Hey @friendless@lemmy.blahaj.zone - did you find anyone else to hang out with?
Hey @iii@mander.xyz - what are your thoughts about Christmas on this fine day?
Hey @Platypus@lemmings.world - you said you’d be around today, what are you up to?
Personally, I might make a big pot of spaghetti later on. My cousin said they might pass by at some point but no guarantees. If I don’t find anyone to talk to online, I’ll probably just watch some free movies and game.
Merry Christmas! I’m driving with my family to a fancy restaurant… feeling a little car sick lol. I’m not a great passenger. Should be getting out soon. I’m excited, the menu looks amazing. I’ll post a pic in a minute
Going to a restaurant sounds awesome. I’m a bit surprised bc I’da thought they’d all be closed today. That’s why I stocked up on food yesterday.
It was so good. I had lamb. Very rich food. My belly is happy now lol. Merry Christmas ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Oh yeah lamb is great, I had some take-out a couple days ago, there’s a place that makes it with some roast vegetables. Merry Christmas to you too.
Merry Christmas
Hey, merry christmas to you too! How’s hilaroiuschaos going? I remember passing by there and checking out a bunch of interesting-sounding communities, it looked like they had just started out tho.
We doing good, been here a year now. Time flies lol How’s your Christmas going?
Pretty good. Yeah, I was on lemmy.world for a year then I moved to this account here on slrpnk.net just as a way of decentralizing, you know. Every once in a while I think about making my own instance, just for my own use. It sounds complicated but doable.
That’s cool, yeah you should totally make your own instance! I think you’d have lots of fun with it
I got up and started watching a xianxia drama. After a couple episodes I fell asleep again and slept so much I feel weird now.
There’s only a few gifts under the tree so my partner like to put off opening them. Our kid said they’d stop by later so that’s nice. In the meantime I’m hoping to play some video games and try to fix my old laptop.
I hope you’re well too. Spaghetti sounds good on a day like today.
The only xianxia I’ve watched in “The Untamed”, and it was pretty good. I wanna dress more like Wei Wuxian. I also really liked the idea of “cultivation”.
I’m doing great! Been talking with family and eating delicious food. I got a TON of chocolate because everyone knows how much I love white chocolate biscuits and other chocolates haha. I’ve also been drawing this little fishy friend! 😃
Oh yeah… I just finished my second plate of spaghetti that I cooked. My cousin stopped by and I gave them some but I think they didn’t like it bc I made it with less butter and fewer eggs…
Two plates of spaghetti sounds great! Honestly while it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, I prefer mine with less of both too!
There was an unexpected turn of events today that has given it new purpose. I have a whole day ahead of me now.
Wow, that story was a real rollercoaster, sounds like a full day!
I’m working. I’m at a small waste water treatment plant and we need to collect samples today. I scheduled myself for today, so I can avoid the in-laws and use the holiday hours next month.
I’m the only one here, and it’s a slow day so I have time for lemmy.
Oh yeah, santitation engineering is really important, I’m always like: make sure everything’s working OK, and my housemates think I’m crazy, but the alternative is that we all get some weird infection if it isn’t working.
yep. I’m doing my yearly ritual of bein’ a slob and doin’ nothin’
its pretty great, i made some sausage and egg muffins earlier and am just hanging out being warm in bed
OMG same, I was reading this long article about a plane crash last night and I think it gave me nightmares or something, I remember almost falling asleep a couple times but then having sudden anxieties and waking up again, so I’m barely stirring this morning.
slept in. walked the dog. ate some pastry. watching the taken series while doing what I can on the commercials. first emphasis is dishes. gonna have a ham sandwich I think soon.
I didn’t know there was a Taken series… oooh looks like Jennifer Beals is in it…
its alright. second season changes it up from first season. Its free on plex currently though and the criteria for me to watch something is free.
Going to see my family, hopefully for the last Christmas. I’m prone to verbal shutdowns, so every holiday, everyone just gets to say whatever they want right in front of my gay ass.
I only keep showing up for the kids, but I think next year I’ll try to make separate plans with them, like picking a weekend to bake cookies or shop for their friends.
Christmas is toxic. When I was a kid, New Years was the bigger deal. I think because we didn’t have a lot of money to spend on presents and for New Years people would just make little bonfires in the streets and throw coins. (this was in Latin America)
I celebrate the solstice, but today is just another day off as far as I am concerned. So just the usual stuff: had a lay in, played a bit of Forge of Empires, did a couple of chores, have just been reading (Confessions of a Justifed Sinner, Hyperion and just started Conan: City of the Dead), and will watch a couple of episodes of TV (Wolf Hall, Agatha All Along and Gatiss’ Ghost Story for Christmas Woman of Stone) with my wife this evening. She has been doing much the same, plus some yoga at the moment.
I really loved Hyperion when I was younger, especially “Fall of Hyperion” though I never got into any of the sequels. I should take a look at that again. I’ve also been meaning to give the Conan stories a read-through, starting with the originals then the followups. Hey, did you know there was a free movie on youtube about R.H. Howard, who wrote those Conan stories? this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIQr7pLDEM
I read the original Conan tales a looooong while ago. Loved them and the de Camp ones, and the Bjorn Nyborg novel too. There are a lot of other writers that have added Conan tales, and I read a few at the time, but most were pretty mediocre. I’d stick with the early ones overall. This one was recommended on Lemmy a day or so back as having a good Lovecraftian vibe which is what attracted me. I’ll see how it goes.
I did know about the movie, and did start watching it at one point, but didn’t have chance to finish it. Maybe I will.
This is year 2 of my tradition of “order a pizza and play video games”
I’m not close to my family. They invited me there, I invited them here, neither party accepted.
Maybe in the future I’ll be dating someone who wants to do more. Until then: pizza and path of exile 2
That’s cool fam, I’m pretty much doing the same thing. I’m not close to my family either, it’s kind of funny, whenever we get together we all just go to our own corners and ignore each other. One time someone put on a football game and I tried to get them to make cheering sounds but they just looked at me like I’m crazy.
I was at work on Christmas (it’s Boxing Day right now for me). Christmas isn’t a thing here (no matter how hard the merchants try to make it one) so I’m mercifully unimpacted by the high stress winter season.
(High stress here comes in early spring.)
Boxing Day… I’ll have to read up on that, it sounds interesting. In some places I’ve lived there were all these Saints days that took place at the start of the year… Yeah, unfortunately I think a lot of people make a big deal out of Christmas because they just want to sell things.
Watching porn and being in my room. My family was drinking with the neighbours in the living room. I have no intention to go anywhere and tomorrow back to my shit job
