I think that is the hardest thing about loving someone with a substantial problem, you can't force them to get clean, or stop using, or to get help, or to even acknowledge that something is wrong.
The feelings of helplessness are overwhelming for those loved ones watching this happen. :(

I'm very sorry you are having to go through that.

Wow, time sure flies fast when you are older!

I can't believe tomorrow is going to be Christmas Eve already! XD

it sure does and it is D:

but i got a ham! all is good

I like ham, but I don't want ham for Christmas cuz I just had one for Thanksgiving. I want turkey! But that's not going to happen.

So maybe we'll have some sort of pork/beef roast instead. :)

I replaced the keyboard on my laptop :D

I dragged out an old convertible slate laptop of mine that... well, frankly at the time it was a waste of money -- we bought it so my wife could use it as a portable art tablet, but Photoshop wasn't compatible with the pen drivers! And so it sat fallow for like two years. Stupid waste of money.

But Microsoft bought N-Trig (the manufacturer of said pen display used in this laptop) and suddenly there are new drivers that work with Photoshop!

Of course, this laptop was on the weak side when it was NEW -- the convertible aspect was the source of most of its price tag -- and now it's significantly underpowered. But it qualifies for the free Windows 10 upgrade, so it's running that now... And it turns out that all of the Windows 8 / Metro / Modern jank actually works REALLY well IF you have a touchscreen -- and I do.

So... I've basically got a new old laptop to play with. It's not as nice as my work MacBook, but it's in better condition than my personal MacBook (I fell down on it when I slipped in the rain once) so for chat and web and programming it's... nice to have.

My husband and I traveled home for Christmas. It was nice spending quality time with the family. Went out to eat, shopping at the mall, threw a birthday party for my brother, and saw Star Wars on Imax.

New Year's on the other hand was a mess. It was a catastrophe.
My husband had to work late. He didn't get done with work until 9pm. He had totally forgotten that it was New Year's Eve so he decided to go hang out and have drinks with his co-workers until 11pm. Let's just say I was not amused when he got home...

I have new stuff issues. So I know there is a new macbook out, much nicer than the one i have, and I want it like crazy bad. But mine is fine and it works fine and it's fine. I also don't have $1500+ to spend on the new macbook so. . . Same with the iphones. XD Mine is 2 years old now and I like supppperrr want the new one XD

my smartphone is 2-1/2 years old and showing it's age (sluggish to open apps, it'll restart on a whim), and all the new phones are just so shiny! i have two picked out that are pretty good price-wise, but i want to see them and play with them to see if i might even like them.... =)

I keep thinking abotu how amazing the new camera on the iphone would be!! XD And I want it!!

my younger daughter got an iphone 6 back in May... and my *mom* just got a new iphone6+ sunday.

i prefer android, easier to customize, don't need the app store for everything...

Haha I get so confused on androids, I never know what I'm doing and there's always like a million things running D: My boss keeps asking me for advice on how to do things everytime he breaks his and I am like "i have no idea!"

i suppose it's one or the other, then. i like my android. =)

Your avatar is so cute and fluffy I want to roll around in the kitties

I've got a Nexus 5 Android. Still works great. :)

I just recently got a Nexus 5X. I paid for lunch today using it. :P

aw, thanks!

I have a Nexus 6.

Well, happy birthday, Roy Batty!

uh...

wat? o.o

You mean that WASN'T a reference? XD

In Blade Runner, Roy Batty is a Nexus-6 model android, and his inception date (just a little visual detail shown on-screen at one point) is 1/8/2016.

>3> I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep . . . and then I tried to watch Blade Runner but it wasn't right so I have never seen the whole thing XD

Truth be told I haven't read that or watched Blade Runner. ^^; My sci-fi geek cred is slipping. They're both on my to-do list, but there are so many other things on that list that I can't keep up!

:O Blade runner is interesting. Slow and methodical. A mystery, really.

At least, from what I remember. Been a long time.

i've read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and watched Blade Runner. love both.

also got a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone today! =)

Roy Batty and I share birthdays then. I've never watched Blade Runner though.
I'm planning on getting...something electronic. Either the surface or that new iPad for their pens.

I share a birthday with Bob Saget :(

Why is that a bad thing D:

it's ok i guess XD

Oh, Bob SAGET.

I knew somebody a few years ago who used that as his profanity.

Ya see. That's why I frown about sharing his birthday.

I don't know who Bob Saget is D:
*looks at first youtube video*
Quote from host to Bob "You have a dirty mind"
...v_v Okay

Bob Saget got his fame from playing a squeaky-clean (literally, the character was OCD cleaning freak) dad on Full House and then he hosted America's Funniest Home Videos so he had to be pretty clean on that, but his own comedy is pretty raunchy.

DId you see they are making Fuller House now?

... no, I didn't. That... somehow doesn't sound very good.

Everyone is back in minus mary kate and ashley so they are going to somehow write them out of the show ouo

I don't think I'll ever watch it. XD

I still love watching Full House. My husband isn't a big fan of the show though. XD

so i have an extra Digit the Cat, and an extra Miss Kitty Von Ravenclaw - the going price is 10 runes for each. would anyone be interested? =)

I'm just about to go take some piccies for Flickr. Wondering what's for tea :P

Rawr!!Dont mind my avatar i am working on her :) How are all of you??