Title: The Gift Spoiler
December 24, 2010
I am not sure there is one in every family, but in my family there is a gift spoiler. Unless I manage to stop talking to my grandfather at the end of November, and never see him until Christmas Day, there's a huge likelihood he will tell me either what I am getting from them.. or anyone else dumb enough to tell him what they bought me, or both. In some random conversation he'll be all .. oh man, you're going to like the new ___ you're getting! and I will pretend I did not hear him (for whose benefit I'm not sure.. mine?) I think it's kind of like the idea of GET EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS except with specific reasons I'm guessing because I haven't believed in Santa Claus in 18 years.
Let's be clear that I never ask, or hint, or complain that I really want to know what I am getting for Christmas (or any occasion, really). I am the kind of person who puts value on the actual day things are happening, and as a kid I protested anytime my parents begged to have me open a gift early. It's not Christmas until I go to bed and wake up, haven't you paid attention to any of the books???? You're doing it wrong! And I am very much still that way. It's almost as if the world will start falling apart if we don't stick to the days we agreed upon to celebrate things... what's next??? we may as well just throw the calendar out!
Title: Overheard in the house
October 17, 2010
I needed to get more supplies upstairs. You didn't know that. You think about that in your mind, please. - Ethan, upon finding the baby-gate up
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