My sister bought an SUV, a
small one. Haven't seen it yet but I will tomorrow because she's going
to drive us to Sacramento. We're taking her car because we're going to
buy dad a big screen television and we need a big car to put it in.
Actually, she'll probably end up paying for most of it but I can afford
about $1000 and blow through my operational savings.
Christmas Day is not one of those days I look forward to because mom
always goes to her foster family's annual Christmas brunch. Usually dad
and Stephanie skip it. Christopher and I go to represent the family.
It's sort of boring and you have to talk to people. The problem is that
it's something I think about once the holidays start as it gets closer
and closer. Although it's not a big deal it just sort of gnaws at me.
Once again I didn't get any presents for anybody. I don't want
presents. I don't want to give presents. A few years ago I was more
into the Christmas spirit and if someone had taken me shopping I'd
probably have bought a lot of stuff. But of my own initiative I won't
do anything. The presents I get are really not that useful and probably
the same for the presents I give. Gift certificates are the way to go.
I was watching this really old tape I have and every half minute or so
everything would flicker like the tape is loose. Then I remembered that
tapes do get loose and you tighten them by winding them all the forward
and all the way back. Once I did that it fixed that problem. But it's
still and old tape and I had to adjust the tracking all the way up just
to get a picture that's occasionally fuzzy. I should convert it to MPEG
before the tape degrades even more.
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Someone on the SJG Forums
called me a troll. Actually it was me and another guy where we baited
each other for one post too much. You know, thinking about it, I am
relatively negative on the forums. It's just that people there can be
so annoying, arguing over little things that I'm going WTF? And then
when I try to point out that there are different viewpoints I get
ignored. Must be the way I write. Maybe i'm too condescending. Hard not
to be when everyone acts like a bunch of kids.
Which reminds me that I take any sort of criticism rather badly. Even
if it's an offhand comment or if they're sort of kidding I tend to
dwell on it too much. I have to rationalize why I do things one way
that caused the criticism and not another way that would have avoided
it. Maybe it comes from low self-esteem or maybe I'm not criticized
wnough. Goddess knows I criticize people all the time, though usually
not to them.
Steph just called and asked me to bring one of the space heaters she
lent me. It's 23:30 -- good thing I wasn't asleep. Anyway, it does get
cold at mom and dad's and they don't usually turn on the heating since
it's a big house. And I like it on the cooler side so I'd probably get
really hot if they had the heater on.
Hmm, I'm thinking it's going to be very hot next summer and I still
won't have an air conditioner. Haven't saved enough money yet. Heck
I've only saved like $450 in like two years so it's going to take a
while. But Christopher and I will be very hot. I'll probably feel
pressure to buy an air conditioner even if I don't really have the
money.
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