XMas loot 2005 - The True Spirit of Christmas

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2005-12-26 01:12am

The Complete Roman Army
Battle
The Book of Five Rings
Serenity
SW Trilogy Box Set (Widescreen of course)
SW Battlefront II
WMU clothing (shirts mostly)
And a lot of cash

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-26 01:17am

I did not recieve a single item I put on my Christmas list, despite it clearly itemized with prices and availability, handed out a month in advanced. I'm too annoyed to bother listing what I did recieve.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-12-26 01:37am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I did not recieve a single item I put on my Christmas list, despite it clearly itemized with prices and availability, handed out a month in advanced. I'm too annoyed to bother listing what I did recieve.

That's exactly why you didn't get any of it. You're thinking in geek mode. As a geek if everyone who expected presents from me did that, and I had enough money for everyting expected of me, I'd be thrilled. No geussing, no dicking around no worries. But non-geeks have problems with that. They fail to see the convienence and just see it as snotty/whiney (I want THIS mommy, and if I don't get it I'll crrrrrrrrrryyyyy)/not sentimental. Really the best way to do it is to just ask for money instead, say that the stuff that'd make you happy is too hard to find/rare/expensive (make something up if need be) and that they shouldn't even bother and that cash is fine. Then you can just buy what you need yourself if it's specific enough that you'd feel the need for an itemized list. Otherwise the only way to get something very specific is to have the person getting it be cool enough to know that they'll never get the right thing and just have you point it out to them. Now that's one posibility, the other is that you expected people who were functionally illiterate in a field to get something specific from that field (specific anime/manga, computer parts, video games). This is doomed to failure because you're expecting too much of some one. I mean if someone had you buy a book for them written in say, klingon or some shit and it was in the middle of the klingon section of the book store what are the chances of you getting the right one

? Yeah that's what I thought. Again, that'd be solved with the cash excuse. You have to be especially careful not to hurt someone's feelings in this case though, because the less someone knows about something the angrier the average person tends to get when how little they know is pointed out.

chaoschristian · Post by **chaoschristian** » 2005-12-26 02:10am

Eight pieces of artwork from Bill Griffith, the artist who draws Zippy the Pinhead:

B/W line drawings of Zippy, Griffy and Mr The Toad along with hand-coloured versions of the b/w line drawings.

YOW! Am I having fun yet?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-12-26 02:49am

Addenda:

A bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey
Some nice big comfy heavy long-sleeved shirts
$25 in cash
A ridiculous amount of M&Ms (ridiculous by accident)
Far Side calendar

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2005-12-26 03:19am

Received the following gifts:

Last Samurai DVD
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves DVD
Final Fantasy I & II GBA
Battlebots: Design and Destroy GBA
F/A-18F Super Hornet GBA
Capcom Classics Collections PS2
Wireless Controllers x 2 PS2
Ghirardelli SQUARES Chocolate gift pack
1 bottle of Solaris Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot Wine Making Kit
Star Wars Complete Visual Guide book
Soviet Military Power book
Visa Gift Cards @ $150 x 2

For myself, I purchased the following:

1/6 Asuka Langley Summer Bikini Version Statue
GBA SP 2 graphite color
Gunstar Super Heroes GBA
Shining Force Resurrection of the Dark Dragon GBA
Xenogears II PS2
A whole mess of anime 15+ dvds

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2005-12-26 03:26am

Books:

Books:
Debt Of Honor, a history of the Kosciuszko squadron 1919-1921
Sour Glory, Poland's history from 1918-1939

Other items:
UFO: Aftershock (kept me up 'till 2 o'clock in the morning yesterday...)
A nice shirt
Olive sweater - seems cliche, but it's a very cool sweater

A ton of chocolate and candy
An MP3 player of unknown make and model (still hasn't arrived via mail, but goddamn, I am getting it!)

