Ah, Christmas...
Every year, my family tell me they don't know WHAT they're going to get me, and every year we have a great big laugh about it. But every year I think ah, THIS is the year. This is the year when they DO know what to get me, but they're all PRETENDING they don't. They're all conspiring with each other, pooling their money and resources, going that extra mile to get me the thing that will make me happy, whatever it may be. It's all a surprise, I think to myself. It's all a wonderful surprise and on Christmas Day when I've handed them their really really expensive gifts and I'm standing to one side while they ooh and ahh and laugh and hug, they're suddenly going to turn around and say Derek, surprise! We have what you've always wanted!
And then they show me a parcel beneath the tree and I fall to my knees, and with trembling hands I slowly tear the paper and lo... the most perfect present ever in the history of the world. And I am happy.
This year my mother got me a dart board.
She got me a dart board because, obviously, she knows how much I secretly love darts. She has cleverly read between the lines during each of our many conversations throughout the year- conversations in which darts have not been mentioned one single time- and she figured out that what I really wanted for Christmas, the thing that will finally make my life complete, is a great big dart board.
Mother, I think it is safe to say you have excelled yourself this year. Well done.
My brother and sisters, meanwhile, all got together and arranged an aircraft simulation lesson- where you sit in a cockpit thingy and take off and land a plane without actually, you know, being IN a plane. Well, they ALMOST did that. What they ACTUALLY did was hand me a piece of paper with all this written down. They got me a SUGGESTION for Christmas.
Now, to you, this mightn't sound that bad. You might be thinking hey, they didn't know if Derek would be interested in this, so they suggested it, and if he seemed agreeable, they'd go off and book it. And this, dear Minion, would a reasonable thing for you to think.
Unless you remember a few years ago where my sisters told me that what they were going to do for me that Christmas was renovate my bathroom. Oh wow, said I. A bathroom renovation, just what I've always wanted. A bathroom renovation as done by two pregnant women with no prior history of bathroom renovations, nor indeed any relevant knowledge of said undertaking. I just couldn't get any luckier.
And if you remember that, you may also remember that they never actually got around to doing it.
And you may also remember that last year, in some feeble attempt to make up for it, they got me a bath mat and towel. For Christmas. Between the two of them.
It wasn't all terrible disappointment and quiet tears when no one was looking, because today was also the day of Doctor Who and The Snowmen!
I'm not entirely sure who the villain was or what the logic was, and I thought Richard E Grant could have been used SO much better, but it was fast and funny and Matt Smith is great and Jenna Louise Coleman is... is...
Jenna Louise Coleman is just so PRETTY.
I know, I know, I have a history with Amy Pond. We were close. We were even in love, for a while. But times change. People change. They move on. I've moved on. I love Amy, I do, and she will always have a special place in my heart...
But Jenna Louise Coleman is just so PRETTY.
I... I think I love Jenna Louise Coleman. I think THAT is what I got for Christmas.
God (or whatever random deity you might acknowledge) bless us, every one.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
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Fabi got the memo. She says to tell yall that cameraninja are always watching.
*is
Ok, ima annoy her back now. :-P
Bye!
THIS HOTEL HAS INTERNET. FOR TONIGHT.
SO I AM HERE. FOR ONE NIGHT. OR A LITTLE WHILE. BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO TO EAT DINNER.
...Hi!
Oh, btw, on the news today, I saw a guy whose name was John MORIARTY, and according to my grandmother, I "screamed with glee".
Hiya, Mist!
*hugs Zath*
Stay.
Hi Sparky. Witty and all that?
*hugs back and laughs*
I'll stay for as long as I can. Which might not be that long, unfortunately...
Hi Ember!
Hi Mist!
You have no idea how glad I am to see you!
Hi Nix! *tries to tackle him but realizes there's no Nix to tackle*
Damn.
Having read a few of the previous comments though, I know how you're going to come back! Or, I suspect a certain method at the very least.
Yes, well, maybe I'll stay like this for a while. I dunno, it's alright except for the italics
Oh, are you dead Nix?
Makes sense, I guess.
