you're not home for the holidays: irritating work shifts, enforced solitude, and furtive visits to bars that are still open this time of year

whaddup.

god, i am seriously very envious.

I am reading Capote and listening to that new Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs comp since no bosses are around.

I really wanted to take my bartendress home last night something awful. I know it's bad when I've devolved back to the "any girl who brings me a drink is hot" level

this is awesome

I slept in one of our rooms from 7:15am to 2:50pm and got the best sleep I've gotten in months.

The thick curtain blocking out all sunlight & the utter silence & the big bed helped I'm sure.

I like the way amazon has the tracklisting done up so the artists' names seem like part of the title

this is terrible to admit but last year on my santa shift I went in the server room and took a nap on my jacket

on the other hand they weren't even paying us shift differential or overtime for that crap so fuck that job

I have been known to sneak into the kitchen cage and steal warm soda and danishes when no one is around.

ie I'm gonna go do that right now.

It's me and a very dapper and preachy schizophrenic in this Starbucks, and a gaggle of girls.

I thought this guy was talking on his phone, he's rugged/dapper straight out of an Orvis catalog, and then he asks me to repeat after him "The moment I saw the green grass was Jesus."

That's a great line, man.

I don't know why I can never manage to write when I'm at work. The flip side of setting up a great workspace & "get-into-the-zone" routine is that when I'm not in said workspace I have a hard time doing anything creative.

jesus just gave me a man in a black jacket puking pathetically by himself at 7:15 pm while leaning on the wall. to make me feel better.

I'm all waiting for the atm to spit my money out thinking "why is someone behind me pouring a drink out on the ground only a little bit at a time?"

i've progressed to "spin in my chair cause i'm bored" levels guys

on the upside, i am not pouring a drink out a little bit at a time

my cat is singing along to the jim carroll band because you brought up basketball diaries

I'm all waiting for the atm to spit my money out thinking "why is someone behind me pouring a drink out on the ground only a little bit at a time?"

-- El Tomboto, Monday, December 24, 2007 4:24 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

For his dead homies.

pukin' for the homies

guys i just spent 10 minutes looking for a jpeg of alicia silverstone going "rollin with the homies" in clueless

that actually happened

pukin' for the homies

i.e., ethan's night out?!?

i laid out on a park bench at the dog park today and almost driften into slumber. with the sun on my face and the sound of city busses driving by it felt like chicago in the springtime. so not christmas.

drifteD

i have to get off the computer and pull records for this shitty party tonite. then drive to work and set up sound system for xmas eve service. and sound system for xmas morning brunch. i think i can get away w/ not going in tomorrow though.

asian cougar mentioned on cougar thread will be at party!

*hangs head in shame*

i am eating some pistachios

my microwave is kind of a sarcastic prick

I pushed the "POPCORN" button and when it was done it said "ENJOY YOUR MEAL"

popcorn is never, never a meal

it is like food that says fuck you, lazypants

Perfect soundtrack for existential Christmas Eve: "Baker Street" is on the radio right now.

yeah I think I'd appreciate the honesty of a microwave that called me a lazy asshole every other time I opened the door

I am finally getting out of here in like half an hour.

I think this will be the first time I've spent 24 consecutive hours in the workplace.

i just submitted billing that was due 10 days ago when i was in chicago.

in chicago, getting trained on how to do my job by various people including but not limited to the blowsy lady in the billing department.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand i am OUT, doggies.

mele kalikimaka, hoos

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ok i think i'm going to catch the last 15 minutes of the candlelight service before i get out of here because that shit is ingrained in me.

god bless us everyone and to all a good nite.

oh my god this sucks so bad

I have not anticipated getting home and going to bed this avidly in like years

I did indeed go to a bar for part of last night and met the fashion editor for the weekly paper here. She was pretty and also turned out to be the girlfriend of a guy I play poker with.

