I'm abt to hop in one SUV and ride over to see my dad's family in Lancaster County which will be nice
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
wassup ya'll from south jerz― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño(dayo), Sunday, December 25, 20111:58 PM (1 hour ago) BookmarkPermalink― Stevie :-D , Sunday, December 25,2011 10:18 AM (41 minutes ago)Bookmark Permalink
― the lubbock babes, Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
Hey Pineys, want to grab a coffee tomorrow?
― the lubbock babes, Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
At home now, w/ Redd-in-laws in situ, but will check in legitimately from my sister's later.
― zat you, wrinklepaws? (James Redd), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
dad's operation means no biscuits & sausage gravy. Brother is cooking breakfast burritos instead as my younger nephew is verifying the suggested age range on a box of Legos.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
My son and I ate at our fave Pakistani kabob place in Virginia for Christmas Eve/5th night of Chanukah, and today we're going to my folks over in Maryland for a Jewish Christmas of a movie (Mission Impossible) and then Chinese Food.
― Another Suburbanite, Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
I do! But I'm back in the 215 tomorrow :-( anyone wanna come hang out wiff me in PHL?
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
lex: yes!
we're not eating xmas dinner until 8pm or so - i have done all the veg-chopping required of me and am hanging out in my old room poking idly at python, which seems to have become a christmas tradition (i guess it's replaced jigsaw puzzles as 'complicated and engrossing thing i normally don't have time to do'). so glad my family think of holidays as a time to read books in different rooms of the same house.
― paid, famous and sad (c sharp major), Sunday, 25 December 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
White republican NRA hunting-ass uncle making Ebonics jokes LOOOOL BLACK PEOPLE ARE SUCH ANIMALS LOOOOL
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Stevie, if you ever need help disposing of a dead relative, you can call us 24/7. We'll even help you clean up afterwards. :-)
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
My family's stupidity has thankfully been relegated to not understanding why I'm a vegetarian and my dad asking me why I didn't love Jesus. @_@
― tanuki, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
60% of the household currently consisting of eight humans and two dogs are zonked out for Christmas naps.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Na he always gets me iTunes gift cards that I load up on new apps with.
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
north jersey, bored out of skull
my parents have said "you mean you DON'T own a TV?!?!" at least three times so far
― silvana mangano, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
have been given a crock pot : /
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
cmon, no shame in a crock pot.
i got all of my holiday visiting done over the last week or so during a series of road trips, and now i can do whatever i want today because i have already visited everyone and had every holiday conversation i need to have. today i will cook, eat, drink, read, and chill. at home.
― league of women voters, Sunday, 25 December 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh i am not ashamed of a crock pot; it just seems like the sort of thing that i will never use, ultimately leading to disappointed expressions on maternal faces
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Turning a crockpot to good use takes grit and determination. The nice thing is that you can have supper waiting for you at the end of the day. The bad part is that is just shifts the food prep to a different time, instead of making it any easier.
Try making soup. Soup is the miracle food of winter.
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Crockpots are excellent for mulled wine and keeping a vat of hot chocolate at just the right temperature - ladle it out into a mug preloaded with rum/peppermint schnapps/Baileys/kahlua/etc. I also have made apple butter in mine, though it admittedly took days and days.
We opened presents last night at the assisted living place where MIL resides and am seeing the grandspawn into hyperdrive currently. Interspersed with long phone calls to everywhere. My ear hurts.
― jaq, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
My gut tells me mookieproof isn't a big purveyor of mulled wine.
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
It's so hard to tell on the internets. Nacho cheese and bean dips too, but a crockpot-full is a lot of dip.
― jaq, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, December 25, 2011 7:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
lol my racisty uncle bought me grindr premium
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
where are you at judith, i can never work out where you're from
― Never translate German (schlump), Sunday, December 25, 2011 1:22 PM (4 hours ago)
recently im in london but home with the parents is ireland
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Na he always gets me iTunes gift cards that I load up on new apps with.― Stevie :-D, Sunday, December 25, 2011 7:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmarklol my racisty uncle bought me grindr premium
He did not
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait you were making a funny! NEVERMIND
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 25 December 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
haha i actually like mulled wine, but i don't suppose i purvey it, no
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 December 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
friends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> family
the 27th, when i return, seems so far away
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 25 December 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i might need to have my sister killed
― judith, Sunday, 25 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
We all stayed in separate rooms surfing the internet/watching TV.
― More hoes than Alan Titchmarsh. Yes folks, it's the s-dog, AKA (snoball), Sunday, 25 December 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Have not been to any relatives' "house" during the relatively (haha) minor Jewish holiday, but will go to the parents' for regular family dinner tonight. This will involve approximately 13-17 minutes of walking in each direction. I have some confidence that an Ansel Adams wall calendar will be waiting for me. There may also be jokes and/or grumbling about one or more Republicans, and discussion of theatre and other performing arts in New York and/or London. As it is not baseball season, no television will be watched. Any computer issues will be mine and resolved by my Dad.
― illegal crew member (C.K. Dexter Holland), Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Decided against a two-hour trip each way to spend time with my mother and her husband and my grandparents (they're not old and I'll see them later this week so I don't feel bad), stayed in all afternoon by myself reading and listening to music, then my brother got out of work early so he came over and got a bit drunk, now vegging out with the telly on and a bag of chocolate - this has been the best, most stress-free Xmas ever, definitely doing this every year from now on.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
waiting out niece's latest tantrum/meltdown (imaginary friend won't let her snuggle with Dumbo)
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
imaginary friend needs to be shot imo
― sean doily, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
captain morgan + eggnog is making things rather more tolerable
― tanuki, Sunday, 25 December 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Made an ocarina. Concerned about low level of booze consumption today. Half-attempting to watch Watchmen but I think I may give up.