How are you communicating, by the way?
I could resurrect you, but you seem to have something planned out, so I'll leave you as is.
I'm a spirit, made of magic, chillin' in Blogland. Can't do much but talk, I think
Yeah, I be dead Ember
I'm fine, thanks Ember
Okay, good.
Cool. I'd say it's weird, but... Well, weirder things have happened.
A lot weirder.
Msd.
I never said bye!
Bye!
Hi!
Hi Eve
Hi Ember! Nix is dead. I should probably report that.
Hi Italicanix!
September, I thought you were Ember?
*facepalm* Sorry, I meant hi EVE.
That's all the videos Zath!
Sparky? What's happening?
Yay, I'm Ember now!
Um...
Nothing much...?
We should trade names for one day.
Okay Eve xD
I should eat someone's soul
Oh, hello there Eve
You can't eat my soul! It was already eaten by a barnyard animal!
Darn
HELLO PEOPLE!
(Sorry if I disappear, I just got back from the rehearsal dinner thing for my mum's wedding tomorrow, and I might have to do whatever Maid of Honour stuff I have to do tonight)
HA.
Hi Valereno! You have to rehearse eating dinner???
Val: So the Ember person is geting married to your dad?
No, my mum is getting married to Bob tomorrow.
(Yes, Bob. That's his name.)
Ah.
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Msd
Okay Nix.
Congratulations and spectaculations to your mum and Bob! ...Wait, don't people with American accents pronounce it "Mom"?
Most American people do, but I don't.
It's weird when I do. Everyone else in the family says Mom, though. I've been reading too much Skulduggery.
Ah. Of course.
NOW THE BANE SWITCH
Of course.
Anyone on?
Baaaaaaaaaaaaa
Sheep!
*runs*
A little bit.
AND I just dropped my new iPhone in a bowl of water.
WONDERFUL.
That's the SECOND time it has been completely soaked by water in the three days I've had it, and it was only my fault once.
A little bit of what?
*has it sitting in a bowl of rice to absorb all the water*
Rice?!
Not cooked rice. But if you put something in a bowl of uncooked rice, it absorbs all the water, which is what people do for their phones.
*hisses*
*cries* Zath and Nix and Eve and Sparky all on at practically the same time . . . :)
*looks at Ivy* You're not an Aussie that I never see. You don't count. :P
Hi!
Mist ain't here...?
I surprisingly early up woke.
He WAS. *points upwards*
Do you know how rare this is, for you all to be on at similar times to each other? O_O
*looks around bedroom* Yay. S'getting lighter. Was completely dark when I sort of woke up an hour ago.
Gotta go now
Bye!
HIPPOS EATING APPLES, HIPPOS EATING PEARS, HIPPOS EATING ORANGES, HIPPOS MUST NOT EAT THE BANANAS OR HIPPOS WILL EXPLODE!
*looks at comment* WTH?
FOURS, STRANGE GHOST! :(
I think I have to go as well. It's nearly one in the morning, and I'm Maid of Honour in a wedding tomorrow.
Night!
FOURS IVY! :(
I hate knowing things. ._.
SCÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁTH!
Hello, Star
Hello, Scáth.
LU!
*tackle hugs*
NOBODY HERE. :(
HI SPARKY!
Oh geez, only an hour off, Sparks...
And no, Nix isn't here either; I mean no one. :P
*laughs*
Yup. :( I do that. I post a comment then realise the last comment was an hour ago. I'm sure it's something to do with Google hating me. I'm not entirely sure how Google is to blame, but I'll . . . think of something.
I actually thought it was the same time...
Stupid timezones.
It annoys me how every day I seem to need my bedroom light on all day, whether afternoon, morning or midday, because otherwise it's just TOO DARK AND GLOOMY. :/
You're eleven hours ahead of us atm. *nods*
I relatively certain about it am. And Eve is ten and a half hours ahead. And Cain (Miss Cain) is seven hours ahead coz the clocks didn't go back in Perth.
Forward. I mean forward.
*sings* This way, that way, forward and backway, over the Irish sea . . .
