Random Rants XLIII: So Much Whinging Your Head May Explode

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Well, yeah, but I assume you were born there. Didn't go *to* it as such.

Still should be a must-do. :p

Edit: xpost

What are the flight costs from Aussie to here, incidentally?
 
Oh, well, I suppose one could visit NZ in the same trip, who knows. :p
 
Tsk tsk, you should learn: never to eat more than your stomach tells you it can handle. I always disappoint my grandmother when I don't eat cake in family reunions, but I have my BMI in healthy levels. :p
 
Phrossack said:
It's a free cracker. Eat it.
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Exactly how it went down.

Thought it might be disrespectful because you are not supposed to have it if you have committed a mortal sin (one example of which is not believing in God) and that I would be lying to my parents and to the church.

But then I realized it was all fake mumbo-jumbo and it didn't matter. :D
 
Well, I'm thinking about what to do about my brother. It's a bit of a long story, and not a pleasant one.

Spoiler :
He's my only sibling, and he was adopted from Haiti when he was a baby some time before I was born. Being adopted and a black kid in a white family and an overwhelmingly white area has left him feeling hopelessly lost, abandoned, and angry, because he doesn't know who his biological family is. He's a selfish, inconsiderate, and frankly somewhat stupid prick, and he told me point-blank that he's selfish because he's "the last of his kind". He's always having money problems because of court expenses, mostly related to driving violations and pot. He doesn't seem to give a damn about the family. My parents love him and want the best, but they're trying in vain because their love for him blinds them to the futility of trying to make him well-behaved and a part of the family.

He's been kicked out of the house before, took some of the things he and I owned in common, and lied about it. My brother came back after a while because he couldn't live very well with his friends. He follows almost none of the house rules, and it's a good thing I usually live at college. He and I have nothing in common, and I rarely see him. Frankly, I think he's a moocher and a leech who just sucks up my parents' food and money and uses them for his own purposes while giving back nothing in return but legal fees and trouble. He doesn't care about us, and I don't care about him. I wish I had biological siblings like my cousins do. I could have had a brother, but he apparently was a miscarriage.

My parents have done all they can for him, but it's pointless. Nothing's working, and nothing has worked for five years. I'm cold enough to know he needs to go and I'd like it a bit more if he did. It's very unlikely he could make it on his own, because he has a poor job, constant legal fees, is immature and not very bright, and has a knack for getting into trouble. He has no real goal in life and sucks at college, not that he's really studying anything. He's been like this for five or six years, and very little ever changes. It's time for him to go, though my parents would disagree. Sure, he couldn't make it on his own, but frankly I don't care anymore. That's his problem. I know all this makes me seem a bit nasty and inhuman, but what else can I say or do?
 
While I was getting dressed to go to the Christmas party at my aunt's house, it was discovered that my father is running a fever of over 102 degrees Fahrenheit. (As I've mentioned before, he is almost 74, he is in remission from Leukemia, and his immune system is still greatly weakened form the chemotherapy even though he finished it in July.)

It seems that my mother and sister are going on to the party while I will be staying home to take care of him. If his fever gets much higher, I will probably have to drive him to the ER. I imagine that is not the best place to spend Christmas.
 
Well, that sucks. We had a Chritmas lunch over my cousin's place, and my uncle who suffered a cardiac arrest a month or so ago started feeling bad afterwards, so we brought him to the ER an hour or so ago. Hope it's nothing.
 
Just caught the last bit of Amy Pond's last episode on Doctor Who. Now I'm all sad. :(
 
I know. I remember seeing that about two months ago :(

Have you seen the Christmas special yet? (No spoilers)
 
TheLastOne36 said:
Exactly how it went down.

Thought it might be disrespectful because you are not supposed to have it if you have committed a mortal sin (one example of which is not believing in God) and that I would be lying to my parents and to the church.

But then I realized it was all fake mumbo-jumbo and it didn't matter. :D
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Assuming it's Catholic, you can cross your arms over your chest when you're at the railing and the priest will bless you rather than giving you Communion, if you'd rather play it safe/be respectful.
 
Optical said:
I know. I remember seeing that about two months ago :(

Have you seen the Christmas special yet? (No spoilers)
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I caught Amy's last episode right before the Christmas special. It was very good and set up the rest of the season quite well.
 
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