
Ambrosia Slaad |

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Woodraven wrote:I couldn't resist.Justin Franklin wrote:I am picturing pufins with green elf costumesStudpuffin wrote:Now I am picturing red and green puffins.Christmas Puffins, ATTACK!
Mwahahahaha!
That was...you know what....words fail me!

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Ahh, Christmas. Here's to getting kicked out of the apartment by your girlfriend's mother at six in the morning, then having to spend the rest of the day with your own mother, who tends to unintentionally make life a living f%#+ing hell.
Normal people give gifts because they want to be nice. My mother gives gifts because she wants people to "owe" her. Awesome.
Makes you want to start drinking, doesn't it.

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Freehold DM wrote:Your sister being your mother is, I believe, a logical impossibility.Not in the state of Kentucky.
Exhibit A Jack Nicholson
Raised by his grandmother being told his mother was his sister.
Emperor7 |

Freehold DM wrote:Oddly, It's also my partner's mom's birthday. Both December 21.Celestial Healer wrote:Your mom kicks ass! Please tell your birthday sister I said happy belated birthday!!!!Treppa wrote:Life's decent enough. Took my mom out to dinner last night for her birthday (which was actually Tuesday). Doing some last minute sorts of stuff today. Christmas is too expensive.Celestial Healer wrote:Treppa wrote:Was the holiday shopping season busy overall?Celestial Healer wrote:Studpuffin wrote:Is the store busy today?Toddzilla wrote:Here with you guys.Moff Rimmer wrote:Quick show of hands -- anyone else working today?*raises hand*It's fifteen minutes past the time we were scheduled to close, and we're already home. So no. Dead as Marley's ghost.
Merry Christmas Eve to all the observant Fawtlies and Paizonians. May your days be merry and bright!
Fairly decent, yeah. Not as good as the retail reports I've seen quoted, but we're not a major retailer, nor are we in a standard location.
How's life, CH?
Hmm, Dec 21 is my sister's birthday. I don't recall her having any children, but she did spend several months in California in the 70s....

Emperor7 |

Ahh, Christmas. Here's to getting kicked out of the apartment by your girlfriend's mother at six in the morning, then having to spend the rest of the day with your own mother, who tends to unintentionally make life a living f%~%ing hell.
Normal people give gifts because they want to be nice. My mother gives gifts because she wants people to "owe" her. Awesome.
Makes you want to start drinking, doesn't it.
That sucks, bro. I hope tomorrow is better for ya. I hope all the tomorrows are better.

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Woodraven wrote:I couldn't resist.Justin Franklin wrote:I am picturing pufins with green elf costumesStudpuffin wrote:Now I am picturing red and green puffins.Christmas Puffins, ATTACK!
Mwahahahaha!
It's all true. Puffins can and do break dance with the best of them!

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Celestial Healer wrote:Hmm, Dec 21 is my sister's birthday. I don't recall her having any children, but she did spend several months in California in the 70s....Freehold DM wrote:Oddly, It's also my partner's mom's birthday. Both December 21.Celestial Healer wrote:Your mom kicks ass! Please tell your birthday sister I said happy belated birthday!!!!Treppa wrote:Life's decent enough. Took my mom out to dinner last night for her birthday (which was actually Tuesday). Doing some last minute sorts of stuff today. Christmas is too expensive.Celestial Healer wrote:Treppa wrote:Was the holiday shopping season busy overall?Celestial Healer wrote:Studpuffin wrote:Is the store busy today?Toddzilla wrote:Here with you guys.Moff Rimmer wrote:Quick show of hands -- anyone else working today?*raises hand*It's fifteen minutes past the time we were scheduled to close, and we're already home. So no. Dead as Marley's ghost.
Merry Christmas Eve to all the observant Fawtlies and Paizonians. May your days be merry and bright!
Fairly decent, yeah. Not as good as the retail reports I've seen quoted, but we're not a major retailer, nor are we in a standard location.
How's life, CH?
Weird. My sister's birthday is Dec 21, also.

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Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?

lynora |

Aaah. Day after Christmas. So much less stress. :)
Survived Christmas at the in-laws. They were perfectly fine, but the kidlet is still having panic attacks when he's around a lot of people. Although he did behave well, so that's something.
He still has presents to open since we're giving them to him a little at a time, which keeps things calmer for him. Definitely doing that again next year.
I'm glad that Kellen took the whole Santa thing so well. And that he was able to turn it around and be excited about being able to be Santa for his younger siblings.

