Christmas - Speculations over, what'd you get?
Friday, December 24th, 2004 - 10:34pm
I have to say that my Sister pulled the biggest surprise out of the hat. She located videos of my father playing college football - up until now I had only seen short clips and a few pictures, but now I've got:
Ole Miss vs Alabama - 1969
Ole Miss vs Tennessee - 1969
Ole Miss vs Arkansas (Sugar Bowl) - 1970
Watching those DVD's was really something special. Wow. Way to go Jen! 
I got a lump of coal.
Don't be saucy with me, Bernaise. - Count DeMonet
FalseGravity - My first blog.
I already got my present, my beautiful Sony flatscreen LCD monitor. It brings tears to my eyes sometimes...
Yankees rock, you know it's true...
""Speculation''s over?""
Are you one of those evil families that opens presents on Christmas Eve?
Weirdos.
I still have at LEAST 8 hours before I know what I''ll get.
XBox Live Gamertag: Warlockbert
We open family (siblings/parents) presents Christmas Eve, and each other presents Christmas morning.
Part one of the festivities are over (wife''s family). Thus far, the haul has been plenty good:
Sharp DVD-R/RW+ drive
PNY 5700LE Nvidia card (yea!)
Two really great sweaters from Bannana Rep
A new Wine Guide
So now I can get drunk on quality plotz while ripping a DVD and basking in the glory of Nvidia. And look good while doing it to boot!
Huzzah!
Part two (my family) many-ana.
I got a seperated shoulder!
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Well, so far we''ve only gone through the obligatory ""Open just one present on Christmas Eve"" thing, but I got Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. Pretty sweet since I would have picked up the game in January if I didn''t get it for Christmas. Have it installed but haven''t gone through any of it yet, I''m still trying to get through Battle for Middle Earth first.
I don''t anticipate getting very much tomorrow. It''s been a tough year for my parents, my sister''s in college and extremely broke, and my brother, well he usually has quite enough money to shop for everybody with but he''s only one guy ya know? He probably got me a couple of gift cards and just left it at that. I suppose I''ll find out about 12 hours from now.
XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf
Joint Ops: Typhoon Rising (from myself!)
NHL 2004 (Secret Santa gift that''s going to be returned..2004 for chrissakes!)
Wheeled hockey bag (spouse)
Scene It! - DVD board game/movie trivia (spouse)
Nose hair trimmer (spouse)
Dunno what the parents got me yet.
If we allow these people to marry, they'll be dancing in the streets, making everyone gay and poking pee-pees together. Do you really want that!? We need to stop this gay madness before it destroys us all! - baggachipz
Don''t have to speculate since over here the gifts are being handed out on Christmas Eve anyway. My family got me a wardrobe for my new apartment. (Naturally, that kind of gift is not surprise since such a thing has to be planned.) Of course, it''s not standing around right here. To be delivered post-Christmas.)
My family in Greece sent us 2 new goose down comforters... the ones I had were past their useful life.
Also..
I did buy myself a new Espresso machine..
whoohoo!
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
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A fancy new Gigabyte mobo
A stick of 512 ram
San Andreas
Logitech 5.1 speakers
Good times.
Rogue
Mage
Nintendo DS
PS2 (thin one)
Mega Man X3 GBA
Clothes (yuck!)
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
The guy I worked extra hours for last night surprised me: he and his wife got me a 60-day pre-paid gamecard for World of Warcraft as a thank you. He''s a great guy anyway, and just knowing that he was getting to enjoy Christmas Eve with his family would''ve been thanks enough for me, but it really was such a thoughtful gift that it made my Christmas.
That''s what works for me: doesn''t have to be anything elaborate, but something that shows you thought about what the person would really like or what might make them happy; he knew that being away from family, I spend a lot of time gaming both for fun and for an escape, so he contributed to my happy place.
I got some clothes. Nice clothes, like some Ugg slippers, but still clothes.
My stocking had lots of my favorite candy in it, so I must have been OK this year.
Gaming-wise, I got GR2, Fatal Frame 2 Director''s Cut, Fuzion Frenzy, and D&D Heroes for the Xbox; Dog''s Life for the PS2; and Mario Party 6 for the GC. The PC got a lonely copy of Pacific Assault, but I got some money from my parents that could get a copy of Escalation. Need the new video card first, though.
"Raise high the black flags, my children."
-- Gebhard von Blucher.
Well, in about T-Minus 30 minutes I''ll know! I''m up before everyone so I''m going to have to go around and poke them with a stick. A sharp stick.
