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ltgmarsMerry Christmas and happy holidays to my lovely f-list! I hope you've been able to enjoy whatever it is you celebrate or don't celebrate around this time of year, or at the very least enjoy a day or two off from work/school. :3
This morning we did the usual family present-trading. I woke up around 11am (it's 8am on the west coast, okay?) and finished wrapping all three presents I had to wrap (which, by the way, is better than what my brother managed to do, because he didn't even bother to wrap anything). We aren't a gift-heavy family, and there isn't usually anything I want that I don't get myself, but it's still really lovely to participate in the exchanging and to know that I've maybe gotten something nice and useful/happy-making for my family. The received gift I'm perhaps most excited about is a DVD box set from my brother called Essential Classics: Musicals which includes My Fair Lady, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi. I do love musicals. He also got me a pepper spray keychain, which, I don't know. It's pink?
It's been more or less relaxed here, though my mom likes to pile on the family fun, which gets tiresome sooner than later. Though! She really, really spoils us around this time of year, and though I get tired out quickly, I can't say I mind~
Some major/movie highlights since I've come home, in reverse chronological order because I can:
- On Friday we went to see The Adventures of Tintin, which was so so so lovely as a Tintin fan. My dad used to sit my brother and me down and read the comics to us (which, of course, we didn't realize are as questionable as they are when we were children), and it was so fantastic to see all of these old characters from my childhood come to life so vividly and so perfectly on screen. It's a great movie on its own and I think anyone who enjoys fun/easy adventure movies would enjoy it, but it's particularly great for old fans of the comic. I say yes: would watch again.
- On Wednesday I spent the day with Chele, and she did a number on my nails. How great are they, seriously? *_* Ahh, it's always nice to see her. ♥
- And last Sunday the family saw Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which is, yes, better than the first, which is saying a lot as someone who saw the first in theatres three times. RDJ and Jude Law's chemistry is really delightful, and I love that Jude Law dislikes the word "bromance" as much as I do.
Beyond that, I've just been sitting around, mostly. I have a lot a lot I want to get done over break, and now I have less than a week! before I head back to LA, but in the meantime I'll hopefully get some reading and writing and relaxing in.
How are you all? Tell me everything. (chinhands) I hope you've been having lovely days. ♥
This morning we did the usual family present-trading. I woke up around 11am (it's 8am on the west coast, okay?) and finished wrapping all three presents I had to wrap (which, by the way, is better than what my brother managed to do, because he didn't even bother to wrap anything). We aren't a gift-heavy family, and there isn't usually anything I want that I don't get myself, but it's still really lovely to participate in the exchanging and to know that I've maybe gotten something nice and useful/happy-making for my family. The received gift I'm perhaps most excited about is a DVD box set from my brother called Essential Classics: Musicals which includes My Fair Lady, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi. I do love musicals. He also got me a pepper spray keychain, which, I don't know. It's pink?
It's been more or less relaxed here, though my mom likes to pile on the family fun, which gets tiresome sooner than later. Though! She really, really spoils us around this time of year, and though I get tired out quickly, I can't say I mind~
Some major/movie highlights since I've come home, in reverse chronological order because I can:
- On Friday we went to see The Adventures of Tintin, which was so so so lovely as a Tintin fan. My dad used to sit my brother and me down and read the comics to us (which, of course, we didn't realize are as questionable as they are when we were children), and it was so fantastic to see all of these old characters from my childhood come to life so vividly and so perfectly on screen. It's a great movie on its own and I think anyone who enjoys fun/easy adventure movies would enjoy it, but it's particularly great for old fans of the comic. I say yes: would watch again.
- On Wednesday I spent the day with Chele, and she did a number on my nails. How great are they, seriously? *_* Ahh, it's always nice to see her. ♥
- And last Sunday the family saw Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which is, yes, better than the first, which is saying a lot as someone who saw the first in theatres three times. RDJ and Jude Law's chemistry is really delightful, and I love that Jude Law dislikes the word "bromance" as much as I do.
Beyond that, I've just been sitting around, mostly. I have a lot a lot I want to get done over break, and now I have less than a week! before I head back to LA, but in the meantime I'll hopefully get some reading and writing and relaxing in.