And it's not the end, as I still have one round o'looting to get

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-26 03:36am

darthdavid wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:I did not recieve a single item I put on my Christmas list, despite it clearly itemized with prices and availability, handed out a month in advanced. I'm too annoyed to bother listing what I did recieve.
That's exactly why you didn't get any of it. You're thinking in geek mode. As a geek if everyone who expected presents from me did that, and I had enough money for everyting expected of me, I'd be thrilled. No geussing, no dicking around no worries. But non-geeks have problems with that. They fail to see the convienence and just see it as snotty/whiney (I want THIS mommy, and if I don't get it I'll crrrrrrrrrryyyyy)/not sentimental. Really the best way to do it is to just ask for money instead, say that the stuff that'd make you happy is too hard to find/rare/expensive (make something up if need be) and that they shouldn't even bother and that cash is fine. Then you can just buy what you need yourself if it's specific enough that you'd feel the need for an itemized list. Otherwise the only way to get something very specific is to have the person getting it be cool enough to know that they'll never get the right thing and just have you point it out to them. Now that's one posibility, the other is that you expected people who were functionally illiterate in a field to get something specific from that field (specific anime/manga, computer parts, video games). This is doomed to failure because you're expecting too much of some one. I mean if someone had you buy a book for them written in say, klingon or some shit and it was in the middle of the klingon section of the book store what are the chances of you getting the right one ? Yeah that's what I thought. Again, that'd be solved with the cash excuse. You have to be especially careful not to hurt someone's feelings in this case though, because the less someone knows about something the angrier the average person tends to get when how little they know is pointed out.

Who the fuck are you to lecture me? You think that just because I make out a Christmas list of things I want, I'm a spoiled brat? Fuck you and the high horse you rode in on. My dad LIKES me making a list, because he doesn't know the sort of stuff I want.

"Just ask for cash or a gift card?" Do you even listen to yourself? What a great holiday it would be, to wake up Christmas morning and to find a single wrapped item under the tree. "Oh, it's a gift card. How thoughtful." You don't know how Christmas works in my family, so don't fucking presume to know what's right or wrong.

And for the record, nothing I asked for was hard to find, rare, or expensive. It's not hard to find if I told where you could purchase it from, it's not rare because everything on my list was made available in the past couple of months, and hey, guess what? If you put a bunch of items on a list, you shouldn't expect to recieve them ALL... you just throw a lot of them on so you don't know what to recieve.

I'm SO SORRY if I spent hour thinking of and purchasing thoughtful gifts for all the members of my family, in addition to something they've requested, and expected to recieve the same treatment.

You think this only proves your point that I'm a little whiner, smartass? Well, maybe you should think about how perturbed you would be if all the accusations you flung at me were applied to you, quite unjustified.

In summary: Blow me.

EDIT: And I'd like to point out that the sum total of ALL the items I put on my list were comparable to the gift totals of what many members recieved. I guess everyone here is "spoiled".

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2005-12-26 03:46am

A Tag Heuer Watch
$10,300
A nice photo album
A friend turned into a maid for a day
Baked cookies.

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-12-26 04:14am

Ten thousand dollars?!

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-12-26 04:16am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I guess everyone here is spoiled.

No need to be insulting.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-26 04:21am

Dalton wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:I guess everyone here is spoiled.
No need to be insulting.

I was being sarcastic, considering his words- but I can see how that didn't come off as very obvious.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2005-12-26 04:23am

DPDarkPrimus wrote: EDIT: And I'd like to point out that the sum total of ALL the items I put on my list were comparable to the gift totals of what many members recieved. I guess everyone here is spoiled.

Speak for yourself asshole. I asked for nothing for Christmas, in fact I specifically told them that I was content with a card if nothing else. The fact that they remembered me on christmas, and though well enough of me to buy a gift is what makes me happy.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-26 04:30am

Alex Moon wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote: EDIT: And I'd like to point out that the sum total of ALL the items I put on my list were comparable to the gift totals of what many members recieved. I guess everyone here is spoiled.
Speak for yourself asshole. I asked for nothing for Christmas, in fact I specifically told them that I was content with a card if nothing else. The fact that they remembered me on christmas, and though well enough of me to buy a gift is what makes me happy.

I have no grievence with you. There is no way I can think of to properly post what I wanted to, so I've removed my sad attempt.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-26 05:08am

And hey, DD, how about some context about why I'm so pissed, eh?