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Sunday, 25 December 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
mookieproof I will trade you a block of scrapple (my parents sent me six blocks of scrapple for Christmas) for your crockpot.
We stayed in Chicago. Jesse is here. Pork roast is out of the oven and Brussels sprouts and potatoes are in process. I always miss my family when we don't travel for the holidays, but I would be pretty bored and wishing fervently to be back in Chicago if I were there so.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Sunday, 25 December 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
I got bad indigestion from my aunt's casserole; I just crop-dusted the living room three times until my crazy uncle left, :D
― remy bean in exile, Sunday, 25 December 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
my mom called me on the phone 2 say bad santa was on comedy central
― j crunchwrap supreme, Monday, 26 December 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
we're watching a kirk cameron movie about how terrible it is to get divorced on CMT.
yaaaaaaaaaaaay!
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
my mom suggested that we watch roseanne instead...it actually convinced dad!
FUCK YEAH MOM
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
Ya I was wondrin' abt you dude. Is it just you 3 again?
― Stevie :-D, Monday, 26 December 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
yep, we are hanging out. luckily it's everyone's bedtime in about 30 minutes so we should be in good shape then.
i saw you got a $100 gift certificate to a bike shop. that's pretty awesome! what are you going to get?
― Z S, Monday, 26 December 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
That is a good question! I already got the pedals and foot straps I wanted secondhand from a friend, so I'm getting new handlebar tape and idk what else. Rear cargo rack maybe? STEVIE D ARE NOW FIELDING SUGGESTIONS
― Stevie :-D, Monday, 26 December 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
I stayed home alone for the first xmas in aaaages and Im really glad I did. LOL Melb actually had a white xmas day, cuz the city was hit with a MASSIVE FUCKOFF HAILSTORM that destroyed cars, flooded ppls houses, total crazyness.
― Leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. (Trayce), Monday, 26 December 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
Hardcore Pawn is on the tv, which is much more of a horribly classist show than I remember.
5-year-old nephew is practicing his reading Dick & Jane aloud and doing a good job.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Monday, 26 December 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
bout to celebrate jewish christmas w/some friends: dim sum and a movie, baller
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, December 25, 2011 9:16 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
12 hours later, it was a magical christmas
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 26 December 2011 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
feeling u
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Monday, 26 December 2011 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
it was p epic, somehow snaked a table at sold out dim sum, mi5 ghost protocol, nachos and my 1st glance of the new nba season accidentally walked into weirdly packed green bay bar, unprovoked near bar fight, champagne, japanese home cooking, drinking at all venues of course, and now for real nba action, thank you santa
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 26 December 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
Home in MI, went to coooold beach yest w brother to drink beer and look at rolling green waves and tossing beach grass and dunes and trees in touch of setting sunlight. That sight is good for what ails ya.
Today was mega-dose of family, plumb tuckered out now. Wine, beer, ilx, freezing hands from smoking outside.
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Monday, 26 December 2011 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
My dad totally ate my raw kale salad, biggest score of week tbh!!
― OH GNUS (Pyth), Monday, 26 December 2011 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
Went to the Oak Ridge Museum of Science & Industry with Mom. Neat place, but you could tell it was last updated in the mid-90s. Renewables were seriously underrepresented tho they had a big ol exhibit about coal.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
That may have more to do with the funders than how au courant it is.
― illegal crew member (C.K. Dexter Holland), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah. On our last (first and only) trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in 2006 or so there was a brand new exhibit about coal! Is awesome! Forever!
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
And there was a little exhibit about solar energy that was mostly broken so you'd try to light the bulb with solar energy and it would barely work or not work at all while AWESOME COAL ALWAYS was huge and shiny and function and you could ride in a bulldozer.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
MOSAI is precisely what I had in mind.
― illegal crew member (C.K. Dexter Holland), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
i'm out! (well, i'm ion a train)
my mom had me install voice recognition software on her computer before i left. i thought it was going to be for learning a language, but no -- it's just to control the computer, because mouse/keyboard is apparently too inefficient. so *next* year when she's trying to print out my address, she'll have a telemarketer headphone set on and be yelling PRINT MOOKIE'S ADDRESS at her computer.
also i learned that the main reason she still has a landline is that she's afraid she wouldn't be able to find her cellphone at any given moment. given the state of her house, this is a very reasonable concern.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
I am glad you are free!
― Nicole, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
i am envious. i am getting mad cabin fever. twenty minutes after arriving late on christmas eve, my sister (who i haven't seen in almost two years and who barely "hi" when i came in the door) turned up the volume on the television as i told my mam about my journey home. she was watching a michael bublé christmas special.
― judith, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
is this the macbook air sister or the other one?
― nebneb cherry's ruffalo stance (sarahel), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
the other one
― judith, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
the macbook air sister is generally a delight
smoked bowls and walked around
http://photos2.crosscountryadventures.us/albums/2010/July/6_canyonlands/IMG_6447.jpg
― nuhnuhnuh, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
bought this book:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416SNAW7R6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― nuhnuhnuh, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
Wow. That's the Needles, I presume? Chesler Park?
― illegal crew member (C.K. Dexter Holland), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
Where is the thread for checking in from your own residence which has been commandeered by occupying holiday forces?
― zat you, wrinklepaws? (James Redd), Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
it got Occupied
― William (C), Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
james redd and the hungry holidaying blecchs.
― estela, Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
They are all so happy, so full of holiday cheer. Trying to restrain myself after the umpteenth adjectival use of "pretty," prohibited by my sixth grade schoolteacher, is some serious I, Robot wrestling, interiorwise
― P-Moose (Wants To Get Moosed Up) (James Redd), Thursday, 29 December 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link