My sister and I wrap the stuff we buy ourselves and tag it as being from the other one and put it under the tree. Then we open them with glee and say "It's exactly what I wanted! how ever did you know?" We fool no one, of course, the girls caught on years ago.

I think this year it would go over ESPECIALLY bad, what with my no job having, and my not really looking for work yet. Then there are the other two chairs that I bought for myself, and the outdoor Christmas stuff. Let's say my parents are barely able to keep themselves from being all "what they hell are you doing spending money?!?!?!" And, you know, they may have a point, I just don't wanna see it.

Retail therapy, msbelle? The more I'm stressed, the more I spend money I don't really have.

WHOOT for local copy! AND this way I will come meet you and J and see the bar and ALL THAT! mac is out of school all next week, so I will ask my mom what afternoon she can watch him and we will have a date!

Rock on!

Surgery~ma to Grace.

Does this winter weather just seem unusually cold because we had an overly warm autumn? I don't remember 35° feeling this bone-chilling in years past.

I have original Tron on DVD. It may be moratoriumed right now, but it can be had.

Disney has a long habit of bringing stuff in and out of print (often with a lying "For the LAST TIME!!!!"). I suspect they may do a re-release when Legacy comes out on DVD.

Does this winter weather just seem unusually cold because we had an overly warm autumn?

That's my theory.

eta: Or else I'm getting old and it's time to retire to Florida.

Zen - thing is, I have more money in my account than I ever have. It's just that the income is going to stop in a couple of weeks and there is nothing on the horizon. But people around here are hiring and luckily, like really really luckily, I am not in a place where I need to get a job paying what I was making before. I just need a job within a month or two that will have benefits and at least half of what I was bringing in for the last few months.

Because I am so "nice" when the parents start to lecture I quote Bible verses back to them. Matthew 6:34 is a favorite. I also like to start singing the hymn God Will Take Care Of You.

If you have to use peer pressure from thousands of strangers to ensure a yes

Do you really think the public angle is strongarming? I figure it's showing off, or at most innocuous just amping things up by making a public declaration of the true love.

I'd shoot anyone that did it to me, because it means they'd have read me really wrong--I don't like productions, but peer pressure? That's a really negative read.

I buy myself stuff all the time and don't stop just because it's Christmas. cf above about productions--I'd never wrap it, though, or even wait to use it. It's my stuff. I bought it. I want it now. I don't let December mess with that, even if it's mentally tagged Christmas or birthday present.

I don't want to talk to my boss about the document he had me redact. I'm still pissed. It's minutes of a meeting. You can't just imply shit wasn't said and still call it minutes.

We had the intranet go down yesterday, after the main developer went home. So I was called to troubleshoot. Oy! Intranet just got handed to me a couple months ago, and I don't know shit about it. Luckily I can spot a hung apache tomcat service. Damned shame we had to get the entire IT management involved in restarting it, but at least we didn't have to disturb the developer. That's, like, the first time ever.

Man, I had a sudden strange craving for hot chocolate this morning, and the place? Doesn't sweeten it. Rock.