family awkwardness. it happens.

My Fundie uncle and aunt sent me a Christmas card without any personal message inside, but this isn't a surprise - I've never been super close to them anyway. Of the family, they're the only ones whose beliefs might be homophobic, but I could never see them cutting off contact as a result of it. I wouldn't ever have expected such from my grandparents, until I found out my grandfather was homophobic five years ago and chewed him out sharply for it, but I sent them a holiday card anyway two years in a row now (and they followed my lead). I wonder if there was some message intended in my grandmother writing "Enjoy Christmas and your life" and "We love you", or it just came out as part of the grind of Trying to Find Things to Say in Christmas Cards. My grandmother did email me a kind of horrifying Fwd comparing Jesus to Santa Claus ("Jesus is the reason for the season!") last week that had me thoroughly confused, especially as I don't think I've ever gotten any proselytizing from her before - she struck me as the type to talk about Jesus only with people she already knew to be open to the subject. Maybe she selected me in her address book by accident.

"prima donna"

I can't think what I could possibly wear these unique pumps for, and I usually won't wear really high heels anyway because I hate walking in them, but if I were overflowing with excess spending money, I might be tempted to buy these anyway, just because they're so eyecatching and truly elegant.

i detect a certain resemblance in facial expression

The family that watches movies on their Nokia portable multimedia computer device together stays together.