THE HOLIDAY SEASON FUCKING SUCKS

[Himu]

i fucking hate the holiday season. i love the actual holidays and spending time with friends and family. That part I like. But every time i step out of the house i'm sitting in traffic whether it's a 2 pm, 6 pm or whatever, some consumerist cunt is trying to buy some shit with a thousand others. holiday season is like, black friday, except it lasts a whole month.

SHIT, SHIT, SHIT.

[Himu]

[Barry Egan]

my boss is on vacation.  All that matters to me really.  Don't give a fuck about the gentiles and their dumb shopping habits.     

[Mupepe]

I hate the holidays too.

but I hate the family shit. And I love the shopping and consumerist bullshit.

[Madrun Badrun]

I'm with you himu.  In the two weeks before xmas, my amazon orders like like an extra day to ship.  Fucking filthy plebs.

[Mr. Gundam]

Traffic does suck, but why are you so mad lately Himu?

[Himu]

I dunno.  

Probably doesn't help that I live two blocks away from a mall.

[Trent Dole]

I've been working two retail jobs this holiday season. Yeah. 

[Human Snorenado]

retail

Never again.  I'll suck dicks in rest stop bathrooms first.  More dignity in that.

[Trent Dole]

retail

Never again.  I'll suck dicks in rest stop bathrooms first.  More dignity in that.

Yeah I am very much looking into what I can be doing to get the fuck out of this shit in the new year.

[Human Snorenado]

I went back to school.  Gonna be a book keeper somewhere or some shit.  No more retail though; the people in retail middle and upper management are some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet, whose sole purpose in life is to annoy the fuck out of everyone underneath them.

[tiesto]

I dunno.  

Probably doesn't help that I live two blocks away from a mall.

Yeah, I moved 5 minutes east of a mall (originally from 5 min west of that same mall).. so when I want to go home (or to visit my hometown friends west of the mall) the traffic lately has been brutal. What should take 10-15 min is taking 30-40 min.

[BlackMage]

I like you a lot less since you came back as Formerly Known As Himuro. What made Himuro a good poster was that he had a great sense of humor, he wasn't a killjoy, and he didn't take things too seriously. I'm sorry to say that over the past few weeks, you've turned into the opposite of that. Please change back into Himuro.

I agree. Man the fuck up Himu

[Himu]

Where I'm at, the mall is practically the main hub of this part of Houston. One freeway goes alongside it AND a major road. So the major road is always crammed with traffic, and I have to drive five minutes out of my way to get on the highway which is cool if I'm going somewhere that's not a meeca for commercialism. But if there's anything within the vicinity of the mall, like say, fucking Kroger which is across the damn street, I have to deal with the major street to get there. So if I want to do anything I have to sit in miles of traffic.

SHIT SUCKS

[Himu]

Mups, how come First Colony was not nearly as crowded as Deerbrook's streets last week when we saw The Hobbit? Is it because First Colony is new and Deerbrook was made in the 80's? Deerbrook never used to have this much traffic. It's gotten noticeably worse in the past 10 years. First Colony seems like it has enough room to spare but I could be wrong. Still, I got there at 8:30 (?) and there was ZERO TRAFFIC. ON A SATURDAY. During Christmas season. Being somone who grew up two blocks away from Deerbrook my brain exploded, especially since I had to do all kinds of shit just get on 59 after getting my haircut due to the traffic.

[Trent Dole]

I went back to school.  Gonna be a book keeper somewhere or some shit.  No more retail though; the people in retail middle and upper management are some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet, whose sole purpose in life is to annoy the fuck out of everyone underneath them.

Yeah I wanna learn me somethin', not entirely keen on taking two years to do so though. Other folks I know suggest being a Pharmacy Tech or Optometrist's Assistant. 

[Himu]

It's not just the mall. It's the combination of the mall, plus a busy ass Farm to Market road. This FM road is the bread and butter to getting anywhere in North Houston if you're going west or east and this is the only mall in this part of Houston. So we have people from Kingwood coming, people from Atascocita coming, people from Humble (where I stay) coming, people from Aldine, even people from all the way in Conroe. And they end up utilizing this Farm to Market road either to get to the mall or shopping centers or restaraunts or to go home. Even going to Atascocita is tedious and I have to take 10-15 minute detours because of it. THe mall itself only two lanes for each side and it's a straight circle, so congestion is a HUGE problem.

