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Title: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 21, 2016, 09:57:58 PM

Continuing our tradition. 

http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=17154.msg84523#msg84523 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=17154.msg84523#msg84523)
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=13768.msg62728#msg62728 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=13768.msg62728#msg62728)
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=5986.msg40281#msg40281 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=5986.msg40281#msg40281)


In case you didn't know, I HATE the winter holidays. 

2015, especially, these threads tend to help me cope. 


Challenges in 2016:

The great room is not done.  There is a tiny sliver of hope it might be halfway functional by 12/23, but won't be DONE till well after the holidays. 

THIS MEANS:

NO TREE.  (bittersweet, I especially hate trees, but it'll be a bummer for the rest of the family with is no good)
NO family breakfast. 
NO Kristmas Kitchen Kooking Kalamity
NO Three Wise TRexs
NO hEt Christmas Eve family party at our house (among the reasons for the remodel was to house these)

NOWHERE TO REALLY HOLD CHRISTMAS MORNING. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Buster's Uncle on November 22, 2016, 12:56:35 AM

Hohoho.

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Buster's Uncle on November 22, 2016, 01:04:06 AM

Or, y'know, this.

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Buster's Uncle on November 22, 2016, 04:38:41 AM

...

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 22, 2016, 01:42:38 PM

Let's start with Thanksgiving...

Like a lot of families, we've been doing the 'every other year' thing alternating which family to visit. 

This year, that falls to hEt's family. 

Now, hEt's family has traditionally done a second turkey dinner the Sunday following Thanksgiving as well, but this year decided that will be the ONLY dinner (which is going to be uncomfortable as well for other reasons that are hEt's to go into if she wants) so that everyone can visit their living parents/in-laws on Thanksgiving. 

Well.  Uno's parents don't cook on the off years.  And especially not this year with my mom just out of hip surgery and my dad in radiation. 

So, on my second favorite holiday, we have nowhere to go and no kitchen to cook our own.  We looked at a local grocer that provides thanksgiving meals, but it's atrociously expensive and you'd need an oven to heat it up. 

This leaves us looking for a restaurant. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 28, 2016, 02:45:51 PM

Plan: Wed, meet with builders, hit the online sales that start anywhere from Midnight to 2AM local time, get a little sleep, wake up and get to Thanksgiving "dinner" (at 10 AM) with hEt and the family before hEt has to go to work.  Nap.  Do black friday sales Thursday.  Sleep.  Wake up Friday morning for shopping with hEt.  nap. 


Meeting with the builders goes fairly well.  The first online sales Wed go off without too much hassle.  Get to bed around 2AM. 

Thursday morning, Talia and I go out early (6 AM) to pick up the newspaper and get a doughnut.  Come back and start making the battle plan for Thursday afternoon, get lists from the kids, etc. 

Talia's list is problematic, with 2 items that are on doorbuster deals at competing stores. 

Dinner, we got to a local buffet.  Timed it perfect before the rush.  It was ok, not great. 

Get home and start setting the plan to paper.  Get online, those problematic items are available online, so order them both.  Get most the other shopping done online as well.  Looking like I won't need to head out into crowds after all.  Plan movie night with the kids. 

Heading for nap...the phone starts up. 

We've had fraud protection on our account since hEt's info was stolen a while ago.  This particular account, we mostly use at Christmas.  Well, it triggered fraud prevention and put a hold on purchases when it saw me racking up purchases so quick.  Most the stuff I thought I had settled were cancelled. 

Called the bank and cleared that up, I go to reorder most of it.  Looks good.  Go to lay down.  Phone starts going again.

Talia's #1 item cancelled.  Not back ordered, just cancelled.  Here's a $5 gift card for trying.  We don't normally shop here, that's worthless.  But the purchase was PER brick and mortar address STORE.  So, I ordered from another store.  Cancelled.  3 stores later, we got one to stick, now with $20 in gift cards towards the purchase as well. 

hEt lets me know she's having a miserable night and wont be up to going out in the morning. 

