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ACK! My copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special is at my friends house! She wanted to see Babylon 5 and there's an episode just after the special! D'ohh! Although thanks to Kengr, I did manage to see it, although in a tiny little Real Media window. :) However, I'm making a nice clean encode of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians as we speak. :) I'm using an older program, tat seems to be able to encode at a HUGE screen size, so I'm hoping with a nice 640x480 image, I can make a nice clean Xvid video from it.

It's really wierd to see commercials for JFK, Hook, The Prince of Tides, Father of the Bride and THE HALLS OF MEDICINE! Commercials for the NES Dr. Mario and HUGE GAME BOYS!

I think this dates this tape to 1991, which means it's 13 Years old. And it LOOKS great. The sound will need some cleanup and amplifying, though. I think that when I finally start encoding the tapes, I'm going to keep the commercials intact. There's so much 80s hair in this it's horrifying,

Anyways, here's what Santa (via his helpers) brought for The Jenn:





Popcorn Set from Dean's Girlfriend.  Wow!  Honestly didn't expect a gift from her!
Metal "Test your IQ" Toys from Dean
Mistaa Spakuru Sticker!  Raki Kuriin!
Hot Tamale scented Gel Pens
HOME MOVIES SEASON ONE BOX SET!  ROCK!
A case of 12 MREs (although 5 are already packed in the truck) from someone who wishes to remain anonymous lest the rest of you hit them over the head for feeding my current obsession. :)
(Not shown, a small pack of Bottle Caps, my fave candy, and a box of Peanut Butter Meltaways (freezing in the fridge))

Supposedly my parents have MORE for me at home.... I may just go home early and stay there overnight to go for my shot.

I just caught site of myself in the mirror while brushig my teeth (I make it a habit not to look in mirrors) and realized...I may not be losing weight...but my waistline has shrunk. Not so much LOSING weight as it's moving around to all the right places. :D

Didjy'all get your cards? :D

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ACK! My copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special is at my friends house! She wanted to see Babylon 5 and there's an episode just after the special! D'ohh! Although thanks to Kengr, I did manage to see it, although in a tiny little Real Media window. :) However, I'm making a nice clean encode of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians as we speak. :) I'm using an older program, tat seems to be able to encode at a HUGE screen size, so I'm hoping with a nice 640x480 image, I can make a nice clean Xvid video from it.

It's really wierd to see commercials for JFK, Hook, The Prince of Tides, Father of the Bride and THE HALLS OF MEDICINE! Commercials for the NES Dr. Mario and HUGE GAME BOYS!

I think this dates this tape to 1991, which means it's 13 Years old. And it LOOKS great. The sound will need some cleanup and amplifying, though. I think that when I finally start encoding the tapes, I'm going to keep the commercials intact. There's so much 80s hair in this it's horrifying,

Anyways, here's what Santa (via his helpers) brought for The Jenn:





Popcorn Set from Dean's Girlfriend.  Wow!  Honestly didn't expect a gift from her!
Metal "Test your IQ" Toys from Dean
Mistaa Spakuru Sticker!  Raki Kuriin!
Hot Tamale scented Gel Pens
HOME MOVIES SEASON ONE BOX SET!  ROCK!
A case of 12 MREs (although 5 are already packed in the truck) from someone who wishes to remain anonymous lest the rest of you hit them over the head for feeding my current obsession. :)
(Not shown, a small pack of Bottle Caps, my fave candy, and a box of Peanut Butter Meltaways (freezing in the fridge))

Supposedly my parents have MORE for me at home.... I may just go home early and stay there overnight to go for my shot.

I just caught site of myself in the mirror while brushig my teeth (I make it a habit not to look in mirrors) and realized...I may not be losing weight...but my waistline has shrunk. Not so much LOSING weight as it's moving around to all the right places. :D

Didjy'all get your cards? :D

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O_O

It's a beautiful capture. It's an almost a perfect copy of the VHS.

I think we finally have the perfect capture for archiving. :D

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O_O

It's a beautiful capture. It's an almost a perfect copy of the VHS.

I think we finally have the perfect capture for archiving. :D

o/` Oh, I'm proud to be o/` an Obi Wan Kenobi o/`

Oh, yeah. I bought those MREs because I can't cook and shouldn't even try, How I managed to both sear AND overboil dumplings while following the exact directions on the package, I'll never know.

Anyone for a charred doughy mess?

o/` Oh, I'm proud to be o/` an Obi Wan Kenobi o/`

Oh, yeah. I bought those MREs because I can't cook and shouldn't even try, How I managed to both sear AND overboil dumplings while following the exact directions on the package, I'll never know.

Anyone for a charred doughy mess?

Even the Pope couldn't forgive this pizza...and he's letting a lot of things slide these days.