As for the mall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerbrook_Mall

[Human Snorenado]

I went back to school.  Gonna be a book keeper somewhere or some shit.  No more retail though; the people in retail middle and upper management are some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet, whose sole purpose in life is to annoy the fuck out of everyone underneath them.

Yeah I wanna learn me somethin', not entirely keen on taking two years to do so though. Other folks I know suggest being a Pharmacy Tech or Optometrist's Assistant. 

I kind of finagled the system to afford it... I haven't been "working" (I get paid under the table) for the past year and a half, so I qualified for like the max possible Pell grant one can get.  I paid for the first two semesters myself though, as I'm straightening out an old student loan I have before I can start getting DAT GRANT MONEY.

Back on topic:  FUCKING HUMBUG AND SHIT.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I avoid retail and grocery stores in the remaining few days before Christmas in a show of solidarity and respect for the people who work there.  People are going to go apeshit at both today.  Some Christmas retail stories:

Best Christmas Eve story: 10 minutes before closing (5 pm), some asswipe goes to our TV section and carefully analyzes what features are on each display TV.  The electronics chick is damn near freaking out because she has a big ass family gathering to attend and this clown didn't decide until about 5 minutes after closing to pick a 32" TV.  So she breathes a sigh of relief, catches me to ask to ring this assfuck up (and I do because she had my back on occasion), and we wheel out the TV to this tiny ass late 80s model Honda.  No way the TV could fit in even if we take the TV out of the box.  The customer gets all pissy.  The store manager walks outside and tells the customer that there is no way the TV can fit.  So he swears at us, calls someone, and says that he'll need to get a truck.  The store manager and I wait.  It was about an hour (about 6:30 pm) until a crappy ass truck shows up.  The guy is just swearing constantly, the store manager and I are pissed as fuck, and we load up the TV and he peeled out.  Wasn't until about 7:15 pm Christmas Eve until I was at home.  Goddamn, that pissed me off.

Best Christmas story: The very same retailer (different year) wanted to have some people work Christmas day to clean up the carnage.  It was a 10 am to 6 pm shift.  It was volunteer work (you'd still get paid) but nobody was forced to go in.  I made the grave mistake of mentioning this to my parents, who got pissy that I wasn't going to go in.  I got nagged at constantly until I relented.  It was just shift manager, some lazy sack of shit who owed lots of back child support (the only reason he was in), and myself.  When it was 6 pm, the store manager said "Well, there's still all of this straightening that needs to be done, let's take a 30 minute break and keep going."  I didn't get done until about 10 pm.  I was thoroughly pissed off because we worked our asses off and I had a 6 am shift the next day.  I was able to get in maybe 4 hours of sleep.  I only received Super Mario Sunshine as a gift so no real rush to get into that game, in hindsight.

[Diunx]

Traffic is always shitty, stfu grouch.

[Huff]

I fucking love the holidays

[MrAngryFace]

I can't imagine there's anyone who actually likes traffic.

Every day I am amazed that people aren't just getting out of their cars and flippin their shit Falling Down style. I'll spend anywhere from 90 minutes to three hours a day driving in the commute- as long as I have my mp3 collection hooked up to the stereo I can kinda forget the commute.

[Bloodwake]

I hate Christmas with the burning fire of a thousand suns.

[Don Flamenco]

man i gotta stop sharing this personal shit online

[Mupepe]

Mups, how come First Colony was not nearly as crowded as Deerbrook's streets last week when we saw The Hobbit? Is it because First Colony is new and Deerbrook was made in the 80's? Deerbrook never used to have this much traffic. It's gotten noticeably worse in the past 10 years. First Colony seems like it has enough room to spare but I could be wrong. Still, I got there at 8:30 (?) and there was ZERO TRAFFIC. ON A SATURDAY. During Christmas season. Being somone who grew up two blocks away from Deerbrook my brain exploded, especially since I had to do all kinds of shit just get on 59 after getting my haircut due to the traffic.

First Colony doesn't rely on one main ingress into the mall.  There is the highway and 3 major roads that lead into it.  Plus, people in Sugar Land tend to drive more relaxed than in Humble.  I HATE Humble drivers.

[bork]

I've managed to successfully avoid all the holiday traffic bullshit on all but one day a week ago.  This is one time of year where living so close to the mall and a ton of stores totally sucks.