Nap shot, migraine set in.  I send the kids out to pick up the redbox videos and prep my car in case I need to get out to any sales in the morning. 

Send the boys off to the dollar theater to watch something, Talia and I stay home, she wants to watch the latest Alice in Wonderland.  Notice she's not acting right.  Fever.  Great. 

Alice wasn't as terrible as advertised.  That said, it certainly wasn't the Tim Burton film it was advertised as either.  He produced...not directed. 

Migraine prevents adequate sleep. 

Chill in a medicated fog most of Friday.  hEt and I go out that afternoon for clothes.  Find stuff for the kids, but Black Friday is traditionally my shopping day for all clothes for the year, and mine are sold out online and in store. 

Add in attempting to do every scrap of laundry in the house for the weekend as the laundry room is getting torn apart today as part of the construction schedule and you wind up with a rather manic holiday break. 

Crashed around 8PM last night.  More or less slept through till 4AM today. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 28, 2016, 02:51:47 PM

Most the christmas decor is packed away, and out power situation at home is pretty dismal with half the house not even wired right now, so the traditional christmas lights were out of the question.  We did set up a few things on the low power alternatives I had around. 

"The Lovers" get a return engagement for Christmas.  I might put Santa hats on them.  That's a red/green "fire and ice" light.  They are an animated kaleidoscope light.  It was clearance after Halloween purchase.  I don't really have a plan for that one. 

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Kevin makes a showing as well.  THIS light is a blue/purple version I purchased a couple years back for a planned ghost of christmas yet to come build I haven't got to yet.  These older model versions are a lot brighter and more 'muddy' with their kaleidoscope.  Like them much better. 

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Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 29, 2016, 02:34:04 PM

Uno's online experience thus far this season: 

Amazon:  No problems order and ship
Gamestop: No problems order and ship
Kohls: cancelled several orders (location sold out), before finding one.  It shipped immediately. 
Walmart: Cancelled order (sold out) after purchase
Target: "Order delayed" (backorder) no detail on ETA
Shopko: "Order processing" (backorder) no detail on ETA
Best Buy:  "Preparing to ship" (backorder) no detail on ETA 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Misanthrope on November 30, 2016, 12:36:56 AM

Don't forget the OBNOXIOUSLY LIMITED playlists everywhere you go trying to pressure shoppers to spend more..err.. I mean music meant to INSPIRE Holiday CHEER and remind you of your loved ones.

If I have to listen to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennet Xmas carols EVER again, it'll be too soon.
...aunt may or may not be coming in December, and if she plays ANY of those, I'm gonna SCREAM!!!
...and I mean that literally.
...and then put on MY (super annoying) Music with a kick'in sound setup! :K
We're talking eletro-swing and Hamster Dance Remixes at 100+ decibles!

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 30, 2016, 02:59:47 PM

Quote from: Misanthrope on November 30, 2016, 12:36:56 AM

Don't forget the OBNOXIOUSLY LIMITED playlists everywhere you go trying to pressure shoppers to spend more..err.. I mean music meant to INSPIRE Holiday CHEER and remind you of your loved ones.

You don't realize the intense hatred I have of Christmas Carols.  We was pretty poor, and the only music I had to learn for years was the big ole book of Christmas [poop]. 

Quote

If I have to listen to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennet Xmas carols EVER again, it'll be too soon.
...aunt may or may not be coming in December, and if she plays ANY of those, I'm gonna SCREAM!!!
...and I mean that literally.
...and then put on MY (super annoying) Music with a kick'in sound setup! :K
We're talking eletro-swing and Hamster Dance Remixes at 100+ decibles!

Why just annoy when you can make them think you're totally unhinged?

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnmAsCr4Rjg&list=PLntpqKZHEmqPmDmW4hzPH6vtkzzfkFRdC#)

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on November 30, 2016, 03:39:02 PM

Quote from: Unorthodox on November 30, 2016, 02:59:47 PM

Why just annoy when you can make them think you're totally unhinged?

