gettin in the ~SPIRIT~~ of the holidaze

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fuck thaTY 2ND PICYK

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also please use this thread for drunken holiday posting & commiserating

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What kind of maniac drinks lager from a snifter glass?

drunky donkeys

I really just want to be left alone or among people who think getting drunkish is normal and reasonable and GASP even fun, instead of some kind of enormous insult to the Baby Jesus and your loved ones.

don't let the man grind you down l-dogg.

btw i got to my dad's house, poured myself a big glass of bourbon, gorged on swedish meatballs and then went down for a nap. A+ great way of avoiding uncomfortable social situations

You win!

now that i'm awake again, everyone is asleep!!!! or gone. i think i'm gonna pour myself another glass.

i can hear my dad snoring so that means i can start smoking grass indoors right?

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We usually have a drunk fest for christmas. This year, mom wanted it to be booze-free because our grandfather (G Diddy) is on dialysis and can't drink anymore. My older sister had a flask in her bra and roxy left to get eggnog half an hour after arriving, so the prohibition didn't last long. Any time any person mentioned booze at all, even if it was just telling a story, my mom would sigh and roll her eyes or yell at us. She even poked me in the ribs once when I said "gut rot". Annoying at first, but three 'nogs into it, it was just funny.

i got in a tiff with my sister over something stupid and now i am sulking in my room while they play poker downstairs.

sisterz, they suck ime

do you have some booze at least

when i passed out i was not sulking i was just EXHAUSTED and FULL OF MEATBALLS and CHEESE tbh.

i had some wine but bleh

i had some tea but it got cold and now i don't wanna go downstairs to reheat it and have to look at their awful faces lol

help me decide:

do i re-heat some meatballs in the microwave? steal more crackers from the cupboard? (just killed a box of white cheddar cheez its.) do i continue eating sweets? (just had slice of rum cake & two truffles.)

do i keep drinking? dogfish head indian brown ale? whiskey? if whiskey, maker's? maker's & ginger? have knob in the flask also.

