Merry F**king Xmas
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fingertroubleAs I've said over at Radio Clash, Xmesses are a bittersweet affair, and looks like this one is no exception (ljcut so as not to scare the kiddies or the horses...MAJOR RANT WARNING! STATUS CODE RED -
My Merry fucking Xmess list so far:
1) John yesterday fell over hurting his knee which has swelled up massively and is limping everywhere (and refusing to goto the doctor, annoying me NO end - don't bother telling me that flying in that condition is a really bad idea because I've told him already)
2) My father's partner's son (still with me?) has just had a major nervous breakdown; sounds like schizophrenia as he's runnng away from them at every opportunity convinced he's being poisoned by them, including taking a car and ditching it at Heathrow and ending up in Rugby via Brighton and the south east. He's someone I get on with really well and also gay (well if dad and his partner get married in future we would be related, so he's pretty much family in both senses) and has an older partner, who's apparently now in his less lucid phases the ringleader of all evil.
So Xmas and NY has been cancelled for my father and his girlfriend (I hate that term, ladyfriend sounds too casual tho) while they cope with the situation.
And with it the new year's plans for all of us to meet up; it's John's birthday at the same time as dad's g-f and we were hoping to meet up to celebrate both.
3) OK I fly out tommorow to Barcelona and they require 2 sets of ID, this is a tenous one in the low 30's chartwise but could goto #1 if I rock up to airport and they don't let me on the flight. All I have is a passport - I don't drive or anything else.
Merry Fucking Xmas indeed.
So excuse me if I lack Christmas cheer, and if someone wishes me it I might just shove their party hat and crackers down their throat.
To demonstrate how I feel I'm listening to Shitmat and Pendulum loudly and they're making total sense and very cathartic. Scary. One of the Shitmat tracks is in the Xmess show up tonight - don't expect a cheeryfest from me; the music's good tho.
My Merry fucking Xmess list so far:
1) John yesterday fell over hurting his knee which has swelled up massively and is limping everywhere (and refusing to goto the doctor, annoying me NO end - don't bother telling me that flying in that condition is a really bad idea because I've told him already)
2) My father's partner's son (still with me?) has just had a major nervous breakdown; sounds like schizophrenia as he's runnng away from them at every opportunity convinced he's being poisoned by them, including taking a car and ditching it at Heathrow and ending up in Rugby via Brighton and the south east. He's someone I get on with really well and also gay (well if dad and his partner get married in future we would be related, so he's pretty much family in both senses) and has an older partner, who's apparently now in his less lucid phases the ringleader of all evil.
So Xmas and NY has been cancelled for my father and his girlfriend (I hate that term, ladyfriend sounds too casual tho) while they cope with the situation.
And with it the new year's plans for all of us to meet up; it's John's birthday at the same time as dad's g-f and we were hoping to meet up to celebrate both.
3) OK I fly out tommorow to Barcelona and they require 2 sets of ID, this is a tenous one in the low 30's chartwise but could goto #1 if I rock up to airport and they don't let me on the flight. All I have is a passport - I don't drive or anything else.
Merry Fucking Xmas indeed.
So excuse me if I lack Christmas cheer, and if someone wishes me it I might just shove their party hat and crackers down their throat.
To demonstrate how I feel I'm listening to Shitmat and Pendulum loudly and they're making total sense and very cathartic. Scary. One of the Shitmat tracks is in the Xmess show up tonight - don't expect a cheeryfest from me; the music's good tho.
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Date: 2005-12-21 01:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-21 02:05 pm (UTC)I won't become a maniac about it but apart from taking a proof of address I'm rather stuck. Don't drive, don't have a card for work, not even a member of a union any more. So my passport is my only real ID; if they insist on photo / signature I'm rather screwed - nothing I can do in the meantime apart from not let it stress me too much.
They did this last year with my name on the ticket - had to be exactly the same as my passport, which it wasn't (Tim > Timothy) - it's the holiday agency being cunts, that's all.
(I hope)
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Date: 2005-12-22 02:16 pm (UTC)Maybe we should just have a Festivus tomorrow and forget about Christmas.
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Date: 2005-12-22 03:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-01 08:31 pm (UTC)So not good for everyone, I still have to get the whole 411 from my dad.
But actually apart from some friction with John it went better than expected. NYE was slightly fraught (see my other post) but otherwise went well as expected...glad I wasn't here tho.
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Date: 2006-01-01 11:38 pm (UTC)I just read about your NYE. =( Although mine was mostly good, I had some drunken drama as well.