I began writing this with the expectation that people might actually read it, but then I ended up rambling on forever. No pressure to actually read the whole thing xD
Anyway, it was all in all a good Christmas this year c:
I didn't get any one thing that was astounding, but I collected a very helpful sum of money over all, and got a good collection of smaller presents that I truly wanted. I came away feeling like my dad's family actually put some effort into their gift giving this year, which was strange but heartwarming.
I was especially impressed with my Uncle John. He's normally a bit detached from the family, and Aunt Darlene is very self centred, so the two of them don't normally give the most thoughtful gifts. This year in particular they were a bit strapped for cash thanks to some unexpected car repair and their dishwasher crapping out on them. I wasn't expecting anything extravagant, but due to their personalities I wasn't expecting anything thoughtful either. So I was totally floored when John pulled out a safeway brownie with 'Merry Christmas Katie' written on it in icing. It might not sound all that impressive, but theres two factors at play here:
One, this was a totally hand made gift. John is head baker at safeway, and he apparently stayed after hours to make an extra brownie and add my name to it.
Two, he had picked up how much I love these damn brownies. I had mentioned it once, months back, and he somehow remembered.
It was just unexpectedly thoughtful, and ended up being one of the most emotionally striking gifts I recieved.
Every single thing I got this Christmas was something I really liked, and I was surprised to note that everyone else in the family seemed to feel the same way about their gifts. My Dad's side are hard to shop for, but we made my Uncle cry and my Aunt so happy she gave dad a hug. I suppose that doesnt sound impressive either, but it was a real stunner coming from those two.
Gifts at home were probably the funnest. I didn't really have anything to open, but there were some real bombshells for other people. As some of you know, we bought Mom a blackberry with plan. The reveal was tons of fun. We had her try and guess what it was before she opened it, and she wsa totally stumped, so I sneakily called it from my phone. She totally lost it with happiness, and nearly flipped her lid when she opened it up and saw that she had a really good quality phone in there. She figured we had got her a cheapy flip phone, or used my ID to get her on the student plan.
Then there was Heather. She opened her biggest gift last, and her first reaction was a scoff when she saw the compaq box. 'This is just a reused box, whats really inside?'
It looked like she peed herself when she saw that there was in fact a laptop inside. Her eyes went SO wide and she spent the next hour saying "I can't BELIEVE I have my own computer!"
It made my entire day.
At Christmas dinner, Steve caught wind of the fact that I had my mobo and immediately started blabbering his own malformed opinions. He asked me what type of processor I was going to be using and went on a huge long rant about how AMD was the right choice because it was superior and blah blah blah. He asked if I was looking into quad cores, and before I even answered he launched off onto a long rant about how quad cores are stupid 'Because you can only use one core at a time anyway so theres no point to them. Only dual cores make sense, and thats all I have. I mean, I'm not bashing quads, I would buy one if I were building a new computer, but you shouldn't buy one."
Wait, wait, wait. Let me deconstruct this.
Quad cores done make sense but duals do? Logical fallacy there.
And then theres the part where you don't have one, and therefore think I shouldn't get one. I daresay I am a tad too intelligent to be taken in by your jealousy-fuelled arguments. ADVICE FAIL.
But hey, what else is new. I've never been one to put any stock in his 'expertise' anyway.
Aaaand I'm out of stuff to say. ~Whoo
- Mood:
Big Grin - Listening to: PURR PURR PURR
- Reading: FMA 18
- Playing: MaL:BIS (Lol that looks stupid)
Happy new year?
Anguish
Excited