sympathy for xmas workers

imago u should take the opportunity to do a deep dive on some unfamiliar artist, like idk the first 8 King Crimson records or something (random guess)

Wu-Tang Clan & solo albums has been mooted for a while. Someone's been badgering me to do Pere Ubu. And I've just begun with Sparks. Feel like a comprehensive grounding in tweepop might be the next one I make significant progress in if the Field Mice sortie was anything to go by

sorry your peoples are sick & your sweetie's away, imago. christmas '24 will have a serious cumulative gaiety deficit to redress!

gyac your mam sounds dear, sleeve your supper sounds dope

the 1st time i brought someone to family xmas my dad punched him, the last time i brought someone was the year my 8-year-old nephew got his first rifle and, being 8, excitedly pointed it at everyone present, and that is all 2 times i subjected an outsider to my family's xmas traditions

since my mom died at least no one is trying to entice me back. just me & mr. cat & maybe a walk in the snow, that'll be grand~

the 1st time i brought someone to family xmas my dad punched him

am imagining this being an 'as soon as he set foot inside the doorway' affair lol sorry sorry

you're not too far off, alas

jeez

has everyone here seen Jodi Foster's "Home For The Holidays"? well worth a view, cat's stories remind me of it

good luck imago <3

i struggle w xmas when its just me and mr veg (past 3 or 4 years now) so idk how i would cope being solo for xmas

i know a lot of ppl are into it tho so ymmv

ms imago on whatsapp all 'yeah I'd totally be into solo Xmas' ¬_¬

to be clear she is being very nice still!

i am going to be experimenting with cooking a lot at least. fishmas

wrap the grey mullet in bacon so you know it's The Season

honestly undecided which of the grey mullet or the tilapia is Xmas and which is Boxing Day, think I have it the right way around

Triple time, no deliveries incoming, and barely any customers to contend with. It's my favourite working day of the year :)

niiiice, love triple time

haven't seen the jodie foster movie; can't really abide most holiday films. i think my recent fave is Hold The Dark, set in alaska with jeffrey wright as a wolf scientist and alexander skarsgård as a psychopathic iraq war vet and people being possessed by wolf spirits and murdering children (and anyone else, basically), and a great scene where a native guy guns down like 50 cops. (it's set in december and there is snow and families so it is a christmas movie)

right on oscar bravo!

oh uh spoilers i guess

home for the holidays technically a thanksgiving movie (thank god tbh) and probably the only holiday movie i’ve ever seen that feels like a collection of interrelated short stories about wryly-yet-tenderly-observed family dynamics. it is fantastic

i am spending the holidays getting misgendered and deadnamed by my folks and kinda sorta missing my ex even tho it was better for all involved that we broke up. don’t worry i keep telling myself, it'll get better. quite a few furtive nips this season tho

furtive nips can also mean vaping weed in the bathroom

oh ivy, i'm sorry. it'll be over soon -- one second at a time, and before you know it you'll be free again. ♥️

vaping weed in the bathroom
<3

vaping weed in the bathroom vs snorting coke in the garage

sorry yr folks are not reaching a minimum acceptable standard ivy. also do your eoy track and album nominations lol

it’s really just that my mom insists on telling my stepdad about my gender transition herself, and she hasn’t yet. but she vowed to. so this’ll hopefully be the last holiday i have to suffer through this

not that this has prevented me from wearing dresses and skirts and jumpers around them all holiday, it’s nice to be able to fall back on being cute as hell

ivy, hugs. I'm entering Mordor in about 30 mins, where I sit with gritted teeth wondering which relative will make the first innocuous remark about Israel, Hunter Biden, and political correctness.

