XMas loot 2005 - The True Spirit of Christmas

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-12-26 02:02pm

Hell no. My panty collection is just a diversionary hobby, while being a MSTie is a lifetime occupation.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2005-12-26 02:35pm

Some assorted movies
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book set
A picture frame (this one as a joke, long story)
Amazing Klipsch ProMedia THX certified speakers. Eargasm, folks.

Post by **Broomstick** » 2005-12-26 04:27pm

Socks! I got SOCKS! Bright red warm fuzzy snuggly SOCKS!!!!

(I am suuuuuch a pathetic old fart... I'm getting excited about fucking SOCKS...!)

Also a calendar/planner/address book thing (er... may be regifted, I dunno...)
Lots of giftcards to bookstores
Box of chocolate mints
Money to buy stuff for myself

The money gifts have, so far, been converted to:
- new pair of gloves
- queen size flannel sheet set
- payment of December bill at airport

And I got socks. Did I mention the socks yet? They're sooooo warm and fluffy....

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2005-12-26 04:42pm

From the folks i got the usual: Nice shirt, more Lynx & Addidas gift sets than is possible to use in a year, aftershave & 50Euro.

While I haven't recieved my giftfriends gifts yet I'm quite confident that I've deduced what they are (and without opening them or peeking):

1 x Remote controlled Dalek (YES!)
1 x Absolute League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
1 x Doctor Who box set
Kill Bill pt 1 & 2

Overal I'm rather chuffed. I don't really expect much at Xmas, just something with a little thought behind it.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2005-12-26 05:12pm

Broomstick wrote:Socks! I got SOCKS! Bright red warm fuzzy snuggly SOCKS!!!!

(I am suuuuuch a pathetic old fart... I'm getting excited about fucking SOCKS...!)

And I got socks. Did I mention the socks yet? They're sooooo warm and fluffy....

I totally have you beat. I got three boxes of socks. Yea. That's right. Beat THAT!

I also got Civ IV, Where's My Cow?, Inversions, Unfinished Tales, warm sweaters, and my home library of sci-fi in boxes to be moved to my new house.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2005-12-26 05:21pm

A nice pair of sunglasses, lots of chocolate, £20 and 1602. My love of comics has suddenly been re-kindled.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-12-26 06:56pm

+

the same two Harry Potter DVDs I got yesterday (read: gift card to Hollywood Video!)
1 silver bracelet
1 pair of silver earrings
2 ornaments
1 porcelain candleholder
9 red wine-scented tealights
a Harry Potter GoF calendar

From my brother and his girlfriend

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2005-12-26 09:19pm

One (1) tube of aftershave cream.

One (1) container of dry deoderant powder.

One (1) Reese's Peanut Butter and Chocolate snowman, long since consumed as Christmas breakfast.

One (1) giant plastic M&M, containing within it a bag containing many, regular-sized M&Ms.

One (1) bottle of Shout stain remover.

One (1) combination snowbrush/icescraper for my car.

One (1) Best Buy gift card, worth thirty dollars (US$30).

One (1) copy of "The Areas of My Expertise" by John Hodgman.

One (1) Jurassic Park Adventure Pack DVD set, containing all the JP movies.

One (1) "The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season" DVD set.

One (1) "The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season" DVD set.

One (1) Pioneer DVR.

Five (5) twenty dollar bills, totalling one hundred dollars (US$100).

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-12-26 09:38pm

I will thank Dalton for ruining my life further....the Daltonator shall kill many innocents and make much havoc in the world of villains.

As for the rest

Cards
Money
food stuff
DVDs
Liquor
knick knack for kitty.

Decent haul and all in all some good times were had

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2005-12-26 09:43pm

Dalton wrote:Ten thousand dollars?!

No, ten thousand three hundred dollars.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-12-26 09:44pm

Trytostaydead wrote:
Dalton wrote:Ten thousand dollars?!
No, ten thousand three hundred dollars.

I'm sorry, but that's pony-level money right there.

Faabio · Post by **Faabio** » 2005-12-26 09:53pm

Mihail Bulgakov: Satan arrives to Moscow(as a audiobook or what you call them books read onto cd's), Chocolate, a flashlight and loads of batteries, suspenders, a towel and AKG-k501 headphones

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2005-12-26 11:14pm

I got quite a few things for Christmas and quite I few things I considered gifts but aren't:

a Nokia 3150 cell phone, my first mobile wohoo
a Ultrak pedometer for when I run
a copy of Call of Duty 2: The Big Red One for Ps2, kickass
~$200 in cash, checks, and certificates
homemade fudge from my grandmother, it's like crack damn good

and the non-gifts:

A nomination to the United States Military Academy by my Senator Mary Landrieu, hopefully I'll get in but if not-
An Enlistment in the U.S. Army with my job of choice M1 Abrams crewmember
$20,000 sign on bonus for enlisting
$68,000 for college after my time is up
lots of free Army stuff

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-26 11:42pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Trytostaydead wrote:
Dalton wrote:Ten thousand dollars?!
No, ten thousand three hundred dollars.
I'm sorry, but that's pony-level money right there.

