Christmas 2012

[Trippy]

Happy holidays f13. Hope everybody that celebrates Xmas got some phat l00t.

[rattran]

Champagne for breakfast - is that wrong? 


Nadolig Lllawen i chi

Nadolig Llawen i chi hefyd

I got some small stuffs, new pyjamas, and a tshirt with THIS on it.

[Surlyboi]

Goddamn Welshies... 

[Bzalthek]

Merry Christmas folks!  Someone spiked the egg nog.   I dunno if I'll make it till later.

[Viin]

It wouldn't be Christmas Eve without waking up at 1am to the sound of my daughter hurling.  Yay Christmas!

Not quite that bad for us, but our 10mo would *not* go to sleep. Crying all night. Merry Christmas everyone!

[Signe]

Happy Xmas!  My sister bought me an ipod.  It's my first ipod.  My nephew won a vagina at an xmas quizzo.  Popcorn.

[Ironwood]

Worst Christmas Ever.

 

[calapine]

Bah. What happened?

[Ghambit]

Worst Christmas Ever.

 

No way worse than mine.

[Surlyboi]

Bah. What happened?

He got a lump of kryptonite.

[rattran]

Happy Xmas!  My sister bought me an ipod.  It's my first ipod.  My nephew won a vagina at an xmas quizzo.  Popcorn.

He won a vagina? That's quite a quiz.

[Bunk]

Happy Holiday all. 3:30 at my sister's house, wondering how many winter ale its going to take to get me through this. Four kids under seven in the house, and a whole lot of overly religious distant inlaws. Still, a blend of British and Norwegian Christmas Dinner traditions usually ends up fun. Here's hoping all of you have enough booze to get through the night.

[Sky]

My prime rib came out perfect. Tried a new recipe where I cook at 250 for a couple hours, then put the oven in 'warm' mode which drops the temp to 170. Closest I can get to commercial with my home oven. Came out better than I've ever had it, and I've had a ton. Right about 133-134.

Then went into the living room by the fire and played a set of classical tunes for the ladies.

Perfect xmas. Wasn't real big on the gifting side, but who gives a shit?

[ghost]

We've gotten to where we really don't give each other much (the wife and I, I mean).  I bought her a couple of these Halloween carvings that she likes and she actually splurged and got me an X-Box, much to my surprise.  I guess that's why she's beeng threatening to kill me if I bought one for the past 6 months.  The kids made out like bandits.  We officially can buy no more stuff for the house.  We're full.   

[Sky]

I've been considering an xbox since it would allow me to get Prime movies in HD  But with the 720 nigh, I'm cautious.

[ghost]

I've found that having children has made me relatively impervious to the notion that I have to have the latest, greatest.  I'll be super happy with my obsolete electronics.   

[Selby]

I got some Blueray movies... but I have no Blueray player nor do I have a TV capable of watching Blueray discs...  My dad did make up for it by getting all of us in the family portable cell phone rechargers - perfect for power outages.

I have forgotten how little my family does on Christmas compared to the rest of the world.  We didn't even have Christmas dinner, just some brisket and turkey sandwiches.  My ex always hated coming here ;-)

[Hawkbit]

I've been considering an xbox since it would allow me to get Prime movies in HD  But with the 720 nigh, I'm cautious.

Think of it this way: 

1.  The 720 will likely launch Sept 2013, so you've got at least nine months of awesome gaming till then.
2.  You don't really want to buy the 720 at release.  see RROD.
3.  The plethora of great, cheap games for the 360 will get almost no better than right now. 

If I had an extra $100 to spend I was going to get my dad a 360.  He'll have to wait till his bday, I suppose. 

[Trippy]

I've been considering an xbox since it would allow me to get Prime movies in HD  But with the 720 nigh, I'm cautious.

That requires an Xbox Live Gold membership. Get a PS3 instead.

[Chimpy]

Or just get a Roku if all you want is Amazon Prime in HD.

[MisterNoisy]

Merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) to all of the misfits of F13.  You make the workday more tolerable and never cease to entertain, educate and amaze.

Keep being excellent to each other.

[Quinton]

That requires an Xbox Live Gold membership. Get a PS3 instead.

PS3 makes a fine bluray/dvd/amazonvideo/netflix player -- it's my primary living room video playback device.  Grabbing the BD remote for it is worthwhile - I love the ps3 game controller for gaming but it makes a crap video transport control interface.

[apocrypha]

We managed to cook our first roast meal in our new kitchen, which was (almost) finished by the extremely dedicated kitchen fitter at 11pm on Sunday. We had the least christmassy christmas ever, which was kind of nice, but was still very satisfying to manage a simple roast chicken :)

[Ironwood]

Worst Christmas Ever.