Or you can do both...an hour of this is enough to make most folks climb the walls. 

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulfRjHFrDo&t=2131s#)

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Misanthrope on December 01, 2016, 10:17:57 PM

Try putting the opening theme to Fight Club by the Dust Brothers on repeat.  :mad:

 ;lol

My playlist sounds like off-balanced machines set to a bassline anyhow..well.. that interspersed with classical and bluegrass nonsense.  :D



Besides, TALKING about being crazy usually means someone isn't REALLY Crazy.  Also, dun wanna threaten anyone... not overtly... do that and you either have to back up said threats, in which case you given them warning, or you look like a fool for making empty threats.
I play SMAC(x) the same way... do NOT Threaten me.  EVER.  :hunter:

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 02, 2016, 02:20:54 PM

Nothing wrong with being OVERT though. 

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol7_gkLDGWI#)

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 02, 2016, 02:24:17 PM

So, most the stuff looks like it's coming together. 

Just the one item from Shopko is not even getting any info back on.  It's one of the things Talia had high on her list.  Debating whether to go secure a second one in case this one gets cancelled/delayed too much. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 04, 2016, 05:42:08 AM

Christmas Horror Story

Shatner slumming it in a rather pedestrian anthology horror film. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Misanthrope on December 04, 2016, 08:47:04 PM

Misteroo did some amazingly annoying holiday specials! :D
...but that was on purpose. :K

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/142310 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/142310)

If you hate your holidays... just return them to the store for a different holiday! :P

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 05, 2016, 02:10:39 PM

Testing..

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Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 05, 2016, 02:10:52 PM

Can folks see that?

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 05, 2016, 02:11:07 PM

I can.

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 05, 2016, 02:37:00 PM

Anyhow. 

First of the concerts I need to endure this season happened Saturday. 

My older brother made a big deal about it, and yet did it half-assed. 
Let me back up. 

My older brother and I don't get along well, and this is a source of most the consternation with my family and myself.  In general, I don't do enough to help out my brother in their eyes.  The vituperator he married and I REALLY don't get along, but she's afraid of hEt.  Whenever I have to attend a family function without hEt, though, it generally becomes either ignore UnO's family, or dogpile on Uno. 

Anyway.  Brother owns a music store.  Younger brother works there.  I'm the odd one who wasn't invited to play at the family business, but have helped over the years with concerts and labor remodeling the store or building rooms, etc.  Whatever I do, it's not enough. 

Typically, they stick me in charge of the things I'm good at: Staging and lighting.  It's not just for Halloween. 

So, Brother has gotten real active in TEH CHURCH since he ran the business into bankruptcy.  (I can't tell you how they kept it open or how the business is doing now, only that their spending on frivolities far exceeds our own before and after the supposed bankruptcy)  So, he decided he was going to do his ward's Christmas party by doing a concert, using TSO's (http://www.trans-siberian.com/) music.  This is borderline sacreligious. 

With both brothers playing, parents going, it was more a I better show up or hear about it all winter situation for me.  So, I brought my coping mechanism (camera). 

THE LIGHTING SCHEME WAS UTTERLY AWFUL.  They just put these light bars on random for the show.  They are not high enough to do the job either.  Anyway, the main narrator/voice.  Professional local artist and friend of the store did a fantastic job and filled in for a couple no-shows. 

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Younger brother on the drums.  First time he's really played in public, they did NOT utilize his true talent at all and he was utterly bored. 

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Older brother at left.  Friend of store NOT happy to be there in a church function center.  Lead to the right. 

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Nephew...was showing off for a girlfriend the whole time.  (or is just a guitarist in general) 

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We've done several concerts over the year.  Lighting and Staging are fairly critical.  But SOUND is crucial.  I hand the former, my brother typically handles the latter. 

