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16 years ago
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Well, finally got set up in my new space. Most of my stuff went either into storage, or given away (although I still seem to have a butt-load of stuff), but I've got all my preciousess here...mostly in boxes...
It's going to be another tough adjustment, but I've been having to undergo a lot of those all this year, and this certainly isn't the worst of them.
Either way, I seem to have missed Christmas. I'm not really a huge Christmas person, but I usually get touched by the "Xmas Spirit" at least once each year, even if it's only on the morning itself. But this year it seems to have totally passed me by. Undoubtedly due at least in part by the urgent need to move my possessions, and all the hassle that goes along with it.
I'm kind of bummed, but all other things considered, I think I had a pretty good Xmas even without "the spirit of Christmas living through me".
I didn't get quite what I wanted this year (a replacement to my "Ring of Barahir", which has been missing for nearly a year), but I did get something I very much wanted - "The Children of Hurin" - which is one of the last Tolkien books I don't already have.
My other gifts seemed somewhat...symbolic... A new dress shirt so I can "look good during interviews" and, most mysteriously, superman pajamas...
My first reaction upon opening the package was bewilderment. I looked to my mother who asked what it was (she of course already knew) and I showed it to her. She "oooo"ed in mock delight, but the look on my face must have been enough to tell her that I was less then thrilled.
"Do you like it?"
I hesitated.
"Well..." I struggled for a way to break it to her "I never was a big fan of superman..."
I'm still completely mystified as to how she got the idea that superman PJs would make a great gift for me. I generally dislike most Marvel/DC superheroes and don't watch the movies, or even talk about them. Perhaps it was a suggestion gone wrong?
In any case, I now have a decent dress shirt (which I will make good use of), a copy of the new Tolkien book (definitely going to be made use of), and a new set of PJs (I'll still be using my robe).
D.O.P.R
It's going to be another tough adjustment, but I've been having to undergo a lot of those all this year, and this certainly isn't the worst of them.
Either way, I seem to have missed Christmas. I'm not really a huge Christmas person, but I usually get touched by the "Xmas Spirit" at least once each year, even if it's only on the morning itself. But this year it seems to have totally passed me by. Undoubtedly due at least in part by the urgent need to move my possessions, and all the hassle that goes along with it.
I'm kind of bummed, but all other things considered, I think I had a pretty good Xmas even without "the spirit of Christmas living through me".
I didn't get quite what I wanted this year (a replacement to my "Ring of Barahir", which has been missing for nearly a year), but I did get something I very much wanted - "The Children of Hurin" - which is one of the last Tolkien books I don't already have.
My other gifts seemed somewhat...symbolic... A new dress shirt so I can "look good during interviews" and, most mysteriously, superman pajamas...
My first reaction upon opening the package was bewilderment. I looked to my mother who asked what it was (she of course already knew) and I showed it to her. She "oooo"ed in mock delight, but the look on my face must have been enough to tell her that I was less then thrilled.
"Do you like it?"
I hesitated.
"Well..." I struggled for a way to break it to her "I never was a big fan of superman..."
I'm still completely mystified as to how she got the idea that superman PJs would make a great gift for me. I generally dislike most Marvel/DC superheroes and don't watch the movies, or even talk about them. Perhaps it was a suggestion gone wrong?
In any case, I now have a decent dress shirt (which I will make good use of), a copy of the new Tolkien book (definitely going to be made use of), and a new set of PJs (I'll still be using my robe).
D.O.P.R
D.O.P.R
D.O.P.R
Warm thoughts happily accepted and returned!