family

My father and step-mother visited for about four hours, today.  Conversation was... I suppose desultory might be a fairly accurate word.  Partly because my Dad's hearing loss means you have to speak very loudly and clearly, and if you drift off you have to start over again.  And partly because I'm nervous in the presence of my step-mother.  And partly because I have no idea how to talk to people who don't do the same work I do or have the same fannish interests.  I've got into a rut, I fear.

( some rambling about family afairs )

While we were out to lunch at Becky's, eor went shopping for a thingy to replace the server and connect all our machines, but while he was out there braving the wilds of the Mall...

He got a new remote, and he says he's going to program it so that I'll only have to push one button in order to make a DVD play. :) 

Also, a set of five Jackie Chan movies. :)  ("Fantasy Mission Force," "Master With Cracked Fingers," "Eagle Shadow Fist," "Fire Dragon," and "The Young Tiger.")  And now my MP3 player and it's accessories are inhabiting the tin box that the movies came in. :)  (The box, oddly, opens on both the top and the bottom, so it can only be used for light weight things.)  Does anyone want the official dragon headband that came with the set?  It's white with some characters on it. 

And now, ( the meme of fours )

Did I ever post about the dream I had about being on a train with the Scooby-Doo people, and real monsters pretending to be monsters?