I remember when I was a kid, I didn't like Christmas, I think I felt performance anxiety! I didn't much care for presents or the paraphenalia, and never looked forward to posing (happily) for the camera... or, especially, opening gifts and trying to put on the happy-look-what-I-got face. I was too concerned for making people see I was happy, rather than my normal moody-kiddy self.

Sam always found it boring. Spending the whole day being nice, quite an effort sometimes!

Now Christmas is much more fun, relaxed, peaceful, silly and lazy!

Tags: 2006, christmas, holidays, relatives
Current Location: Germany
Current Mood: happy
Listening To: "Solid You" by Neurotic Fish

The in-laws are visiting, things are going pretty smooth! We all had a good night out & invited some friends over afterwards... some of us was up until 3am in the morning debating pop. psychology and talking about cars. Sam was a drunk handful! I blitzed the house this morning, and peace is restored :-)

Have finished a book by Bertrand Russell, "Religion and Science" (1935), and added some quotes to some pages. A few bits of text are going towards a new page on the historical battle between scientists such as Copernicus, and the Church (with the Inquisition as its bulldog) that clung on the belief that the Earth was the center of the universe.

Tags: cars, family, psychology, relatives
Current Location: Germany
Listening To: "Embodied" by Spahn Ranch

My sister has given birth to her third child, Mercedes, five weeks ago, complimenting her year-old twins Levi and Codi.

I love the names in my family :-)

Tags: relatives
Current Mood: busy
Listening To: "Die neue Welt" by Welle: Erdball

I am moving to Germany, my flight is in two weeks time. I'm going to be running around seeing my Dad and things like that beforehand.

I will be in Germany for up to three years, although I may well be back in a years' time to do a few-monthes course back here.

I'm moving because I am being promoted at work TOMORROW, been given 2 weeks off, and am changing department to one in West Germany. I will be relatively mobile and will return monthly!

All my things are in boxes and are all being shipped off tomorrow morning. Scary. Wish my things good luck as they get bumped around in vans & boats all the way over Europe!

I've been excited about this for ages... can't wait... will miss everyone even more though!

Tags: germany, moving house, relatives, work
Current Mood: mixed

I now have a nephew and a niece[1] as my sister gave birth to male & female twins on Sunday. They are called Levi and Codi. The odd photo may be posted in the future!

So the Vexen brood continue to grow into the forseeable future, along with the traditional Naming UnConvention!

[1] I did have to use a dictionary to check these were the right terms!

Tags: relatives, vexen

I have *very* limited contact with relatives and family, although we get on, we're all independent and scattered around the UK.

But it *is* nice that some of them are online, and talk to me. And read my websites!

As far as having a stereotypically non-straight image, and being a prominent (in my own little way) and open Satanist, they accept me well, and sometimes sit and talk to me about things honestly and openly. They do know that I am a sorted and stable person, which of course makes it much more likely that they'll accept my eccentric side!

I'm happy to report back to them... let them know I'm doing OK, keep vaguely up to date with how they're going, some of my family have been through very hard times, and the recovery is very slow with many excursions.

First theme: Relatives: Respect, minimalist but mature contat... and acceptence or at least mutual co-existence. I pull of this against-the-odds thing very well in my life!

Special friends with whom I share similar childhood experiences serve to be the most relaxing sources of mutual counsel; and talking with people who understand help yourself understand and accept yourself more fully.

Second theme: Thank you, special friends and lovers, warm souls who help me excersice my demons and keep them at full strength. And to all those laid back friends who simply accept me as I am.

Oh I've lost track and I'm rambling... Live Journal is terrible for making people do that!

Tags: friends, relatives
Current Mood: cheerful
Listening To: Therapy - Screamanger

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Tags: photos, relatives, vexen
Current Mood: happy
Listening To: "Los endos" by Genesis