Yay!! It arrived!!
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capri0mniMy Secret Santa gift arrived! I am so happy -- even though it said on it: "Do not open until the apropriate date" (which for me, is Sunday -- heh... heh -- just realized -- Yule falls on the Sun's day this year... That has Got to be auspicious!... My birthday is also on a Sunday, coming up... and I was born on a Sunday. Again: That has Got to be auspicious!)
Anyway, I'm really happy.... last year, my Secret Santa gift never arrived... and I never found out who it was who drew my name... hmm... I wonder if I could ask around about who it was..
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And in the general "thoughts circling around in my head catagory" is the following:
I'm amazed at all the commercials for diamond jewelry that has been swamping the airwaves lately. I mean, not really "amazed" 'cause they're the ultimate symbol for romance in this culture... but I mean, Come on! Could there be a more utterly useless gift in the cosmos?
This is especially evident if you consider the fact that trade in diamonds throughout Africa is the primary source for funding for bloody "civil wars" (more like highly armed gang streetfighting with a few bombs and torture thrown in for fun) --
And There Is No Way To Know For Sure Whether The Diamond You Buy Is Not One Of These "Blood" Diamonds!!
Yes, some would say a diamond is beautiful... but I can think of lots of things that are more beautiful and enjoyable -- a diamond isn't even snuggly!!
The only thing going for them, really, is that once upon a time some king or other whose name I forget gave his bride a diamond ring, because in Greek myth some said that Eros's love arrows had diamond arrowheads, so they've got a whole "pretend you're royalty" mystique about them... But they don't even have that, anymore, now that they are being sold at places like Sears, for crying out loud!
So-- if any future beau is reading this: Do not, under any circumstances, even dream of getting me a diamond ring! If you want to give me a present that shows me how much you love me, then do something that requires some personal effort, or something that can come only from you... and if you want to put some really nice on my hands, get me a pair of goosedown mittens... Got it? Good!
Rant now officially over...
Anyway, I'm really happy.... last year, my Secret Santa gift never arrived... and I never found out who it was who drew my name... hmm... I wonder if I could ask around about who it was..
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And in the general "thoughts circling around in my head catagory" is the following:
I'm amazed at all the commercials for diamond jewelry that has been swamping the airwaves lately. I mean, not really "amazed" 'cause they're the ultimate symbol for romance in this culture... but I mean, Come on! Could there be a more utterly useless gift in the cosmos?
This is especially evident if you consider the fact that trade in diamonds throughout Africa is the primary source for funding for bloody "civil wars" (more like highly armed gang streetfighting with a few bombs and torture thrown in for fun) --
And There Is No Way To Know For Sure Whether The Diamond You Buy Is Not One Of These "Blood" Diamonds!!
Yes, some would say a diamond is beautiful... but I can think of lots of things that are more beautiful and enjoyable -- a diamond isn't even snuggly!!
The only thing going for them, really, is that once upon a time some king or other whose name I forget gave his bride a diamond ring, because in Greek myth some said that Eros's love arrows had diamond arrowheads, so they've got a whole "pretend you're royalty" mystique about them... But they don't even have that, anymore, now that they are being sold at places like Sears, for crying out loud!
So-- if any future beau is reading this: Do not, under any circumstances, even dream of getting me a diamond ring! If you want to give me a present that shows me how much you love me, then do something that requires some personal effort, or something that can come only from you... and if you want to put some really nice on my hands, get me a pair of goosedown mittens... Got it? Good!
Rant now officially over...
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Date: 2002-12-19 10:42 am (UTC)Yay!! We got two! You think that's enough to storm DeBeer's<sp>?
Date: 2002-12-19 12:05 pm (UTC)1) the "Remember our First Christmas?" one...
where an older married couple is looking at an old photo album from their first Christmas together, and she's recalling that his first present for her was a stuffed reindeer, and he says: "I did better, this year," and hands her a diamond necklace.
(If the sentiment was sincere behind the first gift, then it is no more or less valuable than the jewels... except by wearing it, she can boast that she is now of a higher social status through her husband's higher earnings... just lovely!).
Personally, I'd prefer the reindeer...
And the second one is with the couple in Itally, celebrating their anniversary, and he starts shouting to the Heavens: "I love this woman!" And she gets embarrassed, so instead of shouting, he hands her a diamond ring... and she responds with more affection and hugs than when he actually was declaring his love.
Excuse me, but how emotionally disfunctianal is that?
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Date: 2002-12-29 01:51 pm (UTC)