Skulldragon's blog post - Droping off the face of the earth

(first off no I am not leaving! so no worries)The title comes form the fact that I should just warn everyone I know that when my family is in town I tend to drop off the face of the earth mostly because I have one noisy family and so most of my conversations via text and email get seen and then its a game of twenty questions so I just tend to lock my phone away. This is probably a good thing to in that my family really does bring out the worst in me, I mean I can get along with each of them on there own but as a group they just wind up pissing me off mostly by not saying what they are thinking I mean I am an open person and will tell some one what I think the rest of my family is to worried about someones feelings getting hurt and so instead of finding a nice way to say hey that's a bad idea or I think you drink to much or even the ever popular "Skull" you screwed your life up again. Oh no they can't say that the just almost say it then ether change the subject or just shut up and stare at me like oh god did I almost just say that oh shit does he know what I almost said. I will say this though today was the closest any of them have come to saying what was on there mind sadly it was my father who I see almost everyday and the issue should have been dealt with with out everyone else around but no he had to wait till family was here to say that he thinks I A: party to much B: that I drive drunk regularly and C: that I am becoming an alcoholic and the only way I know that this is what he wanted to say is that I know that when my family wants to make a point about something they want you to change it is not to be said or it is to be brought up in an argument and one that is completely unrelated, and that family rules so to speak say that it has to be an example that some how ties in to the original argument and must be used at lest three times once including anyone but the person you want to change and the other two using the person as the example. In the defense of my family I will say this I do not make there life's easier A: because I do fuck my life up regularly B: I do state what I am thinking or if I do not I make it know that I have an opinion and that I am not saying it because I am censoring myself and C: I know exactly how to say anything to any of them in a way that will piss them off and I tend to do that when I get fed up with the bullshit game of not saying things which does not take long. The sad thing though is that we can all get along and there are very few strained relationship in my family in small groups of twos and threes but you get more than that together or you get me and my sibling together with one other family member and the fighting erupts and its not me and my sister that fight its me and the other person which is mostly my fault because there is no faster way to piss me off then to compare me and my sibling we are perfect opposites "Thank you I know that and have for all but a few months of my life" and so ends yet another holiday and one more wondering why when I slip off to some quite corner to zone out draw or whatever that means to my family its time to start required "Skull"/all involved activities in the smallest room in the house i.e the kitchen. oh well such is life.

Here's hoping everyone had a great holiday season. And remember these times are rare and most of all in the world we live in today for many they may be the last ones so make the most of what you have make the best memories you can bitch about the stupid shit later and most of all Know that the perfect holiday is not the one you see in stores or the one you spend the most on but the one that you make the best memories from. If for some reason you don't believe me go watch those old home movies of you as a young child you will see that it was not the gift that was in the box that you played with at first it was the box. That has not changed baby's still love boxes most and your children might want that new expensive toy and it will make them feel happy for a while but the simple gifts from the heart are the ones that they will cherish and love the most.