Bah Humbug Thread.

[MattR]

So...I'm no feeling this holiday crap...what's my deal? I should have stayed in LA, this sucks.

[Dean]

Not sure this will cheer you up, but how did that traffic ticket for the trailer thingy end up? Your mentioning LA made me think of it...

[MattR]

It's not resolved yet, but I have the CHP involved now, (ON MY SIDE! :shock: ) believe it or not...I hope to have it resolved soon.

[sti deede]

Originally Posted by MattR

So...I'm no feeling this holiday crap...what's my deal? I should have stayed in LA, this sucks.

I'm with you dude. This holiday season is no good. I really want to avoid the family and leave town for the weekend.

[sperry]

I've pretty much hated the comercial aspect of x-mas for the last 10-15 years or so... basically since I've been old enough to have to shop for gifts for others.

I really enjoy spending time w/ my extended family over the holidays, but it's basically Thanksgiving Part II... but there are better football games on during T-Day, and the weather's usually a bit better. So x-mas doesn't really add anything over Thanksgiving except for more stress and more stupid people ringing bells begging for my charity.

[MikeK]

Not to mention the zerg rush at all the shopping malls

[MikeK]

Happy festivus!

[dknv]

Originally Posted by MattR

So...I'm no feeling this holiday crap...what's my deal? I should have stayed in LA, this sucks.

That's too bad. Maybe it's because you missed the Charlie Brown Christmas special. That Always gets me in the mood.

For me, it helps to have others to share the holidays with. Also, creating an atmosphere of Christmas around me. Putting up a Christmas tree, setting up a manger scene. Making fudge, drinking eggnog, sending cards, buying gifts for others, wrapping them (yeah, like at 1:30am on Christmas morning and then sneaking them under the tree - only to be woken up at 5:30 am to open them, ).

Should we put together a Christmas dinner? Or a day-after-Christmas snowmobiling trip?

[sti deede]

Originally Posted by dknv

Should we put together a Christmas dinner? Or a day-after-Christmas snowmobiling trip?

That sounds nice. I was going to suggest hitting the bar christmas day, but your idea probably a lot better.

[murphy]

x-mas always kind of sucked for me...spent too many by myself hundreds or thousands of miles away...or someone else in the family was gone..this time of year hasn't ment much of shit since I was about 9 or 10 y.o.. X-mas and T-day pretty much get on my nerves and really irritate me.

[Nick Koan]

For me, it's not that I'm in a Bah-humbug mood, its more that "Holy Crap, its already christmas and I didn't even realize it"

And then the added stress of finding appropiate gifts. I like giving thoughtful gifts, but if I remember too late, then I'm just boned. I'd rather give better gifts randomly throughout the year, rather then mediocre gifts specifically this weekend.

I was talking with my sister about this too. I wonder if that means she didn't get me anything good this year

[tysonK]

Originally Posted by MikeK

Not to mention the zerg rush at all the shopping malls

OMFG if that's a Starcraft reference I am fuckin dying here!

[doubleurx]

Originally Posted by MikeK

Happy festivus!

I love festivus, especially the airing of the grievances.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by tysonK

OMFG if that's a Starcraft reference I am fuckin dying here!

I've been playing it after work with a few people ... WTF I SAID NO ZERG RUSH!!!11!`!one!

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by doubleurx

I love festivus, especially the airing of the grievances.

And the feats of strength!

[tysonK]

Originally Posted by MikeK

I've been playing it after work with a few people ... WTF I SAID NO ZERG RUSH!!!11!`!one!

sounds like fun, on work intranet?

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by tysonK

sounds like fun, on work intranet?

Ya

[AtomicLabMonkey]

We're going out east to Sierra Summit for some bed&breakfast lodging and skiing. I had to fix my Jeep first though. The thermostat on the damn thing was stuck open so it wasn't warming up in cold weather.. so I replaced it, put it all back together, and the t-stat housing started leaking. Did this process two separate times.. couldn't figure out why, I scraped all the surfaces off, used new gaskets, plenty of RTV, etc... took it apart one more time and realized the cast alum. housing itself was now cracked. Which meant replacing the hoses attached to it too since they were old and mashed up. So, replaced that stuff and now it works fine. Looks like there will be a Christmas after all!