*is tired*
Dance Central 3 is one way to get tired...
HI CAIN!
STAR!!
*tacklehugs*
I shall be VERY distant...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING MY FELLOW BLOGGERS ! (^w^)
Hi Skylar!
Hi Cain
And as the spark ignited, growing ever hesitantly to light the world.
And then just as quickly as it was lit, it was gone...
The happiness.
Taken briskly away, burnt and ground down into nothing but suffocating ash.
Meow.
Hi Chase!
Hi Maralie!!
Hello Miss Cain. *waves* *falls out of tree*
Hi Mara * Stretches* *Hums Scream And Shout*
SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
We're making brownies! The microwave almost exploaded but it's fine now...
Hi Skylar!
Hey Eve!
Hi Mara!
I wonder of you can make reddies... or greenies... or vermillionies...
I wonder...
EVE!!!
*tacklehugs*
Still extremely distant...
Roll up, Roll up
For the amazing tale of
Maralie Lily Charm.
Teehee. I'm putting it up on my blog. Stories and Epicness.
MISSY! With the eleven shouted greetings!
HETTY FEATHER IS SO FREAKING SAD.
I'm reading Emerald Star now.
SHE ***** HER ******!!!!
Uh, that was a spoiler. Just blocked it out for you.
HI! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI! HI!
Ugh. I don't know what age to make meeeee for the Hunger Games competition and what last naaaaaaame.
My name is Hayley Styles in HG. The... Styles? Hehe. She's 14.
What district did you choose?
11. Cause it's awesome.
Oh my God, I watched HG yesterday. I cried when Rue died.
Your last name can be Grevvans and you can be 81!
RUUUUUUUUUUE!! *sobs*
Eve... *sighs*
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH INFO TO SEND TO ZAAAAAAAAAATH!!!!!
OH MY GOD I'M TERRIBLE AT THESE THINGS!!
Mara, what info did you send to Zath?
I'm in District 1, but I'm not entering in Mist's competition so someone else can take it xD
Wait, what does 11 do?
I FOUND A WIKIPEDIA PAGE WITH ALL THE DISTRICT INFO AND STUFF!!
IT'S AMAZING!!
Am I the only one that didn't like Hunger Games?
I didn't enter Zath's contest.
I didn't like the last book, if that contributes. XD
I only like the first one. The others are so confuzzling.
I like Harry potter though, the movies, not the books
What?! You didn't?!
*flops onto grass*
Oh my God, I need help for this.
MOCKINGJAY WAS SO DEPRESSING!!
I think I said that in another conversation about HG...
My bro has read them all
NOOOO! PRIM!!!!
Brb... dinner...
Everyone became so dislikable in Mockingjay. I didn't like it.
From the second part of Catching Fire and Mockingjay the books were awful.
I'm gonna just *Rises in air, lies in mid-air* I'm gonna do this till the topic changes
Omigoshness, Phoenix, same! The Catching Fire arena was terrible, and I really couldn't picture it in my head.
HI PEOPLE!
The arena was the best part of Catching Fire. O_O
Hellooo! *Crieeeeeees*
I still haven't recovered from Merlin. I was full on crying.
I've just been painting by numbers for an hour and a half . . .
My and my siblings all got a Painting By Numbers each for Christmas. Yay. :)
*laughs* I'MSOODD. Why do I feel slightly sad and unsettled by these things instead of weeping?
It was terrible. The arena was like, I don't know. It was only made so that the ganemakers and the Capitol could get back at Katniss.
I was thinking, The whole thing happened to save Prim. Why didn't Prim just go into the arena in the first place? She was going to die all /along/ so why?! Just! It made no sense.
I liked te first book but the other two were as bad as the twilight books. (i only read Eclipse and Breaking Dawn)
Dinner, bbs!
Back!
CATCHING FIRE WAS WEIRD O.o
OK Star!
Bye Star!
The second arena was just too random and ridiculous. Everyone loves a change in setting, but that arena was just a different planet.
HUZZAH!!
I HAVE REACHED OVER 100 BOOKS ON MY SHELVES!! 103, exactly.
Bye Star!
