Lots to tell

So lots of things to tell for this post.

Christmas was fun. I got lots of awesome gifts.
Like Guitar Hero, a DVD player, awesome movies, clothes, penguins, etc.
And my friend gave me her old guitar.
I named it Rhonda.
Its a red Squire electric guitar.
But my stocking.....oh boy...
Well quick backup story.
I've been collecting gift cards since I was 14, because for my 14th birthday I mostly got giftcards...which was like...50. So I kept them all. And ever since then whenever my mom or my grama or myself walked into a store, we would take gift cards (most stores don't care so its ok and its technically not shop lifting since we don't put cash on them)
I have over 1000 gift cards that I keep in a humongo binder, and I put them in baseball card sleeves...unless they are too big and weirdly shaped...then I just put them in the pockets.
Anyways back to my stocking.
They (as in my mom and grama) did this to me last year, but this year, they were able to fill 2 stockings............with gift cards..........individually wrapped....
-_-
I refused to open them.
But my mom and grama individually wrapped candy for eachother.
My mom took bite size mounds and wrapped them for my grama (and she had to wear gloves cuz she is super allegeric to chocolate...sucks I know, but luckly I'm not much of a chocolate cake person, so my birthdays were easy.)
And my grama took little Andes mints (the white chocolate kind) and wrapped those individually AND put a gagillion layers of tape on them.
Lets just say a bunch of cuss words were exchanged, in the funny kind of way.

That was Christmas Eve.
On Christmas, we went to my Aunt Kays, like we do every year.
And Let's just say I'm not really a big fan of my family.
By no means do I hate them.
I just hate how they treat eachother.
My family is the type where everyone has to make others feel down to make themselves feel better.
And I'm usually the target.
It gets emotionally draining because I have never done anything to them in any way.
My mom says its because they are jealous of me...which I think makes NO sense whatsoever.

Thanksgiving was horrible.
I had this cousin, who I think is 26, and I use to look up to her.
I mean, I met her when I was 14, because my mom disowned that side of the family for 8 years, and she reminded me of my favorite sister, Josie, who I hadn't seen for like 2 years.
So naturally, I respected her and liked her a lot.
Then the time came when my mom told her how I looked up to her. (Which was at easter, 2 years ago)
And I was sick, laying on my Aunts couch, when Mary (the cousin) sat next to me and started calling me names.
At first I thought it was fun.
But then it just got annoying.
But on Thanksgiving, she was trying her hardest to make me look like an idiot to the family (which her attempts were in vain)
I guess she kept coming up to my mom and calling me retarded and stuff, and my mom was like, Uh, she has a job, she pays for her car and cell phone, she has a license and she uses her money wisely.
And she really has no room to call me a retard.
She's the one who dropped out of college 1 term away from graduating, and her parents were paying her through (she was going to UNI)
And she lost her license
She works part time at a corner store
And she gave birth on her livingroom floor without even knowing she was pregnant.

So like a week later she texted me saying, "How are you doing miss Thanksgiving grump?"
That pissed me off so I didn't respond.
Then she texted me a few hours later saying, "Oh I see how you are Geeky Mcbruiser"
So I responded, "Please stop, I'm not in the mood."
She replies, "Oh shut the f*ck up, I'm not in the mood for you! Get the f*ck over yourself and stop being a stuck up b*tch. You aren't the only one with problems."
So I said, "Does it make you feel better to be putting down a 17-year-old? Do the world a favor and grow up."
Then she called my grama, tried to get me in trouble, but it didn't work.

So back to Christmas.
She came up to me and actually APOLOGIZED!
I was shocked.
I apologized too, but I'm not exactly sure what I apologized for.
So I guess we're good now.
OH
And my Aunt who is known to have a hatred for me actually came up and talked to me.
And when she talks and I'm there she doesn't look me in the eyes. She tries to pretend I'm not there.
But she was acting rather nice.
So my Christmas was awesome.


Song of the Moment: Strawberry Gashes- Jack Off Jill


I've been listening to them since 7th grade.
It's what you would call a gothic band.
But I like their sound.
They broke up a few years ago, but the lead singer is now the lead singer of a band called Scarling.
Their sound isn't as dark as Jack off Jill's but I still like it.