OT: All I want for [insert name of holiday here] is:

by Merope on Dec 9, 2011 6:11 PM PST

Since I'm not teaching I've kind of lost track of the fact that it's getting very close to that time of year, I keep thinking it's still August/Septemberish.

So let's see...

Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20

The Winter Solstice is Thursday, December 22, 2011

Christmas, Kwanzaa, Festivus etc etc

So what's on your holiday wish list?

Around here our holiday list is pretty short:

Better health
Better jobs
Better living environment
Better decision making for the Giants management team
Something something Sharks while we're at it
And apparently a cd/dvd drive/burner cuz mine just died.

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Legos

Lego Slave I
Lego Mil. Falcon
Lego Death Star
Whirled Peas
Carlos Beltran in LF for the Giants
Hanley Ramirez or Jed Lowrie
A cure for autism

Not a lot…y’know. Just a couple things.

Oh, and an Outback PZEV, PLZ!

COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!

Fathaigh go mbuaimid!

Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .

Job 1:14-15

by bigboneded on Dec 9, 2011 6:17 PM PST reply actions

Mr. Merope has been sick since Thanksgiving, we’ve been so bored we almost got out my legos the other weekend. But these are old school legos: plastic cubes, no fancy schmancy pieces.

hehe we both drive subarus the Mr. has a 2008? wrx and I have an 02 impreza outback sport.

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 9, 2011 6:23 PM PST up reply actions

I love the WRX, but I want the PZEV. I don’t like the Forester, very uncomfy. But it’s good you guys have the Subies for those harrowing Valley drives.

COMIN' ATCHA, FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!

Fathaigh go mbuaimid!

Proud adoptive Father of Joe Panik. 2011 NWL MVP .

Job 1:14-15

by bigboneded on Dec 9, 2011 7:48 PM PST up reply actions

We go, or used to go, to Tahoe and Yosemite quite a bit, they are great in the snow.

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 9, 2011 7:52 PM PST up reply actions

The strength to move on, and head to the next part of the journey in life

That’s what I really need.

More good music, more good food, more good moods, more perspective.

More travel.

by Cap M on Dec 9, 2011 6:55 PM PST reply actions

Cap…your age please ? I read that and said " that sounds like something I would say ". I am not a young man. Not by McC standards anyway.

I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.

by nvsfg on Dec 9, 2011 7:07 PM PST up reply actions

quarter century

Been fairly stagnant since college. I’m not one to emote very much online, because I did too much of that when I was a teen.

But, it’s been a very strange year. Confronting life/death in more than one way, I’m pretty sure I’ve accomplished all I’ve needed to in this stage. Whether that means location, with the people in my life that are in my life socially, creatively/artistically, i’m not entirely sure. But it’s time for change.

by Cap M on Dec 9, 2011 7:21 PM PST up reply actions

As a member of the two quarters club

I can agree with you, it has been a very strange year for me as well. My daughters ( one of which is in 25 club like you) have struggled with various issues. Of course that means those struggles roll uphill to me and mrs. nvsfg.

i’m not entirely sure. But it’s time for change.

And to match your sentiment I’ll say.. All I want for New Year’s Day is a New Year. This old one can pound sand.

I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.

by nvsfg on Dec 10, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

rec’d a million times.
We keep saying 2011 is sooo bad that when world ends in 2012 we’ll all say “good!”

I wish I had some paper calendars to burn New Years Eve. Just a symbolic little FU to 2011.

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 10, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions

I'm really anxious to get back to work.

It’s dull to not have a vocation dragging you around on a daily basis.

No, I really couldn’t have done my job (teaching high school) during the last few months in my physical condition. But I have a restless mental condition that must be addressed. My Christmas wish is that I can successfully return to the classroom on Jan 18 and start the semester with a batch of ambitious Seniors. I was lucky enough to have a handful of fellow teachers (and Alex) come by last night. I don’t understand exactly why it feels like they beat me up. The right shoulder feels like I pitched 15 innings. The gams are sore. What did I do, other than have some drinks? I’m back on the shots of poison, but only at half strength. Maybe I fucked up the dosages. It asks a lot of a common rooster to get mixtures right. Hell, I can barely decide whom to fight or why, though I can make a vast judgement about you. The answer is Yes.

