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McDohl

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Phat Loot '08
« on: December 25, 2008, 06:35:27 AM »

Ah, the traditional thing or something.

 :THATWAY: PITIFUL HUMANS, PREPARE TO TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN YOUR HORRIBLE AVARICE-RIDDEN HOLIDAY!

1. A very nice watch.  Mom said that she'd always meant to buy me a very nice watch, but never got around to it.  I'll probably only wear it whenever I'm dressed up all nice and pretty or whatever, because I sure as hell don't want to beat it up by getting hydraulic fluid all over it.

2. Pajama bottoms.  These particular ones are a garish, baby-blue color.  With the imprint of the Wii logo all over them.  Now I have karmic balance with my X-Box 360 pajama bottoms.

3. T-shirts relating to both Dirty Jobs and Family Guy's Christmas special.

4. Touch Generation's cooking assistant software for the DS.

EDIT: It's a localized version of DS Cooking Navi.  This hadn't occurred to me.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2008, 10:59:11 AM »

Ooh, ooh, me next!

1. Two dress shirts that are distinctly not white.  This is a good change, as my usual fare of black slacks, white short-sleeved dress shirts and glasses makes me look like every single harem anime and erogame protagonist ever.

2. A ramen bowl.  No kidding.  It has "RAMEN" on the side in that slashy faux Japanese font and everything.  It does seem to be making the contents more delicious, plus if I ever forget what I'm eating I can just look at the side of the bowl!  It also came with a "you're just jealous because the voices only talk to me" coaster, which is a funny aneurism moment in the making if ever I saw one.

3. A GPS, the MVP of this holiday season.  Handy for people who have directional senses so horrible that they can print up directions to a location and hour and a half away and leave a half-hour early only to get so lost they arrive half an hour late.

4. One of those orthopedic memory foam pillows (+3 to sleeping, 17-20 critical nap range).

5. Everything You Know Is Wrong, one of the books in the Disinformation series.  The mere mention of this will, no doubt, spark outrage and possible debate about its potential status as agitprop that I will not be a part of despite being partly responsible for the topic in the first place! :justasplanned:

6. A trio of very stylish T-shirts, one of which features Optimus Prime.  My sister might have had me confused with Roger there, which makes me wonder how that's possible when she hasn't seen what's on my hard drive.  Unless...  :ohshi~:

7. A Jack Vettriano print.  I spent a couple minutes thinking about the style and composition of it and what it said about me before coming to the conclusion that it might not be such a good idea to do that.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2008, 11:58:21 AM »

So far, I've gotten:
1) Monty Python's Complete 16 Ton Megaset
2) A Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones huge display box
3) A 500GB and a 160GB SATA Hard Drive, putting my total space at over 1.5TB
4) Socks. (Seriously. I need them. The move destroyed what socks I had for some inexplicable reason)
5) Some REALLY nice mittens.
6) My parents are giving me nearly $1k in the form of reparing my car.
7) A $30 gift card to Wal-Mart
8) $25 cash
9) Haven't gotten everything yet.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2008, 12:21:15 PM »

4. Touch Generation's cooking assistant software for the DS.

EDIT: It's a localized version of DS Cooking Navi.  This hadn't occurred to me.

Is this... "Personal Trainer: Cooking", or something like that?  'Cause I got that too.

I got Achewood paraphernalia: a signed and framed version of this strip, the cookbook (autographed, with a drawing of Roast Beef advising me not to eat the chili), the apron, hot sauce "Ray's Rad Chilies", and the navy t with "Achewood" and Roast Beef in silhouette.

The new Prince of Persia and Animal Crossing.

The Nerf "Longshot" and additional darts.

New speakers, delightful clothes, Hot Fuzz and Wall-E, a folding pen, chocolates, and a clementine.  Am I forgetting something?  It feels like I'm forgetting something.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2008, 12:24:51 PM »

4 sweaters/shirts, three of which I think I will never wear, a coat one size too small, a LED lantern/FM radio with a hand crank (what), a nice headset for my computer from my parents. and $50.

My buddy Mort from Ventrilo and his wife K pitched in to buy 8 or 10 copies of Civilization III: Complete and pass them around to the regulars, which was nice. We're going to rule the world tomorrow, or at least that's the schedule.

In my PDS box from Lyrai, I got a DVD with mp3s, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego on CD, 3 stuffed animals, a nice pen I gave to my stepdad, and 8 truly, truly awful PS2 games.

How awful, you ask?

Duel Masters, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists Of The Roses, Midnight Club,  Gundam: Journey to Jabuto, Big Motha Truckers 2, Turok: Evolution, Van Helsing, and Friends: The One With All The Trivia.

