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Faye ([personal profile] said_scarlett) wrote2009-12-25 10:13 am
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"Apparently, I Have Polio Too...."

Merry Christmas, to all who celebrate it! Happy Friday to everybody else. :D

I know I said I'd be in the land of no internet, but as it turns out, that is not the case. Apparently this year was the year to psych each other out. I was expecting my big Christmas gift this year to be rent money. That's what my folks and I had talked about, and I mentioned a DVR recorder (is that as redundant as ATM machine? I suck at acronyms...) as a wrapped gift.

When I opened the square, DVR shaped box this morning....

It was a Macbook Pro.

I have a Macbook Pro.

He's beautiful.

He's very shiny. Which means there's really no choice when it comes to names. I have christened him after the shiniest and sparkliest of them all. But of course will just call him Shinybottom. Now I just need to paint him gold. ;) Though he's clearly not themed, as my home folder/account is named Project Blue. I'm such a dork.

And my father is still speechless over the Retro-Duo Nintendo/Super Nintendo system I got him. The first thing he did after family gifts was go out to the garage and haul in his tub of SNES games. We'll be setting his system up shortly. :D

It's been a really nice Christmas. And not just because of awesome, unexpected gifts. Christmas has become something really special for me and my parents. Christmas Eve and Christmas morning it's just us. We can relax, we can indulge in those activities that are not grandchildren friendly, and just a bunch of things that have become personal traditions. We capped off Christmas Eve with Lemon Deisel and Jeff Dunham's Christmas Special. Hence the title of this post. :D

It's going to get insane when the rest of the family shows up soon, but that's fun too. And hey, I've got plenty of drugs to deal with any stress that comes along. :D

I'm clearly also still crazy. I was reading my little Macbook booklet, and when my eyes lit upon 'Garageband', all I could think of was 21 and 24's 'Wonderful Christmas' cover, and I swear I started to tear up. Oh, you awesome fictional characters, why do you make us love you so?

And finally, to my remaining RP buddies: I'll be back tomorrow!

PS: How do I use spellcheck on a Mac? *winces*

[identity profile] burningvigor.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa, congrats on getting the Macbook! That's huge. :D ♥ Merry Christmas, Fey!!

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
THANK YOU! I am still stunned. Especially because my parents told me specifically that I wasn't getting a computer. And it's seriously not as scary as I had been led to believe Macs are.

[identity profile] burningvigor.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they totally played you! A surprise like that is exciting, though. And yeah, Macs aren't so bad. XD My friends use them so I've gotten kind of used to using them.

[identity profile] ladydreamer.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, MacBook Pro! That's what I got when I replaced my computer. It's my shiny baby. :D

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
They are terribly shiny! :D

[identity profile] cartoon-antics.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the macbook! I got a pet crab this Christmas...which is cool, but it doesn't come with garage band :C

"To my remaining RP buddies"

...why haven't we RPed together yet? ;)

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...There are so many jokes I think I could make right now about Christmas crabs.... ;)

That is an incredibly good question! Why haven't we? (Also! You still need to give me another fic request! :D )

[identity profile] cartoon-antics.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, I think I've heard 'em all at this point but don't let a little thing like that stop you! ;)

I don't know but we really should start! Any ideas?

(I do?! Ok how abooooooout...ok how about either Dean or Brock walking in on some "Hanky Panky?" I'm curious to see how either would re-act XD)

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, a ton of ideas, BUT SO MANY OF THEM ARE UTTER CRACK!

(...that is an awesome prompt! And I just realized there are so many word puns I could probably do with 'Hanky Panky'. :D)

[identity profile] cartoon-antics.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Send me a note or an email or something! I want to hear these crack ideas m'self ;)

(Yay! Oh man, I LOVE me some Hanky Panky! Especially when Dermott's involved ;) )

[identity profile] ex-talia-sp.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG you suck!

LOL just kidding.

If you need help with your Mac, let me know, seeing as you know two MacHeads.

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, I am still overwhelmed by this!

Um...I'm having issues with spellcheck. It is the only place where I am defeated by a lack of right click.

[identity profile] ex-talia-sp.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Lack of a right click? Are you using a mouse? Because you can set up your system preferences to do a right click. There is a place you can turn on the auto spell check, where it is though, I would have to ask John.

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, using the touch pad. I've actually just turned the autocorrect off, because I did my quick 'what will it do to fandom names?' test, and it was hilarious. But if you can set it up that way, I'll just use my mouse once I go home. :D

[identity profile] ladydreamer.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
The 'right click' should work if you click with two fingers at once.

Other shortcuts:

To see everything you have open, scroll down with four fingers.
To push everything out of the way, scroll up with four fingers and everything hides.
To drag something, press down with one finger and use your other finger to drag over what you want to highlight. Then you can drag the text, if you want.

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
HURRAH! ALL IS NOW WELL! :D

Thank you very much!

[identity profile] lady-angelina.livejournal.com 2009-12-25 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooooh, neat! :D

And Merry Christmas to you and your family, Fey! <333333

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
*hugs* And to you and yours!

[identity profile] lynx212.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the Mac ^_^ *hugs*

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D *hugs*
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[personal profile] dame_grise 2009-12-26 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
That's really great news about the laptop.

I've been thinking about you this week, so I am glad you had some good time planned with your family.

(Anonymous) 2009-12-26 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still stunned and overwhelmed about it.

*hugs* I hope you had a great holiday. You certainly deserve it.

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
...And that was me, though LJ randomly signed me out. O.o
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[personal profile] dame_grise 2009-12-26 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Other than being run off my feet and my allergies being especially bad (hello sinus headaches!), it hasn't been a bad week at all. I'm just tired.

[identity profile] theladyfeylene.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I hear you on the tired! I was planning on taking today to nap, but a couple of friends I haven't seen in a while just invited me to go hiking. I swear, I'm going to be sleeping for a week after this!

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear about your allergies. :/