The Jade |

Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?
Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.

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Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?
You're so lucky!

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Celestial Healer wrote:Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.
I'm not sure if it helps, but I'm probably not alone in this, so I'll share:
Personally, I can tell when life's stresses are reaching a high point when the Zombie Apocolypse Dreams start up. For me, zombies are the perfect symbol for unrelenting stress...they just. Never. STOP!
I've also found myself in a few dreams where I've been the one infected, but usually the "bad dream" portion involves having to tell my wife and kids that I'm never coming home. Being in the Navy, I'm sure there are concerns about deployments buried in the symbolism, there.
By far, the worst ones are when my children get infected. Thankfully, those don't happen very often. I guess my subconscious knows there are some places even it shouldn't go. ;-)

The Jade |

The Jade wrote:Celestial Healer wrote:Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.I'm not sure if it helps, but I'm probably not alone in this, so I'll share:
Personally, I can tell when life's stresses are reaching a high point when the Zombie Apocolypse Dreams start up. For me, zombies are the perfect symbol for unrelenting stress...they just. Never. STOP!
I've also found myself in a few dreams where I've been the one infected, but usually the "bad dream" portion involves having to tell my wife and kids that I'm never coming home. Being in the Navy, I'm sure there are concerns about deployments buried in the symbolism, there.
By far, the worst ones are when my children get infected. Thankfully, those don't happen very often. I guess my subconscious knows there are some places even it shouldn't go. ;-)
Wow. Powerful stuff, Paris. This will definitely enrich the content of what I was thinking of saying. Permission to cite you and your story implied?

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Celestial Healer wrote:Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.
Cite away. It's a recurring theme in my zombie dreams. They always start out with me becoming stricken and the rest of the dream is spent concealing it from zealous zombie-slayers.
Not sure how to interpret that. Some latent fear or outsider syndrome?

The Jade |

The Jade wrote:Cite away. It's a recurring theme in my zombie dreams. They always start out with me becoming stricken and the rest of the dream is spent concealing it from zealous zombie-slayers.Celestial Healer wrote:Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.
Thank you.

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Paris Crenshaw wrote:Wow. Powerful stuff, Paris. This will definitely enrich the content of what I was thinking of saying. Permission to cite you and your story implied?I'm not sure if it helps, but I'm probably not alone in this, so I'll share:
Personally, I can tell when life's stresses are reaching a high point when the Zombie Apocolypse Dreams start up. For me, zombies are the perfect symbol for unrelenting stress...they just. Never. STOP!
I've also found myself in a few dreams where I've been the one infected, but usually the "bad dream" portion involves having to tell my wife and kids that I'm never coming home. Being in the Navy, I'm sure there are concerns about deployments buried in the symbolism, there.
By far, the worst ones are when my children get infected. Thankfully, those don't happen very often. I guess my subconscious knows there are some places even it shouldn't go. ;-)
Certainly! I'm glad you find it useful.

Spanky the Leprechaun |

Celestial Healer wrote:Thank you.The Jade wrote:Cite away. It's a recurring theme in my zombie dreams. They always start out with me becoming stricken and the rest of the dream is spent concealing it from zealous zombie-slayers.Celestial Healer wrote:Nothing says Merry Christmas like another zombie apocalypse dream. Yet again I was trying to hide my transformation and decomposing body from everyone around me, but this one was a lot more gory (people's faces getting torn off and such). I had a moment of lucidity right at the point where people found me out and were going to destroy me, and decided it was a good time to wake up. How were your Christmases?Zombie Apocalypse Dreams are next up for my Atomic Array rants. Mind if I cite your particular dream? I've never heard of anyone taking the "guy who hides that he was bitten" angle. That's really interesting.
Heh heh...I have more like "post apoc" dreams; more Road Warrior than Zombie Horde;....
Zombie apocalypse has become such a prevalent trope....I think it's the western of the 2-ought's (whatever you call that decade). It's like a subgenre now, man. Same way westerns are a subgenre of action...
(or whatever the f@*# you'd call Little House On teh Prerriz...)
I was wondering if there was some sort of underriding psychological drive to it; and CH's dreaming about it kinda makes me wonder more.
Is that you, Lil Joe?

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Cite away. It's a recurring theme in my zombie dreams. They always start out with me becoming stricken and the rest of the dream is spent concealing it from zealous zombie-slayers.
Not sure how to interpret that. Some latent fear or outsider syndrome?
Damn those zealous slayers! Can't we all just get along!