[RESOLVED] Christmas

wow the warm fuzzy's are getting to me, I can actually see where you guys are coming from.<--(end of brotherly tolerance, and understanding)(begin of rant)--> BUT! I was an only child, I had gifts showered upon me, and being a smart only child was worse hey all said it was for being such a bright boy. Now how did being intellegent (I think i vaped some of those brain cells with pot) get me gifts, Had I actually accomplished something? No I did not; just like I wont accomplish much with this rant. I now have three children two whom live 4 miles away with their mother, and one that lives here. The two that live with their mom are totally absorbed by getting gifts. My son had a two hour argument with his mother about a stupid scooter that he will play with for about 6 hours and then go back to Playstation (no not two, ill not get sucked up by that hype)
So now I must deal with an angry dwarf who may or may not get a $40.00 scooter, if he doesnt get the scooter both his mother and I will be resented and scorned. How is that for holiday spirit, all of this because his mother and I had an argument about santa clause (sp) I said not to make the kids believe in a ficticious character (like Bill Gates really runs the show at M$) I didnt want him to believe a fallacy that will confuse him when he getts older and other kids burst the bubble. Now about going to see the family, I have to go to six places on christmas eve My mothers, my wifes mothers, her fathers (divorced) her granmothers, her grandfathers, and go see the kids. all of which if we miss one place somebody is going to be insulted. No one stopped to think that driving 150 miles in two days to celebrate a holiday isnt insulting to me.(it is two days off work with pay, I want to relax) so you can see where some of the christmas hate comes from.
Well enough said I talk flames now I know my anti-semetic rhetoric will get me in hot water but hey, its christmas right :O heheheheehehhehe

Lets see,

15" Flat Panel
SoundBlaster Live! Platnium 5.1
800MHz T-Bird
Abit KT7 Board
T3 Line
40GB Hard Drive
Sega DreamCast
Playstation 2
Money
for algorithm_x to read the "A Christmas Carol", and have the ghosts visit him
and any thing else I missed

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From the dark of night, comes... WHAT DO YOU MEAN INVALID PAGE FAULT!!

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Originally posted by Digi-Recon:
Lets see,

15" Flat Panel
SoundBlaster Live! Platnium 5.1
800MHz T-Bird
Abit KT7 Board
T3 Line
40GB Hard Drive
Sega DreamCast
Playstation 2
Money
for algorithm_x to read the "A Christmas Carol", and have the ghosts visit him
and any thing else I missed

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Ooh....can I be the Ghost of Christmas Present? https://forums.windrivers.com/



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Bryan Pizzuti
CompTIA A+, CNAP
[email protected]

Bah Humbug

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Bah friggin Humbug

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Originally posted by algorithm_x:
Bah Humbug

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I'll drink to that, I agree with algorithm_x - to an extent... I am 23 and this is going to be the second xmas I have spent away from home (the first I visited my g/f family and it was just as hectic) I plan on sitting around, eating, drinking, and relaxing in the sun (I am in New Zealand, and it's lovely and sunny out). This bring me to another point, having a HUGE roast with all the trimmings may be a great idea in the northern hemisphere, but NZ have copied this tradition, and so on xmas day we all sit down at my grandmothers place (after visiting about 4 other families) and have an enormous roast... now I don't know about you, but I don't really enjoy eating a large hot meal when it's 30 degrees celcius outside!
I hate the way that xmas is becoming less and less about family and stuff, and more and more about commercialism... Everybody has sales, all the latest bits come out, movies come out, it just gets a little much.
And also, I have been pressured for nearly a year since I told my family that I was going to spend xmas away from home again, to go home for xmas... "We'll miss you" "Why aren't you coming" then the emotional blackmail "Don't you want to spend time with us?" It's just too much.

So in conclusion, the idea behind xmas is a good one, but there are too many people trying to make money off the weaknesses of people around this time of year, and that's wrong.

PS. I myself do not believe in god, and I am not a pagan, so I feel that I don't need to celebrate it.

new missus, and a new mobo with duron 800....

hmm..... and a MASSIVE cheque to clear my cards....

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A General Protection Error has occured - Time to go home...

Already got it, a nice 12 string guitar !

