Lunatics and Princesses

Gacked from kcountess:

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Wrapping paper. I like to wrap boxes.

2. Real or Artificial tree?

Real! Always real. They smell sooooooooo good. And Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without dad shaving the stump down to the size of the holder, cursing the whole time and getting pine chips all over the living room, and then taking a nap in the middle of it all.

3. When do you put up the tree?

We're pretty traditional, and actually put up and decorate our tree on Christmas Eve, though we might get it a week before (it stays out behind the garage.)

4. When do you take the tree down?

On Ephiphany, January 6th.

5. Do you like Eggnog?

Yes I do. Mmmmmm.

6. Favorite Gift you received as a child?

My first good pair of skates, and a late season Sailor Moon subbed tape. I cried for a while that morning, I was so happy.

7. Do you have a nativity scene?

Yep. And all the grass is slowly falling off of it. The weird thing is that we don't put baby Jesus in it until Christmas morning ("Santa" puts him there.) All through Advent, Jesus lives in my mother's china cabinet, in front of the salmon platter.

8. Hardest person to buy for?

Everyone.

9. Easiest person to buy for?

Everyone.

10. Worst Christmas gift ever received

Never got one I didn't like or wasn't grateful for!

11. Christmas Cards?

I'm awful with them. It makes me hate myself.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?

Dogma, Shaun of the Dead, and Big Trouble in Little China are old favorites. Of course, they're not Christmas per se, but they're what my family watches on Christmas. I'd also have to go with Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. SHEER WIN.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?

*sheepishly* Christmas Eve.

14. Have you ever "recycled" a Christmas present?

Nope!

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?

Chinese food! and marzipan.

16. Clear lights or colored or both on the tree?

I like clear or gold-tone lights, but my mother loves colored ones, so we have those on the tree every year. Not my favorite, but whatever. They're still pretty :)

17. Favorite Christmas Song?

All the old standbys. The Christmas Song, O Holy Night (Nsync acapella version WHEE!), the entire Nutcracker Suite, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays (more Nsync...)

Although, I would like to state for the record that I HATE HATE HATE Bruce Springsteen's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and "Christmas in Killarney".

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?

Our family is all far away, so we've never really traveled to see them at Christmas. Now I've gotten used to being home and not going anywhere other than the Chinese buffet or the movies on Christmas.

19. Can you name Santa's Reindeer?

Bah.

20. Do you have an Angel or a Star on top of your tree?

We have a Puerto Rican star. It's pretty nutsy. I'll try to post pics of it this year.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?

One present (pajamas or an ornament for the tree) on Christmas Eve, and the rest in the morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?

Crass commercialization. I want a Green Gables Christmas, dammit!

23. Favorite Christmas tradition?

Until this year it's been Chinese food and zombie movies, but this year we're giving up presents, so I'm going to go ahead and say that :)

24. Family member you always try to stay away from during the holidays?

None!

25. Do you attend any actual religious services in celebration?

We go to midnight mass every year.

Step One: Make a post to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 GEEKY holiday wishes; the wishes can be anything at all, from simple ("I want a fanfic!") to medium ("I want toys!") to really big. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want. If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or the MaccaBee, or your secret special friend) could get in touch with you. Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two: Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part: If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not; it's your call! There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just... Wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special...

My wishlist:

1) I would love for anyone that's layout savvy to make my moodtheme work.
2) Feather (that's me) x Sephiroth fanart?
3) Icons!
4) Life-size Sephiroth
5) For you to leave something you'd like from me in the comments :D

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Been gone for a while. School is hella busy. In fact, I have a final in a few hours that totally snuck up on me. Like, I-didn't-know-about-it-till-Tuesday snuck up on me.

Apparently snuck is not a word.

Also just rocked out at a Latin test. Latin has been tricky as hell, and we thought that today's test was going to be awful, since it covered chapters 11-15, and we only tackled 15 on Monday. It really wasn't, though- this was probably because the passage we had to translate was about Achilles, and I know the Trojan War like the back of my hand.

I have to write a ten page paper on Friday, and then another one on Sunday. Bleargh.


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What else has been going on?


Turned 25. Ate some cake.

Going to the semiformal tonight. Will eat some cake?

Final later on. Will not be cake.


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I've dedicated my life to cosplay.

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I've decided to admit that I like Christmas. I like it a lot. I can't wait to get home, put the lights up, and bake some motherfucking cookies.

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If this final was on Sephiroth prOn, I would totally ace it.


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Yeah. Merry whateverthehell.

I'm so on the verge of being completely fucked right now.

COMPLETELY. FUCKED.