i dunno ian just eat whatever u can eat

eat what thou wilt

meatballs & beer

The Original Grinch 12-17-08
“Two Sizes Too Small!”
I. INTRO:
A. Christmas Family Services: 7 & 11pm (Kry; Candlelight service)
II. THE ORIGINAL GRINCH!
A. THE 1966 GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS!
B. The Grinch, a bitter, cave-dwelling creature with a heart "two sizes too small," lives on
snowy Mount Crumpit, a steep, 3,000-foot high mountain just north of Whoville, home
of the merry and warm-hearted Whos.
1. His only companion is Max, his faithful dog. Envious of hearing the Whos'
Christmas festivities below, he makes plans to descend on the town and, by
means of burglary, deprive them of their Christmas presents & decorations
and thus "prevent Christmas from coming". However, he learns in the end
that despite his success in stealing all the Christmas presents & decorations
from the Whos, Christmas comes just the same. He then realizes that
Christmas is more than just gifts and presents. His heart grows 3 sizes larger,
he returns all the presents and trimmings, and is warmly welcomed into the
community of the Whos.
2. I wish Herod’s end was the same!
C. The Grinch personifies all those who view christmas with disdain (i.e. Scrooge)
1. As loud as we celebrate the birth of Christ, others seek to have Nativity
scenes torn down from public parks.
2. I think the target behind the venom is that we tell the story as truth, not myth.
3. And this truth has serious consequences:
a) No danger in believing in Santa Claus. Eternal danger in not believing in Jesus.
4. Christmas is a comfort for those who believe in Christ, it is a threat to many
who do not.
D. THE ORIGINAL GRINCH!
E. The 1 who wanted to stop Christmas in its tracks is a familiar Christmas villain, Herod.
1. He is missing from the manger scene, but not by his own choice.
a) He would have been more than happy to find the little baby Jesus, but for his own
purposes.
2. Read Mt.2:1-12
1
a) (8) His words ring with sincerity but his heart was another matter. 2 sizes too small!
b) He wanted to stop the celebration before it ever began.
F. Herod was the first opposition to Jesus, & he provides “the other Christmas story”, the
unhappy Christmas story of fear, jealousy, & ruthless persecution.
1. Herod is the reminder that God sent His Son into a world that really didn’t
want Him. - A world threatened by Him, who would eventually finish what
Herod started.
2. Herod is every man or woman who ever rebelled against God & His rule
over his/her life.
G. Some of us eventually join then angels, the shepherds, the Magi, & Simeon & Anna in
rejoicing in His arrival. Others remain with Herod, at least in spirit.
1. While many wish Christians no evil, they also wish Jesus no power in or over
their lives.
2. The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings, but first of all frightening
news for everyone who has a conscience.
3. It raises questions like...If God did come to earth, what are the consequences
of my disbelief or disobedience?
H. If He truly was the Son of God come to our world to offer us salvation, then He cannot
be ignored!
I. Herod was afraid of Jesus!
1. (2) If the Magi had asked, “where the baby Jesus had been born”, Herod
wouldn’t have had a problem, but they asked, “where the King of the Jews
was born.”
a) He feared Jesus, but for the wrong reasons. {Jealousy, felt threatened}
J. Herod’s cruelty was legendary. Over the years, he had eliminated by assassination every
possible rival to his throne & his power, including his wives & his sons.
1. Read vs.16
2. Jesus didn’t just challenge Herod’s position. He challenged all who believe
they can live independent of the rule of God, all who are ultimately unwilling
to bow before the living Son of God.
3. Modern-day Grinches are being pursued by the Babe in the manger, &
because they aren’t willing to receive Him, they must reject Him.
2
4. Appl: Instead of being angry at them we must begin to understand what is at stake
& why they are so adamantly opposed to Him.
K. The life of Jesus drowns out the accomplishments of Herod in a sea of insignificance.
1. The only reason most people remember Herod at all is in relationship to Jesus
2. The king who built splendid palaces, & structures that still stand 2000 years
later, is nothing but a footnote in the history of a baby in a manger.
3. Herod provides nothing more than a black backdrop against which Jesus
might shine the brighter!
L. H.G. Wells, the famous British historian, was asked which person left the most
permanent impression upon history, he replied that you need to judge a person based
upon historical standards. “By this test,” Wells concluded, “Jesus stands first. I am a
historian, I am not a believer. But I must confess as a historian that this penniless
preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of History. Jesus Christ is easily the
most dominant figure in all of history.”1
M. It is difficult to worship the Savior & at the same time exalt yourself.
1. One must either surrender to Him, or compete with Him.
2. Herod sought to compete, & he lost!
N. The Magi hadn’t come to worship the aged & experienced political campaigner, Herod,
but an infant king.
1. They brought no gifts to the esteemed & eminent King of Judea (Galilee,
Iturea, & Traconitas).
2. As a final insult, after keeping their mission the Magi left without saying
goodbye to Herod The Great!
O. Not everyone wants God to interrupt their world & their lives.
1. Where we see the love of God in the Babe in the manger, they see Him grown
up & making claims on their lives, uncomfortable claims.
2. They have nothing really to celebrate, even if the story is true, especially if the
story is true.
a) They have said no to Joy, no to grace, no to mercy, no to peace, no to the God
who humbled himself before them.
3
1
Source Unknown. Taken from “In Search of the Real Spirit of Christmas”; Dan Schaeffer.
P. When you hear “bah-humbugs” this year don’t lash out but be sensitive to the fact they
don’t yet recognize that the Babe who was born in our world waits to be born in their
hearts as well!
1. Can you remember when the message of Christmas meant little more to you
than a holiday celebrated with trees & presents?
2. Yes, Jesus waited patiently until you learned that He had been born for you!
3. Pray for the Grinches that you see while waiting in lines, or where ever.
You may be the only one that does this Christmas season!
Q. Grinches are afraid that Jesus has come to take something from them.
1. We need to gently remind them that He came to give them something -
something they can’t live without!
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omg i totally just had some old grand dad a couple of weeks ago. good shit.