A pony?

I'd much rather purchase the entire Criterion Collection. For starters.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-12-27 06:22am

Hmm, so far (not all the family has been round yet), I got:

5 boxer shorts
Some socks
Some hair soap brewed by hippies
Some shower gel brewed by hippies
Graphics tablet
a 1:6scale remote controlled car
A leather wallet that is so OTT with a silver skull and crossbones motif and lots of metal studs and a chain
Ghostbusters 1 & 2 collector's edition (from myself

)
The art of Sin City, hardcover
Punisher Hardcover (also from myself, contains welcome back frank, punisher kills the marvel universe, and an interrogation story)
8 cannibal corpse albums
3 Acid Bath albums
Chocolates
Signed Dave Spikey dvd

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-12-27 06:27am

Holy buttmonkeys, I forgot about the new wallet I got courtesy of Mr. SQ. I'll have to open it up when I get home.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-12-27 06:36am

pulls out 7.2 volt "Friend" now does anyone have anything they need rebuilt?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2005-12-27 06:49am

Watch
Hawaiian T-shirt
Shirt that don't fit
An electric airsoft M-4 that kicks ass
A tiny am/fm radio
Approximately a thousand pesos worth of cash
Neil Gaiman's American Gods

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-12-27 07:46am

new iPod (which hasn't been turned off since sunday)
some shirts and ties
a nice wool coat
mmmmm candy
18 year old bottle of Jameson's Irish Whiskey
Scarf and gloves
pair of jeans
Home Depot gift cards

KrauserKrauser · Post by **KrauserKrauser** » 2005-12-27 08:07am

My family was extremely generous this year:

Grandmother: Huge check, Ginormous, She is amazing
Sister #1: Yoga Mat + Instructional Video (I was thinking of taking a class)
Sister #2: $25 Academy Gift Card + Cake Cook Book (My family wants me to become a chef, I think I mostly stink at cooking)
Parents: The list, she be long
Black Overcoat (Got it while buying two suits for myself, so I got it before Christmas)
1 Container of Nutella (I always get this as a gift, and I always love it)
1 Bar of Dark Chocolate (Traded it for Milk chocolate with almonds, then somehow ended up with Dark once I got back home)
"Djork" shirt from thinkgeek.com (Best present ever)
Black scarf (It feels comfy)
Virginia Tech blanket (To go with my new couch, gotta protect the leather)
Virginia Tech pennant (Not sure why, but why not?)
CD on Eating Healthy (Again, why not?)
Silver Coke can holder thingy (Totally clueless on this one)
Big Check

Things I bought with Grandma's check (With a bunch to spare):

Smallville seasons 1-4
Aqua Teen Hunger Force seasons 1-4
Sealab 2021 season 1-3
10 Assorted high quality DVDs to add to the collection
Watchmen tpb
V for Vendetta tpb
Batman: The Dark Night Returns tpb

Like I said, Grandma was extremely generous.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-12-27 10:57am

I just got a packet of Tamiflu, haha!

JediMaster415 · Post by **JediMaster415** » 2005-12-27 01:05pm

Serenity DVD
Brut cologne and deodorant
A shirt
Four bags of Japanese gummies (I love them)
A pocket watch with an eagle on the watch cover
An M&M thing (Blue M&M as Count Dooku, Red M&M as Darth Maul)
I stole three of my dad's DVDs (Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy and the Three Stooges)
A $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2005-12-27 07:37pm

Update on the swag:

1 x Remote Controlled Dalek
1 x Absolute League of Extra-Ordinary Gentlemen
1 x Kill Bill 1 & 2
1 x Fear & Loathing in Las Vega & Where the Buffalo Roam DVD Set
1 x War of the Worlds DVD
1 x Doctor Who DVD Boxset
1 x Bottle of Wild Turkey
2 x Tickets to see Little Britain Live
2 x Doctor Who Keyrings
1 x Glass Topped Desk to replace this piece of steel shit.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-12-27 07:57pm

With money recieved, along with a return of a useless DVD set from my sister, I have acquired:

-King Kong special collector's tin (also included: Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young), with the 5 extra movie sheets.
-GUN for PC
-Alias Vol 3
-The Ultimates Vols 1 and 2
-The Gorillaz Demon Days (I was curious)
-The super-cool edition of The Phantom Menace soundtrack with all the music composed for the film.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-12-27 08:19pm

I used my cash and gift cards to get:

- Guild Wars
- Civ4
- X3 Reunion (and hey, the Starforce copy protect actually lets you know its installed!)
- Super Bowl Champions: Redskins DVD
- ROTS Incredible Cross Sections
- Star Wars: The Swarm War novel

And some clothes