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I have created this thread so that all you wonderful guys can list (read: brag about) all the stuff you got for Christmas. I shall go first, and list my presents in no particular order:


Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel by Scott Adams;

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones on DVD;

Set of fingernail and toenail clippers (not-so-subtle hints from my parents; I don't cut my nails as often as I probably should);

Vaseline Lip Therapy petroleum jelly (chapped lips, don'tcha know);

Two (2) hollow M&M shaped chocolates, filled with actuals M&Ms;

Two (2) giant Hershey's Kisses;

A Boston Candy Kitchen Santa-shaped chocolate;

A pair of earmuffs;

Two (2) pairs of flannel pajama pants;

An Old Navy toy fire truck (hey, I collect toy trucks, okay?);

A 2003 Dave Barry Calendar;

Men In Black II on DVD;

Back to the Future Box set DVDs;

Metroid Prime for Nintendo Gamecube;

Godzilla vs. Megaguiras on Region 0 DVD with original Japanese track and English subtitles;

And finally Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack on Region 0 DVD with original Japanese track and English subtitles.

Have a happy winter solstice!

Beer guns and Money, Twas a good xmas

Prepare to be awed, bitches:


One pair of socks (I had already raided the bag )

War of Honor w/ CD

A very nice if rather stinky waterproof flashlight with a multitool which can be stored in a compartment in the grip (got this one the other day at our Christmas reunion)

Ten dollars (also at reunion)

That's it. Nice, eh? It's possible that I will get more later, but I'm not counting on it.

1. $25 check (Mom)
2. A loan to make my Car Payment (Dad)

That's all folks

Oh I forgot a Fruitcake w. Powdered Sugar (Boss, Seriously I think he's trying to kill me)

Fanny Pack (Nicer Female Boss)

Well, okay.

First off, $70

A Microsoft Xp Keyboard. (It has a neat scroll wheel and a shitload of buttons. It will secure my position as ruler of the Arena Eternal!!!)

Some like thing to wash my car with. If I knew they made this I would have gotten it already.

A batter that lasts a long ass time for my cell phone.

Last but not least, the new Darth Vader collectible Figure. The 12" one that looks really cool.

I received a new XT disk brakes/hubs system to fit in my bike, worth about 400$. Surprise. Right what I had asked for.

Colonel Olrik wrote:I received a new XT disk brakes/hubs system to fit in my bike, worth about 400$. Surprise. Right what I had asked for.

You'll love them, just don't expect them to stop too well for the first few rides until they break in. I learned this the hard way when they first came out and we were upgrading bikes with them. The first time I tried to stop I was squeezing the brake levers as hard as I could and the bike was barely slowing!

Break in tips, or how I got my XT discs working good in under an hour. Start by braking from a low to medium speed on a flat road or parking lot until you have a bit of braking power to work with. 3-5 stops should do it. Then find a quiet road with a nice long downhill. Get your bike going as fast as you can then slam the brakes on hard until you stop, repeat about 3-5 times and that should do the trick. Don't worry if the brakes start squealing or honking from the heat buildup, it's normal. This will get the brakes up to about 80% of full power in about an hour, they'll continue settling in and getting better over the next week or so and you'll notice improvements in feel and control.

Installation tips. Unless you got the pre-bled brakes that are already filled with fluid, bleed the rear brake BEFORE you install it on the bike. Our shop has found that the rear brake doesn't bleed very well after it's installed on the bike and ends up with air bubbles in the brake line.

Anyways, I got home baked cookies for Christmas. Yum!

What I got from friends and family:

1. Back Massager for computer chair (girlfriend)

2. Paper shredder (girlfriend)

3. DVD- Killer Clowns From Outerspace (company christmas party)

4. DVD- Zombie (company christmas party)

5. $50 gift certificate (from boss)

6. PS2 game- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

7. Unknown gift from parents.....probably a gift card for clothes.

What I bought for myself:

1. 2 Armored Core mecha toys

2. 1 Bandai 1/55 scale VF-1A "Cannon fodder" toy

3. Hobgoblin action figure, with 18 points of articulation

4. Iron Man action figure, with 18 points of articulation

5. 12'' Jango Fett action figure, with removable gear and armor

6. A big stack of assorted comic books and magazines

7. The New Generation of Manga Artists Vol. 1: The Koh Kawarajima Portfolio (artbook)

8. 2 PS2 games: Spy Hunter and Street Fighter EX 3

9. 1 PC game- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Andrew J. wrote:Back to the Future Box set DVDs;

You should know that the last two discs on like every box set are defective. The company knows this and still sold the sets. You can get them switched out. Check, www.thedigitalbits.com or dvd.ign.com. They'll give you more info.

