I am sort of looking forward to Christmas this year. :) I have virtually no money, compared with last year, I have no big plans, and won’t be taking a very long holiday, and yet – here it is: I am rocking out to Christmas carols, and I’m happy. It must be that I’ve somehow gotten hit with the Christmas spirit-bat. ;)

Happy Holidays, everyone! Travel safe, smile often, and be happy. Remember that in being loved and safe, you are blessed. And as always, much love to you all! (So you’re already halfway there, even if no one else can stand you!) ;)

Giang

Hana: There’s a man downstairs. He brought us eggs. He might stay.

Almásy: Why? Can he lay eggs?

Hana: He’s Canadian.

Almásy: Why are people so happy when they collide with someone from the same place? What happened in Montreal when you passed a man in the street? Did you invite him to live with you?

The English Patient (1996)

The relevance is suspect, but there it is, all the same. The English Patient is one of my cycle things…every year or so, I have a mad need to watch this movie. It is all-consuming, and perfectly silly. But here it is – about to hit again. I can feel it.

I’m pretty tired. I should be sleeping, but I’m awake. So unamusing at this hour of the morning.

Anyone remember that old, dumb game where you stuff as many marshamallows into your mouth as possible, and try to say, “Fuzzy Bunny!” That’s how my brain feels. Fuzzy Bunny!

I think everyone should take two hours out of their day today to spend some quality time with the Monty Python boys.

“Well, weren’t they nice? Hmm. Out of their bloody minds, but still…”

Chat
I found out today that WoW buddy Will has a blog. Hi Will! :) The rest of you better stop lurking and say something, or I will start calling you out by name. Yeah that’s right. I know you’re there, I can hear you breathing.

Finance
I wish you a Merry Christmas, I wish you a Merry Christmas, I wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
I hope you all recorded that. That’s all you guys are getting, I am poor. ;) MWAH!

Fun
Dad’s Home! I died when he kicked the keg… ;)

Games
Dear Productive Giang-Self,
I love you, honey, but it’d never work out. It hurts me too, but this is for the best. Don’t call. I’m changing the number. WoW and I will send you a piece of the cake.
World Of Warcraft releases tonight at midnight. So…I’ll see you guys in a year or two. Haha. Just kidding, of course. There are always server outages.

HotJobs
Ahhhh…as in…I went to the HotJob today and had fantasies about the HotBoss. Mmm.

Movies
Should I go see National Treasure? Nicholas Cage, I can take or leave, but Sean BEAN, I love him, please, yes. So, is there a plot or something?

Music
Listening to Keane singing “Somewhere Only We Know”. It reminds me of the UK. Probably because they are English. My brain picks up on those subtle hints like nobody’s business.

People Search
Tomorrow, I will make contact. The first victim? The great, the lost – Matt Joseph. Has anybody seen this boy?

Personals
Are you Alex Rogan? Are you Sean Bean? Are you my Boss? Then I’ve got the Me for You! ;)

Travel
Llanwrtyd Wells, 2005! Madagascar, 2006! Money, $0! Whoo-hoo!

TV
“Law & Order” until my eyeballs fly out, thanks to TNT – how’s that for drama?

Weather
So, it’s like, cold. ‘N stuff. Brrr. The Generals have been yanked out of hibernation and returned to the front lines. There is rest for none here – not even the bunnies.

And that’s it from out here in the yellow submarine, where WoW starts at midnight and bunny slippers save digits – reminding you that all you need is

Love, love, love,

G ;)

I can’t stand some of my relatives, and I am THIS close, you guys, to telling them to just fuck off.

This is not even counsel-able anymore – I am standing ready at the bridges, with kerosene, a flame thrower, and a back up flame thrower, just in case the flames dare abate before I am completely finished with the task. I am done! I’m so tired of the stupid games, the despicable posing, the backhanded slaps, the one-upsmanship. I refuse. You will not get THIS monkey to dance for you. I will go down in a flaming wreck if only for the wild pleasure of taking your names down with me.

It’s like that song – you know, that song “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind? Here’s the bit I’m talking about:

I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you’ve been living in
And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand

It’s just like that…only my version is called “Pusher”, and all my relatives are lined up conveniently in a highly aeorodynamic row.

The only hitch in my diabolical plan is that really – I love them. If that don’t beat all. I love them, even if it is the kind of love that is wrenched unwilling from a Gaylord-Focker-Kung-Fu-Grip, and they repay me by killing me with their rampant idiocy. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

Please, someone adopt me for two months. I will love you forever, and bring cookies.

Bahahahahahehehahaha!

This is me as a Korean Candybar doll! ;) Please, to be noticing the excellent touches of character I have given her to make her especially Giang-like:

* Monkey! Everyone loves a monkey! And I am an “anthropologist”, therefore I am qualified to love monkeys MORE! ;)
* The lovely nerd headset! That’s me, using Team Talk 2 while I geek it up in World Of Warcraft!
* The shoes! So like my foamies! Forever foamies!
* The backwards pocket pants!
* The failproof pick-up line! KISS ME BABY!

Ahahahah! ;)

Make your own Korean Candybar doll at http://elouai.com/doll-makers/candybar-doll-maker.php!

I need to find something else to do now. Be back later, with more ridiculous frippery. Happy trails!

LATER

I am forsaken in my hour of boredom. These are the things I have done today:

* Went to work. Boss really really really needs to stop being touchy-feely. Or not. Don’t stop! ;)
* Took a nap.
* Read three or four chapters of Sister Carrie.
* Watched Shrek 2.
* Started to play Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, only to be waylaid by the Korean dolls site.
* Made a doll of myself. Then two more. Then one more after that. Then, stopped making dolls. (Will make more tomorrow.)
* Surfed the internet and found Eric Conveys An Emotion.
* The last three items on this list were done to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.

I am the bored.

But now I’m sleepy. So good night – tomorrow is another day of adventure. ;)