Meh. No time to update, really, plus I hate typing anything here at the office. It's cold and uncomfortable and I can't keep my thoughts straight.

New Years was alot more fun than I thought it was going to be, since I wound up staying home. Andy came over, and Kelsey and I blasted hip hop since Dad wasn't there. Then we blasted Chicago after he got home, and he didn't complain about it! Also, we did some reels around the kitchen. And tried to teach Andy to dance. And watched Resident Evil 2. Danced some more, ate party nibbly food stuff, and drank champagne (I made mom get the Veuve Cliquot, and it was great. Mmmm. I love champagne, kthnxbai.)

Yesterday was alot of fun, too. Kelsey and I went to go see Phantom. Second time for me- I am so buying that when it comes out.

Karen. I totally, totally agree with you. My little problems with the movie were less problems than little snerks.

"Wow! Christine, how did you get on that much dark eye shadow in two twists of the hallway???"

I. Love. Mme. Giry.

And Carlotta rocks my world. "BYEBYE!!!" lol. I have got to get me some Carlotta icons.

I'm going to review it better when I have more time.

Andy came over last night, too, and we watched Shaun of the Dead while we ate dinner. That is one of the best movies I've seen in a while. In fact, I think Mom and Dad are going to go out an buy it. Heheh. Heart zombies.

Notes to myself:
Today: David
Tomorrow: Daniel
At some point: Tom, Oliver
Call the Alicias, GA re: pics
Write down ideas etc. for Umeka-san re: ochaya

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- re: ochaya *squees*

Scan Bree's thingamajig

...although not intentionally. I guess it's really because I'm wearing this black button up shirt that I just bought that really seems like something she would or has worn before. However, squinting at the computer screen and getting fed up with humanity in general are also adding to the Sara-ness.

(Can you tell I've finally finished my Christmas shopping?)

Spent horrendous amounts of money. I hate Christmas because the way my bank account balance gets cut in half in one fell swoop always makes me sick to my stomach. Which wasn't helping things generally, since I've been really sick the past couple of days with this horrible stomach virus. Bleargh.

So, yeah, hi, I'm really kind of poor, even though another four hundred dollars hits my account tomorrow from my TAP check. However, most of that money is off limits, since it's for books and what have you.

Also, I have a new Christmas tradition. I like to call it the "Feather Writing Her Christmas Cards and Sending Them Out On The 26th Of December" tradition. I'm sure that all of you brilliant flist people can figure out how that one works. It's going to be a big hit, right along with the "Getting Chinese Food On Christmas Because No One Feels Like Cooking This Year" tradition, and the "Going To Go See A Movie On Christmas Day Since Heather Figured Out That The Movie Theaters Are Open That Day And There's Nothing Else To Do" tradition.

Anyway, I'm probably not going to be able to get on until after Christmas, so Merry Whateverthehell. I hope Grissom comes down your chimneys and leaves lots of Luminol in you stockings. Or whatever toys you wish for the most.

Peace, Love, and all that. Happy Thistimeoftheyear!

Note to self: Coheed and Cambria. Because Shayna used to play it on the way home from work, and I really liked it, but forgot about it until now.

( A Favor House Atlantic )

“Yee-haw and Merry Fucking Christmas.” ~ Joanie

Merry Christmas and all that jazz. I hope you all got lots of stuff, and ate lots of stuff that you didn’t need to eat, and then went to the movies since that’s the only thing left to do, unless you’re at a family reunion-type holiday thing, in which case you’re probably arguing with someone or other.

The last week and half or so has been somewhat overwhelming. So I’m going to tell you all about it, except backwards from today, since I just want to shout from the rooftops that I am now the proud owner of a Legolas T-Shirt.

There’s something very gratifying about having an androgynous, sexy, beautiful elf with an admirable grasp of the obvious plastered across your boobs. It says something. Something like “I am a fangirl.” *squees* (see also: “I am a dork.”)

We all made out like bandits this year. I got two new sweatshirts and a sweater that’s kind of bizzare but really pretty. It reminds me kind of what the women in Minas Tirith were wearing. Dad picked it out for me when we were getting Mom’s present last night at TJ Maxx. I tried it on while I was wrapping it and it looks pretty good.

Nana got me a Jester hat to wear to the Gathering in Toronto. Never mind that it was last week. Mom told her that I was going as an elf, and she’s all, “Yes! It’s the perfect elf hat! But there’s no bells on it.” Lol. She also made my sister and I a scrapbook of our entire lives to date, which is really cool; there’s lots of pictures in there that I haven’t seen before, and she adds in little comments underneath the pictures like, “Why did they put the flowers in my best pot?”

