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December 26th, 2009
bayleaf
 | 09:46 pm - 1999-2009: Decade in review
( 1999 )
( 2000 )
( 2001 )
( 2002 )
( 2003 )
( 2004 )
( 2005 )
( 2006 )
( 2007 )
( 2008 )
( 2009 )
This last decade has brought incredible opportunities and incredible people into my life. It's ended on a painful note with my grandmother passing away, but the fact remains I am incredibly blessed with good friends, loving and supportive family, and the opportunity to return to school against many odds. I think on balance, things have been pretty darn good.
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December 25th, 2009
strangecobwebs
 | 04:59 pm - Merry Christmas!
I hope everyone is having a good day, whether it is a holiday for you or not.
We had a good morning. I got another set of my dishes, so I have more than four plates now. I also got a Caps jersey and Caps pajamas (which I am currently wearing, along with new slippers). My mom gets us an ornament every year, and this year, I saw a Stargate SG-1 one. And despite my not knowing what store it was in, she found it! \o/ I also got a dress form (and gift cards to Joann fabrics), so that will make sewing stuff for myself a teensy bit easier.
And then, hey, no one died after presents, so it's already better than last year! Or something. (If I don't laugh, I'll cry. I like laughing better.) In all seriousness though, there was a Mass for my grandmother this morning. It was at the same church the funeral Mass was at last year, so I sort of had to concentrate on not being upset. It went ok, though, and one of my mom's brothers and her two sisters were there, and it was good to see them. We usually see my dad's family on Christmas day. I am so, so glad my parents moved over the summer. Christmas in that house would have been not quite as good, I think. But this year was so different, and I think that helped a lot.
But enough of that, or I will cry. Let's talk about Yuletide instead! I got a Shelter story! Shaun and Zach and Cody's first Christmas as a family! It's so perfect and so them and just wonderful.
I also got a Panic at the Disco story! I know what you're thinking: Panic? A Yuletide fandom? Oh yeah. When it's a sort-of crossover kind of thing with Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" it is! Seriously, check it out. Jon/Spencer as "Thunder Road"! Some brilliant anonymous Yuletide writer out there totally knows their way to my heart. ♥
Now I think I will go snoop around and see what everyone else got. *G*
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December 23rd, 2009
bayleaf
| 10:45 pm - Now, to balance out our programming with a POSITIVE post, for once
Who's got two thumbs and a 4.0 GPA for the semester? THIS GIRL! \0/
This post brought to you by dinner with Aunt Teenie followed by 45 minutes in the car listening to E-Z Listening Christian Musicians Perform Horrifying New Christmas Songs (TM). My favorite being a skeezy lounge singer-sounding dude singing about 'Jesus Just Wants to Spend Christmas With You' in a way that just...I don't think the, er, musical styling quite presented the image that was intended by the lyrics? Like, maybe I'd buy it if Jesus was a cracked out booze hound looking to mooch a free meal and a night on the couch, but I'm guessing that wasn't really what they meant.
Anyway, positive = FOUR POINT FUCKING OH! *kof* Yes. This post is also brought to you be massive, massive sleep debt, so, bedtime for sleepy Alannas.
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December 22nd, 2009
December 21st, 2009
strangecobwebs
 | 06:26 pm - \o/ Success!
I do not suck at Yuletide! I have uploaded a fic that is over 1,000 words long! There are more scenes to go, but this is still readable on its own and did I mention that it is over 1,000 words long and it is, what's the word? UPLOADED! \o/ \o/ \o/ And I can add the scenes as I get them done before the 25th!
A very large weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. The other weight that is there is my Christmas presents that I have to sew before Christmas Eve. That is definitely still there. /o\
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December 19th, 2009
strangecobwebs
 | 09:23 pm - I blame Dira.
Only 765 words. Halfway through scene one. Of five.
...Thank god I took off from work on Monday.
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December 17th, 2009
bayleaf
| 07:16 pm - A tribute: my grandma in her own words
I thought these two pieces really embodied her sense of humor, her excitement and interest in life, and her love and acceptance. In 2003 my grandparents went on a writing retreat w/ my mom. (They thought they were going just to support her, but she encouraged them to participate. My grandma wrote this in response to the prompt, "imagine you are looking through a door. What do you see there?"
( Life can be fun )
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From a letter my grandma wrote to my mom in 1969:
( Read more... )
And, finally, a letter my uncle Eric wrote to my grandpa in 2003. As I've mentioned before, everyone who married into my mom's family came from a pretty rough background. In 2003, we had a big party to celebrate my grandparents' 80th birthdays and 60th wedding anniversary. At the party, we all wrote (and read aloud) tributes. My uncle Eric got too choked up to say his full tribute, and he wrote this letter later because he wanted to be sure they heard what he'd meant to say. Although it is directed to my grandpa, i think this letter exemplifies my family better than almost anything I could say. This, this right here, is what my family is like. This is why I was incredibly lucky, why I love family holidays, and why today hurts like hell.
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I was talking about this with my uncles, several of my cousins, with my aunts, and the thing is: we're a motley crew. If it weren't for the love and acceptance we found in our family, we'd be a bunch of fuckups. But instead, I think we're kind of awesome, and that? That's a better tribute to my grandma than anything else I can think of.
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