PIE!!
(did you buy me any?)
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
Lee - Dec 25, 2005 6:55:20 am PST #4957 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jessica - Dec 25, 2005 6:55:40 am PST #4958 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Today, I have shot my friends' cat (they're out of town, the cat is diabetic)
Note to self, read entire sentence.
The post office drama, for those who have been following, has come to a close! I take back everything bad I said about them yesterday, because the mailman just came by to deliver a package. On a Sunday. Which is also Christmas.
It wasn't my Buffista Secret Santa gift, as I'd assumed, but a present from my grandparents who own an antiquarian bookshop. They got me a 1942 Boston Cooking School Cookbook, which is perfect. It's not a first edition, obviously, but it's in near-perfect condition, and I love it so so so so much. (I collect old cookbooks, and this one's hard to find in good condition. The reprints, yes, but not old ones like this.)
So anyway, that's my happy Christmas story. I hope that all Buffistas are having as wonderful a day!
Topic!Cindy - Dec 25, 2005 7:00:00 am PST #4959 of 10002
What is even happening?
The post office drama, for those who have been following, has come to a close! I take back everything bad I said about them yesterday, because the mailman just came by to deliver a package. On a Sunday. Which is also Christmas.
Oh my word. Yes, Jessica, there is a Santa Claus.
amych - Dec 25, 2005 7:02:46 am PST #4960 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hooray for beyond-the-call-of-duty mailmen! That sounds wonderful.
We are slounging, and may at some point get dressed. Have talked to both families (who called within seconds of each other. I think they plan these things.) My major accomplishment of the morning: taking the roast out of fridge so that it can reach room temperature. FEAR ME.
Happy Chrismukkah, all!
Jessica - Dec 25, 2005 7:02:53 am PST #4961 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(I mean, this being New York, chances are good that he's not Christian, but still. Wow.)
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)
amych - Dec 25, 2005 7:05:12 am PST #4962 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(I mean, this being New York, chances are good that he's not Christian, but still. Wow.)
I suspect it would still be his day off, if he were inclined to take it!
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)
In a more or less pagan way, yeah.
§ ita § - Dec 25, 2005 7:05:25 am PST #4963 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Last year I got a Christmas Day delivery from a postal worker, and was suitably gobsmacked. She cheerily told me she was getting double or triple pay (it was a year ago, I don't remember) and didn't seem the least bit put out.
The lines are tied up to Jamaica, so can't get through to Daddy. Will sip coffee instead.
Perkins--I can grab you some pies if you want. I wasn't thinking yesterday.
Jessica - Dec 25, 2005 7:11:07 am PST #4964 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In a more or less pagan way, yeah.
He's Christian now. Like the tree.
I also must squee a little about the card that came with the gift, which is a Christmas card (lovely -- white with a three-tree cutout design) with "Happy Hannukah!" handwritten across the front. On the back, my grandparents added "PS- Sorry for the mixed messages."
They're so cute.
amych - Dec 25, 2005 7:12:36 am PST #4965 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
They are very cute. Can I adopt your grandparents? I'm clean out.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 25, 2005 7:13:32 am PST #4966 of 10002
What is even happening?
(I mean, this being New York, chances are good that he's not Christian, but still. Wow.)
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)A tiny (or not so) Jewish Santa. In the flesh. Under clothing, of course.
In a more or less pagan way, yeah.How so? I'm not Catholic, so I don't have much experience in hagiography, but I'd never heard this. I know many/most of the Christmas traditions of Europe were first part of the celebration of solstice, but as far as I knew, Nicholas is a Christian saint.