I'm sipping a Cynar negroni and watching Wu-Tang videos before getting picked up.

just remember, you can always leave, and if you're worried that leaving will make you feel shit, ask yourself if you're already feeling shit anyway

since i started that memory ball rolling and haven't managed to shut it up yet:

it was more like "SO YOU'RE THE GUY FUCKING MY DAUGHTER, HAHA" immediate chest punch, awkward laughter, whispered excuses for the missing stair -- familyless holidays have been a vast improvement & i recommend them to anyone whose life might be happier that way, iow boxedjoy otm

Just coom an entire salmon or something. Really go wild

braggin 2023

brisk 9 holes on an almost deserted golf course done. now off to work. have a good one ilx.

Good morning!

ffs knew i wasn't getting away with that. oscar bravo has worked out how to live obv, ditto ivy, ditto soto (cynar is incredible stuff right, when i went to alsace earlier this year a local speciality was lager with a shot of it, total gamechanger)

good morning!

Had to cancel a road trip to my parents’ house because our beloved old cat is fading fast and we’re giving him fluid infusions every two days and basically can’t do the normal “have someone stop by to top up the food bowl.” (Plus just don’t want to leave the old guy alone.) I have to do some work today as well, but since I work from home at least I can do it in sweatpants with a seasonal cocktail.

I'm laying next to my husband, who stayed up all night again. We don't really celebrate Christmas, mostly because he has trauma about it, but I have been able to get him to cook a special ham dinner today.

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Woke up at 3 and couldn’t fall back asleep, so got out of bed at 5 to listen to music and try to relax. I don’t do well on holidays and birthdays, but it was nice to see the smile on my kid’s face when he opened his big gift, a graphics card.

I love birthdays! Celebrate me for a change. I don't mind the attention.

our dinner was amazing, I really channeled the Art Of Simple Food aesthetic.

cucumber/cherry tomato salad with evoo, apple cider vinegar, salt, pepper

mashed sweet potatos w/ butter, salt, pepper

thin sliced pork cooked in a sauce of caramelized onions, roma tomatos, salt, pepper, and paprika

tempranillo wine

they let my girlfriend out of the hospital day before yesterday so me and her and her other girlfriend went down to corvallis to watch the miyazaki film with my girlfriend's (found family) sister

movie theaters on christmas are like churches used to be, by which i mean that whenever you show up they complain loudly and at great length about how you never come round anymore, thereby making it that much less likely that anyone will bother to show up next time round. the whole thing has just started seeming completely desperate and unpleasant.

anyway then i came home and had my shot. happy shot day! or patchmas for those of you who celebrate. also, my heartfelt well wishes to those of you poor unfortunates out there celebrating spironukkah. i hope this is the year you finally get your geld.

Had to cancel a road trip to my parents’ house because our beloved old cat is fading fast and we’re giving him fluid infusions every two days and basically can’t do the normal “have someone stop by to top up the food bowl.” (Plus just don’t want to leave the old guy alone.) I have to do some work today as well, but since I work from home at least I can do it in sweatpants with a seasonal cocktail.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, December 25, 2023 9:10 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

ah man sorry about this, been there with the fluid infusions and it is not fun at all particularly given the time of year. hope cat isn't too uncomfortable and that you enjoy some quality time with him

hi cad, nice to see u

Thanks, yeah, we've created multiple comfortable spots for him around the house. He mostly lies on a heating pad (turned low) on an easy chair. He's sleeping right now on some crumpled up wrapping paper we haven't picked up yet. It's been a sweet Christmas with him, knowing it's almost certainly his last. Not that Christmas matters to him, but he does like the tree.

This day is dragging on. I can’t really deal with endless holiday jawboning

Wait, wrong thread I think, sorry

hi cad, nice to see u

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, December 25, 2023 9:57 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

hi sleeve! your christmas adventure sounds excellent, hope you are enjoying warm weather and relaxing vibes

I didn’t even know we had this thread until today

I'm working tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. I wonder if someone in the call centre will have punched a monitor like they did last Boxing Day?

im working the three days also, at least one of which will be from the golf course

Rude

they pay me to think, ill think between shots

It was more wondering which day mar dhea a mhic

the other one