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Nov. 26th, 2018 08:51 pmThanksgiving happened! It was good, I think, although only one of my sisters was there, which was a bummer.
Oh yeah, dunno if I've mentioned that yet --my middle sister came out as a trans woman a couple months ago. She actively wants us to come out for her "because coming out is exhausting". Her new name is Shannon, and it seems like she's gonna be a lot happier now, which is really important to me. I'm working very hard on figuring out what presents to shower her with at Christmas because *of course* I am going to give her every possible makeover thing I can (if she's into it) but also it's pretty important to me to also get her non-trans/femininity related stuff because she's still my rad sibling who reads way more than I do and always brings home the good shows.
Back to Thanksgiving though, I got some quality youngest cister1 time, and had some good chats with mum, and got to see three uncles, two aunts, and three cousins. First time seeing only the younger Dalanta2 cousin, since Katie got married last August, but that's okay, since Billy is the geekiest person in the family outside my immediate nuclear bit.
*Serious* quality chats with Abby (in the early stages of grad school for her MD-PhD) and Sadie (last year of college, double majoring chem and math), who are seriously quality people and make me feel deeply inadequate in the best way possible. They're the Vermont cousins, and they're sharp and funny and have voices that are similar enough to Alys that I kept looking up startled at the not-quite-right.
There were lots of board games (ranging from Hearts to Illimat) and in the early Thursday evening, when Aunt Elizabeth learned that like half the family hadn't seen the first Fantastic Beasts, she set up the projector and had it going. I half-watched, while playing video games and being very happy-warm-cozy by the fire. It was totally decent and entirely forgettable. The CGI made me cringe, which is a shame --I don't know what exactly makes me spoiled/snobby about this regard, but there you have it.
(The plot with Jakob the no-maj3 baker was the best part and I don't normally ship het as hard as I did him with Queenie. I wish they explored him more though --he had a lot of Telling (mostly from Queenie reading his mind, occasionally from other characters describing him) that he was Spectacular, but not nearly enough Showing. This ain't "The Booth at the End", you need to actually make me see why your characters are wonderful.)
All told, it was only about 48 hours spent with the family, and then I spent the rest my time off of work fucking about and playing video games. Yesterday I managed to do my Habitica dailies all the way for the first time in an age --that's why you get a post today, so I can write my 750words.
Hope yinz are well.
~Sor
MOOP!
1) It's been two months and I am not even a *little* bit bored of this joke. Alys supports me in it.
2) My dad has four younger sibs. The various branches of the family tend to name themselves by what state or city they're in, which worked great until my parents moved to Dallas where Uncle Pete had already been living for like ten years. So now there's the Dallas-Atlanta (or Dalanta) branch, and the Dallas-Maryland (which does not yet have a portmanteau) branch. There is also the Ohio branch and the Vermont branch. Uncle Tim is just Uncle Tim, because it's only him and Aunt Lynn living in Connecticut, so there's less need to label a whole clan.
3) Stupid name.
Oh yeah, dunno if I've mentioned that yet --my middle sister came out as a trans woman a couple months ago. She actively wants us to come out for her "because coming out is exhausting". Her new name is Shannon, and it seems like she's gonna be a lot happier now, which is really important to me. I'm working very hard on figuring out what presents to shower her with at Christmas because *of course* I am going to give her every possible makeover thing I can (if she's into it) but also it's pretty important to me to also get her non-trans/femininity related stuff because she's still my rad sibling who reads way more than I do and always brings home the good shows.
Back to Thanksgiving though, I got some quality youngest cister1 time, and had some good chats with mum, and got to see three uncles, two aunts, and three cousins. First time seeing only the younger Dalanta2 cousin, since Katie got married last August, but that's okay, since Billy is the geekiest person in the family outside my immediate nuclear bit.
*Serious* quality chats with Abby (in the early stages of grad school for her MD-PhD) and Sadie (last year of college, double majoring chem and math), who are seriously quality people and make me feel deeply inadequate in the best way possible. They're the Vermont cousins, and they're sharp and funny and have voices that are similar enough to Alys that I kept looking up startled at the not-quite-right.
There were lots of board games (ranging from Hearts to Illimat) and in the early Thursday evening, when Aunt Elizabeth learned that like half the family hadn't seen the first Fantastic Beasts, she set up the projector and had it going. I half-watched, while playing video games and being very happy-warm-cozy by the fire. It was totally decent and entirely forgettable. The CGI made me cringe, which is a shame --I don't know what exactly makes me spoiled/snobby about this regard, but there you have it.
(The plot with Jakob the no-maj3 baker was the best part and I don't normally ship het as hard as I did him with Queenie. I wish they explored him more though --he had a lot of Telling (mostly from Queenie reading his mind, occasionally from other characters describing him) that he was Spectacular, but not nearly enough Showing. This ain't "The Booth at the End", you need to actually make me see why your characters are wonderful.)
All told, it was only about 48 hours spent with the family, and then I spent the rest my time off of work fucking about and playing video games. Yesterday I managed to do my Habitica dailies all the way for the first time in an age --that's why you get a post today, so I can write my 750words.
Hope yinz are well.
~Sor
MOOP!
1) It's been two months and I am not even a *little* bit bored of this joke. Alys supports me in it.
2) My dad has four younger sibs. The various branches of the family tend to name themselves by what state or city they're in, which worked great until my parents moved to Dallas where Uncle Pete had already been living for like ten years. So now there's the Dallas-Atlanta (or Dalanta) branch, and the Dallas-Maryland (which does not yet have a portmanteau) branch. There is also the Ohio branch and the Vermont branch. Uncle Tim is just Uncle Tim, because it's only him and Aunt Lynn living in Connecticut, so there's less need to label a whole clan.
3) Stupid name.