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floatingleaf) wrote2007-12-23 03:03 pm
floatingleaf) wrote2007-12-23 03:03 pm
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Eastern Promises was supposed to come out on DVD today. So I went out to look for it, but didn't find it.:( Might not have reached all the DVD-selling stores yet. Well... I'll get it after Christmas then, I guess - since tomorrow right after work I'll be going to my parents' house, staying the night and coming back here Tuesday evening. I hope the weather gets better by tomorrow, btw. It's absolutely disgusting now. Dark and overcast, with sharp, bitter wind raging on like there's no tomorrow. And yet, all the shopping areas I drove past were totally packed. I wanted to pick up some last minute gift wrap etc. on my way, and couldn't find a parking spot! Christmas madness in full swing, lol. *headshake* No matter that there is a serious snowstorm threatening to let loose any minute. The wind doesn't let up for more than a few seconds at a time - I can hear my windowpanes rattling this very moment. It was even worse during the night; at one point I woke up and immediately noticed that the power had gone out (no glowing numbers on my bedside clock) - but, to my relief, it was back before I fell asleep again. Anyway... not a day for outings in my book. If not for the hope of finding Viggo, I wouldn't have dreamt of setting a foot outside the door in this kind of weather, gifts wrapped or not.:P
Instead, it's the perfect day for staying home and indulging the internet addiction.;) Not that any other day wouldn't be good for that... but, you know. A legitimate excuse to escape the crowded, noisy, painfully commercial 'holiday spirit' and have some peace and quiet on one's own. Which lately seems to be the only way of 'celebrating' anything that I actually enjoy, btw. However disturbing that may seem. Yes, I am becoming increasingly antisocial as the years go by, and maybe I should be worried about that - but somehow I can't seem to care. The only thing that worries me is that there might not be enough time left to do all the reading/writing/movie watching etc. I want to do before I die. So I'd rather skip the irrelevant stuff - like, for example, social gatherings brought on by holidays that don't mean much to me, personally. I only take part in those because other people - namely, my parents - want me there, and it's much less of a hassle to go along with their wishes than to actually try to explain why I won't, and have to face the reaction. I do realize this probably sounds totally callous - but I am being honest. At least here, in my personal journal, I can afford the comfort of not pretending to be nicer than I actually am.;P Take it or leave it - that's my policy here. Thanks to which, I much more deeply appreciate the people who still want to have anything to do with me. They may be precious few, in the end... but, you know: quality over quantity and all that. If you know the 'real' me (whoever that is) and STILL like me, then you are very precious indeed. *nods*
Instead, it's the perfect day for staying home and indulging the internet addiction.;) Not that any other day wouldn't be good for that... but, you know. A legitimate excuse to escape the crowded, noisy, painfully commercial 'holiday spirit' and have some peace and quiet on one's own. Which lately seems to be the only way of 'celebrating' anything that I actually enjoy, btw. However disturbing that may seem. Yes, I am becoming increasingly antisocial as the years go by, and maybe I should be worried about that - but somehow I can't seem to care. The only thing that worries me is that there might not be enough time left to do all the reading/writing/movie watching etc. I want to do before I die. So I'd rather skip the irrelevant stuff - like, for example, social gatherings brought on by holidays that don't mean much to me, personally. I only take part in those because other people - namely, my parents - want me there, and it's much less of a hassle to go along with their wishes than to actually try to explain why I won't, and have to face the reaction. I do realize this probably sounds totally callous - but I am being honest. At least here, in my personal journal, I can afford the comfort of not pretending to be nicer than I actually am.;P Take it or leave it - that's my policy here. Thanks to which, I much more deeply appreciate the people who still want to have anything to do with me. They may be precious few, in the end... but, you know: quality over quantity and all that. If you know the 'real' me (whoever that is) and STILL like me, then you are very precious indeed. *nods*
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Hey, I am around tomorrow afternoon with nothing to do. Granted it's Christmas Eve, not great timing, but if you are bored give me a call! :)
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Ahahaa!!! It seems you have conveniently forgotten what Chicago winters are like.:P
if you are bored give me a call! :)
Like I said above, right after work I'll be rushing over to my parents' house for The Biggest, Scariest Overeating Marathon of the Year (for Polish families, anyway).;P Then we'll be unwrapping gifts and basically having 'family time' for the rest of the evening. So I may well be bored, but busy.;) Anyway... if I manage to catch a moment alone before bedtime, I might.:)
Will you still be here around New Year's Eve, btw?