Its Christma$$ eve. What are you doing online?

00:05 / 28.12.04

Seconding the best wishes too, gb.

00:09 / 28.12.04

What the... Why on earth did you get a Playskool plane, I just dont understand. How old are you?

Stoatie, I don't believe that you wouldn't just love matching bibles. Now correct me if I'm wholy wrong, but I did have you in that category.

Similarly, my parents were given a big... I'm not sure what to call it. Like a religious icon on a big hunk of wood, with an embossed silver plate over it featuring the virgin Mary on it, by people who stayed with us, who we hadn't met before. But I'm quite scared; she liked it, and says she'll be finding somewhere for it to go. That isn't the attic or the bin. It's horrendous.

00:13 / 28.12.04

Oh, I did love the matching Bibles. Well, mine, anyway. mono didn't seem quite so impressed and just kept muttering "mad, they're all mad...". They were just a bit weird.

00:14 / 28.12.04

Eh sorry I thought you meant ever.... this year all was good
except for recieving a book of crosswords which was verging on crap for the sole fact that on examining the package I thought I was going to get some interesting absorbing novel.

00:22 / 28.12.04

Ah- I thought your posts were a little advanced for a nine-year-olds.
Keep the cross-word book, and give it to an elderly relative at the next possible occasion.

00:34 / 28.12.04

Put your scary religious artefacts in the room under the stairs and when people annoy you shove them in there to repent it would be very Carrie...

01:39 / 28.12.04

Hey guys! (and gals)

01:44 / 28.12.04

Hey there, Krumpet-Krazy Keggers!

02:18 / 28.12.04

Hello Stoatie! How's things?

02:26 / 28.12.04

Not bad... I was a bit miffed to have to return to work, but there's sod all in the papers tonight, so I should be out fairly early.
Good Christmas?

02:36 / 28.12.04

Not too bad. Christmas at my grandmothers, first xmas since grandpa passed on. Suprisingly only 2 people lost it and had to hide themselves while they regained their composure lest they ruin it for everyone. I was expecting much much worse. Which is pretty good considering there was over 30 people there... and the bickering was kept to evil stares across the room. It was also quite rushed as one relative (and family)had a min. 6 hour drive back to his place.

Also the massive amounts of wine I brought helped quite a bit. Not for them, but after I few I really didnt care

02:37 / 28.12.04

Yours? ( how thoughtless of me not to ask in return) bad canuck!!!! BAD!

02:52 / 28.12.04

Yeah, it was cool. And quite bizarre- lilly's 3-year-old daughter appears to be convinced that she's a reindeer.

02:56 / 28.12.04

lol! Children are just so amazing this time of year.

03:25 / 28.12.04

Yeah, she was very sweet.

03:41 / 28.12.04

Ah well. Merry Christmas, Work Is Over (an hour and a half early... ROCK!!!)- home to bed.

Lilly Nowhere Late

06:00 / 28.12.04

Yes, Lilly's 3-year-old is still working the reindeer angle. Did she tell you what she's convinced Stoatie is? Madeline, naturally.

Hey GingerBop, if yer mum decides to hate the Icon she was given, send it to me. I collect them! They are usually hand crafted by cold old ladies in tiny Siberian villages and then bought up by opportunist travelers for fuck all then resold to collectors for ridiculous amounts of money. I won't buy mine but will only collect the discarded ones. Of course they come from all over the orthodox christian world but the Greeks and Russians seem to be most exploited.
Ultimately they do achieve their purpose which is to spread news of the Virgin. Mary was the real god you know.

ION's, I can't moan about bad gifts, I barely got any! I did receive some nice things, and I'm seriously not complaining, but I've decided that the age must have hit me where I don't get given pressies much anymore.

22:39 / 28.12.04

Who's about, then?

22:44 / 28.12.04

I am though not for long, have train to catch at 7am tommorow so stupidly have put off doing anything until now will probably be loaded down like some kind of pack horse tommorow
and collapse long before I reach the train station in any case. How about you?

22:44 / 28.12.04

Im all about then! Just spent the day bottling my wine... sheer joy.

22:46 / 28.12.04

I'm at work (yawn). Spent the middle of the day watching episodes of Millennium and drinking beer. That was fun.

22:56 / 28.12.04

Seemingly both Chris Carter and Lance Henriksen are eager to make a movie. Although a reprisal of the series would be a much better idea IMO.... fucking loved that show. Hasn't been anything half as good since.

22:59 / 28.12.04

I'm also dreading getting back home. Though these days I'm slightly confused as to where home is- it seems to be either London or Jemimaville, depending on which one I'm not in.

I will have lots of clothes, some presenty type things, my unicycle and a toaster. How the hell do you carry a unicycle at the same time as a very large bag or two? Over the shoulder?

23:08 / 28.12.04

Heh. I had exactly the same problem (the unicycle one) when I was moving house bit by bit.
Try to resist the urge to disembowel all the passersby who suggest you should ride the thing while carrying all your stuff.

And yes, a Millennium movie, or new series, or anything would be fucking ace. (I've still yet to see Season Three- I'm working my way through Two at the moment, and really looking forward to seeing that big Patti Smith-soundtracked plague finale again.)

Sekhmet

01:33 / 29.12.04

Well, I am home from the whirlwind Tour de Relatives, and reveling in the fact that I don't have to return to work till after New Year's. Stew in thy jealous juices, ye merry gentlefolk.

And I have discovered the best remedy for a hyperactive puppy: an eleven-year-old girl. I think the poor critter will be sleeping for the next 48 hours or so. I've never seen so much running and jumping about outside of an Olympic event.

01:48 / 29.12.04

Ahh! Puppies. I love puppies.

01:59 / 29.12.04

Ah, puppies. Also, kittens.

Kittings!

I am in shock after a third solid day of sales shopping. This ends here. How's everyone?

Brigade du jour

02:06 / 29.12.04

Bored thanks!

Just sitting around here at work with nothing to do until the late edition newspapers arrive. At which point I shall probably find nothing of great interest to the Foreign Office so I may as well go home now, really. You?

02:12 / 29.12.04

Sleepy, but my throat is sore, which is keeping me awake. Bit of a pain in the tits, all round. Pondering what to do on New Year's... will you be working? I'm not sure that New Year's Eve parties aren't overrated somewhat, and after the success of the non-family, non-Christmas Christmas I'm feeling homebodyish...

02:25 / 29.12.04

Generally I find Christmas far more over-rated than hogmanay. Saying that, I don't have a clue where I'm going.

I am similarly bored just now, but I was only awake for about 4 hours yesterday, so am paying for it today.

02:33 / 29.12.04

Ah, whereas I was only asleep for about 4 hours, and it looks like I shall be repeating this...

Sekhmet

02:38 / 29.12.04

Hallo all. Sorry about the sore throat, Haus; I hate that feeling.

Puppyskins is passed out at my feet and I am bothering him. He wants to sleep, but he's so adorable I can't stop petting on his wee tummy and ears. Well, not so wee anymore; he's five months now, and being mostly Lab he's a good size already. But still fuzzy and sweet.

And he snores when he sleeps.

I may die of cuteness.

02:38 / 29.12.04

I'll be working New Year's... which sucks. Trying to find somewhere to go drinking in the morning AFTER work is turning out to be something of a nightmare...

02:43 / 29.12.04

I so want a puppy. buuut... I couldn't get one living where I live now, and I'm still missing my last dog too much for it to be anything other than a headfuck. Sigh.