And she sent me N'Sync's Home For The Holidays album. Knowing better, I have begun digging a pit in the backyard inscribed with cryptic runes and mystic symbols to keep the demons locked under the earth once I bury it.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2008, 12:49:13 PM »

It's been a fairly meager Christmas in the Clutch household. I have received:

-iPhone 3G
-5 pairs wool socks (the best)
-1 wool sleeveless tee (great for bike rides)
-thermal underwear

I also got tickets from my girlfriend to see (ugh) Jeff Dunham. We haven't been going out very long and I don't think I've mentioned to her before that Jeff Dunham actually upsets me, so I can't blame her for not knowing, but now for the rest of time I have to remember to keep my mouth shut if that unfunny son of a bitch comes on TV.

 :perfect:
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2008, 01:39:02 PM »

4. Touch Generation's cooking assistant software for the DS.

EDIT: It's a localized version of DS Cooking Navi.  This hadn't occurred to me.

Is this... "Personal Trainer: Cooking", or something like that?  'Cause I got that too.


It is.

I am still waiting on Dirty Santa, which will be after the beginning of the year. (<3 arc)
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2008, 02:09:04 PM »

I obtained:

Box of homemade chocolates
Bag of "lower-class" homemade chocolates like pretzels, marshmallows, and almonds
Earmuffs
$60 cash (probably going towards set of knitting needles)
The Ultimate Sourcebook of Knitting and Crochet Stitches
A messenger bag my sister made
CycloDS Evolution

I'm fairly happy with it. I might be able to get my brother to buy me a few PS2 controllers later as a late gift. And everyone was pleased with all the things I made for them, so an excellent Christmas all around.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2008, 02:10:04 PM »

Yeah, sorry for the LATE Dogstar, but I was in NJ and my wife had to do nine things at once, so ALL of our Christmas presents were late.

Anyway, my gift season has been simultaneously hilarious and a typical display of my household's mental ineptitude.

My wife got me Fallout 3, only... it's not here, it's lost in the aether of the mail. I got her the Orange Box, but though I asked for the PC version, she unwrapped it to find it was the PS3 version.

Also, neither of our computers can properly run the games we got for one another.

 :imagination:  :perfect:  :derp:  :derp:  :derp:

So, other than that, we didn't get anything from anyone.

Er, whoops, that's not right... my parents are giving us a little cash (Those of you who remember my stories of my parents will rightly call that more of a 'minimum annual repayment'... though in fairness to the poor bastids, they've really stopped borrowing from me since I got married). And Clutch's gift will get here some century or other, which is a vast improvement over last year's deadbeat-ery.

Still in spite of a season that is awash in DERF DERF STOOPID and devoid of loot, things are pretty good. We're having a nice spread for dinner and there'll be another one tomorrow with friends for boxing day. Plus 'no gifts' has actually been a pretty normal Christmas for me for a decade now, so not to worry (I've long since been used to just buying what I want myself). And Clutch, don't bother sending the gift express. When it coems to PDS, I make a very broad allowance for time of arrival.

MURRAH KRISMUSS GUYZ
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2008, 02:40:14 PM »

My haul so far:

From my parents: A papasan chair(comfy!) and a little organizer thing for my keys, with slots to run my cellphone and ds chargers through(handy!). Won't get the rest till Saturday. :/

From a gift exchange at the yearly extended family dinner last night: A Craftsman folding utility knife(slicey!)

FROM BÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜGE: Some kind of desert hat(too small for my huge melon), some 90s comics(Chromium covers! These will be worth a fortune in a few years!), a Conan book(Crom!) some kind of 6-armed geisha ninja(truly the deadliest variety of geisha ninja), A Yu-Gi-Oh! DVD(en Espanol de disponible!) an Alan Parsons Project tape(can somebody loan me a casette player?), Caliban(a Robot book not written by Asimov?), a VHS tape of FUBAR(METAL!), an issue of MAD Magazine(Canadian MAD- remarkably similar to American MAD!), and this awesome hand-drawn card, which I scanned(then hotlinked, printed, and scanned again) for posterity:


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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2008, 02:54:30 PM »

Nintendo DS
Guitar hero decade for DS
2 boxes Chocolate covered cherries
1 box Reeses Christmas trees
1 silver Christmas ornament
1 Universe Ironhide transformer
1 Comfy body pillow
300 dollars
1 box full of love from Roger which includes
     A weird gradius model or something
     A Destro G.I. Joe. These new joes are actually really well put together.
     STICKERS!!! Seriously tons of stickers.
     A couple of cute stuffed animals.
     A few small transformers that are pretty cool. One is a tiny jet thing, One is a mecha-eagle things, and one is a jeep.
     One Deluxe muscle car transformer that is totally rockin it.
     One super ultra badass long arm transformer.