 

No way worse than mine.

Probably not :  What happened to you ?

For my part, this one was so fucking stressy for no reason whatsoever and just had drama all over the shop.  It's all done now and I'm just going to try and enjoy my week off.  Fuck Sake, I hate this season.

Sorry to be a grinch.

[rk47]

i'm working now. had to make red ink turn black in accounts.
so yeah.
u can't possibly have it worse.

 

[Bzalthek]

Well, here's a Christmas story to cheer you up.  On the 11th we had to put our little pug, Muggsy, down cause of brain tumors eating her skull and all.  Very sad, lots of crying.  But we're a family that bounces back and have a very warped sense of humor, but ma gets sniffly and teary eyed at the drop of a hat too.

Anywho, fast forward to Christmas morning: I got my mum a rabbit fur hat she's been wanting for a while and she pulls it out of the package and is all exclaiming about it and being the asshole I am

"Now your ears wont get cold when you take the dog out.  (dramatic pause).  Oh wait..."

Fortunately I had the camera so I caught her laughing her ass off while getting sniffly sad at the same time. 

[Lantyssa]

My friends all got me the flu for Christmas.  One even imported it from Canada.

[Fabricated]

My family did all the Christmas stuff on Christmas Eve since some of us had to work Christmas Day (not me thankfully). Was good otherwise.

I am however working today through Friday, despite literally everyone who would send in a support ticket being out and there being a faux-blizzard passing through the area. So I'm sitting around listening to music and rewatching the Red Letter Media Star Wars reviews.

[Paelos]

I had to drive back home from Alabama on Christmas night since I have work today. Turned out it was the perfect time for the weather to dump a large amount of rain and tornados across the state. That was a harrowing 3 hours that normally takes 2.

[Ghambit]

Worst Christmas Ever.

 

No way worse than mine.

Probably not :  What happened to you ?

For my part, this one was so fucking stressy for no reason whatsoever and just had drama all over the shop.  It's all done now and I'm just going to try and enjoy my week off.  Fuck Sake, I hate this season.

Sorry to be a grinch.

Well like I said.  I was coldcocked fired from work with no net whatsoever just before (so couldnt buy people what I wanted).
Then the usual family drama, along with my own at home.  Along with recent inlaw drama (divorce, etc.)  But we all have to pretend everything is hunky dory at the party we threw. At said party my nephew smashes his ocular bone against the table, running around like 5yr. olds do.
Then my uncle dies of "Liver Cancer" on Saturday.  (crazy bastard probably timed it like that on purpose)...  but oh hai, he's from the Bahamas and since everyone (including myself now) is poor no one can afford the funeral really, let alone to fly to the Bahamas to attend it.

 

I will say the xmas itself was rather nice.  It all came together on the holiday.  But like I said, it's really just a facade when you see so much b.s. going on around you.  And some people can't even be arsed into treating people kindly even on the holidays.  (see inlaws, boss, etc.)  There are silver-linings to all of my complaints too though, but still.  I mean damn.  Really?

edit: oh wait, my landlord wants us out early now (he has a buyer for the place) so now we've got to scramble to find a place.

[Sky]

I am however working today through Friday, despite literally everyone who would send in a support ticket being out and there being a faux-blizzard passing through the area. So I'm sitting around listening to music and rewatching the Red Letter Media Star Wars reviews.

Lucky bastard. I hate this week, and have to remember to take it off next year. Cue everyone with new devices they got for xmas and no clue how to use them.

[Signe]

Yikes!  Really sorry for everyone who had such a horrible xmas.  I don't really like xmas although this year wasn't quite as awful as the past two.  I got to see my new-ish little niece and nephew.  The boy is going to be a handful.  Stoner material, I think.  The tiny wee girl is way too smart for being 16 months old.  She frightens me a little.  They are GORGEOUS, though.  Saw my older nephews, too, and they seemed to have a nice time.  Gave people some pressies this year for a change.  I don't usually do xmas, except to visit my sister for a bit.  Now that I live with her, there's no one to visit!  Still, it was better than my average xmas.  Majorly disappointed that the world didn't assplode before all the holiday hoopla, though.  That would have been good.

[Sir T]

Just got a text from the girl I'm going out with "You're a christmas Grouch"

Said that to my extended family and they all laughed. My sister said "she's not wrong" 

That about sums up my Christmas. Was so stressed on the morning I had a manic and a depressive episode inside an hour. Some people pay money for this shit. 

[Fabricated]

[Paelos]