[qksubi]

Originally Posted by MattR

So...I'm no feeling this holiday crap...what's my deal? I should have stayed in LA, this sucks.

Im with you matt I hate this time of year there is always this tug of war with getting time off work being with my family spending time driving some place far to see people who drive some what crazy my whole life. What can I do last year Marissa and I didnt go anywhere and we got the third degree burns of guilt from all the phone calls fuck it Im going to Hawaii and drink on the beach some where

[MikeSTI]

this time of year always gets me thinking of paying my Jan. 15 taxes so I can take the right-off this year

then I start thinking about the year and what was done because its almost 2005 :shock:

[AtomicLabMonkey]

Originally Posted by sperry

So x-mas doesn't really add anything over Thanksgiving except for more stress and more stupid people ringing bells begging for my charity.

Yeah, I think I like Thanksgiving better now overall.. lower stress and no gift shopping. And I'd like to be able to go to the g-damn grocery store once during the month of December without being assaulted by people wanting money.

Originally Posted by qksubi

What can I do last year Marissa and I didnt go anywhere and we got the third degree burns of guilt from all the phone calls

This is what I really hate about the holidays. People who get upset and throw guilt if you don't come to see them are just assholes. God forbid you take a wiser view of life and be thankful for the time you *do* get to spend with family around the year, rather than getting upset anytime they're *not* there. I haven't had any experience with this, or anything...

[sperry]

I'm converting to Alvism.

Originally Posted by The Book of Alvis

On a Frosty Winter's night...
A wagon appeared at the gates of Fort Klugman, carrying pioneers to the frontier. A young woman in the party called Delia, was heavy with child. And though she had journeyed with the virile young men for nigh on one year, none had lain with her, though she was comely. And on this frosty winter's night, young Delia's water broke, almost freezing her to the seat of the wagon. And the pioneer's beseeched the soldiers to grant them entrance, so that she could give birth to her child in the hospital there. But, due to an outbreak of syphilis among the soldiers, the hospital was full. And So there in the the stable among the feed and the tack the yuh uh whatsis, Delia gave birth to a son, whom she called Alvis as was her wont.And since none of the men in the party were the father, it was decided among them that the birth of this child must truly be a miracle!

And it was so... for above the fort, there suddenly and miraculously appeared an awesome and mighty comet! And so brilliant was its light, that there came from all the tribes, (which the soldiers had not yet decimated), shamans! And they rode upon Buffalo, as was their heathen custom, bearing gifts - offerings of whiskey and firearms. and when the shamans saw the child they were in awe... for he glowed as if bathed in a light which was truly not of this world.

Originally Posted by The Followers of Alvis

Baby Alvis is a miraculous miracle incarnate

Alvis parted the Rio Grande.

Alvis was the holiest man ever to slap iron, he killed for your sins!

If most religions think Alvis' love of liquor and guns and revenge is creepy, then maybe most religions can hash it out in Hell for all eternity! Alvis'll smoke those bitches!

The true meaning of Alvistime is neither ham nor pomp. nay, It's drinkin, drinkin and revenge.

"Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we get fighting drunk. Then we shall find, and beat the asses of, the non-believers"-Alvis

for those who say "oh yes what do I know? my religion is only 5000 years old." We Alvians say 5000 years.. eh... of stupid!

Alvians get wasted at Alvistime stop oppressing us!

http://alvis.freeservers.com/

Happy Alvistide to all!

[dknv]

whoa, you guys have read some weird stuff.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by dknv

whoa, you guys have read some weird stuff.

Heretic! Don't you know that Alvis turned a whole table of egg nog into whiskey!?

[dknv]

Originally Posted by sperry

Heretic! Don't you know that Alvis turned a whole table of egg nog into whiskey!?

Well that's worth something. :o But not quite worth being a convert.

Now, I suppose I've justified a stoning...l.l