Things To Which You are Not Looking Forward...

[RandomAnthony]

Listen, I like the holiday season and all, but pretty soon music like THIS is going to be inescapable...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR3CKE...

To what are you not looking forward, either with the holidays or life in general?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Oh, hey, I'm going to the Transiberian Orchestra concert with Gretchen in a couple of weeks. It makes me laugh and laugh!
Can't wait! :)

[RandomAnthony]

You lie. You headbang at Trans-siberian Orchestra concerts, don't you, Jackie? Do you make the devil sign with your hands and rock out to the Carol of the Bells?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I snicker, and I rock out, both! I can appreciate the cheesiness of it all, while still enjoying the heavy metal beat.
I am a many-layered woman, RA.

[Félix]

I am a many-layered woman, RA.

And so it is revealed.

[RandomAnthony]

That you are, librarian, that you are...

I try to limit my cheesiness appreciation to Amy Grant's music and Vampire Diaries but usually fail.

[[deleted user]]

I like Christmas itself, but I'm already dreading the fact that most retailers already have their Christmas swag on display.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I mean, I'm wearing wings, for heaven's sake. Who am I to judge?

[Félix]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I mean, I'm wearing wings, for heaven's sake. Who am I to judge?"

Amen, sister.

[RandomAnthony]

I hear the black Friday ads are leaking, Gus...

Yes, who are you to judge, librarian? Esp. as far as Morrissey and Stars of the Lid are concerned?:)

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

So, you're admitting that Morrissey and Stars of the Lid are cheesy, RA?

[RandomAnthony]

Dammit. Walked into that one. I should know better.

[[deleted user]]

Sears actually started their black friday last weekend, they even promoted it.

[[deleted user]]

Sears is hurting right now, so anything to boost their sales isn't surprising.

[Vanessa]

I don't know what the hell is going on here, but I will tell of that to which I am not looking forward....I am riding for over an hour with my mother and two of her sisters to meet my 90 year old grandparents for dinner. The grandparents are awesome, but the other part makes me want to stab myself in the eye. I think I will actually ENCOURAGE my daughter to watch a dvd in the car so that I may "enjoy" it with her.

[RandomAnthony]

You see? I'm with Vanessa. I'd rather stay home 90% of the time. But Vanessa's scenario makes me anxious, and I don't even have to be there.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I see my aunt so infrequently, I think I might actually enjoy a car trip like that with her and my mom.
But then, I have a strange sense of humor, apparently.

[RandomAnthony]

Apparently?

:)

[Vanessa]

NO, no, no, Jackie! These are 3 of 12 siblings. You can't imagine what kind of dynamic that creates. And these particular three are LOUD and opinionated. My teeth are clenching just thinking about it. I love 'em, but...the aunts and Mom, not the teeth.

[[deleted user]]

I'm with Vanessa as well. I'm dreading the holidays because my in-laws will surely come to visit, which means 4 days of my mother-in-law complaining or bragging about something, followed by her getting violently sick and ruining everything for everyone. She got so sick a couple of Christmases ago that she actually slept through Dec. 25th.

[Vanessa]

Why does that somehow bring to mind "Christmas Vacation," Gus?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Maybe we should all hide out at Kevin's over the holidays, and eat omelettes...

[Vanessa]

OH! And that car trip is today. Has nothing to do with holidays. I actually enjoy the holidays very much.

[RandomAnthony]

Kevin's only a few hours from me. And you know he's so nice he'd be like, "Sure, everybody! Come on in! Who wants a mohawk? Mohawks for everybody!"

[Vanessa]

Who wouldn't want a mohawk just in time for holiday photos?

[[deleted user]]

I'd mohawk my pubes...

Man, I shouldn't have said that...

[Angie]

*groans*

I'm not looking forward to... shit, I don't know. Then again, I don't have anything to look forward TO, really, so I guess it equals out?

I am looking forward to snow, but about two days of that and I'll be back to hating it. :P

[Angie]

So what'dya have for lunch, Misha??

[Sally, la reina]

I'm not looking forward to Thanksgiving, because my mom will be out of the country again this year, which means we'll be going to my in-laws again this year, which means that everything will be funky and not like I like it. I have a very particular Thanksgiving menu in my mind that my parents and their friends have been making for 30+ years - the same stuffing, the same sweet potatoes, the same rolls - anything else is just not good.

[Félix]

So have your own.

[[deleted user]]

Sorry Sally Lou.

I am looking forward to Thanksgiving this year as we are hosting it this year and I do get to have all the traditional food.

[Félix]

I'm serious. Have your own.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't mean to sound snotty, they're great and they are great hosts, Sweeter's mom is a great cook.

[Félix]

I get it.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I know what you mean, Sally. My mother-in-law just cannot make stuffing.

[Félix]

There's no place like home for the holidays.

[Angie]

A few Thanksgivings ago, my paternal grandma yelled at everyone because we wanted to just order in pizza or subs. So my mom and my aunt (the only two women!) made this big Thanksgiving dinner... and my grandma didn't even show up. Since then, we've brought all the holidays to her. My mom hates it because on my dad's side of the family, there are 3 boys (2 usually single) and 1 girl, and my mom and aunt get stuck with most of the cooking while my uncles bring litres of pop.

Ha! Last Thanksgiving I had one of those add-hot-water stuffing mixes with my rice and dal. So I guess I am looking forward to a full traditional meal.

[Kevin]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Oh, hey, I'm going to the Transiberian Orchestra concert with Gretchen in a couple of weeks. It makes me laugh and laugh!
Can't wait! :)"

i went last year and i want to go again when it comes to indy. it was outstanding!

[Kevin]

i am totally up for a holiday hang-out with anyone near me. i would drive up to 158 miles or we could meet here

btw - i totally did not look forward to ESPN this morning after the WS last night

[RandomAnthony]

I watched ESPN from the gym...they only did about ten, maybe twelve minutes, on last night's game, at least as the opening...kind of surprised me.

[Félix]

So the Yankees won the WS. What's so unique about that? Bloomberg won as Mayor, too, with almost $100 million spent. :::shrugs shoulders:::

[Kevin]

i just didn't want to see what i knew was going to be true. 2009 World Series Champs - yank-me's

[Félix]

Understood.

[[deleted user]]

I didn't want to see it either, but Congrats to them.

[Youndyc]

I am not looking forward to Christmas shopping. I love spending the holidays visiting family (well, most of my family - there are a couple of notable exceptions) and I would love to pick out the best gifts EVER for them, but something about trying to pick the right present makes me feel inadequate as a human being. Perhaps I'm being a bit melodramatic, but really I don't like trying to pick out gifts.

There was an article I was reading yesterday about the tremendous economic waste of Christmas shopping - specifically, the disconnect between what people would have bought and what was bought for them.