And another Christmas is past...
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missroseroseIn a lot of ways, this has been a happier Christmas for me than the last couple of years. Not only am I in a much better place in my life than I was the last few years, I'm also not surrounded by my Mormon cousins. I'm also not in a relationship that's either unequal or falling apart, and I actually have some sort of purpose in my life (which is a hell of a lot farther ahead than I was a year ago). Still have absolutely no clue how that's going to be realized, but I'm working on it. Heck, I already sound a thousand times better when I sing than I did last summer...
This year has also been somewhat saddening for me, however. The last few times I've been up here in Barrow with my mother, it's been very much my home as well as hers - I've had a room of my own and some of my old stuff here. But she moved into a smaller house at the end of last summer, and while it's a lovely little place, I don't have a room of my own and most of my stuff is either gone or in Juneau. It's really been driving home the fact that this isn't my home anymore...though at the moment, I don't think I have much of one. My dorm room is nice enough, but with dorms things always feel rather transitory...Juneau-Brian and I are very much looking forward to apartment-hunting. And decorating.
As for Christmas loot, my take was somewhat smaller than it has been in past years, but that doesn't really bother me too much. I got a couple of really nifty presents from my mother, including one of the coolest sunrise alarm clock thingummys I've seen - not only does it gradually light up to wake you up, it does nature sounds and aromatherapy. Mmm. And Juneau-Brian gave me the most wonderfully romantic presents - some beautiful white lacy lingerie, and a lacquered gold-edged red rose. Just because it's so beautiful, I'm putting up a picture of the rose.
Ironically enough, I got him a couple of nice practical presents; a white marble spice grinder, and the niftiest little measuring cup that has a graduated slope on the inside so you can see how much you're pouring in from the top rather than having to hold it up. I felt sort of bad, considering how thoughtful (not to mention pricey) his presents were, but he assures me that he likes them.
Anyway, off to make dinner out of leftovers. Yay for glazed ham!
This year has also been somewhat saddening for me, however. The last few times I've been up here in Barrow with my mother, it's been very much my home as well as hers - I've had a room of my own and some of my old stuff here. But she moved into a smaller house at the end of last summer, and while it's a lovely little place, I don't have a room of my own and most of my stuff is either gone or in Juneau. It's really been driving home the fact that this isn't my home anymore...though at the moment, I don't think I have much of one. My dorm room is nice enough, but with dorms things always feel rather transitory...Juneau-Brian and I are very much looking forward to apartment-hunting. And decorating.
As for Christmas loot, my take was somewhat smaller than it has been in past years, but that doesn't really bother me too much. I got a couple of really nifty presents from my mother, including one of the coolest sunrise alarm clock thingummys I've seen - not only does it gradually light up to wake you up, it does nature sounds and aromatherapy. Mmm. And Juneau-Brian gave me the most wonderfully romantic presents - some beautiful white lacy lingerie, and a lacquered gold-edged red rose. Just because it's so beautiful, I'm putting up a picture of the rose.
Ironically enough, I got him a couple of nice practical presents; a white marble spice grinder, and the niftiest little measuring cup that has a graduated slope on the inside so you can see how much you're pouring in from the top rather than having to hold it up. I felt sort of bad, considering how thoughtful (not to mention pricey) his presents were, but he assures me that he likes them.
Anyway, off to make dinner out of leftovers. Yay for glazed ham!
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Date: 2004-12-26 11:10 pm (UTC)And feel free to post pictures of the lacy lingerie too. (:
My folks left the state when they moved, so when I go home it's really not home. And most of the people I know back in Corvallis have moved to another city, if not another state, as well. So the city keeps getting more and more alien. Some day it'll be 'just another place'. I'm not sure whether I'm losing pieces of myself or just making room for new ones.
(PS: Go singing!)
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Date: 2004-12-27 11:41 am (UTC)As for lacy lingerie pictures, I'll have to ask him about that. So no promises, but we'll see. *halo*
I know what you mean about losing pieces of yourself...Anchorage used to be my home, but most of my friends are gone. I still know a couple of people there, but having lived in other places in AK for several years now it's seeming more and more like a place to visit (Anchorage is nothing like the rest of Alaska and is much more like the lower 48, which is why Alaskans usually love it or hate it there). Still don't know if I'm going to move back there or not...
Thanks for the encouragement. Right now I'm just trying to remember to open my mouth without being self conscious...
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Date: 2004-12-27 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-27 09:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-04 09:43 am (UTC)"Sssssshh
Protesting against the cliché of librarians shushing people, a librarian writes to The Guardian: "Would you accompany any piece about journalists with a photograph of a drunken arrogant moron dashing off a pile of ill-researched lascivious drivel? If not, why persist with this stupid, lazy cliché about librarians in photographs and headlines?""
That rose is very cool..