XMas loot 2005 - The True Spirit of Christmas

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2005-12-25 04:51pm

A hooded sweatshirt
A $100 costco gift card
A Calphalon 12" nonstick everyday pan
$100
"Salt of the Earth, an interview with Cardinal Ratzinger"
"The New Joy of Cooking"

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-12-25 04:51pm

A few Asterix albums
A new wallet
Cash
Cinema coupons

My parents still don't take holiday presents seriously - they got me a little book, How To Survive A Robot uprising - Tips On Defending Yourself Against The Coming Rebellion

The real loot comes at New Year, though. Probably mostly cash and gift certificates.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-12-25 04:55pm

Load of money, load of chocolate, the first volume of the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Official Log analysis DVD/book, a nice YSL top and the complete Lost season 1 that I got off a good friend, whom I got nothing (yeah, I'll change that, I just have a thing against, y'know, using my cash).

Since I didn't ask for anything, did better than expected. I really just want the job I've applied for, though the money will help, far better than useless gifts I never asked for.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-12-25 04:55pm

A nice shiny new watch, some books.

Oh, and in a few weeks, a brand new AK-101.

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2005-12-25 04:56pm

Actual Gifts:
£20 money
A shirt
Gift Certificuit for Waterstones, which will get me His Last Command and Titan God Machine.
Some present from a lass I know when I go home after the New Year

Technical Gifts:
Since I'm at families for Christmas and New Year today I've getten the technical gifts of 6 Cans of Woodpeker, 3 glasses of Glenmorange (thus far, I'm attempting to get through the bottle) and a shit load of food.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2005-12-25 05:04pm

-Logitech X-530 5 speaker + Subwoofer combo for my computer.
-Kinky Friedman T-Shirt/Bumper Stickers with his "WHY THE HELL NOT?" Slogan for his run for Texas Governer.
-Broken Car Window(the glass is fine, the part that makes it go up and down is fucked)
-Ent-A Halmark Orniment(to go with the rest of the Star Trek orniments.
-Anakin's Jedi Interceptor Orniment w/ Sound Effects to go with the Naboo Starfighter, and the light up TIE Advanced.
-Assorted stocking stuffers including Almond M&Ms, Almonds, several Slimjim immitation jerky food products, candies and a sack of oranges. Yes a whole sack of oranges in my stocking. I love my stocking(which I've had since youth), since its not so much a stocking as it is a burlap sack with the image of a stocking sewn onto it.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-12-25 05:06pm

So far:

8 port gig-E switch (time for a LAN party!)
4 port SATA-II controller (going in the file server, will eventually put some big hard drives on there)
Laser mouse
Hallmark ornaments: Enterprise-A, and a box set of the 1955 and 2005 Thunderbirds
Coffee mug: "Because I'm Bill, that's why"
$20 gift card
100-disc CD wallet

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-12-25 05:16pm

-Battlestar Galactic Season 2.0 (time to see if I can finally get some high quality caps of the Peagasus!)
-Stargate SG-1 Season 8 Box Set
-Star Wars Clone Wars Vol. 2
-$220 Cash
-$40 Gift Card to BestBuy
-$20 Gift Card to Border's Book Store
-An LED Flash Light (and dammit! Its not a Maglight!)
-A sweater that's one size too small
-Books
-Books on CD (those will be a nice change of pace on work commute!)

And, after having to put up with extended family yesterday and over thanksgiving:

-A day with no bullshit!

All-in-all, a goodly amount of loot!

Metatwaddle · Post by **Metatwaddle** » 2005-12-25 05:44pm

I got the following CDs:
Aimee Mann - Whatever
Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid
Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
...and the following books:
Neil Gaiman - Smoke and Mirrors
Neil Gaiman - American Gods
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal
Douglas Adams and John Lloyd - The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things That People Haven't Made Words For Yet
Leonard Susskind - The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Concept of Intelligent Design
...and apart from that, I got a box of cookies, some bath confetti (WTF is that, anyway?), a notepad, Mad Libs, a gorgeous black corduroy jacket, annnnd I think that's it. I've got generous relatives.

Darth Quorthon · Post by **Darth Quorthon** » 2005-12-25 07:43pm

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection Vol. 1
Batman Begins DVD
4 Joke T-shirts
1 Iron Maiden T-Shirt
Smith&Wesson ExtremeOps Knife
$100 in giftcards
$50 Cash
Life of Brian Movie Poster
A Car Radio Transmitter for my iPod
30 DVD+Rs
A Trivia Calendar
A Three Stooges DVD
An Abbot and Costello DVD
Lottery Tickets (didn't win)

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-12-25 08:03pm

1 Wacom Graphire 4 6x8 tablet
1 Set of Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones
80 Dollars (30 Dollar check, 30 cashl, 20 bestbuy giftcard)
1 Polar Fleece Type Jacket thinger
1 Italian Leather Wallet
1 Office Chair
1 Copy Each:
The Three Stooges Meet Snow Wite
The Stargate Movie
2 or 3 Pairs of Jeans, I'd have to check

...
A good haul I'd say.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2005-12-25 08:24pm

I have not received anything, nor do I expect to.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-12-25 09:02pm

Those of you who receive money, do you go out and spend that money on things for yourself that you want, or do you end up being practical with it and using some (or maybe all) to pay bills or school loans?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-12-25 09:11pm

It depends. If there was something in particular I wanted but didn't get, I'll go out and get it myself. If there wasn't, I'll just put it away and it'll eventually buy me a grilled chicken sandwich.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-12-25 09:13pm

I took into my possession a mobile phone, an MP3 player and a truly expensive watch (over six hundred pounds. I mean, whoa). I also got clothes, including new underwear and book six of The Dark Tower. Still haven't read five though.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-12-25 09:38pm

Cold hard cash.
SW Episode II DVD.
SW Episode III DVD.
Batman: The Animated Series Volume IV DVD (that consumed my afternoon).
Civilization III Complete Edition (this will consume the rest of my life).
An Underarmor T-shirt (my dad gave one to everybody; maybe he bought some stock in them?)

