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/AHEM. .... Right. So I gave Dad his present from me, and it was these velvet boxer shorts with a red hem, that had small bells attached to them... and a long green pointy hat :D Mom and I laughed about that every time he looked at it. I told him, "Now you can't sneak up on Mom!" ... we also told him that he probably shouldn't wear those on the rig :3. For Mom, she opened her Nat King Cole sings Christmas CD :) She was very pleased with it, because she does love Nat King Cole and her favorite time of the year is Christmas. Probably because her father was a tyrant who never let them celebrate. At least that's our excuse for indulging her :)

Now, as for yesterday, I was very pleased with how things went. Aside from the fact that I had to operate Zeiss (my camcorder) and my picture camera, everything was wonderful (it's a legitimate complaint! If you try to operate two mediums, one will ultimately suffer!).

We had tomato gravy and biscuits for breakfast, read the Christmas story like always and then I played "Santa"..... which is an odd term, since I've never believed in Santa <..< Curious... Anyway! Dad went first. I had gotten him some Rocky Mountain thermal clothes and some Rocky Mountain socks. They're made specifically for those who live/work/paly on snow covered mountains. He was thrilled with them, to say the least :) Mom got him a beautiful leather jacket too, and he was very pleased with that (I think it made up for the whole elf boxers the night before :D).

Mom was next. She opened two gifts from me. I got her a small travel bag that holds your make up and bathroom stuffs because I saw her admiring them for a while now. She always thinks it's too vain to get herself one for some odd reason, so I decided to do it for her. And then she opened the win chimes. She was very thrilled with those as she hadn't expected them :) Dad got mom that enormous jewelry box, and at first she was a little skeptical. It doesn't look like there's any room in there, but when you open those doors... you're amazed with it o..o' Dad complained a little, because when we opened the box, we quickly realized that we had to assemble the base of the monster -..- Assembly is the bane of our lives, I swear. But Mom also got a huge crock pot, and she'd been wanting one for ages :)

I had an enormous gift under the tree along with my presents from Reiko. It was a huge tote/suitcase for scrapbook craft stuffs. What was really funny, was when I opened it up to look inside, and there was a K-Mart bag inside with a bag that held 3 men's v-neck shirts! Mom had evidently bought that ages ago and put it there then forgot :3 But other than that, the things was empty and enormous with tons of pockets and pouches. I had fun taking everything I had assembled or collected as crafty stuffs out of the dilapidated cardboard box and putting them into my new ... thingy. I still am not sure what to call it. Craft Suitcase? Needless to say, it's about halfway full :) It weighs a ton too o..o' But I moved on to Reiko's gifts. She got me a very impressive set of dragon-grip daggers, Spirited Away (anything by Miyazaki is worshiped) and ... a pair of abalone crescent moon earrings. It's the thought that counts on the last one, and they are beautiful. I told Mom, since I don't have pierced ears, maybe I can take the charms off the earrings and fit them to a necklace or something. The daggers are freakin sweet too :D I mean, I pulled one out of the box and Mom's eyes got as big as saucers! It was pretty awesome. Over all, it was a really good Christmas.

Today hasn't been too great, for me at least. I'm still not feeling that great, but I've been pushing myself to at least try and be normal. First fir the job interview, then yesterday for Christmas and today we the church's Christmas choir production. Alicia's in Kentucky now, so the only one to help do the sound system is Mom, Brother Sam or Brother Gary.... and Brother Gary and Brother Sam are IN the production... and Mom's sick. So, I just decided to suck it up and go. The choir actually went off really well... the whole thing was nice. Unfortunately we all have to come back tonight, and I have my class to teach =..= It's not that I don't like my class or anything, it's just that I'm really not feeling well. But I'll make myself go tonight, and I'll try to take it easy tomorrow. I was going to go and hand out resumes again tomorrow... but I think I'll wait till Tuesday =..=

I guess that's all for now. I just figured it'd be a good time to update, since I never tweet on Sundays. Plus a lot of stuff had happened :) I guess I'll talk later, Sunshines.

 

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You Should Write in a Journal

Part of what's stressing you out right now is not having all your thoughts sorted out. There's a lot of confusion and chaos going on, and you need to get a handle on it all. And there's no better way to do that than to start writing. At first your journal make not make sense to you, but that's okay. Just writing things down will help you. Over time, you'll find that it's great to have an outlet to think, vent, and dream without judgment. Just make sure to put a lock on that journal!

