presents Shar This year I received: - flannel bedsheets - One copy of "Mechagodzilla" on VHS - A Pee-Wee Herman bobbing head doll - Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits CD - $50 gift certificate for a swank salon - A PowerPuff Girl keychain - Money. Sweet, sweet money. 001226 ... .sunshine. happy birthday 010505 ... Annie111 In my bag, I have two unopened presents from people I have hurt. Maybe if I don't open them, I won't be reminded how much I've hurt them. 011222 ... (warped) cube Another time warp. It's now December 22 and Shar is telling us what he/she received for Christmas. Is this Blatherdom in action? ... 011222 ... ClairE Or a message from the past... 011222 ... sweetheart of the song tra bong Claire's got it. 011222 ... ClairE I've also got: DVDs a Dustbuster type thing shoes that took two and a half hours to buy (thanks, Mom) to give my brother a talking_to to make fun of my dad to be bitchy from lack of sleep to hand my mother presents and laugh with everyone because my dad took a picture of her butt to have my parents turn up Led_Zeppelin chest_shaking loud to be home to be healthy to have someone wonderful to be alive. 011225 ... cube Of all the presents, a simple pocketknife is the one i'm going to cherish most. I lost my last one and never was able to find a replacement. Somebody once said that a gentleman should always carry one. I'm not sure if i qualify as a gent, but they sure are handy... ³ 011225 ... oren A Pink Floyd CD - ECHOES Paul's new CD - (Paul, you've disappointed me with this latest offering.) A blue sweater A Photography book An antique beer bottle Two very old airline liquor bottles A bottle of wine Flavored Chapstick Money 011225 ... Toxic_Kisses An Enya CD (that I picked out) A shirt (that I picked out) 2 pair of hose (that I picked out) 2 Magazines (that I picked out) a bracelet that my Great grand mother gave me and that I absolutely adore! And 30 bucks from my Godfather ^.^ 011225 ... becclebee For christmas i got - my mum to be with me my sister's laugh that full bellie feeling a lazy afternoon a good excuse to eat chocolate some sun in the backyard to unwrap pressies in to watch my nan alseep on the chair to enjoy the company of some i love the best what good pressies *cheerful grin* 011225 ... Aimee a porcelian doll to add to my collection a pair of bright red slippers a cd of german lieder a gift certificate for Kohl's a phone card for 1000 mins a cold money and a little bit of love 011226 ... no reason i'm usually pretty excited to get them ready and wrap them. this year, i don't care much about it at all and can't really bring myself to do it. i hope it's because i won't receive some of the stuff i ordered til who-knows when, which makes everything so far a bit hard to organize. i hope it's because it's still pretty soon before christmas. i think it's because i don't care so much about people anymore. i hope this goes away soon. it's sad and cruel and sadly and cruelly ironic. 041205 ... Or is it? It's always pleasant when presents present present presents. 060120 ... Risen I have several presents, in a draw. A whole range from thoughtful to expensive to practical. A handmade card. A shop-bought card. The number of a florist. All set up, all ready, all waiting. But is it right to send these? Is it just cluttering up you life? Probably. A load of things you have to hide or explain away in some way. The endless detritus of a love gone wrong. The scattered ashes of the funeral pyre. The echo of a sentiment. I am always in the way. Always putting things in your path you don't need. Do you want them? Of course. But I feel you do not need them. 151111 ... flowerock No one neeeeds them, and often they are just clutter in the end, but they are also loving_reminders to hold and see, to Remer that you_are_loved you_are_thought_of. 151111 what's it to you? who go blather from