Then there's delivery woes- I was supposed to get a package last Thursday from UPS.  It was delayed by a day to Friday.  I track it and find "Exception- the package was left in a shipping facility."  Rescheduled delivery was supposed to be for today, only nothing has been updated.  On top of that, my apartment office already closed for the day (BEFORE noon?  WTF?  I know I'm not the only one waiting for packages!  ) and I just saw a UPS truck go there and do a u-turn right  back to the street.  Meanwhile tracking says the package is still in the warehouse.     That's what I get for not choosing the Fedex option.

[Mr. Gundam]

I can't remember the last time I was in a mall. It's at least been two years.

[bork]

I lost my taste for malls several years ago too, but get dragged there by the wife every now and then.  She was talking about running over there TODAY to pick up a birthday gift for my sister-in-law...good luck with that, I'm staying the hell home.

[Mr. Gundam]

We do our shopping mostly at locally owned shops in the neighborhoods, but do go to Target, Banana Republic, Crate and Barrel, Potter Barn, etc. They're in separate buildings not in a mall.

[Himu]

Mups, how come First Colony was not nearly as crowded as Deerbrook's streets last week when we saw The Hobbit? Is it because First Colony is new and Deerbrook was made in the 80's? Deerbrook never used to have this much traffic. It's gotten noticeably worse in the past 10 years. First Colony seems like it has enough room to spare but I could be wrong. Still, I got there at 8:30 (?) and there was ZERO TRAFFIC. ON A SATURDAY. During Christmas season. Being somone who grew up two blocks away from Deerbrook my brain exploded, especially since I had to do all kinds of shit just get on 59 after getting my haircut due to the traffic.

First Colony doesn't rely on one main ingress into the mall.  There is the highway and 3 major roads that lead into it.  Plus, people in Sugar Land tend to drive more relaxed than in Humble.  I HATE Humble drivers.

HUMBLE DRIVERSSSSSSSsssss *shakes fist*

[Mupepe]

Mups, how come First Colony was not nearly as crowded as Deerbrook's streets last week when we saw The Hobbit? Is it because First Colony is new and Deerbrook was made in the 80's? Deerbrook never used to have this much traffic. It's gotten noticeably worse in the past 10 years. First Colony seems like it has enough room to spare but I could be wrong. Still, I got there at 8:30 (?) and there was ZERO TRAFFIC. ON A SATURDAY. During Christmas season. Being somone who grew up two blocks away from Deerbrook my brain exploded, especially since I had to do all kinds of shit just get on 59 after getting my haircut due to the traffic.

First Colony doesn't rely on one main ingress into the mall.  There is the highway and 3 major roads that lead into it.  Plus, people in Sugar Land tend to drive more relaxed than in Humble.  I HATE Humble drivers.

HUMBLE DRIVERSSSSSSSsssss *shakes fist*

we still on for tomorrow???

[Himu]

Yes I think. I'll check in with my cousins.

[Mupepe]

okies.  text me and let me know.

[G The Resurrected]

WTH you guys gonna do? Sounds like a bad drug deal or something. Mupepe be careful!

[Himu]

See Django Unchained

[G The Resurrected]

Oh shit I forgot about that... Sounds like a lot of fun. You two don't get pregnant you hear!

[Phoenix Dark]

Christmas sucks now. For most of my child and adult life we would drive to Detroit and spend Christmas Eve at my uncle's house; my grandma lived with him. We'd help my grandma bake, have a nice dinner, family members would show up, play video games, etc. Then on Christmas Day we'd open presents and head to my other grandparents house. Huge breakfast, presents, more baking, then the ladies would make gumbo for dinner. We'd watch basketball, a shitty Bond, then Christmas Story.

Well now my uncle and grandparents are dead. So I just go to my parents house for dinner and that's about it; my other uncles/aunts/etc stay in Detroit doing their own thing. Plus one of my brothers has been in Kenya for the last two Christmases (Peace Corps), and another went to visit him for the holidays this time; I wanted to go too but the final weeks of work were too stacked for me to take a vacation.

Remember the scenes after Big Momma died in Soul Food, before the reunion/happy ending? That's pretty much my holiday season this time of year.

[bork]

The holidays are for kids.  I just like getting some time off.

