Comments on: Holidays http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/ In Alpha Since 2001 Fri, 18 May 2012 19:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Bah Humbug. http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93152 Bah Humbug. Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Maybe their bosses are pushing to hit that before-Christmas deadline. Maybe they just got a Christmas card picture back and realize what a ass they really are. Maybe they’re dreading spending a week home with relatives they don’t even like. Maybe they just got laid off. I think Christmas has gotten more complex over the years than what it used to be. Too much pressure to be happy.</p> Maybe their bosses are pushing to hit that before-Christmas deadline. Maybe they just got a Christmas card picture back and realize what a
ass they really are. Maybe they’re dreading spending a week home with relatives they don’t even like. Maybe they just got laid off. I think Christmas has gotten more complex over the years than what it used to be. Too much pressure to be happy.

]]> By: megami http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93153 megami Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>This is the main reason I hate Christmas shopping so much. I enjoy being out and buying presents for others…basically I think any shopping that isn’t for clothes (torture) is fun. I imagine my friends and family really liking their gifts and then someone steps on my foot and tells me to watch it, someone else pushes me, and someone else almost hits me on the way out of the parking lot and then screams, “asshole!” Christmastime is much more fun and holiday-like for me on days that I don’t have to go out and get poisoned by all the bad moods flying around out there.</p> This is the main reason I hate Christmas shopping so much. I enjoy being out and buying presents for others…basically I think any shopping that isn’t for clothes (torture) is fun. I imagine my friends and family really liking their gifts and then someone steps on my foot and tells me to watch it, someone else pushes me, and someone else almost hits me on the way out of the parking lot and then screams, “asshole!” Christmastime is much more fun and holiday-like for me on days that I don’t have to go out and get poisoned by all the bad moods flying around out there.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93154 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Ouch, bah humbug. I am sorry to hear all that. :[ I guess I’m sort of lucky this year, but last year I can say I felt your pain. Hell, I didn’t take a trip to Thailand because of my stupid job. (I am sort of kicking myself now).</p> <p>I wish it weren’t like that. There is <span class="caps">NOTHING</span> that pressing, unless you’re some a doctor or a politician or… (you get the point).</p> <p>megami, I hear ya. I’m headed to the mall this evening to pick something up. I am dreading it, I am. But I am hoping folks have their good moods on.</p> Ouch, bah humbug. I am sorry to hear all that. :[ I guess I’m sort of lucky this year, but last year I can say I felt your pain. Hell, I didn’t take a trip to Thailand because of my stupid job. (I am sort of kicking myself now).

I wish it weren’t like that. There is NOTHING that pressing, unless you’re some a doctor or a politician or… (you get the point).

megami, I hear ya. I’m headed to the mall this evening to pick something up. I am dreading it, I am. But I am hoping folks have their good moods on.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93155 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Lately, as it approaches, I’ve been thinking about age 30. Way back when 30 was old age for a human. And I’ve been thinking about most of the stress in my life and how I pretty much create it with this concept of living forever (bills, saving, retirement, taxes, future this, future that). And it sort of sucks the today out of everything, leaving us waiting for tomorrow and next week, next year or then. But definitely not <span class="caps">NOW</span>. Now gets kicked aside because we’ve been told how long we’re <span class="caps">SUPPOSED</span> to live and the idea of being alone or broke at age 40, the idea of not owning a home or having Social Security freaks us out, and forces us make choices and decisions based on that fear.</p> <p>I bet folks would be happier with their lives if they were made shorter. Or we didn’t all have knowledge of a life expectancy.</p> <p>I am babbling. :] Sorry.</p> Lately, as it approaches, I’ve been thinking about age 30. Way back when 30 was old age for a human. And I’ve been thinking about most of the stress in my life and how I pretty much create it with this concept of living forever (bills, saving, retirement, taxes, future this, future that). And it sort of sucks the today out of everything, leaving us waiting for tomorrow and next week, next year or then. But definitely not NOW. Now gets kicked aside because we’ve been told how long we’re SUPPOSED to live and the idea of being alone or broke at age 40, the idea of not owning a home or having Social Security freaks us out, and forces us make choices and decisions based on that fear.

