I'm thinking board games would be a good NYE activity. Board games and bubbly!
We've played Pandemic Legacy (both seasons) for the past two NYEs and I highly recommend this approach!
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2018: The Real Bad Place Was The Friends We Made Along The Way
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering.
Go away, 2018. You have a lot to turn around, 2019. Be a Good Place.
Jessica - Dec 13, 2018 8:23:17 am PST #57 of 131
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
DebetEsse - Dec 13, 2018 9:53:19 am PST #58 of 131
Woe to the fucking wicked.
...bubbly...sigh...
Dana - Dec 13, 2018 1:30:22 pm PST #59 of 131
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I got a box! Fortunately, the contents were not damaged by the brief torrential rain we had this afternoon, which I guess managed to blow rain under the entryway right up to our door.
In order of opening, there was a cute little book, "The Twelve Terrors of Christmas" by John Updike, illustrated by Edward Gorey, some intriguing and useful-looking food wraps from Trader Joe', that take the place of plastic wrap, and a Chocolate Passport with 7 chocolate bars of different origin. And then I found the adorable Christmas sock card, which promises ANOTHER box to come.
My husband picked up the package and said "It's from Becky someone in Sunnyvale, California? Oh, right, BUFFY SUMMERS."
Dana - Dec 13, 2018 1:31:09 pm PST #60 of 131
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And! I forgot to mention the wrapping paper on the chocolate, which was Playbill wrapping paper! I don't even know where one gets such a thing! I should put a picture up on FB.
erikaj - Dec 19, 2018 9:31:43 am PST #61 of 131
Always Anti-fascist!
thanks to those Buffistas who actually sent cards this year...Heather, I forgot to say that was a beautiful pic of you and India. Tep, yeah this is the weather that ALMOST makes living here sort of worth it, but we do think it is cold at night.(Not to you, probably.) I keep thinking I'll send cards again, but I forgot to buy any and I get lots from non-profits that say things like "Happy birthday!" and, thanks to some donations to HIAS, "Mazel Tov." so, look out for those over 2019. congratulations to debet and fam.
amyth - Dec 20, 2018 5:14:55 am PST #62 of 131
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
My Buffista Secret Santa gift arrived, and it is AWESOME! I got it on Monday, and I had had a terrible, very Monday-ish Monday, so it was wonderful to come home to my present--from Jesse!
It included so many things that are basically perfect: a reusable lunch bag that says, "Smash the garlic AND THE PATRIARCHY!", a cool pair of socks that say "Making a fucking difference" on them, a magnet with a vintage picture of a group of people posing after going sledding that says "You have friends and you know it." (Which I have hanging up over my desk at work right now), a ceramic shot glass that says, "My Body, My Choice" on it, a tiny bottle of maple syrup, a ginger-flavored dark chocolate bar ("Wicked Dark"), and some chocolate covered blueberries.
Thank you!!
-t - Dec 20, 2018 5:55:37 am PST #63 of 131
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That all sounds so great! I never have the spoons for the gift exchange but it is so fun to read about.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2018 11:28:07 am PST #64 of 131
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay! And wow, that was fast -- I mailed it on Saturday.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2018 3:13:10 pm PST #65 of 131
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And I came home to a box of treats from NYC!! Amazing-looking hot cocoa, almond cranberry chocolate clusters, fig meyer lemon honey preserve, a lavender candle, AND a Buffy coloring book AND the Hamil-Stitch "Immigrants/We Get the Job Done" print!!!
From return address clues, am assuming it is from Jess. THANK YOU!!
EpicTangent - Dec 20, 2018 3:15:24 pm PST #66 of 131
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Just ordered a couple of other things for my giftee yesterday, so I'm assuming it won't ship until after Christmas. But not as delayed as last year's (sorry again, Jess!)