Some random gag gifts my family thought would be amusing:

A Batman and a Star Wars pillowcase.
A random LEGO racing truck thing.
A Batman 3-D Viewfinder thingy (remember those binocs you got as kids that had the discs with the pictures you could look at? One of those).

Zaia wrote:Those of you who receive money, do you go out and spend that money on things for yourself that you want, or do you end up being practical with it and using some (or maybe all) to pay bills or school loans?

Depends. Since I get cash it usually goes to whatever I happen to come along first in my travels: food, cool stuff, etc. Whatever I happen to see that I want/need to buy, basically.

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-12-25 10:18pm

Zaia wrote:Those of you who receive money, do you go out and spend that money on things for yourself that you want, or do you end up being practical with it and using some (or maybe all) to pay bills or school loans?

I'm probably going to bank it, but I think I can use it to buy lunch at work.

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-12-25 10:25pm

Dalton wrote:So far...

Clone Wars Vol. 1 & 2
Stargate SG-1 Season 2
Cobweb by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George
Dark Force Rising and The Last Command comic books (which don't do the books justice...at all)
Star Wars "Risk", Clone Wars Edition
Socks, skivvies and undershirts (natch)
Cologne (hint much?)
$100
$50 gift card to Barnes & Noble
Mario Kart DS
Some weird novelty alarm clock from Sharper Image

EDIT: Oh, forgot the ridiculous green John Deere cap with earflaps from my evil boss.

Further gifts received:

Stargate Atlantis Season 1
An IOU for both Serenity and Black Books Season 1 from my aunt (they're in the mail)

What I gave this year:
Mother: Chipped in with siblings for DVD/VCR combo
Father: Same
Aunt and her family: Chipped in with others to give them $110 in much-needed cash
Brother: Family Guy vol. 3
Sister-in-law: Big & Rich "Horse of a Different Color" and "Big Daddy"
Older sister: $50 Target gift card
Brother-in-law: $50 Best Buy gift card
Niece: Thomas the Train Engine playset
Nephew: Some weird hypersensitive Fisher-Price talking puppy thing
Younger sister: Five books; two Kurt Vonnegut, three Mark Twain
Other stuff too which I shan't mention just yet

J · Post by J » 2005-12-25 11:08pm

Hand knit wool slippers, a few shirts & sweaters, a scarf, Leafs tickets, some shiny plastic music & video discs, and a bike shop gift certificate.

Still looking for a car to replace the one which was written off a few months ago.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2005-12-25 11:32pm

2nd hand computer (Pentium 2.6ghz, 512ram, other stuff to it) that is becoming Caius's workstation, once I finish getting the last of the bugs out (literally, 639 software problems.....)
please note; I asked for this particular system

3 bags of doritos in a star wars can (asked for)
Book from a friend (suprised)
Star Wars novel: Dark Lord; The Rise of Darth Vader (thank you caius)
Ginger Bread Dnd Characters Cookies (group treat from a friend)
2 new t-shirts (at least they fit)
a book called Dragonology (no comment)
a really cool wine goblet from Caius's father.

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2005-12-25 11:48pm

For Capitalism Day, I recieved:

-three dress ties with three pairs of dress socks (I love dress ties and socks)

-two Edith Piaf records, two Gabriel Faure records, and a record from Phantom of the Opera and one of Selections of Mozart

-spice rack (since I've been talking about getting one for my apartment for the longest time)

-lots of money

-Christmas cookies and goodies

Plan on using the money to survive another finacially harsh semester.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2005-12-25 11:56pm

Lets see my wife got a diamond necklace while I got a gift certificate that I am pretty sure she used my money to buy.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2005-12-25 11:59pm

Zaia wrote:Those of you who receive money, do you go out and spend that money on things for yourself that you want, or do you end up being practical with it and using some (or maybe all) to pay bills or school loans?

Hypothetically speaking, if I ever got money for christmas it's going towards something sinful. Fun stuff like booze, drugs, porn, and stripjoint or massage parlour visits. That's probably why people don't give me money.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2005-12-26 12:33am

-DVD for the 40-Year-Old Virgin
-A stereo thingy I can hook my iPod up to
-$150 cash
-Book of cartoons from National Lampoon
-2006 Book of World Records
-Some candy
-The mandatory shirt I'll never wear

It seems that most of the stuff I wanted I either had or wouldn't be coming out until later.

Cyborg Stan · Post by **Cyborg Stan** » 2005-12-26 12:49am

Target Gift Card (unknown amount)
25 pack CD-RW (Ironic, considering I have access to a DVD burner now.)
300 GB Hard Drive (More accurately, more like $180 dollars that I used to purchase it. (It also had something like a 80-90 dollar rebate) On top of this, I required a new OS just to recognize this new one. As it turned out, I am now typing this in SuSE Linux and have to now figure out how everything works.)
Darwin Awards book
Return of the King Widescreen Edition

And some other things.