Last time, I swear.

Just to finish my Ring*Con report and put up the last fotos while my mom and grandmother and cousins are in church (can you believe it?) and I have some quiet time. And afterwards, I'll never do one again. Until Ring*Con '04 is over.
So just ignore this if you aren't interested.

( Sunday, Nov 16th, or The Return of the Ring*Con Blues )

*g* Had to try and explain the difference between DVDs and video cassettes to my grandmother yesterday. No, a video player cannot play DVDs. No, we only have "Angela's Ashes" on DVD, so you either have to watch it here or get the video. Well, then watch it here. Which we did until my mom suggested we should drive to Remscheid to look for a Christmas present for me. Which we did as well. The Christmas market in Remscheid is a nightmare, you either get kitsch and garbage or food (including Reibekuchen, of course). The Lennep markets are much better, but they only take place on the second and third Advent weekend. The only good one in Remscheid itself is the Medieval Market, but that won't start till next week. *sigh* But we found some nice clothing. In the evening, my brother and I took our oldest cousins to the cinema for Finding Nemo. Considering Thomas didn't even want to see it, he liked it a lot. But it was the same with LOTR. First he didn't even want to watch it and only came along because I convinced him. And now? Now he's humming Into the West and can't wait for December 16th...

Family Gathering Induced Boredom Killer

... you might also just call it memes.

( Cut as usual )

Hmmm. At least my mom's cinamon cake was really good.
And Felipe and Lorenzo were just so cute- meeting each other for the first time and being totally happy to finally have someone their own age (Lorenzo is 20 months old and Felipe 18 months) instead of big brothers or no one...
How come all the little kids in my family have interesting names, only my brother and I ended up with stupid boring stuff?
My grandmother's "boyfriend" (can you say "manfriend"? An 80 years old man really isn't a boy) is slowly but surely turning senile. I feel sorry for him (my grandmother eventually wants to dump him, but she'll wait till after Christmas - so classical), but he is damn annoying.
It sure feels weird to talk about boyfriends and dumping in context with my grandmother.