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It’s almost December. Social media is full of Thanksgiving, which is a holiday we don’t have in the UK and not one I really get. I mean, we celebrate an assassination attempt on our king every November, so I guess it’s not that weird to celebrate a genocide…but I don’t get it.
1 December is Mum’s birthday. Was Mum’s birthday. Gonna be tough this year. Sis wants us to go out to dinner. Maybe because that’s what we did most years for Mum. She was impossible to buy gifts for so unless there was something specific she wanted we would pick a really great restaurant and treat her. I don’t want to spend that much to be miserable, but I told Sis okay if we go somewhere a bit less pricey.
Then there’s just the rest of the month to get through. Thank goodness for the TS Secret Santa. That’s gonna keep me going if things are difficult at home. My contribution is submitted and I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone else has come up with.
I need to make myself post here more often. I don’t know how many people read my ramblings, but feeling like someone does helps me feel connected. It’s much too easy for me to isolate myself these days. I’m naturally introverted and self-sufficient but it’s not good to have no connections.
LJ is impossible to use now. I don’t know what they’ve done to their interface but I’m not going to post there any more. And I can’t access LJ from work (probs because it’s Russian and I work for the govt.). I also killed my twitter account because it’s now the land of hate. So I’m here, I’m on Insta (but rarely post) and on BlueSky…where I haven’t been posting but maybe need to start. Also AO3, which isn’t technically a social network but is feeling more like one for some reason - not in a bad way!
1 December is Mum’s birthday. Was Mum’s birthday. Gonna be tough this year. Sis wants us to go out to dinner. Maybe because that’s what we did most years for Mum. She was impossible to buy gifts for so unless there was something specific she wanted we would pick a really great restaurant and treat her. I don’t want to spend that much to be miserable, but I told Sis okay if we go somewhere a bit less pricey.
Then there’s just the rest of the month to get through. Thank goodness for the TS Secret Santa. That’s gonna keep me going if things are difficult at home. My contribution is submitted and I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone else has come up with.
I need to make myself post here more often. I don’t know how many people read my ramblings, but feeling like someone does helps me feel connected. It’s much too easy for me to isolate myself these days. I’m naturally introverted and self-sufficient but it’s not good to have no connections.
LJ is impossible to use now. I don’t know what they’ve done to their interface but I’m not going to post there any more. And I can’t access LJ from work (probs because it’s Russian and I work for the govt.). I also killed my twitter account because it’s now the land of hate. So I’m here, I’m on Insta (but rarely post) and on BlueSky…where I haven’t been posting but maybe need to start. Also AO3, which isn’t technically a social network but is feeling more like one for some reason - not in a bad way!
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I too am looking forward to the Sentinel Secret Santa. The short stories are always fun along with the longer ones. I’m hoping that next year maybe Ainm will let you help her. She’s just been too busy. I would help but know nothing about running one. At any rate it’s going to be fun.
When we celebrate thanksgiving we just say how grateful we are for our families and friends. We don’t celebrate the whole genocide thing. Thank God.
I don’t post at live journal anymore either. It really has become a pain in the ass.
You should post from time to time. I always enjoy your posts.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to your Mum. Hugs.
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I know you don’t actually celebrate the genocide, but it still feels weird to me. I’m not Christian but Easter is a big deal here. One year I figured out it’s a celebration of a man being tortured to death and I just quit. Not doing that, you know. The roots of these things matter to me.
At least Christmas is just a birthday. I get celebrating that.