Staging:  Couldn't see ANYONE but the guitarists/lead singers.  Piano, drum, bass guitar, and backup singers were all hidden to be all but lost.  Ironically, in what is supposed to be showcasing the ward talent, these are the positions where various ward members were placed, while friends of the store were put center stage. 

Lighting: As mentioned above.  Random = awful.  Backlit and low = stupid. 

Sound:  I was actually surprised.  Heath makes his living doing sound.  He KNOWS he needs to be at the sound board.  He chose to put himself as lead guitarist EVERY NUMBER for the duration and have the spotlight instead of making sure it sounded good.  Uneven.  slapshod.  His daughter didn't know how to fix it, and I wasn't about to go rescue anyone.  He could have sat for a number or two and got it working properly.  Nope. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 05, 2016, 02:38:01 PM

Quote from: BUncle on December 05, 2016, 02:11:07 PM

I can.

 

Yeah, I'm linking off the FB though because I can't be bothered to load them to my normal host.  You have access to them on FB.  Not sure everyone will. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 05, 2016, 02:54:36 PM

Pics linked from FB tend to go away before long, too...

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 05, 2016, 03:02:06 PM

Meh.  It's not worth doing more work. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: ColdWizard on December 05, 2016, 04:25:53 PM

Quote from: Unorthodox on December 05, 2016, 02:38:01 PM

Quote from: BUncle on December 05, 2016, 02:11:07 PM

I can.

 

Yeah, I'm linking off the FB though because I can't be bothered to load them to my normal host.  You have access to them on FB.  Not sure everyone will. 

Working for me too.

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 06, 2016, 02:39:26 PM

There are now 4 people listening to Christmas music around me in the office. 
All different stations. 
I can hear all 4 at the same time. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Rusty Edge on December 07, 2016, 02:40:43 AM

Quote from: Unorthodox on December 06, 2016, 02:39:26 PM

There are now 4 people listening to Christmas music around me in the office. 
All different stations. 
I can hear all 4 at the same time.

It's times like this that make me glad I can switch off my hearing aids.        My question is obvious. Did your brother play an entire song, or just medlies ?

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 07, 2016, 03:25:22 AM

Whole songs.  He was up there with perfetionals.  He's actually a very good classical guitarist.  Electric, not so much.  Both due to a birth defect.  He's the six fingered man...but they surgically fused 2  'thumbs' together.  The result makes different guitar techniques easy/difficult. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 07, 2016, 09:06:32 PM

Last of the items from Black Friday finally coming. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 12, 2016, 02:11:19 PM

Week of Christmas concerts started Saturday with hEt's work fundraiser thingamabob. 

It's not a bad concert, just not a situation I'm comfortable in, hobnob old money dress event. 

Kyle's School concert Tuesday.  Temple Square concert Wednesday.  Talia's Thursday. 

Netflix has 0 versions of A Christmas Carol.  :(

On demand only has Reginald Owen version free.  :( 

Commercial heavy/edited George C Scott version on Friday. 

We acquired teh tree from storage, in hopes we have somewhere to put it. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Rusty Edge on December 13, 2016, 12:15:11 AM

Quote from: Unorthodox on December 12, 2016, 02:11:19 PM

Kyle's School concert Tuesday.  Temple Square concert Wednesday.  Talia's Thursday. 

What instruments do they play, or if they sing, baritone, contralto, etc. ?

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 13, 2016, 12:31:59 PM

choir.  I'm not sure if the have Kyle at baritone or bass this year.  The problem with these concerts is the OTHER choirs we have to sit through.

Talia's kids choir doesn't really get into that.

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 19, 2016, 04:24:42 PM

Survived the concert week just fine.  Now entering the party week. 

This is a subject of dread. 

If you've followed me long at all, you know I'm not opposed to big parties.  We have 100-200 at the house for a party the night before Halloween, followed by 1000 ish on Halloween night. 