He is the world's most annoying rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Dec 9, 2011 7:19 PM PST reply actions

Good luck, sincerely!

Having confronted my physical mortal shell myself this year, I can relate… at least somewhat

by Cap M on Dec 9, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions

Thank you. Me? I’ll be 60 next summer. All told, I’m in great health and with a young attitude. That’s part of why I want to get back to my school. I’m a terrifically mature high school student. And I know all the shit they don’t.

He is the world's most annoying rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Dec 9, 2011 7:33 PM PST up reply actions

it is weird not being in the classroom. Glad to hear you are on the mend.

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 9, 2011 7:39 PM PST up reply actions

Short list this year

Better health for friends and family
New adventures, both professional and extracurricular

Is it February 19 yet?

by j14 on Dec 9, 2011 7:56 PM PST reply actions

I’ll second those.

Andre Ethier: Gross-o-Matic 5000

-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler

by Alex_Lewis on Dec 9, 2011 8:26 PM PST up reply actions

Beltran

Proud owner of over 20,000 comments. (most of them in the wrong place) Oh yeah, and Buster Posey

by rxmeister on Dec 9, 2011 9:13 PM PST reply actions

Can we haz another parade next november?

The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.

by daveinexile on Dec 9, 2011 9:18 PM PST reply actions

A job.

I have an interview next week to be a designer at a sports-related place, that would be pretty nifty.

by kaliber on Dec 9, 2011 9:46 PM PST reply actions

good luck!

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 9, 2011 10:43 PM PST up reply actions

All I want for Arbor Day is a red maple. Best trees ever.

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of Cabrera.

by Lyle on Dec 10, 2011 4:45 AM PST reply actions

Not to fall in the chasm but, I had a Sunset Maple in the front yard for a while. I loved that tree, it was so beautiful in the fall. Alas a tree native to the North East US, did not do very well in the high desert of Nevada.

We have this “false spring” period in February each year. It warms up ( high 30’s woo-hoo) after the winter snows. Trees will start to bloom and come back. Then it dumps snow on everything again and freezes. Poor tree, it made though fours years of that and finally gave up.

Hope things are well for you and your peeps in TN. Have a safe and happy holiday season.

I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.

by nvsfg on Dec 10, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions

My ben lost it’s leaves this year. I hope it comes back in the spring. I’ve had the tree since college and it is now over 8 feet tall [and so lives outside] it doesn’t usually drop it’s leaves. I already lost my rosemary earlier this fall. bah!

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 10, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions

Merope, not to be dense, but have you named your tree “Ben” or is that some fancy horticultural term/name that’s beyond my simple CA public education?

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of Cabrera.

by Lyle on Dec 10, 2011 5:14 PM PST up reply actions

it’s a benjami ficus- so yeah…“Ben”

Adopted Giant: Eddie I Have It Grant.

TSFGWTWS DESPITE Botchy, not BECAUSE of him.

by Merope on Dec 10, 2011 5:31 PM PST up reply actions

And best wishes to you and yours, NV. We, too, frequently get a false spring around the first of March – a week or so of warm days (~65 degrees?) followed by seasonal temps (45-50?). I keep expecting the worst, but everything seems to have adapted to it. I never am able to determine if the buds on the trees fall off at that time, and then new ones appear in April/May, or if the original ones just tough it out until last frost.

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of Cabrera.

by Lyle on Dec 10, 2011 5:13 PM PST up reply actions

Rain boots.
Nintendo 3DS. My DS Lite died in September and I’ve been without Pokemon for three months. Que triste.
A cast iron pot or Dutch oven. Not Derek Holland. Something I can deep fry with.
Makeup, preferably a new Urban Decay eyeshadow pallet or one of the huge NYX pallets with the 112 shades. Also need new makeup brushes.
A laptop cooling pad. At times my MacBook feels like it’s gone nuclear while on my lap.

My list gets shorter and shorter every year.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 11, 2011 3:36 AM PST reply actions