mopgoblin on 25/12/2006 at 23:37
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<li>Three Discworld books (Thud, Science of Discworld 3, New Discworld Companion).
<li>A box of nine old computer games.
<li>Yet another copy of Morrowind (we already had two, but this one comes with the expansion packs).
<li>Various chocolate things.
<li>A pack of very small playing cards.
<li>A PS2 game (Ratchet & Clank 2). However, it's NTSC rather than PAL. My sister and I agreed that she'd buy this game, and I'd buy a modchip so we could run NTSC games. We installed the chip fine (a friend did the soldering), but it turns out the laser in older PS2s forgets how to read DVDs if you merely look at the warranty-void-if-opened sticker on the PS2 case in a funny way, so for all intents and purposes we now have a very expensive PS1.
<li>$312.80 (New Zealand dollars, so it's not quite as much as it looks). $190 as gifts, $119.80 in spare cash discovered in various places while cleaning out my room, and $3 from a bet, in the context of a word game, that "thule" is not an admissible word.
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Not too bad, I guess. I would have preferred a bit more money and a bit less chocolate/playing cards, but the rest of the stuff is pretty good, and there's no worthless crap like gift certificates for things/places I don't like.
Strangeblue on 26/12/2006 at 00:00
hmmm.
* I got a pair of black freshwater pearl earrings from the hubby--he made me pick them out last night and claims they are an IOU for the presents he forgot to get since they were extremely inexpensive and he feels super-guilty, since I got him a Mindstorm robot kit.
* We are sharing the Battlestar Galactica series 2.0 DVDs from some friends
* A note from some other friends promising a night out for dinner, drinks, and pool.
* Food allergies served up by freaked out cooks at Denny's (bleh... I feel horrible--no egg yolks, please....)
* A pair of audio-technica ATH-M30 studio monitor headphones (not actually a Christmas present, but pretty cool.)
kidmystik101 on 26/12/2006 at 00:39
Lesse, i got...
-An ibanez jumpstart electric pack
-A hot chocolate making kit
-2 cans of deoderant (think it's a hint?)
-A bottle of hair gel
-A new xbox game...from 3 years ago
-A Dremel (hells yes!)
-A 20 dollar iTunes card
-$10
-A pack of random lollies
I seriously WTF'd at the missing of clothes and socks. I ALWAYS get socks or clothes. Not this year. That Dremel is going to be fun though :D
caffeinatedzombeh on 26/12/2006 at 01:05
Some books that make my head hurt
Chocolate \:)/
Jadon on 26/12/2006 at 04:12
64oz. of ketchup :D
BlackErtai on 26/12/2006 at 05:16
* Cologne set
* 9" teflon cooking pan
* multiple Tzao tea grab packs
* personal teapot with tea infuser
* cookbook
* Dawg-opoly (University of Georgia Monopoly game)
* keychain digital picture viewer
* $550 (towards digital camera)
* $25 Kroger giftcard (woot, that's $25 less for food next month!)
* $25 Barnes & Nobles giftcard
* 60 Blues Songs CD set
* "Good Omens" novel copy, finally
Really needed the cooking pan and the teapot. I plan on buying some new teacups tomorrow while I'm out scouting out new books to buy. I've already read "Good Omens," but it's such a good book I've always wanted it.
Scots Taffer on 26/12/2006 at 10:11
I got a whole load of nuthin'.
No, not really, but cash for the parental units comes in handy to supply our furniture-starved home with contents and my wife is going to buy me some nice smells to put on my manly person to cover over the manly musk that pervades from my pores after shaving, either that or Dark Messiah. :D
TJKeranen on 26/12/2006 at 12:39
* A whole lot of chocolate, even on my standards
* Some rather nice quality pu-erh tea
* A wok pan
* Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys
* A photo album
* A mountain of socks
* A fire extinguisher
Just back from the family gathering, sleepy much..
Fingernail on 26/12/2006 at 12:44
Father Christmas broke the DVD/CD drive in the home computer barely 10 minutes into Gothic 3 :(
It just made a horrible noise (DVD wasn't damaged luckily) and now when you tilt it left to right you can hear something rolling around inside. Oh well, a good 3 years' use.
Off to PC World today. :mad:
