h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi I'm in Wellington at the mo

It was a great party

I'm still celibate though

WARNING!!! Thism essage is not suitable for anyone feeling Christmassy or cheerful during the Christmas holidays. There is a strong possibility that it will berak your Christmas spirits and plunge you into a deep depression. Sorry.

BTW: Merry Christmas to all who believe in it.









Right. So, I'm here today (Christmas Eve), at work, feeling quite good at the moment. Problems will start mounting up at around 4pm this afternoon, when I get to go home, because that's when I have to start thinking about the Christmas dinner party that I'm supposed to go to tonight. And I can say that I really, really don't feel like it today.

And why does everyone feel that they have to be so damn happy during Christmas? What if I don't feel like it? The standard answer to that is:
'But Christmas is a holiday when you're supposed to be happy, and spend time with your family and the ones you love.'
Well, tough! My family's in another country and I don't have anyone to love, so I'm pretty much f****d either way.
The followup to that usually is:
'How about your friends, then?'
Well, all they seem interested in is to see how much alcohol they can drink and how drunk they can be before throwing up. Not my kind of Christmas. And if I say that I don't feel like drinking, they look at me as if there's something wrong with me.

Honestly, I know why I've spent so many of my last Christmases at work. It's just a matter of denial. If I keep myself occupied by working during Christmas, I won't have to explain (again) why I don't feel like drinking because I have a perfectly good excuse not to.

I just want to stay in bed, not be disturbed and watch a movie. Just as I did on my birthday.

I don't like drinking either - I hate being
I've been dreading Christmas, I overspend what my limited budget can't afford - then spend months paying off a heaving credit card that gets jacked up with interest so I end up paying even more.

Everyone else seems so happy, couples walking their in the crisp snow {which has turned to a dark-brown slush here} and those adverts on tv!
Cute kids who SMILE when they open a small

Last Christmas my son hurled stuff against the wall, because it wasn't what HE wanted.

Where's the spirit of Christmas?
What's with all the commercializm?
I would love to go to a carol service and sing carols tonight.
But I can't, because there's no-one to babysit & I can't take my son.
I would like some company but....

I think I better stop before I depress anyone reading any further.

LiS, I know exactly how you're feeling.
At least you *can* go to bed & watch a movie of your choice.
I have a child here who is the most ungrateful little blighter in the no matter what I do for him it's not enough.
I wish I was spending it alone, at least I could please myself.
Why don't I go down to his father's flat & dump him there?
After all he's not seen him for years.
Let him do some work, let him try & please his son for a change.
*sigh*
I won't do it though.
Even in my darkest moments, I wouldn't wish his dad on my son.
Even though they are *so* alike....I can imagine he was like my son is, for his parents.


I want a kitten, but I daren't get one.

back, AGB.

You ask where the spirit of Christmas is? Well, it's most likely in the bank accounts of shop owners all over the world.
The commercialisation of Christmas is, unfortunately, something we have to live with.

Purely religiously, I shouldn't be doing anything Christmassy, as I'm not a Christian, Jew or anything else that celebrates Christmas. I'd say that the closest I come is the Norse mythology Mid-winter Blot which is a bit hard to perform nowadays, as it involves slaughtering oxes and hanging them from trees. Not socially accepted nowadays.

Anyways, I think it's a pity that you can't go to the carol service. Had I been in the vicinity, I'd have come over to baby-sit for you, but right now, it's a bit difficult to do.

Going back to the friends being bit, I had enough of that friday and saturday night, as I occupy the room closest to the front door, and I'm the only one that wakes up when people buzz the intercom to get in. And it doesn't help that we've got two guests in the flat over the Christmas holidays that think that the holiday season is merely a measurement on who can drink the most. I was woken up about 6 times friday night and saturday night because people didn't find their keys and couldn't come in, and it wasn't with ten minute intervals or anything. One came home at 2:30am, the next at 3:45 and the last one on friday came home at 5:45am.. Much sleep I got then.. Not.

I think I'll go to Blockbuster tonight and rent Rush Hour 2. Then I'll go to the dinner party thing, have a bite to eat, a little drink, and then go home. That's what I'll do. Sounds good to me.

I can't believe someone is having a worse time than me.

At least I have my own house and for that I'm eternally grateful.
If I don't get my sleep I'm and
I've started going to bed earlier to make the day go away and I don't even want to get up next day,
There's no video store near me {within walking distance anyway} but I did treat myself to "The Mummy Returns" which is an excellent romp.

Thank you for the offer to babysit.
It is very much appreciated.

The good news is, it's only 4 weeks next weekend to the London meet.

Something for us to look forward to eh?

In deed the London meet-up is something to look forward to. It's going to be good to meet the people again. Last time was really good, and I suspect this time will be even better.

I agree that 'The Mummy Returns' is a pretty entertaining movie. Some nice twists in the story line too.
The reason I'd like to go rent Rush Hour 2 is that Rush Hour (1) is on BCC One tonight at 8:30. That means that if I can get out of the dinner thing, I can watch both films in one night.

Oh, well. I guess I'll survive Christmas this year too. I can't really complain, as there are bound to be people that are worse off than I anyways.

I'm just so bored of it all.

I can't even go to bed early to make the days pass faster as I have this major inability to fall asleep before midnight anyways.

I have had no invites for dinner.
I don't know what to do for our tea.
If I didn't have to see to my son I would live on sandwiches &
I wanted to watch Mary Poppins this afternoon, I love that film, but he doesn't want to, he's watching cartoon network instead.
Like he ever watches anything else!

I've told him I want the tv at 6pm though, Stargate SG-1.

Haven't looked at this evening's line-up yet.
I might watch Mummy Returns again

Well, I suspect that the invite I got was a typical "pity-invite" as I didn't have anything else to do and they thought I'd be alone for Christmas. Hmmm.. When I think about it, it wasn't as much an invite as it was them assuming I'd be there and planning that I'd come before they even asked me. Stupidly enough, since I didn't have anything else planned, I committed myself to going. I haven't had anything to do with the planning of it, though, and it appears that they've already booked me in for a Boxing Day Luncheon on wednesday, which I will most likely decline, since I really really really don't feel like that.

The longest on-going TV tradition in Sweden is a Disney-cavalcade at 3pm on Christmas Eve. It shows clips from lots of classic Disney movies, such as Cinderella, Snow White, The Jungle Book and usually a clip from this year's Disney release.
The tradition in our family was (before the kids moved out) that we got to open one in the morning, and then we'd have to wait until after the Disney thing on TV.

Only 50 minutes left of the day, and then I'm offline until Thursday morning again. I have to admit that if they'd asked for people to come in and work over Christmas Day and Boxing Day, I'd have volunteered. That's how much I like Christmas. I'm going to have to go get my inflatable Christmas Tree from my car after work today as I think that's where it is. I couldn't find it the other day, which was a bit weird.

Anyway. if I can't figure out a reason to post again before I go home. I probably will, though.

It's 17.16 hours on Christmas Day here.. Bless all you people, pagans, Christians, Jews, Muslims and whatever... We are having a really hot day and I love it!

Family.. I am sorry Galaxy Babe, that your son is giving you such a horrible time! I'd want to throttle the blighter, Christmas or not. I admire your patience with him. Jim got PS One for Christmas, and is over the moon. He's behaving well! Have a good hols., everyone, even LiS, and watch out for those oxen!

Let me tell you about my Christmas Day so far.
I get one night off a month when my son goes to a foster family.
I get no help from his father even though he lives in the same town.
He never sends a Christmas card oreven for his birthday.

Christmas morning:
Round One is over & Mum won, apparently I organized "exactly" what my blessed child wanted for Xmas
*sigh*
Lego from my brother, a round jigsaw from my sister {Harry Potter even} Buckaroo from my older daughter, flashing trainers from my parents,other bits from me including a luminous life-size {his height} plastic skeleton {don't ask why he wanted that, he saw it in my catalogue & went on about it for long enough} and a Game Boy Advance with extra game which cost

Oh well, at least he's happy {I think}. He's not screaming and hurling stuff at walls which he did the last two Christmases, so that's a good sign.

I wrote that earlier for the "Askh2g2" thread.
He is now hurling the Buckaroo at the wall, because it won't let him load it up without bucking, the lego is all over my living room floor, he opened all the bags and just emptied them out.
Now he is opening the jigsaw.....
Round Two: Andrew.

Roll on January....

not sure what I can contribute, other than a for all

Thank you for the

*still*

Oh, GB, here's a from us as well. I hope January is better for you all, and my best wishes to you and Andrew. (If I could give you a gift, it would be a really nice man who loves Andrew and you, and who has a nice bum...)

*stumbles back into reality after a surreal Christmas*

Hello people. Hope you had a pleasant Christmas.

AGB, I hope your son calmed down a bit after hurling the Buckaroo into the wall a couple of times.

These two days have been strange, I tell you. Apparently, a colleague of mine thinks he's in life debt to me after I bailed him out of jail on Christmas Day's morning as he got caught DUI on Christmas Eve and then helped him get his car back from the impound. This is really weird and a fair bit awkward as well. For some reason, as I said, he now thinks he's in some sort of life debt to me for just helping a friend in need. I'd do it to anyone, and I'd do it in a heart beat.
I think at the moment, he's thanked me and told me how much he appreciates it about 300 times since tuesday, and I have to say that it's starting to get a bit annoying.

Thank you, Della, that was actually *just* what I ordered from but I never got....

LiS
How very annoying.
I'd have stuck his head in an ice-bucket after bailing him out.

I hate drink-drivers.



Guess who's going to be seeing New Year in alone?

Well, AGB, I can say that I wasn't all that chuffed about it, but I felt it wouldn't be right to let him stay in jail for two more days.

Who's gonna see in the New Year alone? Me.

At least we're not alone in that we'll be alone....