Christmas bells are ringing! Christmas bells are ringing! Somewhere else. Not here.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:07pm

Anyone else feel that way today or just me? I hate the holidays more than even Valentine's Day (which is saying a lot)! I'm not a Jew, or even a Christian sick of Christmas. I'm just an irritable, over-stressed and under-appreciated agnostic gal sick of eating Chinese food for Christmas and putting up with holiday bulls*it. And there are a million and one other reasons I always dread this time of year.

Anyone else? Or am I the vast minority here? BAH HUMBUG!

Updated On: 12/25/04 at 06:07 PM

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:12pm

Oh, Tiff, I think the Holidays are a HIGHLY STRESSING time for a lot of us.

I'm sorry that you're so down--maybe just keep in mind, that in a week comes New Year's Eve, and then it'll all be over for a while?

Until then, maybe just focus on some good books or movie or TV for a while...


I Do Understand Tiff,


M.E.

[Plum]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:20pm

I've managed to isolate myself from most of the holiday bull**** this year, but I know how you feel, Tiff. I think I've already pissed off a few people here with my nasty contributions to Christmas carol threads.

Now, through my patented method of not watching TV, listening to the radio, or going shopping, I hardly have to deal with the constant refrain of ChristmasChristmasChristmas at all. And I'm not eating even a crumb of Chinese food today. Tilapia is on the menu instead. Updated On: 12/25/04 at 06:20 PM

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:26pm

^^ that is currently my away message for the many reasons i won't post here for the sake of saving bandwidth.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:29pm

We have Christmas carol threads here? Wow, I must have better selective vision than I thought! (If only to block out those constant Wicklynite threads...)

Maybe the trick is to sleep through the afternoon and the evening and not watching TV or movies or the radio. I watched Love Actually last night to get me in the Christmas spirit, but it didn't work. It just made me feel worse - goddamn idealistic fairytales.

Ah well. M_E, I don't look forward to New Year's, so my only solice is knowing Chinese New Year is coming up at the beginning of February, and it's the one time of year that I'm obligated to ACCEPT money with no strings attached except that I'm unmarried and young! Yup - I get paid for being alone and Chinese. Ain't it grand?

In the mean time, I've come close to throwing my radio and all Christmas decorations out my window. Sound like a plan?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:32pm

BEKA, let's hear it. This won't take up any more bandwidth than those insipid Wicked threads, and I'm in a foul mood. Misery loves company. And I've been drinking a bit. Vodka ain't my friend. (PS. I'm not drunk -- Just a bit dizzy.)

[Plum]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:34pm

Step 1: Turn off the radio. Don't turn it on again today.
Step 2: Ignore the decorations. They don't matter.
Step 3: Put on a very non-Christmas CD. Punk rock, for example.
Step 4: Relax and read a book or something.

Hooray for the anti-Christmas spirit!

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:34pm

I'd invite you over to my house, but we're eating Chinese food too.

But hey, your Winter Solstice celebration was good on the 22nd, wasn't it?

(Can't wait for Chinese New Year either. I'm never getting married!)

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:35pm

Tiff.

I'm sure you know your own limits w/alcohol--but PLEASE don't overdo.


--A Concerned M.E.

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:40pm

fine, i'll keep it simple.


- i've been sick on and off for the past 2 months, and i'm just so tired of feeling like crap.
- i still have MASSIVE amounts of make up work
- i am currently failing EVERY class, and i usually get straight a's
- it's vacation, but i get no break because i have to catch up
- all my friends are away, so i'm stuck by myself
- my parents won't stop b*tching about how i'm screwing up my college chances cause i'm failing. NO ONE understands that i don't CHOOSE to get sick! my teachers, my parents, GET THE F*CK OFF MY BACK!
- i'm going on a "family vacation" tomorrow, and i don't know how i'm supposed to deal with them and no one else for 3 days.
- i've really gotten no presents at all cause i got wicked tickets, and thats it. i just feel like the holidays have been totally wasted on me. i bought 2 CDs, the rent bible (FINALLY... looong story why i didnt have it yet), and my digital camera for myself, since no one else was getting anything for me. so much for the spirit of giving!

the ONE light at the end of the tunnel... this time next week i'll finally be seeing wicked after counting down for 98 days.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:43pm

M_E, thanks for the concern. The sad thing is I didn't even have that much - I just made myself a much needed cosmo. Who knew that half cran juice and half vodka would be too strong? I felt fine until all of a sudden I looked as red as Sebastian the crab in The Little Mermaid, and I was seeing flashes. I thought I was high from something.