How Should You De-stress?

Blogthings: Free Quizzes for Everyone

  Hm, I think I will :D  

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.........Oh. I got a call from my Twin! Yeah...it was like...uh...an hour before...uh...I went to see Twilight (for the 3rd time =..=....Shattup!). Anyway! She called to wish me a Merry Christmas. Lots of peoplez has been doing that today >_> hmm. So, we talked for a few minutes while I was waiting for the “Now Seating” light to come on. I got a text from Chibi too wishing me Merry Christmas. I let her know what room we were in. Oh yeah, got a text from Bubba, too; it was a Merry Christmas, so I sent one back “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.” because, yeah I totally over dose on Home Alone. To my surprise, he texted back, “Get down on your knees and tell me you love me. OOPS. Getting ahead of myself there!” or something like that. After I stopped rolling around on the ground, I texted back “ ‘And a Happy New Year’ to you too >_>”. Twas funny.

While Mom and Aunt Batty went to see a movie, I killed time by seeing Twilight, for the third time as I mentioned before. Funny how no matter how many times you watch ‘em, they always end the same :). I was really early for the showing, and I got to talk to Holly, who worked at the Palace before I even got in there. She’s a manager now. It was good to see her again. I know she and Travis still work there, but I think pretty much everyone else I knew there has moved on. The General managers are famous for going there to get fired (as opposed to going there to die). She said they’ve improved their record, because recently they got a GM and he left by way of transfer as opposed to being fired. I suppose you have to start somewhere :D.

....Oh. And Mom bought Aunt Batty a gift, which from what I gather they’d agreed no gifts, so she gave me a scrapbook starter! I was so happy! I had told Mom that I wanted to do a family scrapbook for her, and I just finished one and I wouldn’t know where to start. But this scrapbook actually matches a quilt Aunt Batty had made for Mom, so it kinda goes with her room. So we’ll just take it from there! I’m excited about that now.

I wish we could stay in this room the entire time we’ll be here =..= Oh well. There are things we still have to do. My cell phone needs some serious charging - I turned it off in the movie and when I got out and turned it on to call Mom, the battery was red and empty o..o. I’m tired, but I’m also happy to be here and really enjoying the place (let’s hope that continues). Later, Sunshines!

 

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You Spread Some Holiday Cheer

You do your best to give time, money, and joy during the holidays. You don't always spread cheer to everyone, but you do the best. Unlike most people, you actually spend time reflecting on the meaning of the holidays. And you worry more about doing the right thing than getting the right presents.

Do You Spread Holiday Cheer?

 

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Well, I don’t know how weather is everywhere else, but it’s a bit cold here in Arkansas. We’ve had ice storms off and on for the past couple of days...or just during the night. I took a bunch of pictures today, because a lot of the trees and plants were frosted from the ice. I got a great one of Mom and Dad. There’s not a lot of wind though, so the cold doesn’t bite into you (it just slowly seeps in and stays for a good long while). There is a lot of fog though.

So, with Dad going offshore on the 23rd, our family is having Christmas on the 20th (this Saturday). I can’t wait. Breakfast will be tomato gravey and biscuits (something mommie got started my Mom on ), and then we’ll open gifts and spend the day together. Oh, that reminds me. I need to go in the basement and look through my movies. I need to find the Home Alone series ^..^ Tradition!

Ok, so! According to Mom, we have decided to drive down to Abbeville on the 23rd instead of the 24th like we’d originally planned. That’s the morning my Dad needs to leave for work, and Mom’s afraid if we stay any later, there’s be bad weather and we won’t be able to leave. So, Mom and Dad are going to depart in Dad’s truck, and Aunt Carolyn and I are going to be driving behind them in Sheila (Mom’s car). We’ll be leaving the house around 4 a.m. (seems to be a trend). Google maps has it as 9 hours and 42 minutes away (though it doesn’t give and take for bathroom breaks and food and such), so...Some time after 1 in the afternoon, we should roll into Abbeville...this plan, is slightly flawed as I see it. Firstly, Dad doesn’t need to go to Abbeville. If I remember correctly, he has to be in Pascagoula, MS...which, our rout is the same up until Little Rock, AR...but then it goes two different ways. I dunno. We’ll have to talk about it later. That’s the idea for right now anyway.