I bet folks would be happier with their lives if they were made shorter. Or we didn’t all have knowledge of a life expectancy.

I am babbling. :] Sorry.

]]> By: arjen http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93156 arjen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>In that movie “bowling for columbine” they came to the conlusion that America is ruled by a culture of fear. They tried to explain why everyone thinks they need a gun, but ofcourse this also hooks into the point that you are making.</p> <p>What I love about America is it’s ambtion and drive, to achieve something and get the best out of yourself. In Europe that’s much less so, which <del>on the other hand</del> results in more possibilities for relaxed living.</p> <p>However, in general the same Holiday / Life rules apply; be happy, have tons of friends, make good money, own a house and a car etc etc. That’s the depressing part, what’s still awesome is taking a break to only enjoy peoples company, no other bullshit, even gifts are largely irrelevant. Although it’s nice to buy things for loved ones. But it’s mostly nice because you spend time walking around town for hours thinking iabout these people and what they like.</p> <p>Right?</p> In that movie “bowling for columbine” they came to the conlusion that America is ruled by a culture of fear. They tried to explain why everyone thinks they need a gun, but ofcourse this also hooks into the point that you are making.

What I love about America is it’s ambtion and drive, to achieve something and get the best out of yourself. In Europe that’s much less so, which on the other hand results in more possibilities for relaxed living.

However, in general the same Holiday / Life rules apply; be happy, have tons of friends, make good money, own a house and a car etc etc. That’s the depressing part, what’s still awesome is taking a break to only enjoy peoples company, no other bullshit, even gifts are largely irrelevant. Although it’s nice to buy things for loved ones. But it’s mostly nice because you spend time walking around town for hours thinking iabout these people and what they like.

Right?

]]> By: andrea http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93157 andrea Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>i think im gonna have to side with bah humbug this year.</p> <p>although i do have a poinsetta on my desk. that counts as something, right?</p> i think im gonna have to side with bah humbug this year.

although i do have a poinsetta on my desk.
that counts as something, right?

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93158 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Damn, kittens. Ya’all people need new jobs or something. Shit.</p> Damn, kittens. Ya’all people need new jobs or something. Shit.

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93159 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>I’m happy and having a great holiday season.</p> <p>No one is flipping me off or calling me an asshole (at least to my face) or stepping on my foot.</p> <p>My relatives, whose company I enjoy very very much (even Mihow), are coming to stay with my wife and I for several days. And to top it off, I’ve already turned 30 but at least I haven’t turned 31 yet (looks at Melissa).</p> <p>But most importantly, I didn’t have to sit through “Bowling for Columbine”. And really, isn’t that all I could ask for.</p> I’m happy and having a great holiday season.

No one is flipping me off or calling me an asshole (at least to my face) or stepping on my foot.

My relatives, whose company I enjoy very very much (even Mihow), are coming to stay with my wife and I for several days. And to top it off, I’ve already turned 30 but at least I haven’t turned 31 yet (looks at Melissa).

But most importantly, I didn’t have to sit through “Bowling for Columbine”. And really, isn’t that all I could ask for.

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93160 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>So basically, Republicans have more fun. Them and the Democrats who marry them (looks at Melissa).</p> So basically, Republicans have more fun. Them and the Democrats who marry them (looks at Melissa).

]]> By: Megan http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93161 Megan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>At least somebody’s happy. I have a $423.00 car repair I have to pay for today…just in time for the happy, happy holidays. My friend’s mom once told me that if money is your only problem, then it really isn’t a problem at all. I guess.</p> At least somebody’s happy. I have a $423.00 car repair I have to pay for today…just in time for the happy, happy holidays. My friend’s mom once told me that if money is your only problem, then it really isn’t a problem at all. I guess.

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93162 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Oh, I have money issues as well, but your mom’s advice is correct.</p> <p>I may just be in a great mood cause I have Superchunk blaring on my headphones right now, that tends to be all it takes for me.</p> <p>(That, and I’m pretty sure my mom and dad have bought me a pet monkey for Christmas. Hopefully a cat-eating variety of monkey.)</p> Oh, I have money issues as well, but your mom’s advice is correct.