As for me. I got Saving Private Ryan on DVD(family), Hank Scorpio action figure(me), and SW Unleashed Padme Amidala(me).

$60 Border's Gift Card (Parents)
$50 Check (Relatives)
Thats it so far. Merry Christmas!

Badger 155 Anthem airbrush
Some socks
Airsoft Cz75
Underpants
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
1x Assload of Chocolate

And I'm off to buy Morrowind on Friday. Hooray!

DVDs

FOTR Special Edition (YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!)
AOTC

CDs

Trust Company (playing that right now)
Audioslave (awesome)
Saliva (cool, but not as good as the first one)
Mudvayne (haven't played yet)
Taproot (haven't played yet)

CLOTHES

beautiful black denim shirt
blue jeans



It's only fitting that a musician should end up with mostly tunes.

I'll be having a belated Christmas. My present will be here when Galaxies come out.

Cyaround,
Jason

Update I got my sony DVD player!
DVDS:
SW:Ep II
Spiderman
Insomnia:widescreen.
LOTR:Collectors set.

Jean shorts/jeans/pants/shirts/jacket.

3 X 50 spindels of Cd'rs.

$300 in cash/gift certificates.

And my Uber computer..Sorta(I have a comfirmation notice....for delivery in late Jan.) Damn dell!

Oh and for the gumdam modellers I also got a Master Grade Zeong and Nu Gundam.

Bear in mind it was also my Birthday three days ago, my presents sometimes get joined together...

LoTR Special extended Eddition DvD (Older Brother)
Video AoTC Parents
Video Set of two Doctor Who Videos Parents
Bored of the Rings Parents
Transformers T-Shirt (Autobots sign) Auntie
Band T-Shirt. (not naming the Band) Sister + Fiancie
LoTR T-Shirt Parents
Servant of the Shard Paper Back Auntie
Stupid White Men, (UK Print, a few additions... Describing the problems he had getting it released after Sebtember the 11th)
Chocolate Lots of Chocolate.
Warcraft 3 Parents
The expansion pack to Civ 3 don't have Civ three yet... (My dad messed up, means he'll be buying that for me soon)
Calender Younger Sister
Another Calender Parents
Watch.. Parents
Jeans Parents
Cinema Voucher Older Brother's Girlfriend.
CD's Parents

Black, floor-length leather duster

Family trip to Chicago with spending money

Fellowship of the Ring Special Edition

Toaster Oven (I've wanted one for my dorm)

Nice German Beer Stien

2003 Golden Age of Flight Calendar

A Simpson's Magic Eight ball

A Simpson's Alarm Clock

$25 Best Buy gift card (with which I will purchase AotC)

$110 in cash and checks

(For the record, I am Wiccan/Christian.)

Well I got what I asked for: money and food.


Total score thus far:

(12/24/02)

A great evening with the family. (Yes, my mom is fullblood Czech, so we celebrate on the 24th, and her parents (my grandparents) are in seattle so that's where we went.)

$200 in cash and checks (Higher than I figured, this brings me up to $550 for the new system.)

$10 gift certificate for Barnes & Noble, though I'd rather have $10 in cash (Fireworks, specifically sparklers and a roll of duct tape... ) so I will most likely end up trading this to one of my parents. (Btw, I do read, a lot, but New Years is coming up and I'm saving as much of my money as I can for building a new LAN computer, but New Years just isn't "right" without blowing something up! )

Lots of candy and food.

Got drunk of my aunt's rumballs... (Having a European family and an aunt that lives in Australia just kicks ass!)

(12/25/02)

Woke up at noon to my mom informing me that her eye is acting up again (She had surgery last week for detached retina), and that it's worse this time than last time... Crap... Guess who gets to make dinner? That's right, ME... (Not a problem, as long as she can get the eye fixed tomorrow. I certainly don't mind helping out around the house and I do so alot anyway.)


I'm still rather pleasantly amazed that I didn't get jipped by the family since this was the first Christmas after I came out... And the number of conservative right-wingers is rather insane. In all I had fun, and I can't wait for next year!