For some very odd reason, my check did not get deposited into my account last Friday like I thought it would. This is making me question how many checks I actually have left. I was thinking there’d be at least one left, but since I left half way through one week, I wasn’t sure if there’d be another. Either way, I was pretty certain another would be deposited. The problem now is that I’m running low on money. I’m so glad I got my Christmas shopping done...well, except for Mom, but her Christmas present is a joint effort. I e-mailed Donna at work to ask why the check didn’t get directly deposited into my account and how many I have remaining. I never was good at calculating -..-

Tonight was fun...well, it was at the end. The bible study is always good, but afterwards, Pastor Sam asked me to operate the sound booth. It seems to be my calling, and there’s no use trying to escape it. I was kinda thrown in there immediately upon my first visit. I’m so glad that I actually have experience in the area, otherwise I would’ve felt like a schmo. What I love about these people is that even if you screw up on something, they’re like, “Ah, it don’t matter! You’re doing great!” So...I’m glad that I am doing a great job, but I suppose even if I wasn’t they’d still make me feel good. This Sunday, they’re putting on a play/choir production thingy (of course, about Christmas!), and they wanted to practice it in full tonight. Pastor Sam pulled me in there and instructed me, “Now, the numbers we need are 27, 33, and 44. There’s space between each performance though, so you’ll have to stop it and then go through the entire thing to get to the right number.” So I looked at him kinda funny and said, “Why not just press the pause button?” and he looked at me and then it curiously so I demonstrated by showing him how you could play a bit of music and hit pause (which doubles as the play button) and then skip ahead and not have to go through the whole list, but just starting from the number you were just at. He says, “Huh! Would you look at that!” I looked at him and said, “I’m so much more than just a pretty face.” we laughed at that. So, not only did I manage the sound booth, I taught the pastor a new function of the CD player. Mom had wanted to leave early though , so she was kinda bored. I’d brought my laptop, so I tried to connect it to the internet for her, but the signal was weak. In the end, practice wasn’t long. So we just skedaddled when we could.

...ok, it sounds like a gaggle of teenage girls are outside on the road giggling at a very high, very annoying pitch (the kind that makes dogs and small animals cower?)...I suppose it could be an animal...but...I’ve never heard an animal make that noise (well other than a teenage girl).

Meh...I’m starting to get tired. I suppose I’ll be off to bed then. Goodnight, Sunshines.

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It started when Dad went to open his first gift and it was a shower turban (one of those things you wear to keep your hair up after you shower). Mom had labeled the gift wrong, and that was actually mine. He then got 10 pair of socks from me in so many varied colors. There were 2 pair of red and yellow which was what he wanted, but the rest ranged in colors of cyan, turquoise, purple etc. Mom also got him Obsession for Men, which ensures that he’ll smell good.

Mom got my earrings and necklace and loved it. She loved that. I had to explain that the next gift wasn’t my fault, because it was her gloves, and she’d bought a pair of gloves for herself so…in actually, I bought myself a nice pair of gloves =..= She also got a $100 gift certificate to the mall and the Roomba that Dad got for her.

My gifts were funny because I went to open the first huge box and I said “It’d be really funny if my iPod were in here.” And then I opened the box and…my iPod was in there ^..^ I’ve named my little iPod nanno Urania (Wikipedia that). In the next box was a pair of Bath & Bodyworks Slippers & Robe (softest thing in the word). Then Dad goes outside and carts in this huge 8 x 11 area rug called Bamboo Garden which I’ve only been eyeing since I decided to move into the Nexus. I’d pretty much given up on it, only because I knew I’d never have the money for it. I was pleased ^..^

After that, we packed up and went to my Aunt Tammy’s for a big “Family Christmas”. I’m not really much for big social gatherings, and family gatherings really aren’t much different. So my strategy of finding someone you know you can stick to and stick to them was in play and I just hung around my younger cousin Drewbe for most of the day…Though Tim’s girlfriend was a ton of fun too. It’s always great to see Aunt Tony and Uncle Billy though. They’re really great.