I've been putting in extra hours at work, so I've got next to no time to schedule any stuff with family or friends.

My illness has been acting up lately.

I've had insomnia for the past several weeks. You think I want to be up at 4 AM posting this shit?

And hey, you know what I REALLY wanted for Christmas? I wanted to be with my girlfriend. Aren't I a materialistic cunt?

You see, I've felt like shit for the past two weeks or so, and the one thing I wanted more than anything this holiday... I couldn't have. So EXCUSE ME if I'm angry that I didn't recieve a single thing I asked for, no temporary distractions from my doldrums. And yes- in fact, just one of the items would have made me happy.

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2005-12-26 06:52am

What I received:

Movies:
Krull!! My wife knows what I like!
BSG 2 (kind of... maybe it's actually Firefly in disguise)

books:
Some Sci Fi, Peter David, ST, WH40k and occult books I bought with gift certicate money (plus huge discount)
Doctor Who's Monsters and Villains
Codex: Daemonhunters
And as soon as I get a decent chance, I'm going to transform the rest of my gift certificate money into The Sabbat Worlds Crusade and the Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer. Why? Because I'm a fanboy dammit!

Models:
Some random Heroscape models that will soon become Inquisitors or Daemons...
Chaos Megaforce!! My wife really knows what I like!

More CSMs and some IG! Yay! My army of mutant heretics nears completion...
Some paints and a paint brush.

Possibly more to come due to Hannukah and the largeness of my extended family, plus little candies and the like.

Anyway, something funny happened this Christmas: both me and my father bought my brother Firefly and Serenity. And we both had to get Serenity in Full Screen because that was all that was left! Anyway, I think we'll give him our BS 2 and keep the other stuff.

I still need to get something else for my dad and my brother, but they haven't given me a list to work from yet... probably not until January.

speaker-to-trolls · Post by **speaker-to-trolls** » 2005-12-26 06:56am

Books
How to survive a robot uprising.
Coast. (book about Britains coasts)
One thousand places to see before you die.
Various Alan Moore comics
The Best Book of useless information ever.

DVD's
Stewie Griffin, the untold story.
Three disk pack containing:
Terminator.
Rollerball.
Robocop.

CD's
Digitally remastered Eagles album.
The Planets, by Holst.

Miscellaneous
An electronic razor.
A 'turd pen'.
forty pounds in cash, provided I want to buy a book in WH Smith, otherwise 20 pounds in cash, 30 if I want to buy a book anywhere else.
A big wooden Katana (or Japanese sword of some kind, anyway).

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2005-12-26 06:56am

MP3 Player
€75
£30
Boxers.
Socks.
sweets.
book
One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
Trip to France (not to be confused with the name of the album above this here item):lol:

I shall promptly go and spend that thrity quid on battlefront 2.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-12-26 08:27am

Lots of clothes, my family have decided i'm not too old to be dressed all in black all the time. Blue fucking jeans for the love of Joe. I haven't worn blue denim since i was 10. Lots of colourful shirts. On the plus side i got 2 bottles of after shave, Hugo and CK One. My extended family bought me enough socks to outfit the 101st Imperial Legion and enough deoderant to cover up their BO, wonder if they are trying to tell me something. I also for many many bottles of alcohol which i shall open today since I'm off for a few days.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2005-12-26 08:42am

Books:
Star Trek Odessey. (the guirst three shatner verse books)
Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Sing Part 2.
What eats wasps? (trivia book)

DVDs:
Star Wars EPIII
Batman Begins.

CDs:
Hypnotize of System of a Down.
Dead Ringers.

