So yes, um. The pasta is done, the paella is ready, I've put together the fruit salad and the twice baked potato just needs one more round in the microwave. Mom is currently slicing the lengua and all should be well by midnight.
I have never felt more hectic - on Christmas Eve - in what counts as my terribly short life. xD
Once the bathroom is vacated I shall start attempting to look human and will dress accordingly as there will be much picture-taking later. In the meatime, this is me right now:
 P.S. Rika's gift remains the only one starkly standing out from the rest. PINK, wth bb. xD ILOVEIT. P.P.S. Speaking of gifts - the tree, for the first time in YEARS - is overflowing with them. That this is our first Christmas in a new house is significant to me. It's like we've properly started over. P.P.P.S. Thank you again to all those who participated to MarieMarieMarie's package. I just got word from her, she seems fairly okay - don't think I'll be seeing her on Skype, she won't be spending Christmas alone afterall (TBH I am partly relieved over this. I just hope I get to botherbother her when she goes home on Friday - Saturday for me and the rest of the Philippines - because I DO want to see her reaction to the gift). P.P.P.P.S. Okay stopping at this last one cos 4 P's is just... LOL. Bathroom's free! Off to get dressed and attempt to look remotely passable as a human being. ILU all!
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for initial age gaps and figuring out how to ice skate
for summers and birthdays and watching bands
for trips to the beach, poker and chocolate and beer
for being simply who you are, which is that bright, brilliant light
in my life - happy birthday, dane ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mountainwing!
♥
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*checks her computer clock for the NTH time*
Is it 2pm yet? No? Okay. Um, are we on half day today? Will they let us off work early? PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE.
*slumps in a corner*
*puffs*
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| [spammage] 8D christmas comes early this year; |
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Wes thelostmaximoff wrote me Christmas fic!♥
;-; my first Tommy/Lee fic by someone other than me. omg.
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My officemate, Kakai, is the best ♥
*nomnoms on cheese ice cream stick*
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Hope coffeebased, please tell me the tripping thing isn't contagious. D:
Was about three minutes away from the house when my ankle failed to lock. Weird, I know. Normally it's my left knee, an injury I have never quite figured out, but today it was my right ankle - it just gave out right under me so I pretty much crumpled in the middle of the street like a little rag doll before I quickly picked myself back up to salvage what poise I could muster.
I kept on walking and it didn't hurt.
It's starting to ache now though. I don't think it's sprained or anything, I've endured much worse back when I was dancing and wore pointe shoes nearly as often as I did regular shoes. The ache is mostly near the back, so I'm likely going to put it on alternating warm and cold compress tonight.
Nothing much to say, except that I finally finished reading the Fables books that Luis madcowblues lent to me weeks ago. Am going to continue with compilations #8 onwards as soon as ACDSee finishes downloading. And then next year, when I have cash again, I will start treating myself to actually collecting the books because they are that amazing. *contemplates the image of them lined up on her shelf*
Will be heading back to reading The Hunger Games, also recced by Hoppit coffeebased and which I have not been able to read in the mad dash to make/wrap/buy gifts. The long Christmas weekend is on its way though, so... *v*
Feeling calmer and much better than I did this morning. Made plans to meet up with Rikapi redmoonmurder tomorrow. Will be helping her canvass for gifts. And then we shall be heading home here so that I can give her hers. :)
I was at GreenHills with the family yesterday and Mom and I went over to BookSale to see what they had in stock. It must have been my lucky day cos I found a number of awesome books and each of these were on sale (oh my favorite magic words). Mom got me two books for about 45php (that would be about or less than a dollar if you want to convert the prices) which are going to join my gifts under the tree. :) I am cheap, I know. Hahaha.
I managed also to finally find my gift for Coby, this adorable little 4 year old who I will hopefully have the pleasure of meeting soon. His mom and his future stepdad are my friends and I am clearly taking great pleasure in playing "tita", lol. :)
I am also. Very clearly, being distracted by my brother Nate's _thenothing_...
I haven't played games since Pirates of Dark Water on our old Nintendo. Methinks that will have to change tonight. :)
Off to read. Didn't want to end today with my previous post.
It's the 21st today. Just 2 days until Christmas Eve.
How was your day, bbs? How was your weekend?
love always,
N.
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Will not even try to be subtle, but for those who I might worry, if I have seen you in the last couple of days this is not you.
I am no longer interested in picking up certain pieces. I am no longer interested in being your friend. I have told you my reasons why. You never listen, moreover, you refuse to understand. I can get that. You are entitled to feel the way you do, but so am I. We spoke the last time because I had to make peace with myself. Just because I forgive youfor something you cannot even acknowledge that you did does not mean that I am ready to build bridges or to welcome you back into my life.
No. I am not interested. Leave me alone. Please. Be decent enough and respect that.
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... my neighbors have set up a sound system outside their home and are playing Christmas songs as "background music" for the entire street. Would normally think of it as charming, this whole need to inject "appropriate background music to pump people up for the holidays" but it is SUNDAY. VERY EARLY, i fact.
*curls up under her blankets again with Mamachu homesong and Punchkin*
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Logged onto my dA and saw this on my updates page.
Alexandra vs Ketsana by ~Budjette on deviantARTFor those who live here, are avid fans of comics, and who can free up January 9, 2010. This is one of the things to look forward to, and given the list of artists mentioned on the Renaissance's notes that I've been receiving on FB, there is definitely a whole lot more awesome to look forward to. Free up the date and mark it down on your calendars. I will see you there. :)
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Come On Get Higher [listen]
Matt Nathanson
I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
I'd make you believe
I'd make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
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Uno.
Make a post (public, friends locked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) on your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. These can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really, really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes should be things you really, truly want.
If you wish for real possible things, 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 one of his elves) could get in touch with you. Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post so that the holiday joy will spread.
Dos.
Surf around your friends list (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. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it. 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.
 snail mail/postcards
red sneakers
poetry books or books my friends think i should read but don't have
a new pair of headphones for my walkman phone. they sell some for 200 bucks over at greenhills (this is me winking/hinting at you, brother _thenothing_)
music mixes
fabric and random embellishments for my masks/hats
beret-ish bonnets
ankle-length socks with toes from the japanese shop in robinson's galleria
cake. cheesecake is good. red ribbon's coffee crunch is even better.
surprise me with something you'd think i'd like but wouldn't have thought to ask for :)
Still have about 30 minutes of my lunchbreak left. Will nap for a bit. :) Or bother people on AIM. Whichever comes first. ♥
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Wound Cream
Brian Patten
Perhaps it is the way Love’s promoted;
You’d think it came in a jar,
Something that could be spread
Over all that bothers us,
A heal-all, a wound cream,
A media promoted fairytale
Gutted of darkness.
Though its contradictions
Nail us to each other
And the hunger for it
Can be our undoing,
We still use it as a prop,
As proof we are living.
How hard to do other than
Give it precedence, forgetting
How friendship outlives it,
Commits fewer crimes,
Wears its name at times.
- taken from here at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) greatpoets
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Now enjoying this lovely, lazy Sunday morning (rain is pouring - or not , the sun is shining :] - steal some cover / share some skin / clouds are shrouded up in moments unforgettable / you shift to fit the mold that I am in) ♥
Had an amazing day yesterday. But I will post about it another time. :) For now, breakfast~♥♥♥
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