I hate this time of year. Seems that all the bad **** happens around now. And people want to give me crap like I actually need it or want it. Just let me be. Don't give me anything. I just want to treat this as a very cold summer vacation that is shorter.

Really, Lib? No decking of halls? No fa-la-la-la-la? No kisses under mistletoe? That sucks for you, man. Anything we can do to help? (other than keeping the egg nog as far away from you as humanly possible?;))

Thanks, but I'm not in the mood for this crap anymore. I'm Atheist, anyway. I shouldn't be celebrating any sort of religious holiday.

it could be a hell of a lot worse, you have it better than a lot of people Chris. :)

I'm not trying to suggest a "woe is me, for I don't get anything I want and my life sucks because I'm not spoiled like everyone else." It's more of a "I don't want anything else because I feel so guilty for having so much and I don't need or really want anything else that is tangible."

You see, I think that everyone has something unique and special that they can give to someone else. Each person has some unique gift that cannot be bought or sold that is for each specific person. For example, you have the gift of listening extremely well to me, and being the friend I need who tells me the truth without sugarcoating it too much to make it weaker than it needs to be for me. Those are the gifts that I want. I don't do things so people can get me crap. I do things because I'm trying to figure out what my special gift to you is.

Well, I'm not so much a Christian myself, but I look on the whole Christmas/New Year celebration for what I believe it is; a celebration that the Earth is still spinning on her axis and the cold, long nights of winter are slowly going to be replaced with the warm green of Spring. It is, in my mind, the human collective equivalent of, "I will not go softly into that good night...". It's the hope of rebirth; either by the baby Jesus, if that's your thing, or the endless cyclical nature of the Earth.

Oh, how I remember the days when I actually got a Christmas vaction - stupid real world employment *sigh*

Xmas vacation is this weekend, and maybe Monday. After that, wok wok wok.

i'll mail you some crap if you ever want it, just tell me. :|