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I'm back from Christmas in Troy. Um, I did mention I was going, right?
So, deep breath, the news from Miami County, Ohio:
Uncle Paul put up Christmas lights that read 'Bah Humbug' as usual; unfortunately it was drowned out by the other thirty strands or so he had up, visible over several square miles of cornfield. Unle Mike gave us another box of old sf novels; Uncle John gave us the complete set of Star Wars Rumpf mugs; Uncle Richard gave us sets of good knives and multitools and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stellar_dust a bottle of Bailey's. Aunt Ginny and Uncle Jerry and Norton brought the best cookies. We decided that Aunt Carolyn is, indeed, a hobbit (her windows aren't actually round, but you couldn't tell that from all the mathoms and genealogy stuff and family artifacts), and Uncle Larry is still Santa Claus, which I guess makes him an elf. Aunt Sandy and Uncle Dave are thriving as grandparents, although Aunt Bev and Uncle Raymond outrank them on number. Cousin Justin and Nicole are engaged; so are Cousin Trina and Scott; Cousin Julie and Jack aren't; Cousin Sherry's current is still married; Cousin Nikki went to four homecomings with four different guys; Cousin Phlip didn't show, and thus officially forfeited his presents. Cousin Lisa wants to know when we all got grown-up and boring. Cousin Erica is talking and Cousin Hope is walking and Cousin Jason likes Bob the Builder and Cousin Corey never once took off his new headphones. Cousin Jenny and Steve played Mary and Joseph in their Christmas pageant. Grandma-and-Grandpa-in-law Boze are still making it on their own, and Great Uncle Paul is no worse. Cousin Denise and John seem to be doing SCA full time now; Cousin Pat still puts up with Tim, who is still a girls' softball coach in every way; Cousin Mickey has a Grinch sweatshirt for every day of Christmas and Dave is now a sports radio personality. Cousins Derrick and Dustin have a new x-box, an overly affectionate dog, a psychotic goldfish, and a polydactyl cat with one folded ear. Cousins Lori and Heather both think PotC is the greatest movie ever; Cousin Ryan still doesn't understand how anyone could think Captain Jack Sparrow is hot. Cousin James, back for a few months from driving an AT-AT in Iraq, has wrecked his car 14 times already and believes that ULTRA (the UFO report, not the Axis code) is actually a cover for a secret federal mind control project. Everybody asked after reclusivewaffle, except the ones who didn't meet him, and they're jealous they didn't get to try to scare him away.
Three cheers for ridiculously big families!
Have not actually done any shopping yet, but got everything I could have hoped for for Christmas already, from rum-flavored cocoa up tostellar_dust. She made us go see RotK in the only movie theater in Troy; more on that later maybe. I got the DVD player on her laptop working and have watched 45 x-files episodes in five days. Willingly, believe it or not. Have started writing CSM/Teena wedding fic because Mulder's mom is awesome; have secreted file somewhere on sister's laptop where she can find it unexpectedly. XF is like a breath of fresh air; am writing people of my own class who live in my hometown. Oh, and my While We Tell Of Yuletide Treasure fic should be up; feel free to try to guess which one it is (not you, stellar_dust, you already know.)
Anybody know where I can get a red hat or a Pippin cheap and fast?
So, deep breath, the news from Miami County, Ohio:
Uncle Paul put up Christmas lights that read 'Bah Humbug' as usual; unfortunately it was drowned out by the other thirty strands or so he had up, visible over several square miles of cornfield. Unle Mike gave us another box of old sf novels; Uncle John gave us the complete set of Star Wars Rumpf mugs; Uncle Richard gave us sets of good knives and multitools and
stellar_dust a bottle of Bailey's. Aunt Ginny and Uncle Jerry and Norton brought the best cookies. We decided that Aunt Carolyn is, indeed, a hobbit (her windows aren't actually round, but you couldn't tell that from all the mathoms and genealogy stuff and family artifacts), and Uncle Larry is still Santa Claus, which I guess makes him an elf. Aunt Sandy and Uncle Dave are thriving as grandparents, although Aunt Bev and Uncle Raymond outrank them on number. Cousin Justin and Nicole are engaged; so are Cousin Trina and Scott; Cousin Julie and Jack aren't; Cousin Sherry's current is still married; Cousin Nikki went to four homecomings with four different guys; Cousin Phlip didn't show, and thus officially forfeited his presents. Cousin Lisa wants to know when we all got grown-up and boring. Cousin Erica is talking and Cousin Hope is walking and Cousin Jason likes Bob the Builder and Cousin Corey never once took off his new headphones. Cousin Jenny and Steve played Mary and Joseph in their Christmas pageant. Grandma-and-Grandpa-in-law Boze are still making it on their own, and Great Uncle Paul is no worse. Cousin Denise and John seem to be doing SCA full time now; Cousin Pat still puts up with Tim, who is still a girls' softball coach in every way; Cousin Mickey has a Grinch sweatshirt for every day of Christmas and Dave is now a sports radio personality. Cousins Derrick and Dustin have a new x-box, an overly affectionate dog, a psychotic goldfish, and a polydactyl cat with one folded ear. Cousins Lori and Heather both think PotC is the greatest movie ever; Cousin Ryan still doesn't understand how anyone could think Captain Jack Sparrow is hot. Cousin James, back for a few months from driving an AT-AT in Iraq, has wrecked his car 14 times already and believes that ULTRA (the UFO report, not the Axis code) is actually a cover for a secret federal mind control project. Everybody asked after 
reclusivewaffle, except the ones who didn't meet him, and they're jealous they didn't get to try to scare him away.Three cheers for ridiculously big families!
Have not actually done any shopping yet, but got everything I could have hoped for for Christmas already, from rum-flavored cocoa up to
stellar_dust. She made us go see RotK in the only movie theater in Troy; more on that later maybe. I got the DVD player on her laptop working and have watched 45 x-files episodes in five days. Willingly, believe it or not. Have started writing CSM/Teena wedding fic because Mulder's mom is awesome; have secreted file somewhere on sister's laptop where she can find it unexpectedly. XF is like a breath of fresh air; am writing people of my own class who live in my hometown. Oh, and my While We Tell Of Yuletide Treasure fic should be up; feel free to try to guess which one it is (not you, stellar_dust, you already know.)Anybody know where I can get a red hat or a Pippin cheap and fast?
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