Wbd, making buns...
Bbs! Going to nana's to get firestarters! BB
OK Phoenix!
http://icefloe-artsoul.deviantart.com/art/Loki-and-Hawkeye-gif-Avengers-deleted-scene-322722540
I love that ^^
Lunch, I meant lunch . . . Damn different timezones and their different words for meals.
I'm going, like, in a mo. :(
I liked the . . . complexity of the Catching Fire arena. And it was less boring than the rest of the boook.
:)
Oh, gtg, sorry. Bbs.
Back!
The arena was a clock. It was just too random.
The first one was believable. But like having no water?
Come on, like.
I think Haymitch should have gone to the arena. Not Peeta.
Bye Star!
Hello again, Phoenix!
Is it weird that I imagine characthers my own way?
Like I imagine Finnick as the wrestler, Seamus.
Look him up.
Bye Phoenix! Bye Star!
I g2g again!
Bye!
Tick Tock
The Arena's a Clock.
Bye Phoenix!
*Lands on ground, hard* Oww
I really need to stop doing that
Right, Where were we?
And besides, if they wanted to get rid of Katniss, why set a routine for her to figure out? Why not just send wave after wave of killer monkeys?
Hellos?
Msd.
And if they could send Finnick the trident, why can't they send Katniss a bow an arrow? Or an atomic bomb?
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How's you?
Skye! *ninjaeroplanehugs* How's you?
HI IENI!!
Wbd...
Msd im awake but i might find sleep
Hello Ieni :3
Damn. Think I got to disappear...
Byebye *waves*
Woof. I'm a cupcake.
And I'm good, crap Internet, helping friends but good, yourself?
*Hugs* I'm good thanks, you? Still crying from Merlin though ............. *wails* *cries* IT's just ... TOO SAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!
Hi Zaf!
Bye Ieni!
Im debating watching Angels Take Manhattan or just watch A Town Called Mercy
We made... *counts on fingers* brownies, chocolate buns, normal buns...
Aww Lucky Mara, I want to bake, but my mam never has time :ε
I might get sick after eating all the icing though Sky :P haha my stomach is sick nowew
*now
I <3 Icing omnomnomnomnomnonm
I loooooove icing toooo :)
DED!!
OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMN
YUM <3 http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2004/01/29/ss1d62_royal_icing_lg.jpg
...hello?
Hej
L!!
*tacklehugs*
I'm back as a bumpkin!
Hello :)
Lucy-Anna! *hugzzzzz*
WB Eve!
OHHHH
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
A MILLIONS MILES AWAY
MESSAGE TO THE MAIN, OHHH
SEASONS COME AND GO
BUT I WILL NEVER CHANGE
AND I'M ON MY WAYYYYYYY!
I watched Doctor Who and the snowmen. It was wonderful. (:
Hi Skylar!
MARA, THAT SONG IS SO OLD!
BUT IT'S AWESOME.
I can sing One Direction, if you'd like...
Meh. I don't hate them. Sing what you like, coz I have to go now. To the land of Dreams, Nightmares, and Illusions! Byeeeee!
Ok o am awake now
Bye Eve!
Hello Zaf!
YOU ALL HAVIN A GOOD TIME OUT THERE?
YEAAAAAH
SOMETHING IN SPANISH
DON'T STOP THE PAAAAARTAY!
I wonder if Master Derek will enlighten us with his presence
O.o
I really need to stop disappearing on you guys, but I MUST DO THIS MEME!!
MASTER DEREK!
I expect Mel told you the, um, option that I would like you to decide...
Is Master Derek not busy?
HI PEOPLE!
Wbd, doing Sequin Art.
Master Derek...?
Hi Star/Ink! *hugs*
#From Boston to NY always up to no good, don't know how I can see out this big ass hood, walking through the crowd, touching you on the back. Using my hidden blade for a secret attack. Jumping off a giant building like I was a superman. Use your mother as a meatshield for every time that I can. Take a break from the war, to hunt for some meat. "What? A mans gotta eat!"#
Hi Sky! *hugs*
What a nice, uh, song.
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