USAIR really, really screws up the Christmas luggage. [link]
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Betsy HP - Dec 25, 2004 3:21:48 pm PST #549 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Pix - Dec 25, 2004 4:05:03 pm PST #550 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
t staggers into thread, weak with laughter
Okay, I now have conclusive proof that Dave and I are 1) lame and 2) geeky.
So we each got each other an iPod for Christmas. I got him what I really wanted--a full-on 40GB iPod good for 10000 songs so he wouldn't never have to worry about sorting through the music he wanted to listen to, etc.
He got me an iPod mini, because he really liked how little and sleek they are, plus he already rates all of his albums song by song, loved the idea of only taking the 400-500 songs he actually listens to, and assumed I'd feel the same.
We both pretended that we really liked our own gift while greedily eyeing each other's.
Finally, I admitted, "I'd kinda like a bigger one."
"Huh," he replied. "I really wanted the mini."
We stared at each other a second. We looked again at the free inscriptions we'd both done for each other on the back of each iPod ("if music be the food of love, play on" on mine; "music in the bedroom, laughter in the hall" on his). It isn't a coincidence that Mac offers free engraving but doesn't allow returns on anything once engraved.
"Do you want to--"
"--Oh thank God, yes."
We traded.
Ah, geeks at Christmas.
Cashmere - Dec 25, 2004 4:13:38 pm PST #551 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
It's as if Steve Jobs wrote The Gift of the Magi.
§ ita § - Dec 25, 2004 4:14:16 pm PST #552 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's so infinitely dorky, Kristin. I like it.
Lilty Cash - Dec 25, 2004 4:15:13 pm PST #553 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Kristin, that is adorable.
amych - Dec 25, 2004 4:17:40 pm PST #554 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
USAIR really, really screws up the Christmas luggage
Note to self: carry-on.
Alibelle - Dec 25, 2004 4:18:52 pm PST #555 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Christmas is totally fun.
We went out yesterday to do some last minute holiday shopping, and therefore we didn't manage to get back home to start the turkey dinner until 6:00. So we started it then, and ended up eating at 1:30 a.m. and it was DELICIOUS. Then we left all our dishes where they were and started ripping into presents at 2:30 a.m. Because it was CHRISTMAS MORNING, LA LA LA LA. So that was awesome. Presents were all good. Everybody liked everything. And my brother really liked the new cologne my mom got him, which is TOTALLY awesome because his old one was kind of way strong, and he was the only one who liked it. Also, I won two free packages of sweetarts when I opened up my roll of sweetarts (that was in my stocking). Which is also awesome. I love sweetarts. Also, I got $50 from my grandparents, and I saw a really pretty pink leather jacket at the mall yesterday for $60. So now I have the fun option of buying that. I love shopping for me.
Today, after having a Benadryl to help end the sneezing I had been doing, and having leftover turkey, I slept most of the day with kitty cats strewn across me. They were exhausted too, after playing with all of their new toys.
So Christmas is very fun.
Lee - Dec 25, 2004 5:06:41 pm PST #556 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yay for fun and for adorable ipod stories!
I think I get to go shopping for a dress tomorrow. That should be fun.
Hil R. - Dec 25, 2004 5:28:36 pm PST #557 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kristin, that's adorable.
I have a sore throat. I've almost totally lost my voice. (Well, I can talk, it just hurts so much that it's not worth the effort.) I'm really hoping this isn't tonsilitis again. I already had it for nearly a month this year -- that's more than enough for about three years.
NoiseDesign - Dec 25, 2004 5:34:03 pm PST #558 of 10002
Our wings are not tired
I'm back in Los Angeles now. I survived the family one more time.
Now I just have to move.