I may just be in a great mood cause I have Superchunk blaring on my headphones right now, that tends to be all it takes for me.

(That, and I’m pretty sure my mom and dad have bought me a pet monkey for Christmas. Hopefully a cat-eating variety of monkey.)

]]> By: MelHow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93163 MelHow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p><span class="caps">NO MONKEYS</span>!!!! Can you imagine the poo they would fling from the cat boxes? It would be like a war zone!</p> NO MONKEYS!!!! Can you imagine the poo they would fling from the cat boxes? It would be like a war zone!

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93164 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>And of course I meant your friend’s mom’s advice is correct.</p> <p>And sorry about the car repair.</p> And of course I meant your friend’s mom’s advice is correct.

And sorry about the car repair.

]]> By: freakgirl http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93165 freakgirl Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>well of <span class="caps">COURSE</span> Republicans have more fun. They’ve got all the money.</p> <p>:D</p> <p>Anyway. My holiday is going well, considering that I’m losing my job at the end of the year. But my sweetie moved in with me, we’re spending Christmas together, I got him some wonderful prezzies, and we’re hosting a small family Christmas Eve dinner. Things are good.</p> well of COURSE Republicans have more fun. They’ve got all the money.

:D

Anyway. My holiday is going well, considering that I’m losing my job at the end of the year. But my sweetie moved in with me, we’re spending Christmas together, I got him some wonderful prezzies, and we’re hosting a small family Christmas Eve dinner. Things are good.

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93166 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Oh wife of mine, did you miss the part about the “cat eating variety”? Hence, no cat poo to fling about. Let’s just hope he doesn’t follow <span class="caps">YOU</span> into the bathroom.</p> <p>By the way, I’ve decided to name the him “Phillipe the Crazy Monkey Man”. That is as long as my parents love me enough to get me a monkey.</p> <p>I heard they are getting Mihow a pet armadillo.</p> Oh wife of mine, did you miss the part about the “cat eating variety”? Hence, no cat poo to fling about. Let’s just hope he doesn’t follow YOU into the bathroom.

By the way, I’ve decided to name the him “Phillipe the Crazy Monkey Man”. That is as long as my parents love me enough to get me a monkey.

I heard they are getting Mihow a pet armadillo.

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93167 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>I could teach you all the secret Republican hand shake and dance that gets you $50 at every bank you stop by.</p> <p>I taught it to Melissa but she got it wrong and accidently did the “My pants are on fire!” dance. Rather humiliating.</p> <p>This thread was way too depressing, sorry if I’ve hijacked it.</p> I could teach you all the secret Republican hand shake and dance that gets you $50 at every bank you stop by.

I taught it to Melissa but she got it wrong and accidently did the “My pants are on fire!” dance. Rather humiliating.

This thread was way too depressing, sorry if I’ve hijacked it.

]]> By: freakgirl http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93168 freakgirl Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Hee hee! I want to learn the secret Republican handshake!</p> Hee hee! I want to learn the secret Republican handshake!

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93169 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Freakgirl, have you ever watched Mork and Mindy? It’s like that.</p> Freakgirl, have you ever watched Mork and Mindy? It’s like that.

]]> By: freakgirl http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93170 freakgirl Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Ah….</p> Ah….

]]> By: arjen http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93171 arjen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>actually … now I’m depressed. thanks a lot.</p> <p>I wouldn’t want to learn the republican handshake if the gave me money, which they probably would…</p> <p>even though Bowling for columbine was paranoid to an extent, I think more republicans should watch it and open their minds to the perspectives offered. dammit. gun totin’ money bags.</p> actually … now I’m depressed. thanks a lot.

I wouldn’t want to learn the republican handshake if the gave me money, which they probably would…

even though Bowling for columbine was paranoid to an extent, I think more republicans should watch it and open their minds to the perspectives offered.
dammit. gun totin’ money bags.

]]> By: Megan http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93172 Megan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>I’m a firm believer that if you’re in love, nothing seems to be so bad. You can make it through anything.</p> I’m a firm believer that if you’re in love, nothing seems to be so bad. You can make it through anything.

