bank account Christmas is usually when I get most of my new wardrobe for the year and I'd rather pick out my own clothes rather than wear somebody else's guesses about what I'd like to wear, and she's all like, "But if I give you gift certificates, there'll be nothing under the tree!" No, seriously, Mom, you could wrap a bunch of gift certificates in big boxes. I really will not mind at ALL.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

This is why my family quit Christmas. I finally put my foot down about wasting money and time with surprise presents everybody hated. Instead we'd just to the mall and buy yourself one frivolous thing: a couple of books, fancy bath stuff, etc. Now that it's Dad and me, we don't celebrate at all. I don't miss the hassle of having holidays one bit.

[lila-blue-b.livejournal.com]

Sorry to say, I can't help with most of this, but I can tell you this: I'm sure not hatin' on SPN or Heroes... I'm loving SPN to death! And while some things that Kring himself noted were problems have annoyed me, I'm too happy squeeing over Matt and Mohinder to complain much about Heroes... So you're welcome over at my lj anytime you want to read fannish posts that do nothing but squee... also, most people on my flist who watch those two shows aren't really doing all that much complaining either... at least, not that I have noticed... Maybe you need to just hang out at a different part of fandom and get away from people who are being pessimists? I dunno... but in my experience, a change of scene can help sometimes.