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[rebness]

Today, I must escape from work early to buy chocolates, the Scissor Sisters album, various sister-y rubbish, some seaweed for sushi, a Rat Pack DVD, the Il Divo CD, pick up my prescription, take my camera film to the developer, send off the last couple of packages, organise an induction for our new Occupational Therapist, finish going through the admissions figures for 2004 and get enrolled for that bloody Spanish class.

I HATE CHRISTMAS. The end.

Also, I should point out that I am fully aware of the irony of my journal's title and subtitle. The Sound and the Fury signifies the fleeting, unimportant nature of a human life; It lasts for always is the skin horse's confirmation that we each leave our mark. I didn't plan it that way. I just like the two phrases.

ARRGH! Two days to go and I have to plunge into capitalist scheisse and run around like a blue-arsed fly! Roll on 2005.

Comments

[avariecaita.livejournal.com]

OMG!! I HATE CHRISTMAS TOO!!

:D

See, you should leave saffronlie for me :p

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Aquarians are always on the same wavelength. But imagine the state of our house if we got together!

At least prissysaffronlie will deal with the necessities of the house. Mwahahaha.

[avariecaita.livejournal.com]

We could keep her as the maid?

[rebness.livejournal.com]

She'd stab us in the night, that ungrateful employee. How about we just have a tragic love affair, a la Heloise and Abelard?

[ozfille]

It's not so much Christmas itself that I find grating, it's the overwhelming pressure it seems to put on people to "enjoy" themselves, as if you can't do that the rest of the year. I'm totally confused why people put so much importance on it and New Years Eve. It's just another part of the year except, being totally cynical here that the people at work or in life who are absolute bastards to you most of the year suddenly go saccharine on you, but swiftly revert to true form a week or two into January.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

So true. And if you don't act like a child on crack, you somehow feel like a failure.

What gets me is this present-buying, though. It drives me nuts-- if someone sees something they think I would like throughout the year, they just buy it for me. Because they feel obliged at Christmas, they end up buying me any old tat that I don't want or need.

And I hate giving meaningless gifts, so I hunt high and low for something special, only to end up with something hundreds of other people have whipped off the shelves.

I can't stand the emptiness of this time of year-- I think it's why so many people sink into depression in January; the Christmas period has made them believe in peace and flashing lights and gluttony-- none of that can be sustained.

[pandorasblog]

^^ What you both said. See, I adore Christmas, but every year I'm the one doing more and more of it. I have absolutely no objection to this considering that the stuff that needs doing (list-making, catalogue shopping and covering things with glitter) happens to coincide with what I'm good at and what I enjoy. And if you enjoy a holiday so damn much, you should contribute. None of that do I have a problem with.

But we pressurise ourselves and each other to enjoy it, to participate in certain ways... and women in particular, I think, are very prone to the whole "doing too much" thing. We try too hard to keep other people happy... I had some particularly daft conversations with Mum as we tried to work out whether certain cards might hurt particular peoples' feelings for various complex-yet-obvious-if-you-knew-the-situation reasons.

Now, I know there'll come a point on Christmas Eve when we'll sit down exhausted and just watch a bit of telly, and after that it'll be great (barring Kathleen v. Sophie bitchfest on Xmas Day... which could in itself be entertaining!). But every year I tell myself I'll get what needs done finished long before that, and every year it doesn't happen. Hmmm.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

What else to say to that but, word?

[jaffacakequeen.livejournal.com]

communist! ;-)

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Socialist. Don't make me get all Stalin-ranty on you! LMAO!

Bah, humbug. ;)

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

That's some fine Alex usage there.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Alex is so pleased, he's going to look to the side now and show you how very cute he is in school uniform.

Oh my God! Am becoming dave_talbot!