Also 70 quid, various clothes, lots of chocolate and and a Amerylise to plant.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-12-26 08:56am

1 Wal Mart Gift card. (Unknown amount)
1 set W/ Holograms Marvel Series I Cards (Impel 1991)
1 set W/ Holograms Marvel Series II Cards (Impel 1991)
1 set Marvel Comic Images (Impel 1992)
1 Star Wars Foosball table (Clone troopers Vs. Driod army)
1 Preppy sweater
1 pair Haggar wrinkleless Khakis
1 strange robot thing...
1 Rice Ball maker (WTF?)
1 box socks (Set of 5)
1 box underwear (Tighty whiteys)
1 bag T-shirts (Hanes tagless)
1 Casio LTK90TV Keyboard
1 Flowery mist fountain thingy...
1 Star Wars Trivial Pursuit DVD edition game
1 ASUS motherboard
1 GeForce 5700LE video card (Board and card are being returned)
1 Neverwinter Nights Diamond edition (w/kingmaker)

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2005-12-26 11:07am

Lots of books this year:

-Al Franken's The Truth (with jokes)
-Guinness Book of World Records 2006
-Thom Hartmann's What Would Jefferson Do? (a return to democracy)
-Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Small Island, and I'm a Stranger here Myself
-Michael Scott's Managing the Universe on a part time basis
- Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers
-Voices of Valor: D-Day
-Comedy Central Presents America: the book
-Darby Conley's Get Fuzzy: Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun
-The DaVinci Code
-Bad Dog
-And finally; Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog

I also got:
-SNL's the best of Will Ferrell
-DVD collection of Sherlock Holmes
-The best and worst of Boston sports
-Sienfeld seasons 3 and 4 on DVD
-The Best comedies of all time DVD
-Gift Card to Barnes & Noble ($50)
-American Express Gift card ($100)
-Dick's Sporting Goods Gift Card ($50)

And assorted candy, food cloths and trivia games

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-12-26 11:40am

Okay, two things. First, Christmas Morning for us started a bit late so it ended up being sort of a whole-day event. Second, darthdavid needs to blow me, too. Uts and I have made detailed lists for our mother for years: it's not about being materialistic but making things much easier for her, and she prefers knowing exactly what we want, how much they cost, and any other issues she should be aware of.

Now for what all I got yesterday:

DVDs

Doctor Who: "Pyramids of Mars".
The Iron Giant Special Edition.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 4 (Girl in Gold Boots, Hamlet, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, Space Mutiny).
Super Dimension Fortress Macross box set. These are the AnimEigo releases, in a nice hard box from Harmony Gold.
Walt Disney Treasures – The Chronological Donald, Volume One (1934-1941).

CDs

Björk, Family Tree box set.
Boards of Canada, In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country EP.
Boards of Canada, Geogaddi.

Books

The Essential Howard the Duck.
Hacking Video Game Consoles by Benjamin Heckendorn.
The Notenki Memoirs: Studio GAiNAX and the Men Who Created Evangelion by Yasuhiro Takeda.
Sandman Mystery Theater, Volume 1: The Tarantula.
Tales From Development Hell: Hollywood Film-Making the Hard Way by David Huges
Warriors of Legend: Reflections of Japan in Sailor Moon by Jay Novak & Sushil K. Rudranath.
Godard; Images, Sounds, Politics by Colin MacCabe. This was a real surprise, as I didn't ask for it at all. My mom just remembered when I discussed it with her about a month ago: that it was an out of print book I had from the U of I Library and I would easily consider stabbing someone to get a hold of it. Good thing I had it on our Amazon wishlist, I guess.

Stuff

Bandai EX-23 1/1700 scale Salamis & Magellan model kit set. Capital ships from Mobile Suit Gundam.
Last Exile 1/8 scale Alvis E. Hamilton PVC figure.
Star Wars Evolutions: Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader action figure set.
Transformers Cybertron Optimus Prime. Known as Galaxy Convoy in Japan.
Transformers Cybertron Starscream & Vector Prime two-pack
A 2006 Shirow Masamune calendar.
A journal with a magnetic locking cover.
A long-sleaved grey-tan shirt.
A Homestar Runner Star t-shirt.
A Homestar Runner Coach Z t-shirt, from Uts.
A leather wristband from my sister and brother-in-law.

Additionally, Uts and I both got some Homestar Runner figures and assorted loose Star Wars Lego minifigs.

Overall I am very happy with what I received, and had a nice Christmas.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-12-26 01:23pm

*waves hand in front of spanky*

You will give me your MST3k DVD....

muse · Post by **muse** » 2005-12-26 01:41pm

Chardok wrote:*waves hand in front of spanky*

You will give me your MST3k DVD....

I'm sure he'll trade it for a pair of panties.