ZOMG Christmas like whoa.

Ze haul:

Elayna, from Santa: a whole bag of Dove dark chocolate, a Ghirardhelli dark chocolate bar, a Hershey's Special Dark bar, a candy necklace, Nerds; Fluxx, pop art painted rings kit, funky lighted ball, Fur Real Friends piglet, karaoke machine & CD, penguin scarf, magnetic monkey, Hello Kitty notepad, magnet mania kit, bath confetti, lip gloss, magnetic Hangman, penguin bubble bath, Pez, NancyButtons, Babysitter's Club buttons, hair accessories, a Lush glittery bath bomb, a travelling gnome, Twister Moves, and two card games from Out Of The Box.

Elayna, from family: Stuffed kitty and cow, flannel penguin pajamas, Eggling (hatch a plant from an egg - the funny thing is that we gave my aunt one (basil),, and she gave Elayna one (phlox)!), Nintendo games Zoo Tycoon, Kingdom Hearts, and Brain Age, crystal-growing set, Zathura and the second Cardcaptor Sakura movie on DVD, a Warriors book, A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles.

Adam: Chrononauts, Carnival by Elizabeth Bear, Salon Fantastique, Disgaea, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Plastic Man and Y: The Last Man graphic novels, a Linda Ellerbee food book, and chocolate espresso candy.

Me: Beautiful colored pearl earrings, two Jewish-tree-of-life pendants (one each of Gevurah (Strength) and Netsah (Endurance)), a slim charcoal-grey hoodie with a burgundy tank top, The Addams Family, the new Neil Gaiman collection, The Book of Dreams by yuki_onna, Naughty (cinnamon) and Nice (minty) bath bombs from Uncommon Goods, a stuffed chihuahua that I'm naming Petey after their dog, who I keep threatening to sneak home with me, and the ergonomic like whoa laptop backpack from my wishlist, so I can carry my own stuff. Yay!

I've most likely missed stuff. I'm sure Adam will correct me. For now? More coffee, and yummy breakfast cake!

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*sigh*

What I keep bumping up against, with the Primer, is that it leads inexorably into the Purges. And the Purges are too big for the Primer, probably. But I feel that I need them. Without them, the Primer just ends, and ends five years before Our Story Begins. And the Primer purports to be all you need to know about What Has Gone Before.

But it's too big. I can't skim over the Purges, I can't condense them. The story would be out of proportion - it would take up nearly half the Primer.

And... it's hard for me to write things that lie that close to the bone. It was only recently that I started writing any of the really Big things. This is one of the three biggest, this and the things that close out acts 2 and 3.

Nyargh.

Yes, it's Christmas, and I'm sitting here futzing about and being writerbrainy. It's what I do. :P

I have got to wrap this up, I really do.