sarcastic squirrel

so im annoyed at something im seeing as a growing trend of the holidays. commercials for stores advertising gift cards. saying to people "oh no, dont bother putting any effort or thought into giving gifts to the people you love. just get them a gift card so they can get something they actually want. it shows you care enough to spend two minutes on their gift, instead of taking the time to think about something thoughtfull." when did we get this lazy and thoughtless? its appauling.

my friend from school, glitterophelia, was kind enough to bring me an extra fake tree she had. so now i have a tree! ive never had a fake tree before. its not as bad as it could be. im happy to have a tree. im working on shaping the branches a bit more before i put the lights on.

addressed all my xmas cards to send them out in the morning. wish id done it sooner.

i have a few left, so if you comment here with your address i will screen comments and send you a card!

well on saturday i helped my mom shop for the foster kids. and saw rent. which was excellent. have i posted about this already? sunday i went and saw my dad on hawthorne. my brothers were sposed to come but couldnt. it was good to see him. then the freezing rain started. it was cool to watch. and it snowed too. i shoulda gone home after that but i decided to do the shoot i had planned with john. went to buffalo exchange while i waited for him to come get me. got some great clothes. a cool skirt, a 60s dress that looks great on me, a striped sweater, and a corsety thingy. the skirt was the only thing over 10 bucks. i was happy. then john and i went to his place and did the shoot. he couldnt drive me home cuz he didnt have snow tires or anything. tried to catch the bus but it never came. went to get some pad thai and call a cab, couldnt get through. watched about a boy at his place and soaked my feet in a tub of hot water. tried the cab companies repeatedly. started all this about 6. got a hold of a cab around 1130pm. but right after that i got a ride from dodgers friend john. so i canceleed the cab. john picked me up and drove me home, stopped at the store, then he hung out with us and i stayed up and talked to him and watched foamy the squirrel stuff with him. dodger had gone to bed during star wars 3. then john crashed in the living room and i went to join dodger in bed. they had stuff to work on the next day. which they did. while i worked on my zoo. and i watched movies and tv. and we all went to burger king and then i mailed my present to my nana.

today, besides the arrival of my tree, i watched some star trek, addressed cards, and im going to try and get my moms presents wrapped and stick them under my tree. fred is enjoying laying under the tree.

tomorrow ill go run errands and then go see my dad. hes gonna trim my hair, put a red celophane dye on it, and give me a bunch of hair products. yay.

thursday im going with dodger to see jim. friday night im posing for a drawing group, im nervous about it. saturday night im going to my moms and making cookies and staying the night so that xmas we can do presents and movies and xmas music and food and calls to the relatives. yay.

what is everyone doing for the holidays?