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unamaga ([personal profile] unamaga) wrote2006-12-25 08:50 pm
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and lo the crowd did rejoice

Happy holidays, everyone! Hope things went well and you got lots of chocolate lindt truffles. Mmm, lindt.

[livejournal.com profile] iamtinkerbean? Don't think I've forgotten about your j-squared present - it's mostly done and awaiting some finishing and then a beta. Same goes for you, [livejournal.com profile] talilov, although yours is a little more in the stage of 'oh crap, oh crap, where is this going?' than the other.

I like the idea of giving all my presents after Christmas, though, strange as that seems. I read something about how in Greece, there was a thing called callicantzaros (singular), which is a peculiar kind of vampire. Here, I will quote.

"The callicantzaros was related to the extraordinary sanctity ascribed to the Christian holy days at Christmas time. Children born during the week between Christmas and New Years (or Epiphany of Twelfth Night, the evening when the Three Wise Men are supposed to have arrived at Behlehem to present their gifts to the baby Jesus) were considered unlucky. They were described as feast-blasted and believed to be destined to become vampires after their death. The callicantzaros was also distinct among vampires in that its activities were limited to Christmas Day and the week or 12 days afterward. During the rest of the year it traveled in some vague netherworld. It was distinguished by its manic behaviour and extended fingernails...It would seize people with its talons and tear them to pieces. The callicantzaros had an effect upon everyday life, as any person born during the forbidden period was viewed with some degree of hostility. Parents would fear that these children would act out vampiric fantasies as they grew up and would harm their brothers and sisters."
Isn't that just damn cool? I love vampires, I love folklore. *fangirl gestures* Anyway, what I'm getting at here is, your presents are coming. Be patient with me, I am a silly girl and I never get things done on time.


Also, last night I had a really strange dream involving Dean. I don't remember how it began, but I do know that I was in the body of a little child - I'm pretty sure it was a boy. I had a pet, a large white ferret-type animal, and it was in my arms, cuddling up to me. It's fur was very soft, I remember that, and it was warmer even than the fire going in the fireplace next to me. My "parents" were in the kitchen at the table, and I was in the livingroom. I vividly recall thinking, in my little boy mind, that this ferret was so remarkable, the way it had saved its children by being warm and covering them with its own body.

Right as that thought is finished, Dean comes into the kitchen and says something to my parents, angry and low enough that I can't hear it. Then, he stalks over to me where I'm sitting on the couch-chair and says, "You know why I have to do this." I got really scared and clutched my pet closer because I didn't want him to take it, but he did take it, in one of his hands that looked giant next to mine on the white fur. He held it for a second, looking grim, and then turned and tossed it into the fireplace.

I didn't even have time to really be horrified or angry or upset, because then suddenly I was out of the boy's body, following Dean from above as he jogged out of my house and into the drive way. It took a second after his feet hit the gravel, but then he was looking up at the sky, looking up at the entire world falling away like it was made of cheap plastic. Everything is black and red like conte crayon, and Dean is shouting, "HIDE NOTHING!"

That's when I shot up in bed, heart pounding and out of breath. I stayed up for, like half an hour writing everything down and telling myself to remember. I swear, I have never had such an abstract, terrible dream before. I don't even know where it could have come from, I didn't eat anything strange. Opinions?

[identity profile] plutogirl10.livejournal.com 2006-12-26 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
um . . . pets? You had that post a little while ago about animals cruelty? I dunno. Maybe?

[identity profile] unamaga.livejournal.com 2006-12-26 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
s'possible. i dunno, either way - wtf, dean?

[identity profile] talilov.livejournal.com 2006-12-26 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
I feel kind of relieved that your present isn't ready now, even though the one you are giving me is a total surprise and I had no idea it was coming!! I'm all squirmy because I have no idea what to expect, but I do know that it was be FANTASTIC.

Wow, that vampire is awesome. WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS STUFF, MEL? But seriously, where do you find this stuff, Mel? *makes flappy hands at you*

Hahaha, oh Dean. He's even angsty and impulsive in dreams!! I love that. And you totally had the chance to dream about sexxing UP Dean WINCHESTER and instead you dream that you are a little boy? IS YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS INSANE?
Opinions? Um...when you turn into a little boy, the world will end. You haff dreamed it, so it must be true. Mmmm singed ferret.

[identity profile] unamaga.livejournal.com 2006-12-26 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
No joke, I have a book called "The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead", and I scoured it for three hours trying to find that quote after I'd read it a few days ago. The book is around 900 pages with index and references, so, yeah. Need to know anything about vamps? I AM SO ALL OVER IT.

And, ok, I'm gonna tell you something about your present. IT HAS SAM AND DEAN IN IT ZOMG. :O

ALSO, my subconscious does appear to be insane, because I once also had a dream about Jared and we did nothing of the sexual kind. Instead, I played with his dog for a good quarter of the dream and then we sat on his couch and laughed and talked about everything and nothing. There wasn't even a kiss. I was so mad at myself the morning after.

[identity profile] talilov.livejournal.com 2006-12-26 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
I will keep that in mind.

DEEN? RLY? *jumps up and down*

"played with his dog..." Oh, so that's what the kids are calling it nowadays? Come over to my place and "play with my dog" too, pls Mel ;D

[identity profile] dullemarulle.livejournal.com 2006-12-26 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Your dream sounds really interesting but I have no idea what it means.

I got a cookbook so I can make my own chocolate! May have gotten it because the last time I babysat my cousins I forgot to boil the water before adding spaghetti and my aunt thought I should learn how to cook properly, but I will be using it for chocolate and ice cream!

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__3amconfession/ 2006-12-27 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. That dream was very WTF. Mine was very disturbing. Something to do with a mysterious man leaving me stories about incest, something to do with my cousin and the world coming to the end. A remember a lock-down at my school and having to run to a girl's house to save myself, but I couldn't get there in time. Also, a giant metallic blue dinosaur was ending the world.

I just felt like sharing that. I think it implies with me being a horrible person for reading two brother having sex and I will die in a dramatic, film noir way with a cracked up T-Rex eating me. O.o