How are you all? Tell me everything. (chinhands) I hope you've been having lovely days. ♥
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Date: 2011-12-25 23:31 (UTC)Happy holidays!
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Date: 2011-12-26 02:23 (UTC)When do you finish your studies? I'm hoping it's not before I finally manage to get my ass back to Cali. We have to get together again sometimes and reminisce about KenKen in his native habitat.
*hugs*
Happy holidays!
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:20 (UTC)Hmm, do you mean that you don't like bromance-type dynamics in general, or do you just not like terming it "bromance" semantically?
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:21 (UTC)MERRY CHRISTMAS. :D
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:26 (UTC)Happy holidays, dear. ♥
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:29 (UTC)I'm done with my MA this academic year, though I might still be in LA after that. I'm taking a break before my Ph.D. program, but my hope is that I'll be in California for a good number of years, so perhaps we'll be able to have our reminiscing after all.
Happy holiday! ♥
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:31 (UTC)And! It's a semantic/cultural thing, I guess. I actually went on a Tumblr tag rant about it once, and I'm a little sleepy right now/lazy always so I'm just going to copy-paste these tags here:
#I hate the word 'bromance' because it reinforces gender stereotypes that imply that men can't act a certain way #or can't be close unless it's explicitly stated that they're bros -- they're unequivocally heterosexual so it's okay #because anything non-heteronormative is so fucking threatening that it HAS to be given its own category #men can be close like this yes but OH NO OH GOD NO OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT GAY #they're not GIRLS or anything even though they act close like girls and no one would bat an eye if girls acted this way #(and this goes in a completely other direction about gender stereotypes and sexism because NO MAN I'M A BRO NOT A GIRL) #it just feels like a word to erase the possibility of men being close friends #while at the same time eliminating the 'threat' of not being a ~manly man~ ~just because he's close with a guy~ #and I recognize that a lot of people use it tongue-in-cheek but a lot of people don't #men are close? -- automatic bromance because they're still men but they just happen to be close #it's just... SO PROBLEMATIC #anyway I don't mind if you love the word or if you use it liberally #just please be cognizant of what it does and the kinds of stereotypes it reinforces #the culture has extended way beyond actually being able to confront what it does #it's just automatically accepted as a type of friendship or a trope or genre that's palatable to men who want to be close to men #without feeling that their ~straight maleness~ is being threatened
... if that answers your question.
Merry Christmas. ♥
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Date: 2011-12-26 03:58 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-26 08:31 (UTC)Ah, I'm glad you seem to be more relaxed. A relaxed Inez is a good Inez. :Db
Oh the Sherlock Holmes movies. I really should see those one of these days. Ah, I suppose I'll get to it eventually~
It seems we're supposed to "tell you everything". Ah, what to tell you? Hmm... I'm rather good, I guess that would be all at the moment.
Happy Holidays~ ♥
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Date: 2011-12-26 10:43 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-26 20:24 (UTC)I haven't watched both Tintin and Sherlock. Soon, I hope~
Cute nail polish! ♥
Both of my christmas eve and day were good. Spent the christmas eve chatting with J (hahaha) and my friends and I had BBQ on christmas day, in which we played a game involving kissing, licking, and groping *cough* Will update my entries with photos once I get them XD
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Date: 2011-12-26 20:51 (UTC)You shooouuuuuld watch Sherlock Holmes! Not quite canonically accurate, apparently, but they're just a lot of fun to watch.
Good is good. Let's hope this overall goodness lasts for the both of us. ♥
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Date: 2011-12-26 21:00 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-26 21:03 (UTC)Watch them and tell me how you like them! :D :D :D
Nfufufufu this sounds like a racy game to be playing on Christmas, but I'm glad it seems like it was an... interesting... time. :P
♥
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Date: 2011-12-26 23:17 (UTC)That said, I totally get where you're coming from on being bothered by the semantic issues. I mean, I'm a Bryn Mawr girl who pseudo-secretly has beef with the word "feminism" (stone ducking time!) entirely for semantic reasons, so yes. Words do things!