XBL: Swat R2 PSN: swatr2
Return NHL 2004 and get ESPN NHL 2k5 and join the GWJHL.
Please.
You don't have to call me Lieutenant, Rosie......
Woof Woof! That's my other dog imitation...
XBox Live: SwampYankee68
Just finished working on my gift: A new ANTEC Super Lanboy case, DVD/CD ROM drive, and 80 gig HD for my second computer.
I named the new Hardrive ""Gondor"" because...I am in my heart a geek. EVrything is together and working well. Now Swampy Jr has 8o gigs more room to dopwnlaod Battlefield and UT mods onto.
I alos got a cute little mini-coffee maker.
I bought Swampy Jr. Battle for Middle Earth, Pacific Assault, FSW, Pacific Fighters The Holy Grail DVD, Spiderman 2 DVD, and a buttload of RPG reading material, amoung other stuff, all of which I will bogart.
You don't have to call me Lieutenant, Rosie......
Woof Woof! That's my other dog imitation...
XBox Live: SwampYankee68
I did OK. Complete series of the old Transformers cartoons on DVD. Star Wars Battlefront, Tribes Vengeance. Also a couple of books and a nice wool blanket.
My hard drives are named Aequitas and Veritas. And my computer''s name is Il Duce. Boondock Saints, anyone?
As for my christmas, I was 50% right on my predictions - I got a 40 gig iPod, but no Nintendo DS. My coolest gift, however, was an X-Box. My brother''s X-Box, actually. I had mentioned like a month ago that I would buy it off him for $70 or so, because he rarely used it anymore, so he bought me a wireless controller, and boxed it all up, and that was his gift to me. It was cool.
Other than that, it was pretty standard... clothes, etc. A good Christmas.
XBox Live Gamertag: Warlockbert
$300 cash
Jak 3
Baiten Kaitos
Matix: [Reloaded | Revolutiuons]
$350 towards a loan payment
R.A Salvatore''s The Two Swords
$80 Best Buy GC
$20 EB GC
$40 Hecht''s GC
These are the results of 3 different Christmases (Mom''s, Dad''s, GF''s parents). I still have to visit the extended family tomorrow, during which there will be more gift exchange.
And I get to work today. Wheee!
Skriss: lvl 70 undead mage - Bloodhoof
Kyrator: lvl 63 night elf rogue - Blackhand
Thadryn: lvl 70 draenei mage - Blackhand
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Dude, you are officially the kewlest person here now.
"Just remember that sometimes you need to allow problems to just roll like water off of a duckilama's back." ~Reaper
Xbox
Logitech wireless Xbox controller
Logitech wireless Xbox headset
Xbox Live tag Gorilla800lbs
Creative Nomad Jukebox 40 GB
Books -
Revolution, Televised
America - The Book
Candide
300
The Halo Series
DVDs -
Collateral
Gargoyles - The Complete First Season
Pirates of the Carribean
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
CDs -
The John Scofield Band - Uberjam
Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
Living Color - Vivid
Chick Corea - Rendezvous in New York
Plus a ManYoo jersey. All things considered, I got away like a freaking bandit this year.
Quote:
XBL Tag: Prederick
Lots of shirts.
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To finish off the loot:
Some DVD''s, a check for $30, some shirts, and some other small items like a mini-swiss army knife to put on my key chain, and some other stuff.
Pretty cool actually. Just a little off that I didn''t get any jeans, but I can probably find a couple of comfortable pairs for $30 sometime in January.
XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf
A crystal Xbox with an extra game, and about a million snes roms already installed in the hard drive. Wow! I imagine it also plays copied games. It''s interesting, it was still factory wrapped and everything.
About 5 games too...
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
Any pants, by a chance?
Xbox Live tag Gorilla800lbs
Well, if I gotta brag...
A 20 gig Dell Jukebox (a total surprise from my wonderful wife)
An 80-Hour Tivo
Half-Life 2
Pirates!
Rome: Total War
Front Mission 4
Extended editions of Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King
A 1-year subscription to The Onion.
Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy - both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
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One pair of shorts.
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I think I did pretty good this year:
A tune-up and new exhaust manifold for my car.
A set of clay poker chips (they are beautiful).
Cash money.
Clothes and a few assorted trinkets.
Certainly the cash and the car stuff were the most helpful, but the poker chips are just, so choice.
"I like to hear people talking when they're not talking to me," I said. "It's soothing to know that I don't have to listen." -- Bill Harris describing a truism.