Alright, you guys pick: Kill Bill Pt 1 or the Scream trilogy or The Exorcist?

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:46pm

kill bill. or scream trilogy if you're up for a long one.


ooh, i know what *i* could watch to cheer myself up ... after i pack. Updated On: 12/25/04 at 06:46 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:48pm

Kille Bill. And here's a fun game to go with it.
Press Hrat

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:48pm

Wow Becca, I can sympathize and empathize. Is this the sickness you were telling us about before? Are you feeling better? How many years of high school do you have? Is there still time to make up for it! If you're taking arts or social sciences, let me know and I can help you out. And hey, Wicked tickets aren't so bad for XMas! My parents didn't get me anything. Period.

I bought myself my own presents too - Sex and the City, seasons 2, 3 and 4. SH*Tty thing is seasons 2 and 4 have been in the mail for a suspiciously long time and I'm getting really worried. *cries*

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:52pm

Go ahead, Tiff.

Cry.

Let it out.

It seems like you've been keeping all this in for FAR TOO LONG.

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 6:58pm

yeah, the mycoplasma, which is basically walking pneumonia, but i had a fever for 10 days that spiked to 105.6 so it was determined that i had a virus on top of it. it was like a one-two punch, and i was just dead for 2 weeks.

which made me miss 2 weeks of school, which for some reason happened to be the 2 busiest weeks yet this year. it took me a month to make up the tests/quizzes in my off and lunch periods (i only have 1 off period every 6 days). then i had 1.5 weeks till the end of the quarter, so i had so little time to catch up.

then i got a stomach virus thingie that was going around, and missed 3 days.

then i got sick cause of all the stress of catching up and failing everything, and missed 5 days. and now i'm just beyond stressed, tired, and ready for a break, which i won't be getting any time soon.

this is my sophomore year, which is why i'm so worried that next year is only gonna be worse. i'm taking: 10th math, 10th english, ap euro history, chem, honors french, zoology, painting, and ceramics. and the chem and math are killing me, cause i missed so much and have the regents soon. teaching it to myself DOES NOT WORK.


so, theres my novel...

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 7:18pm

wow, i killed this thread.

*feels bad*

but its SUPPOSED to be an angst thread...

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 7:25pm

Sorry hun you didn't kill this thread. I was just responding to the Wagon one and another one on the main board, and on AIM.

Anyway, for a while I was thinking I had Seasonal Affective Disorder. But I don't think that's it. I'm just a cranky person all around, but I'm happy come late Jan/early Feb (Chinese New Year)!

Tough to advise you on what to do now - if your colleges accept personal statements or discretionary categories, you can always point out your illness and supply medical notes. If it makes you feel any better, I think your gr 11 and 12 years are much more important any indicative of your success in college. You may improve exponentially then! I'd be happy to help in English and European History...less happy to help in French because I'm rusty, but that too!

[BEKA531]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 7:35pm

i'm sure i'll get past it eventually, but i just need a break! i haven't watched TV in weeks, haven't picked up a book that wasn't for school... basically haven't done anything for myself. its NOT FAIR! school shouldn't run my life!!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 7:43pm

Just think it'll only go on for another 2.5 years and then you can either go to college and take your time and study what you like, or you can get a job and get out into the real world. In the end, 2.5 years isn't too much of a sacrifice if it sets the foundation for the rest of your life! (Sounds like a cliche but it's true.)

Plus it's Christmas. Time to be merry. Little bastard cousin who called me fat is coming over for dinner.

[ChicagoBwayFan]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 7:48pm

2.5 years is a short-term sacrifice versus going your entire life wondering "what if I had finished school.." - Good luck!

Tiff - serve your buddy a can of carrots and tell him that's the meal you planned for yourself after his thoughtless comment to you. Make him starve!!

[Plum]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 7:49pm

Well, you can act quietly mature and call him a flea-bitten loser.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 8:05pm

ChicagoBwayFan - The sad thing I really did consider it.

Plum, does "awkward pasty beanpole" seem too immature?

Uh-oh doorbell just rang. Let the bloodshed begin. (Someone talk me out of breaking this kid's arm or else there's gonna be an aggravated assault on someone else's head.)

BTW, little bastard just walked into my room. "Ha, ha. You still didn't get me back." *eyetwich*

I F*CKING HATE CHRISTMAS!!

Updated On: 12/25/04 at 08:05 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 8:09pm

*does the "my family lives in Israel" dance*

Be strong, Tiff. Threaten them with showtunes if necessary.

[Ellie3]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 8:14pm

Just punch them in the face. Chances are you won't see each other much after that. Smack them till they bleed.