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Originally posted by algorithm_x:
wow the warm fuzzy's are getting to me, I can actually see where you guys are coming from.<--(end of brotherly tolerance, and understanding)(begin of rant)--> BUT! I was an only child, I had gifts showered upon me, and being a smart only child was worse hey all said it was for being such a bright boy. Now how did being intellegent (I think i vaped some of those brain cells with pot) get me gifts, Had I actually accomplished something? No I did not; just like I wont accomplish much with this rant. I now have three children two whom live 4 miles away with their mother, and one that lives here. The two that live with their mom are totally absorbed by getting gifts. My son had a two hour argument with his mother about a stupid scooter that he will play with for about 6 hours and then go back to Playstation (no not two, ill not get sucked up by that hype)
So now I must deal with an angry dwarf who may or may not get a $40.00 scooter, if he doesnt get the scooter both his mother and I will be resented and scorned. How is that for holiday spirit, all of this because his mother and I had an argument about santa clause (sp) I said not to make the kids believe in a ficticious character (like Bill Gates really runs the show at M$) I didnt want him to believe a fallacy that will confuse him when he getts older and other kids burst the bubble. Now about going to see the family, I have to go to six places on christmas eve My mothers, my wifes mothers, her fathers (divorced) her granmothers, her grandfathers, and go see the kids. all of which if we miss one place somebody is going to be insulted. No one stopped to think that driving 150 miles in two days to celebrate a holiday isnt insulting to me.(it is two days off work with pay, I want to relax) so you can see where some of the christmas hate comes from.

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Then I truly feel sorry for you. I admit, I've become pretty jaded with the holiday season over the past few years. But I still realize that if for nothing else, Christmas is for the kids, and I do everything in my power to make sure my neices and nephews enjoy Christmas. Yeah, maybe it has become over-commercialized over the years, but not everyone buys into it. Some of us just sit back, and enjoy the looks on the kids faces as they tear into present after present, and have fun with their new toys.

And what's so bad about a holiday where we all set aside our problems and take a couple of days to care about our fellow man? Personally, I've been volunteering at our local soup kitchen a couple of nights a week since Thanksgiving. My girlfriend talked me into it with her, and I honestly feel like a better person, doing something to help those in need.

Algorithm, I'm not going to be like some of the others and tell you that you're wrong for feeling the way you do. You are fully entitled to your opinion, and I respect it. But if you can't see even one iota of joy in the Christmas season, then I have every right to feel sorry for you.

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Clatu...Verata...nnnn...necktie...nectur...nickel. ...it's definately an "N" word...

For those who are negative about xmas,... quit being so uptight. Quit dwelling on what everyone is doing around you, and do what makes you feel good. Whether it's sitting around at the parents house, having a kegger with your friends, worshipping some kind of fictious being all day, or just hanging out at home by yourself. Whatever,... it can be anything. I usually like to wake up, take a shower, go check and see if Santa left me a hot Swedish bikini model under the tree, find out he didn't and then go to my parents house and get lots of cool stuff. Then I'll go home afterwards and party with my friends. But one thing I've given up on is whining about the commercialism of the holidays because it's a waste of my energy. Either accept it, ignore, or do something about it, and then move on. I'm just glad we have these holidays so I can take a break from work once in awhile... By the way, this year I want to wake up to a, gift wrapped with only a single bow, nude Carmen Elektra laying next to me in my bed. Is that too much to ask for??

1. A raise large enough that I can pay off all my debts with my next paycheck.
2. My own house (completely wired w/ a 1GB ethernet) https://forums.windrivers.com/
3. A shiney new laptop
4. Handspring's Visor Prism
5. Enough extra cash to custom build new computers for myself, my girlfriend and my dad.
6. Whirled peas https://forums.windrivers.com/

As for the whole X-mas/anti X-mas feelings...
Well, I was raised as a Christian though I'm not entirely sure how much I agree with some of the Christian's teachings. However, I tend to look at X-mas like this:
1. It's at least 1 day of paid holiday time (this year we get 2, woot!).
2. While the X-mas season is overly & insanely hyped by the marketers; it's still a time that people around the world get together and share in a spirit of good will & cheer. Sure it would be great if we did this 365 days a year, but let's face almost nobody does. So rather than get nasty over people who get into the holiday spirit only around the holidays; I say rejoyce in the spirit of the season and if that doesn't work...

Well, in this holiday season there's usually plenty of parties w/ spirits to drink.


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This may sound strange, but I have pretty much everything I need to be happy. I do not get real mushy for the holidays, but the past year has been pretty damn good on all fronts for me and my family, romantically, personally and professionally. I really like the phrase "Want what you have".

...*SNIFF*...I love you guys!...

If I had to get materialistic, a digital cam would be super cool!

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Is the damn thing plugged in, is the damn thing turned on?

To CobraTekMax,

With your wishes you should be in the assasin business! LOL!


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Don't **** with me, I'm running LINUX!

To CobraTekMax,

With your wishes you should be in the assasin business! LOL!


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Don't **** with me, I'm running LINUX!

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Originally posted by NPaladin:
The woman.....I can BUY the frigging phone....they're coming out in Europe for something like $800 US in 1st qtr 2001...I can wait for them to come to the US or get someone to export one for me.

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You do realize yoou can buy/rent a woman for a lot less then $800.

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www.el-mono.com

Don't really care - cannot afford what I want - new laptop, traditional folded swedish steel katana, paid wedding, no bills, happy family, more hours in the day, peace on earth, nirvana - note these are in order of price. All in all the things that come in nice wrapping paper with a dollar value attached do not bring peace or happiness with them - they are just more junk - so once again - doesn't matter.