*dances around happily* But the best present I got was a gift certificate for my bow! Kelsey actually got hers this morning under the tree, but they only had one in stock so I have to wait a week to get mine. Dad won’t let us get the arrows until spring, though, since he doesn’t want anyone getting maimed. *dances again* I am SO EXCITED!!!!

That was all this morning, which began by Kelsey screaming in my ear and waving her bow in my face.

Last night was kind of delusional. We decided to skip church and just stay home instead. Mom started reading that passage out of the Bible that she does every year that we stay home, with the glory unto you blah blah blah except she was using the stupid Good News Bible. So the story was simplified to the point of, “Mary was pregnant. They went to Bethlehem to be taxed. The Angel scared the shepherds. Blah blah, woof woof.” It was incredebly stupid, and we were all cracking up, so Mom finally got the other Bible and read out of that. Rockin’ with the fancy language. Verily I beseech thee, show me the way to Camillus.

Before that I fell asleep during the Nutcracker. I managed to stay awake through most of it, but the Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux is really kind of tedious. She just does the same thing over and over again to really slow music. The next thing I know Mom is shaking me awake and trying to shove fudge down my throat.

Okay, rewind. Return of the King!

Okay. All I have to say about the movie itself is this: I loved it, however, I think they tried to jam too much into the end, but I also think that the EE will straighten out the end lumps. Pippin rocks my socks. I never paid that much attention to him before, but wow! He’s one of my favorite characters in this trilogy now.

Overload with the eye candy. Had to put up with acerbic comments from Justin telling my not to cream my pants when Legolas came on the screen in a tiara. Bastard.

Legolas was pretty but useless. However, he was pretty but useless in the books too, so I guess in some weird way PJ stayed true to the orignals in that.

Actually getting to the movie a challenge. Eventually we all got there- way after we were supposed to, so we wound up way down in front and on the side- even with Magoo hitting Justin’s car with his truck in the parking lot. My idiot sister insisted that she had to buy popcorn and so missed most of the previews. Due to Kelsey, Anastasia, and my mother being in the snack line (the other two trying to talk her out of it) they lost their seats. (Kate let them go to two random guys.) So they had to sit in the first row next to the wall and my mother wound up in the back someplace. She was really pissed about that.

No one got much sleep. Tom crashed on our couch for a while. This was due to the Gathering Ball.

Okay, so, we left B’ville at noon on Tuesday. Drove up to Canada, perfectly fine, okay. When we got the border the customs guy asked us where we were going, and then informed us that our event had started at one thirty and we were just a bit late. Patiently explained that it was a three day thing with lots of events, and we were only doing one and it started at six.

Drove on to Toronto. We listened to Kate’s tape of the “Rite of Spring”- possibly one of the most disurbing pieces of classical music ever written- and got on the wrong highway going north because they don’t seem to label exit numbers in Toronto. Finally got out of the hellish traffic and turned around to drive to Queen Street and find the hotel. When we got there they didn’t check out confirmation numbers or anything, just handed us our tickets and wham! that was it. So we rushed into the bathrooms, changed into our costumes, and headed out to find the shuttle bus but wound up taking a taxi instead.

Costumage: Jim went as a knight of Gondor, Tom went as Aragorn, Kate went as a Modern Elbereth, and I went as Arwen.

Jim’s costume: Handmade chainmail coat (drool) and a cloak and stuff. It was really cute, kind of non-specifiic but really nice. Tom’s costume: Aragorn’s battle outfit, with the cloak, the tree jerkin, and red shirt. His was awesome; it came out really good, especially the tree, which was really impressive, all silver lamé. He had the wig to go with it, which was cool. He really looked like Aragorn :-D Kate’s costume was a bit edgier; a tight, low-plunging blue dress over black leather pants with a rhinestone diadem. She was definetly the hottest thing on the dance floor. My costume was cool too, I guess- Arwen’s dress from the Two Towers, the periwinkle dream gown. It’s really simple, so… yeah. It’s in the movie, if you want to know what it looked like, lol.

So we danced the night away (or at least I did. I danced till I couldn’t lift my feet up off the floor anymore. Hee!) to an awesome band (Glass Hammer.)

There were absolutely gorgeous costumes there, including on Aragorn that was an exact movie replica, down to the embossed plate armor, two girls dressed up as the Argonath, a Sam pulling a Gollum around on a leash, and last but not least CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!!!!! Which was the fucking best part. Oh, that was cool.

Of course, being a schmuck I forgot my camera. Bastards.

The rest of this entry will be finished later, I guess, since my sister and I are off to see Peter Pan now.

Tra la la, all you beautiful people. *blows kisses*