just cooked amazing feast, enough to reheat for xmas dinner tomorrow, ate some delish ice cream, watched darjeeling ltd, will get into heated bed and read new book, get up tomorrow early and go for hike in some mountains, go to a matinee, come home and eat leftovers

and NO FAMILY DRAMAS to deal with! just me and ytth

(lol i txted my mum & nana a merry xmas in nz but no one has bothered to reply yet. i'm sure next time i speak to my lil sis there will have been some drama from today at the fam xmas, like my older bro getting drunk again and calling my mum a bitch {he's 39})

lucky you!

yeah, that sounds awesome!! i was just telling my friend how i'd rather just be staying in the city & doing something low key with friends. a movie during the day, some lasagna at night...

YES. all i want next year is a pizza at home with the cat and some girlfriends. that's all i want.

ramz, ian, you are both welcome to come hang out with us on xmas next year <3 <3

altho there is also a very slim chance that NY is in our near future, so maybe you wouldn't have that far to come

orly! ny is a harsh mistress but we'd love to have you!

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Twenty past eight in the morning. While I'm waiting for the kettle to boil I'm wondering whether to put a glug of Bailey's or bourbon into my coffee?

argh at:

i. not being able to use the kitchen to get breakfast due to preparations for christmas dinner starting nine hours beforehand
ii. my brother calling from thailand and talking to everyone but me, as my sister sees i am drying my hands and says "oh, he's in the bathroom, he'll be a while"

srsly is there anyone who takes 'a while' to dry their hands? am i doing it wrong?

maybe her eyes hadn't quite cleared and she thought you were wringing a goose's neck

for to kill and pluck the christmas bird, why not choose the waterproof sanctuary of a bathroom?

Anyway...

Shouting? Screaming? Things crashing to the floor? Assurances that no we're not going to visit my aunt despite weeks of reminders, because someone's behaved badly/is wearing scruffy clothes? No tree? No presents to unwrap? Ill-will? Apathy? Dejection? SAD?

It can only be a J4gg3r Christmas.

Sis informed me last night that anyone who has >14 drinks a week has a "problem." (She claims never to have been drunk in her life.)

my mother came in from midnight mass last night and grabbed the whisky I was drinking for herself

haha ok you win

it was kind of funny actually! btw i was actually trying to fashion some kind of sleigh entirely out of bathroom fittings. it was going to be a surprise :(

Had a great day playing Wii Mario with my sister and helping her with her new computer.
Played some board games, drank a couple beers. Got a hotel room to myself (mom's got the employee rate)
cuz sleeping on my sister's couch wrecked me for days after Thanksgiving.
My niece and nephew are cute. I left the few presents I got at my sister''s place lol.

xmas spirit kind of ruined by news of vic chestnutt's death ;_;

perky jerky combined with bourbon and nacho cheese flavored goldfish crackers = heartburn city!!!!

we just had 2nd annual facial time with my little sis and her friend jimmy <3

uh, facial.. time?

sorry we did like face masks and eye cream and stuff. lol.

you probably needed it after sefap, iirc. i did.

you rc tbh!

i wish there was a facial for ego damage!

jimmy has these little vitamin strips you put on your face and sleep in that are supposed to help with lines. he said 'you don't really need them' but then he put them on my laugh lines and said 'just in case.' they felt funny and i woke up with one in my hair!

grandfather, who has been very ill, not feeling well enough to have chinese food tonight--he's spending the day in the hospital with his daughters getting tests done & being examined. :( bummer. i am gonna go out with my cousin's friend who our family has semi-adopted, and we are gonna spend gift cards @ barnes & noble before picking my cousin up at work. then...!??! i am starving.

Aw, hope he feels better :(

Me too, Ian!

eatin a mango tart.
waitin for my cousin to bake up some pigs in blankets.

Eating some After Eights.

this:
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going down nicely.

