Santa the Sadist.Ha.
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2005: the Year of the Penguin
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2005? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
erikaj - Dec 16, 2005 11:15:40 am PST #75 of 506
Always Anti-fascist!
deborah grabien - Dec 16, 2005 2:53:27 pm PST #76 of 506
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Huh.
Like - I think it was Consuela - I feel I'm barely around enough to qualify, but hell, this is writing and that's where I live, and so, well, yeah.
Interesting year. Mostly thanking the cosmos for creativity, an upsurge thereof, specifically the sudden hole in the fabric of my memory that allowed me to begin writing the books I really needed to write, the Kinkaid Chronicles. I began the first one - Rock & Roll Never Forgets - at the end of May, and finished it a month later. While My Guitar Gently Weeps was done a month after that. Book three, London Calling, should be done by New Years. And I finished the fourth book in the current series for my publisher.
We've had a static year in a lot of ways, and a very good year in some ways. Mostly, I've hated the amount of grief that so many of the people I care about - and that includes many people reading this post - have gone through this year.
May 2006 bring a shift in the wind, things better and new to all of you, more joy, more calm, more movement of the best kind.
askye - Dec 16, 2005 5:24:25 pm PST #77 of 506
Thrive to spite them
I got an email from the Post Office about a package coming my way. I didn't recognize the name so I'm going to assume it was my Buffista Secret Santa.
However, when I went to track the package it's listed as misdirected. The email notification had my correct address so I don't know what happened. Hopefully the package will make it back to my Santa.
Theodosia - Dec 17, 2005 4:14:01 am PST #78 of 506
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
How frustrating!
I should be able to dispatch my Secret Santa package today, Monday at latest, depending on what cool stuff I can find in Davis Square.
quester - Dec 17, 2005 4:53:08 am PST #79 of 506
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh dear, askye! did they have any info on how it was misdirected?
I just checked the website and it says it has been corrected.
And, yes, I just outed myself as your seekret santa!
Laura - Dec 17, 2005 5:14:49 am PST #80 of 506
Our wings are not tired.
And the drama unfolds.
The nice man at the post office assured me that the priority box should arrive at the destination Monday or Tuesday. Whee!
Anne W. - Dec 17, 2005 5:22:36 am PST #81 of 506
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
My person should get his/her gift any time now, or so I hope, since packages I sent out at the same time have started reaching their destinations.
Lilty Cash - Dec 17, 2005 5:23:13 am PST #82 of 506
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Oh, I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one who is still mailing packages. Mine should absolutely be in the mail by Monday, but if Snooty Post Office Lady is right, it may not make it in time. (Although last year, mine made it very far away in less time than I thought it would take.)
beth b - Dec 17, 2005 9:16:20 am PST #83 of 506
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Acc'ing to the post office website - the 21st is still good for priority mail.
libkitty - Dec 17, 2005 9:31:10 am PST #84 of 506
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
the 21st is still good for priority mail.
Whew. I wonder if that counts for Alaska.