After reading Ruvoryn's Christmas/Solstice/Holidays entry, (And since it's over) I've decided to let loose some of my feelings on the season:

I could pretty much do without it. :)

A lot of people can't understand why I just do Solstice/Yule/Christmas/Chanukkah/New Years/Kwanzaa/Thingy stuff because "everyone around me just won't let it go." I'm not a grinch, though. I don't want to steal it away from other people, but if I had my druthers, the whole month of December would simply be another month of work, and weekends. Now I wasn't traumatized on Christmas, or have been accused of ruining it, or was dumped, or had family die on that day. No. It's something worse: I lived with Martha Stewart.

Growing up, my mother lived in a poor family with lots of kids. Her Christmas's then were a tree (sometimes), a very small toy, an apple and an orange. This was actually pretty expensive since my grandma had 10 kids under her roof at any given time (she had 16 kids). So, when she grew up, and got married, got a good job and a husband with one, she decided she'd have the Christmas of her Dreams.

Christmas at my Mom's house is a winter wonderland now. Every room smells of pine and cinnamon, garland everywhere, bows and pointsettas liberally sprinkled around the house, chrristmas music waftering through the house, countless christmas lights draped from the roof and on every bannister and a tree in the living room and den. A Christmas Party with Santa for the family every year...

It's wonderful, isn't it? Just what every Christmas should be.

HOWEVER.

It starts on November 1st. And ends on February 6th (The Feast of the Three Kings, according to my mother's calendar (which is often wrong :) )). Ninety Eight Days of Cinnamon and Pine. Ninety Eight Days of Garland Bows and Pointsettias. Ninety Eight Days of Sixteen Hours of Christmas Music...for twenty six years. One year we had nine real trees. Every year my mother invites the family kids and neighborhood kids for gingerbread parties (something that started in my 2nd grade class in 1982).

My dad doesn't seem to mind this at all...but I'm burned out on it. Hearing Christmas Music can send the same tremor of anxiety that "Back to School" summer commercials do through me.

So, now, I only do Christmas/Yule/Solstice/Kwanzaa/Chanukka ONLY because it's such a big deal for them. But, frankly, if I ever get my own place, it will be a Holiday Free Zone. :) Even despite the fact that Dean tries to make the Holidays fun (Christmas Tray indeed :) ).

Anyways - I'm off to the Holiday HQ that is the parent's house. Pray for Mojo.

One thing that I DO find neat, though, is my mother will buy gifts for EVERYONE in the family, and each gift has an apple and an orange. :)

Even the Pope couldn't forgive this pizza...and he's letting a lot of things slide these days.

After reading Ruvoryn's Christmas/Solstice/Holidays entry, (And since it's over) I've decided to let loose some of my feelings on the season:

I could pretty much do without it. :)

A lot of people can't understand why I just do Solstice/Yule/Christmas/Chanukkah/New Years/Kwanzaa/Thingy stuff because "everyone around me just won't let it go." I'm not a grinch, though. I don't want to steal it away from other people, but if I had my druthers, the whole month of December would simply be another month of work, and weekends. Now I wasn't traumatized on Christmas, or have been accused of ruining it, or was dumped, or had family die on that day. No. It's something worse: I lived with Martha Stewart.

Growing up, my mother lived in a poor family with lots of kids. Her Christmas's then were a tree (sometimes), a very small toy, an apple and an orange. This was actually pretty expensive since my grandma had 10 kids under her roof at any given time (she had 16 kids). So, when she grew up, and got married, got a good job and a husband with one, she decided she'd have the Christmas of her Dreams.

Christmas at my Mom's house is a winter wonderland now. Every room smells of pine and cinnamon, garland everywhere, bows and pointsettas liberally sprinkled around the house, chrristmas music waftering through the house, countless christmas lights draped from the roof and on every bannister and a tree in the living room and den. A Christmas Party with Santa for the family every year...

It's wonderful, isn't it? Just what every Christmas should be.

HOWEVER.

It starts on November 1st. And ends on February 6th (The Feast of the Three Kings, according to my mother's calendar (which is often wrong :) )). Ninety Eight Days of Cinnamon and Pine. Ninety Eight Days of Garland Bows and Pointsettias. Ninety Eight Days of Sixteen Hours of Christmas Music...for twenty six years. One year we had nine real trees. Every year my mother invites the family kids and neighborhood kids for gingerbread parties (something that started in my 2nd grade class in 1982).

My dad doesn't seem to mind this at all...but I'm burned out on it. Hearing Christmas Music can send the same tremor of anxiety that "Back to School" summer commercials do through me.

So, now, I only do Christmas/Yule/Solstice/Kwanzaa/Chanukka ONLY because it's such a big deal for them. But, frankly, if I ever get my own place, it will be a Holiday Free Zone. :) Even despite the fact that Dean tries to make the Holidays fun (Christmas Tray indeed :) ).

Anyways - I'm off to the Holiday HQ that is the parent's house. Pray for Mojo.

One thing that I DO find neat, though, is my mother will buy gifts for EVERYONE in the family, and each gift has an apple and an orange. :)