MINE IS THE ARM THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!!  :determined:


So all in all I'd say it was the best Christmas ever.  :perfect:
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2008, 04:29:14 PM »

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!
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2008, 04:41:41 PM »

OH!  I totally forgot, because it wasn't in my camera for some reason: TA sent me an iPhone!



See?  Says right there.  iPhone.

Is this some elaborate way to get me to chat online, TA?  Because it won't work.  Every time I talk to you guys you make fun of my slightly nasally voice.  I hate you all!  I hate you allllll aaaaachristmasisruinedaaaaaa.

Eh, I'll use it.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2008, 04:55:05 PM »

Green pullover fleece, good for hiking or climbing
New Adidas sneakers
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Calender
$50 REI gift card
$25 Barnes & Noble gift card
Wrinkle-free long-sleeved dress shirt
Leather belt
Planner
6 month supply of fish oil packets


Yeah, I think that's about it. Fairly light year this year, especially considering my girlfriend and I only spent $50 on each other this year. My parents and I opted out of buying things, so I only received stuff from her parents and sister.
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2008, 05:47:12 PM »

    One super ultra badass long arm transformer.


MINE IS THE ARM THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!!  :determined:


So all in all I'd say it was the best Christmas ever.  :perfect:

The best part about that guy? He's French!
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #15 on: December 25, 2008, 05:50:06 PM »

Oh, and from MYSELF: Portal: Still Alive, cause my 360 won't read discs!
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #16 on: December 25, 2008, 07:38:09 PM »

In the pile to my left:

- An amazing llama-wool hat
- One non-too-subtle hint to get my hair cut (in the form of a gift certificate)
- A round stone with handles for putting in my oven
- A water boiler/pasta cooker
- Gravy mix, bacon chocolate, maple cream, cookies
- A webcam/microphone combo. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I have needed a microphone for a while.
- A small serving of yakisoba from kappabashi-dori
- Pikachu watercolors
- Socks, that if the packaging can be trusted, will allow me to walk directly on a glacier.
- A mug with the kanji for "ninja" on one side and "patience" on the other
- The Bird People of China and The Secret Life of Oscar Wao
- $10 for iTunes
- The promise of money
- The promise of headphones

The best gift has been homefood, however. My father is some sort of demonic wonderchef; if any signs of my autumnal work-outs remain by next month, I'll be surprised.

On my right, a package from O. Hakubi containing the following:

- Adventure Manga!
- Single-shot Nerf pistol!
- Computer games: Beyond Atlantis II, Jedi Outcast, Fellowship of the Ring!
- One Upon a Time in Mexico OST!
- Baroque!
- Batman: Evolution!
- FF9 Artbook!

Let the Batman, artbook, and Baroque allay any fears concerning this package. Christmas Success!

The rest depends on Arc. Tag in!
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #17 on: December 25, 2008, 08:03:21 PM »

I haven't received my PDS from whoever, but this is what I have gotten so far from ma famille:

-Mom got me: queensize fleece blanket for my cold room, various kitchen utensils for when I move ever, glasses which are very cute, two seasons of Dexter on dvd, annnd...mountain dew jammy pants.
-my younger sister gave me a 20$ gift card to Victoria's Secret
-my older sister got me an amazing fleece Columbia sweatshirt, and it's neat and asymmetrical
-my grandparents gave me a check of $75 and my gram made me a nice lap quilt
-one of my aunts gave me several tickets for movies
-the other gave me very something something dvds
-my other other aunt gave me a $25 gift certificate for Victoria's secret
-Kazz so far has given me a couple gifts, but more are on the way: I got a very super cool Blue Bear figure and a very cute Shaymin pokemon kid, and I got Carcassonne
-my dad and his girlfriend got me: a camera (it's used, but what the fuck ever, at least it's working), several jammy pairs, a couple cute longsleeve shirts, luggage set, as a joke several packages of bumblebee tuna with crackers, very awesome plane tickets to Florida and back, money for some boots, undies, and a $50 gift certificate for Kazz and I to our favorite sushi place
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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2008, 08:44:04 PM »

- Sssssomething I might use once and then ship for WDS.  I haven't decided yet.  Le suspense!

Make sure you use it... everywhere.

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Re: Phat Loot '08
« Reply #19 on: December 25, 2008, 10:51:39 PM »

Nyko charging station for Wii Remotes
Brawl (a little late to the party on this one)
Dr. Horrible DVD and soundtrack CD
Popeye vol 2 on DVD
Oh Me of Little Faith (Lewis Black's book)
The 10-Cent Plague
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