WORST DIRTY SANTA REPORT: PHAT LOOT FROM TA
Some... Art! Apparently won at an auction for thrice the asking price, according to the sales sticker on the back. I'll find a place to hang it that doesn't limit me to dating
Girls Who Like to Draw Hermaphrodite Dogs. Unless I actually find some girls who like to draw hermaphrodite dogs. Then I'll hang it prominently because
I'm totally into that baby, yeah!
The only MtG thing I now or ever owned. I think I just got my mana cherry tapped.
Heaven's Gate! I have no idea, but my mom was apparently impressed when she saw it. It's got Christopher Walken in it, so that's good enough for me.
Lesbians! The Movie.
Neil Hamburger! The World's Worst Stand-Up Comic. Ahh, now
this will make good study material.
And finally...
THE RETURN OF THE KING! I thought I had found a way to be rid of him, but
he returned! Notice how his dark aura overpowers even the hastily calibrated flash on my camera. The Curse is Eternal.
From my parents:
- A replacement for the
nice headphones that I stupidly broke. Digital this time, too. THEY HAVE RETURNED FROM DARK WORLD AND ARE NOW
RED EPIC HEADPHONES.
- Two Li-Ion Rechargables (a major reason why I never used my camera often before now)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)
- The Simpsons Game (Wii)
- Second Wiimote (actually I asked nicely for it and they agreed to grab one later, on the condition that I use it to kill my stepfather with a lightsaber)
- Some boxer-briefs
- A pair of track pants
- A box of eyeglass wipes (laugh, but I needed them)
- Sssssomething I might use once and then ship for WDS. I haven't decided yet.
Le suspense!From my grandparents and aunts:
- A crappy toy. For WDS!
- All told, about $300 cash and check. Despite the fact that I
specifically asked not to receive more than $20 if anything this year, because I knew everyone was having a problem. My extended family is often frustratingly generous.
- And
these wacky little things. Not those specifically, but pretty close; what they do is reflect any light source in such a way as to produce an image of, in my case, a snowflake, a scary snowman, or the floating disembodied head of Santa Claus. They were a big hit! Not only is it neat, but you can do all sorts of trippy things with them: stare at Christmas tree lights and see a bunch of sparkling snowflakes (or strobing Santa heads), look at house displays and see all the lights turn into snowflakes (or menacing snowmen), go out half-drunk on Christmas Eve and watch all the streetlamps turn into stuff like giant evil snowmen and Santa heads...
Not even finished, as that's only about half my family, and my birthday has always been more of an extension of Christmas due to its placement. PDS package will probably go out around the 15th of next month and have some decent (and some less decent) junk to show for it. Pretty sweet all around, I think, especially considering what kind of a year it's been. Things are getting better every day!