Thing is, those are on my terms.  Lots of time to prepare ahead, followed by nothing.  Christmas brings this rapid fire crap. 

hEt family party LAST night.  Too crowded in too tight a space.  hEt not there, I managed to avoid most of it, but put in an appearance. 

hEt family party TONIGHT.  VERY many people.  Better space.  hEt is 50/50 whether she'll have to work or not. 

Festivus TOMORROW.  This is my own doing.  Work thing.  Started some 10 years ago, and brought it to this program.  Full on airing of grievances and all.  Last year I'd just started, and we had all of 5 people on the task across 5 organizations.  This year, there's 25 people representing a dozen organizations.  However, the one that had the biggest problems with how I like to run things last year is gone.  I don't really anticipate many issues, more letting everyone meet all the players.  Work is even given me a budget for it this year, and not just everyone going dutch.  Various execs are threatening to crash the party, though.  The whole point is for no politics to get involved. 

4th office party of the season Wed.  Really.  Why 4? 
 
**Kyles bday Friday** small affair, no issue. 

**Christmas Eve Breakfast** Saturday.  My attempt to get my family together...

**Christmas Eve Dinner** Saturday.  hEt's family tradition. 

Christmas Breakfast:  hEt's family again. 

Christmas Dinner:  UnO's family  party I do not control...

**presuming we have a room completed enough to host**

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 22, 2016, 02:52:27 AM

(https://tytempletonart.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/websize.jpg)

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 22, 2016, 09:47:24 PM

45 minutes to Christmas break and I don't know if we'll even be having Christmas at the house yet. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 28, 2016, 02:43:30 PM

Well. 

They finished installing appliances ~5 pm on the 23rd which left us little time to clean up and throw a few decorations out.  There's still a whole list of things that need fixing in the main room, but it was workable for the parties. 

Christmas Eve Breakfast:  Uno's family shindig I started god knows how long ago.  Reasons were noble at the time.  I am not going to even pretend there was not an ulterior motive this year.  My older brother has been bitching and whining about money and struggling with the store, and this and that and the other for over 10 years, eventually declaring bankruptcy and it's all so unfair to them.  Over this time period, they've also taken European trips, he's on vacation more than anyone I've ever known, etc.  Now they are locked in a house they don't love, because their money is more or less frozen from the bankruptcy.  We didn't help enough and this and that and the other.  Because we were planning this remodel.  So, yes, there was a little bit of nose rubbing involved on our end, and a little bit of contempt on theirs. 


Christmas Eve Dinner:  hEt's family dinner.  In honor of her parents.  For me, there was a bit of 'i told you so' here.  They didn't think we should remodel.  We should move.  And this wasn't the way we should spend money left from her parents (which we weren't even, her parent's death just delayed this project a year, not financed it), and etc.  Well, they never had really seen anyone remodel the way dOx's do.  There ARE other options to moving. 

Started filling cupboards.  Having a kitchen sink for the first time in months is awesome. 

Still a ways to go before it's "OUR" space though.  Things to fix, builders moving about. 

Sorry, I was real bad about getting pictures of it completed apparently.  I'll either raid hEt's camera or go snap some soon. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: E_T on December 28, 2016, 07:44:16 PM

Talk about in the (St) Nick of time....

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 30, 2016, 03:14:28 PM

Kitchen in present state. 

Need blinds, they're coming next week sometime.  Yes, I rock an earth-o-lantern jacket through the winter months.  Table needs to be refinished. 

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Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on December 30, 2016, 03:27:21 PM

Setting up the tree on the 23rd, and putting up the new couches.  Of course the cat gets first sit on the couches. 

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In fact for 2 days, he more or less systematically sat on every square inch of those couches. 

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: E_T on January 01, 2017, 07:09:01 PM

Yeah, he has to break them in and find the sweet spot...  Has the other cat started to explore the new digs?

Title: Re: Uno's winter holiday rant: 2016 edition
Post by: Unorthodox on January 03, 2017, 03:07:26 PM

She doesn't come out any MORE than she used to.  Mostly at night.  If I'm REALLLY slow and inch over to her, she'll let me pet her upstairs.