[Himu]

Sucks pd and I feel ya. Christmas ain't a big event with my family anymore either. Don't even have the tree up yet (doing that tonight). Thankfully my grandma is still alive but she's the glue that keeps the unit together. I don't want to imagine Christmas when she passes. Our extended family used to have activities every holiday: Easter, mothers day, fathers day, July 4...everything. now we all only meet for thanksgiving and Christmas. Shit sucks and it started after my grandpa died.We'll probably meet even less when grandma passes.

[Himu]

Meanwhile I'm writing Christmas cards for people I haven't seen in 15 years.

The traffic, the cards, the shopping, all the stress...the holidays suck butt. Thankfully the food owns.

[Phoenix Dark]

Yup my grandparents were the glue. Now outside of Thanksgiving the family does their own thing. I used to drive down to Detroit to visit my grandparents, now I only go for funerals or sports events.

[Positive Touch]

man i gotta stop sharing this personal shit online

sounds like it sucks, sorry man. my biggest fear over having kids is having do deal with their interactions with the fucked up members of mine & my wifes family. dealing with people that are committed to dumbassery is as exhausting as it gets.

[Don Flamenco]

man i gotta stop sharing this personal shit online

sounds like it sucks, sorry man. my biggest fear over having kids is having do deal with their interactions with the fucked up members of mine & my wifes family. dealing with people that are committed to dumbassery is as exhausting as it gets.

thankfully, the kids seem to brush it all off.  I just wish some of my family members weren't stereotypical evil whitey.  It's so toxic, i've been brooding on it since I left on Saturday.  Glad I'm getting out of town on Thursday and hanging with some good people.

[Human Snorenado]

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE DEPRESSING THAN THE DOMINO'S PIZZA TRACKER I MEAN REALLY

[Eric P]

[Diunx]

Already getting shit from my mum about what I'm wearing.

[Human Snorenado]

Already getting shit from my mum about what I'm wearing.

Take off all your clothes, that will shut her up

[Himu]

My mom gives me shit about growing long nails about how that's what gay men do and how if she saw  a man with nails like that she'd think he's gay.

oh if only you knew, mom. it only you knew.

[Verdigris Murder]

My mom gives me shit about growing long nails about how that's what gay men do and how if she saw  a man with nails like that she'd think he's gay.

oh if only you knew, mom. it only you knew.

That's pretty gay. Unless you play the mandolin too.

Charlie Chan was a p

[Phoenix Dark]

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE DEPRESSING THAN THE DOMINO'S PIZZA TRACKER I MEAN REALLY

I almost got Dominos tonight lol. They were open until 7PM here.

the tracker   I love writing words of encouragement on the tracker to lift the spirits of the cook

[MyNameIsMethodis]

i wish i had a classy family and could wear a suit and nice clothes on christmas. if i did my mum would ask "whats wrong" smh

[Yeti]

"My mom gives me shit about growing long nails about how that's what gay men do and how if she saw  a man with nails like that she'd think he's gay.

oh if only you knew, mom. it only you knew."
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[Huff]

Isn't long nails more of a hardcore druggie thing than a gay thing?

[Diunx]

Holy shit my cousin is dating an argrntinian chef, the sauces this guy made are godly! And he brought s bunch of argrntinian wine and saome weird licor that taste soooo good! On my third glass

[Atramental]

I had to go to church today and yesterday. That's too much church for me.

Other than that I've been having a good time drawing stuff, drinking some decent beer, playing Halo 4, and watching episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Netflix.

[Human Snorenado]

One of only 3 acceptable Christmas songs.

[Himu]

My mom gives me shit about growing long nails about how that's what gay men do and how if she saw  a man with nails like that she'd think he's gay.

oh if only you knew, mom. it only you knew.

That's pretty gay. Unless you play the mandolin too.

Charlie Chan was a p

The other day for my sanity I told the lady at the salon to shape my eyebrows in a feminine Arc and to give me a feminine haircut. Feels good.

[Himu]

Isn't long nails more of a hardcore druggie thing than a gay thing?

For me it carries over from my sax and guitar playing days. Plus I like long nails they are useful and if maintained are pretty.

[Phoenix Dark]

Isn't long nails more of a hardcore druggie thing than a gay thing?

For me it carries over from my sax and guitar playing days. Plus I like long nails they are useful and if maintained are pretty.

you mean like two months of your life?

[Don Flamenco]

mom asks my nephew to play some christmas music on the piano.  he says he doesn't know any and says he'll play a song he's been learning instead. 

the song? 

Bloody Tears