November 25, 2001 :: 1:50 p.m.
pondering christmas gifts
listening to... Tori Amos,
From the Choirgirl Hotel.
reading... tex and molly in the afterlife, by Richard Grant.
feeling... normal.
I just finished making up a list of things that I want for christmas. Adam asked me for one, so you know, I had to do it. It's a long list. I want a lot of things. Most of it is books. Mmm, books. I wish I could get a job reading all the books in the world. They could pay me by the page or by the book or something. "Hi! What do you do for a living?" "Oh, I'm a Reader." *laughs* Ah, I wish.
I actually worked on math by myself last night. Whoa. That's a bit shocking to me. Actually it's very shocking. I hate math. But you gotta do what you gotta do, I guess. It's not as bad as I'd imagined it to be. At least, not yet. I'm not that far through the book yet. For all I know it could morph into advanced super-hard brain-exploding trigonometry and then I'd just be fucked.
I'm hoping that's not the case.
My parents aren't home. This is weird. I woke up this morning to a completely empty house. No mom, no dad, no brother. I have no idea where they are. I shouldn't complain, though. I love it when no one's here. It's great. But then when they get home I get irritated, because my family is a particularly horrid breed of annoying. I wish they'd all go on a long vacation and leave me here to enjoy the silence. Hey, unplanned Tori reference! *laughs* Enjoy the Silence is a Depeche Mode song that she covered on her new album. Yay.
Last night when I was trying to go to sleep I kept thinking about christmas. About what to get everyone. I think I've got most of it figured out now, which is nice. Joe wants a blender really badly, so I'm going to get him a blender and the Dancer in the Dark DVD, and maybe some other little fun things. Amanda is no problem at all - I know her tastes well enough to make shopping for her a breeze. Carla likes anything Prince related (as in the artist formerly known as) and anything Middle-Eastern. Joe G. is pretty easy; there's a Betty Page dress-up magnet set that I've wanted to get him for the longest time, so that works. Adam is my big problem. I have no idea what to get the boy. It's terrible. My parents are easier than he is, and my parents are hell to buy for. I know what he likes, but I don't want to get him the same old things, you know? I'd like to do something sort of special, or at least a bit more meaningful. I don't know. I'll figure something out. I have a month yet.
I'm going to take a shower and make some lunch. I'll write more later, I'm sure.
-Amanda
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