Stuff I'm buying myself after 1/15/03:

*AMD AthlonXP 2600+/333FSB (Retail box so it has 3 year "no-fry" warrantee.) ($289)
**AMD AthlonXP 2100+ OEM ($84)
Epox EP-8K9A2+ mainboard ($116)
512mb DDR333 (PC2700) ($133)
ASUS V9280 GeForce4 Ti4200 128mb AGP8x($155)
Blue or blacklight CCFT caselight ($12.99)

Total cost of new LAN system #2 upgrades: $500.99

* On hold until the price drops, that price is awful.
** Holdover proc until I can get the 2600+/333FSB proc.

XaLEv wrote:Prepare to be awed, bitches:
One pair of socks (I had already raided the bag )
War of Honor w/ CD
A very nice if rather stinky waterproof flashlight with a multitool which can be stored in a compartment in the grip (got this one the other day at our Christmas reunion)
Ten dollars (also at reunion)
That's it. Nice, eh? It's possible that I will get more later, but I'm not counting on it.

That's it, eh? *hands XaLEv some mistletoe and looks around to find some other SD.net chickies* I'm sure we can brighten that up a bit. *kisses XaLEv on the cheek*

As for me, I've already posted this in another thread, but I figured if I was going to copy the link here, I may as well just post it again to save you the trip.

Three (count 'em, 3) pairs of diamond earrings (yes, I'm spoiled, but only as of VERY recently).
A kickass picture frame from my brother and another lovely one that I got from Ewo (I collect them).
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings in trilogy form, and the four Harry Potter books that have been written so far (hardcover and in box set form).
A cute zip-up hoodie sweater.
A gorgeous poster of Cradle Mountain, Tasmania and a calendar of Tasmania.
A very soft kangaroo (w/baby roo) stuffed animal.
The Fugitive on DVD.
Really soft Angora socks and GREEN BAY SOCKS!! And a Green Bay sweatshirt and cheesehead earrings too!
2 packages of Vanilla Chai tea and a mug to go along with it.
Gift certificate for $100 to my favourite clothing store.
Gift money (I'm 99.999999% sure this was a mistake) called "Orthobucks" which, as far as I can figure, is from an orthodontist. As I've never had braces nor ever will (and since that would be a fucked-up present), I'm pretty sure my aunt & uncle got something mixed up.
About $200 to spend on whatever.

I just noticed that you broke the 666 mark on my Niece's birthday, Zaia.....

Damn I'm jelous, like I said a little cash and help with a car payment.

Zaia wrote:Really soft Angora socks and GREEN BAY SOCKS!! And a Green Bay sweatshirt and cheesehead earrings too!

A true Packer fan. What do you think Zaia? Green Bay/Miami Super Bowl?

Andrew J. wrote:I have created this thread so that all you wonderful guys can list (read: brag about) all the stuff you got for Christmas. I shall go first, and list my presents in no particular order:

Have a happy winter solstice!

- A wallet.

- $180 dollars in $20s.

- A office carry-all that carries papers, pencils, CDs, and has a compartment for my laptop.

- An optical mouse. No more opening the ball cavity and scraping the roller pins with my fingernails.

In other words, really useful stuff, just the way I like it.

Lego Imperial Star Destroyer(SUCK IT BITCHES!!!) Opened it about midnight last night, got about a 1/16th of it done, right now(I missed out on about 8 hours of working on it today) I have the frame and stand complete, the back section with all the engines, and one quarter section of the hull.

$100, but I have to spend it on new shoes and clothes.

$100, have to use it with the other hundred my grandma gave my mom to get something for the family.

$25 gift card to Walmart, gonna get Tenatious D's CD.

2 crappy DVDs no human has ever seen. (Hitmans run and Crisis)

A new pair of Homer Simpson slippers,(my old ones had gotten dirty over the past year, the bottom had worn out, and my mom sewed leather over the bottem of them so I could still wear them)

A Maggie Simpson coffee cup.

A leather computer chair. SWEET!

A burned CD of the Transiberian Orcestra.

A little eagle statue to go with the rest of my bird stuff.

An unknown computer game from my Uncle, if histroy has taught me anything, it's Warcraft 3, which I'll recycle since I have it.

$100 check
$150 check
2 sweaters
A handmade blanket from my Aunt
A book and a book light
A $25 Barnes and Noble gift card
A cd
A Leather Jacket

I got a few things, but nothing too extravagant. My wife, of course, gave me that special gift that only she could give

Darth Wong wrote:I got a few things, but nothing too extravagant. My wife, of course, gave me that special gift that only she could give

She told you to take out the garbage?