]]> By: Megan http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93173 Megan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>That was just the most cheesy thing that ever came out of my mouth. Apologies.</p> That was just the most cheesy thing that ever came out of my mouth. Apologies.

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93174 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Don’t apologize. It’s totally cool. I have to admit, it does make life a little easier.</p> <p>Cheese = good. :]</p> Don’t apologize. It’s totally cool. I have to admit, it does make life a little easier.

Cheese = good. :]

]]> By: robert http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93175 robert Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Well Megan, I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them learn to love. Think of all the beauty they posses inside. Just don’t try to get to that beauty, cause they lock you up and throw away the key.</p> <p>(I’m not sure if that last line is actually from the Whitney Houston song.)</p> Well Megan, I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them learn to love. Think of all the beauty they posses inside. Just don’t try to get to that beauty, cause they lock you up and throw away the key.

(I’m not sure if that last line is actually from the Whitney Houston song.)

]]> By: mihow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93176 mihow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>I believe that crackpipes are our future. Use them well and let them lead the way. Think of all the beauty they posses inside.</p> <p>Because the greatest crack of all, is coming all to me. I found the greatest love of all, inside a pipe.</p> I believe that crackpipes are our future. Use them well and let them lead the way. Think of all the beauty they posses inside.

Because the greatest crack of all, is coming all to me. I found the greatest love of all, inside a pipe.

]]> By: tobyjoe http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93177 tobyjoe Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>i am a fair and loving person. i am honest and try to be very, very respectful of others.</p> <p>that all changes when rob gets a monkey and i have to sneak to his house (I <span class="caps">STILL HAVE A KEY</span>!) and tie he and the misses up and steal their monkey and go on a sort of monkey-and-clyde cross-country <del>- no, <span class="caps">INTERNATIONAL</span> (watch out arjen!) -</del> robbing and shooting and poo-flinging spree to wipe out all of the Bah Humbug/Andrea types out there, leaving the world a <span class="caps">HOLIDAY WONDERLAND</span> – though a wonderland covered in poo and bulletholes.</p> i am a fair and loving person.
i am honest and try to be very, very respectful of others.

that all changes when rob gets a monkey and i have to sneak to his house (I STILL HAVE A KEY!) and tie he and the misses up and steal their monkey and go on a sort of monkey-and-clyde cross-country - no, INTERNATIONAL (watch out arjen!) - robbing and shooting and poo-flinging spree to wipe out all of the Bah Humbug/Andrea types out there, leaving the world a HOLIDAY WONDERLAND – though a wonderland covered in poo and bulletholes.

]]> By: MelHow http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93178 MelHow Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Can you take a couple of the cats too? Rob says the monkey will eat them but considering the size of Seuss it might take a while.</p> Can you take a couple of the cats too? Rob says the monkey will eat them but considering the size of Seuss it might take a while.

]]> By: freakgirl http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93179 freakgirl Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Ah, yes, a wonderland covered in poo and bulletholes. My dream come true.</p> Ah, yes, a wonderland covered in poo and bulletholes. My dream come true.

]]> By: Megan http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93180 Megan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>:: cheese is foaming out of my mouth ::</p> :: cheese is foaming out of my mouth ::

]]> By: nico http://mihow.com/articles/2002/12/17/holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-93181 nico Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 <p>Mihow – in case you did not see the Prime Time special, I will have you know that Whitney does not take crack. Crack is for the poor. Crack is Wack! She and Bobby <span class="caps">ONLY</span> party with high-end narcotics.</p> <p>Tobyjoe – I hope you will get the monkey and appropriate outfit for the gunslinging poo spree, something with a newsboy cap and a holster, I think.</p> Mihow – in case you did not see the Prime Time special, I will have you know that Whitney does not take crack. Crack is for the poor. Crack is Wack! She and Bobby ONLY party with high-end narcotics.

Tobyjoe – I hope you will get the monkey and appropriate outfit for the gunslinging poo spree, something with a newsboy cap and a holster, I think.

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