We ended up handing out gifts before eating and I got a super soft blanket from Aunt Carolyn and a pretty picture frame with kanji on the edges from my Aunt Tammy. I don’t remember…oh no, wait. My parents got an iHop gift card, which I’m sure we’ll use ^..^ I don’t remember what every else got, but, I had Zeiss with me, so it’s preserved on DVD forever.

After eating and hanging out for a while, Dad brought me home and returned to play cards. I spent the rest of my afternoon (from about 2:30 to 5:20) charging and setting up Urania. That was aggravating. You try ripping music to iTunes when you have no internet? Yeah, I don’t recommend it. I was lucky only because I had some of the booklets that came with the CDs. But over-all, it was not a fun job. Once I got a system down, it worked out well. But still. Tedious and grulling. Of course now that I have Urania, I want all the accessories that go with iPods. So I’ll probably be looking into iPod products like the speaker systems and arm bands or whatever they have soon enough.

Other than that, nothing’s new. It’s getting to be crunch time at work since the year’s almost over. So I only take minimal brain breaks and only check e-mail and LJ on my lunch break (as opposed to taking brain breaks all the time and checking them whenever I feel like it). Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some lovely Chinese food sitting on my desk. Later, Sunshines.

Your Christmas Sprit Level: 70%

You have a lot of Christmas spirit, and it's evident to most people who know you. You love most things Christmas, and you do your best to make sure everyone has a great holiday. While you like the more commercial aspects of Christmas, you truly know what the spirit of Christmas is about. You're all about giving, being kind, and sharing the spirit of Christmas with everyone you know.

Do You Have the Christmas Spirit?

 

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But Sunday afternoon...I was feeling very very bad. So I went to my room to lay down and maybe listen to music or read or something…I laid down…and did a complete “...OMG...WTF! Quoiquoiquoi?” as I found small dots were crawling on my ceiling/walls. I quickly put my glasses back on, turned on the light and found 8 or 9 ladybugs all over the place. It was by far one of the most bizarre things that had occurred in the Nexus. Don’t get me wrong, I like ladybugs and all, but that doesn’t mean I want a mass migration in my bedroom. I’d seen a ladybug here and there…and I really didn’t think much of it. But this could not be ignored. I swept them off the walls (and they ended up flying off and walking on the walls over my living room, which I’m ok with since I don’t sleep in my living room), but not before I got it on camera. Not that ladybugs photograph well, but at least I still have that as a memory from my first house ^..^

Monday was hard...I just decided to take Midol all day long since my bloody hell week decided to cut short the PMS half of the cycle and save all the hurt up for the few days I am on my cycle. I told the girls at work, thank God for Midol otherwise I would’ve killed them all slowly. But, I made it through. Mom called me half way through the day and asked if I’d meet her at Chili’s for supper. We did, and we had a reasonably good time. Then she told me I had another package, which I was hoping would be the two copies of The Devil Does Exist that I’d bought. They’re late, and I’m anxious to get them in. So after eating we went over to her house and I grabbed my stuff. Turned out it was a gift from my Twin. I was a happy bunny. Of course, now I have more manga to add on to my Manga Wish list @ Amazon =..= Such is life. I called her last night to tell her how excited I was, but all I got was voice mail. And when I leave voice messages I tend to sound like a cereal killer...so I really hope it doesn’t disturb her ^..^ I just thought how funny it’d be if that wasn’t her voice mail, and someone who I had no connection to got that voice mail…especially with the Charlie the Unicorn references at the end there.

I also called Reiko and asked how much it took to fill up her tank, since I offered to pay for her gas if she was too strapped to come to our Christmas party. Turns out she and her boyfriend were looking for an apartment or house in Harahan, but before they could find one, her current roommate freaked out on them and threw her out. So now Reiko’s back with her parents…I, for the life of me, cannot imagine me and my boyfriend living with my parents, but I guess desperate times and all that.

I need more boxes...=..=’

Well, I’m going to work now. See ya’ll later, Sunshines.

In 2007, msmoon resolves to...

Spend less time on tolkien.
Connect with my inner catwoman.
Volunteer to spend time with unicorns.
Tell my family about firefly.
Give some thundercats to charity.
Cut down to ten heroes a day.

Get your own New Year's Resolutions:

 

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