I had vegetarian pigs in a blanket yesterday! They were better than I expected tbh.

NEXT UP:
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Poss. in improv nog form. Although the double cream may be passed its best.

past ffs.

just made a run home for my cell phone charger & a smoke break. now back at the aunt's watching freaks & geeks with my cousins.

going out to dinner again. gonna watch a movie again.

Poss. in improv nog form. Although the double cream may be passed its best.

rulezzzzzzzzzz

what should me & my cousins eat? take out?

so jeal nicky

pizza delivery
xpost

i was gunning for pizza but we ended up going with chinese instead.

watched first two seasons of peep show w/ the girl today

ayo mal.
just got back to my place, had to chaperone the younger generation today while the adults were at the hospital.

no worries man--i figured all bets were off w/ a fam sitch like that.

yeah, i guess gramps got himself a bit dehydrated. rehydrated via IV, staying overnight to run some tests. yeeesh. we'll hangi n bklyn soon tho i hope.

@ a friends habging out with newly married hs friend and his wife and others and listening to 90s gruynge xm station and feeling mad nostalgic.

Oops grunge

y'all y'all y'all y'all orion looks amazing tonight!!!

<3 yall

orion? oh, the star

constellation.

what if u know someone named orion

it made me think of ij tbh!

(xpost) At first I thought she was talking about ian.

(xxpost) oh yeah thanks. early onset senility is not pretty.

Also thought maybe there was somebody in OSG makeup.

Wikipedia article is pretty interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation).
Where are you that you can see the stars so well, tehresa?

western south carolina. awesomely clear skies here in winter!

weird fucking holidaze, tbh. annual jewish xmas dinner was a blast, much alcohol and turkey, etc. but my arrival was mad delayed on the 25th due to crazy transportation issues and stopped subways/buses/etc.

it's the first yr since my mom sold her house, so i am staying in my her apartment downtown with my youngest sister, while my mom + her bf stay in their little bungalo outside the city. the other sister managed to dodge xmas - which is possibly why there haven't been any crazy SIBLING FITES yet, but she and her bf got into town today and are staying out in the country with my mom. my dad is in florida until the day i leave town with his girlfriend at (for real) her 70-something mother's wedding. the next three days will be the interesting ones. family dinner with mom+bf, 20yo sis+bf, 16yo sis+bf, and me (only one without a bf, tbh).

last year, this took place at a fancy restaurant where the (then 15yo) sister revealed that she'd accompanied a friend to Planned Parenthood a few months earlier when the aforementioned friend needed an abortion. this led to a blow-out argument at the dinner table with the other sister who STRONGLY DISAPPROVES of teenagers gallivanting around abortion facilities without parental awareness, or something like that. and then she berated my mother (one week post-cancer diagnosis - 100% clear now, tho) for not having known. (it was at that point that i decided that coming out at a country club would probably be a bit gauche, and left well enough alone for another few days).

which is to say, i can't really imagine a way for this week to be more insane than last christmas, but i nonetheless have faith in our ability to step up to the plate.

Honestly, reading that, I'm wondering why I haven't started writing one-act plays or pilot scripts for HBO Dramas.

Things To Do in 2010.

pre-emptively pouring myself holiday SPIRITS.

tonight we played buffalo in a box, which is like monopoly. also played cards with grandpa. he kicked all our asses.

I've obtained much holiday spirits so far but in fairness it's hot here so drinking is the done thing imo. Mad crazy boxing day bbq that included spontaneous acapella multipart harmony rendition of "sit on my face" in the backyard.

spontaneous acapella multipart harmony rendition of "sit on my face" in the backyard

i can join your family plz? that is astoundingly wonderful.

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I doubted, but the Gospel of Google proves that Buffalo in a Box is a real thing! Bask in its silliness!

Alex: hah well, no it wasnt my family, it was my friends :) My family live interstate so I saw them afore xmas this year.

Mind you, my dad's drunken rendition of "swing low sweet chariot" is alway good for a laugh.

got stoned & played beatles rockband iirc