Full-sized billiards table.

75lb punching bag and speedbag (with speed rope and other accessories)

Foosballl table (table football)

DVD/VCR Combo to replace my aging VCR

New Computer, not yet certain of the specs, as I haven't looked too closely at the box (Hewlett-Packard, I may return it for cash and build one instead)

A shirt with a monkey sitting in a chair eating potato chips that reads "Slacker"

Ashirt with the same moneky (minus one arm, he has a bandaged stub) holding a firecracker that reads "I'm a slow learner"

Another shirt that reads "It isn't illegal unless you get caught"

Yet another shirt with the name "Led Zeppelin"

A 5-gallon bucket containing David sunflower seeds



Obviously, the larger gifts aren't mine alone, but I still get to use them.

I got a coat like the bomber crews wore in WW2. It's authentic handmade and whatnot. Real sheepskin. Very expensive. And that's it.

I'm jewish, so I didn't get any presents...

But I'm snowboarding with my family, so what I did get was a quiet day on the mountain.

It was delicious.

-Flanel (sort of) shirts
-More big pants (you can never have too many puffy pants)
-Caramel thingeys
-Big thing of various popcorn (you can also never have too much food)
-New DVD/VCR combo (too bad I have no DVDs ... yet.)
-New Reclining chair (because you can never be too comfortable)
-Cologne
-More cologne (darn repeat gifters) :p
-My aunt promised me 20 bucks in a week, since she forgot to buy stuff ofr me.

As of now, that is all.

my sister said she will send me some money...

also when she visited early this year she said she would send me $20 when she got back home... i'm still waiting for that

I hit the jackpot this year:

1. Ibanez GSA60 Electric Guitar
2. Fender Bullet 150 Amp
3. Knights Of The Old Republic For PC
4. An England Soccer Jersey
5. The Best Of Ray Charles CD
6. The Best Of B.B. King CD
7. The Best Of Van Halen CD
8. And Some Other Things

You suck, sir.

Red Ryder (joke gift)
Tea Pot
Espresso Machine (not industrial grade, haven't tried it out yet)
Books (art related)
2 DVDs, 1 VHS (used but good)
$200 cash
$250 (online art gift certificate)
My sister's old easel

Ah I feel old.

All I asked for was an iTrip, got that and a snazzy 4 megapixel digital camera! As well as lots of other stuff including nice beers already drunk, some awesome cufflinks and lots of nice aftershave.

All good!

Only got three items this year, because of finances, but here's what I got, which I already knew about, because I picked them out myself:

-Star Wars Trilogy DVD-Widescreen (ordered from Amazon.com; they had the best price on it, and the shipping was free!)
-The Ewok Adventures DVD (Caravan Of Courage/Battle For Endor)
-Star Wars: A Year Of Galactic Trivia Page A Day Calendar

I put in the trilogy DVDs and checked out some of the changes, the incredible clarity, and also some of the stuff on the bonus disc. Had to go to my aunt's house for dinner this afternoon, though, so I haven't watched them all the way through yet. I may try to do that tomorrow if I can. I'll watch the Ewok flicks during the week or something. Can't wait until next Christmas- Revenge Of The Sith will be on DVD by then.

My birthday was the 23rd, so all in all I got:

Star Wars DVD Set (which my computer refuses to play :()
An MP3 player which my mom is going to let me exchange for a Rio 1.5gb thingamobber.
A new Sony Stereo ( I LOVE IT!)
~$300-400

Steel string acoustic Ibanez guitar and $40.

I am exalting in the joy of computers right now...

• MechWarrior 4
• A new PC
• A PS2 (My first ever console gaming system!)
• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
• NeverWinter Nights Platinum Edition

And finally...

A laptop! This is something I have desperately wanted for several years and never received. I finally have my own computer that I can use without the rest of my family messing everything up! Plus, with the new desktop computer (which is really for my whole family) I can use our old computer to just tinker. I think I'll try Linux on it, since I've never used Linux before. Heck, I've never even seen it.

Now, if only these new computers of mine didn't need so many configuration changes to make them even close to useable... Windows XP is evil, at least until you disable all of the idiot-protection software.

You all will hate me:

40gb iPod
120gb Hd (bought it myself with work money, but I think of it as a Xmas gift to myself)
16x Dual Layer DVD+-R/W burner (again, xmas gift to self)
HP All in One Scan/Copy/Printer
128mb Flash drive
36 Bic pens


It's been a BOUNTIFUL Xmas.

DVD: Return of the King Extended Edition
DVD: Spiderman 2
DVD: Ricky Gervais - Politics
DVD: Confidence
DVD: The Day Today

CD: Meatlife - Bat Out Of Hell 25th Anniversary Edition

Book: 100 Things to do Before You Die
Book: Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
Book: Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Book: Billy Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything

Gamecube: Spiderman 2

Misc: Hugo Boss - Boss smelly stuff (cologne)
Misc: Powerball Neon (this thing is the most addictive excercise gadget ever)
Misc: Bowtie + Cufflinks
Misc: Chocolates
Misc: Socks + other random clothes

I hate you for the pens, not the ipod :p

- New Guitar (acoustic)
- Clothes
- More Clothes
- Spiderman 2 (DVD)
and a few other things

$50 to Best Buy
$20 to PMac Music (local CD store)
$25 to fye
~$25 in fishing lures
A rod and reel (not a combo, the combo kits tend to suck)
Some nice long-sleeve shirts
A poster
A large dream-catcher with an eagle painted in the middle. This thing is huge, around a foot in diameter.
AAA travel gismo, tells location of different stuff along major highways in the U.S.
Chocolates and candy
Black Suede Cologne/Aftershave combo kit
Some lottery tickets. I won a free ticket.

A very bountiful Christmas indeed.

Philips Stereo Headphones
Creative Nomad MuVo 128MB mp3 player
Fight Club (DVD, just finished watching it...not as good as the book but still good)
Foo Fighters: Everywhere But Home (DVD)
Green Day - Dookie (CD)
Green Day - Nimrod (CD)
A basket full of chocolate
A clock
18.5kg dumbell set
$20 gift voucher from Sanity Music

-I'm promised a flatscreen monitor to replace my aging 9 yo burned out one. I'm going to go choose it within the next day or two. i'm hoping to get at least a 17"

-Chocolate

-Some clothes

-A new wallet-- my old one was falling apart

- some money

- a $30 circuit city giftcard

I got a flat tire for Christmas.

Clothes that I wanted and needed. This included two pairs of identical Kahkis. They were bought on two completely different shopping trips. I asked for them both times. My subconscious BADLY wanted these I guess...

The Halo Soundtrack (I've been playing tracks from that almost all day. Marty O'Donnell owns.)
Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder
Matchbox Twenty - More Than You Think You Are
A Halo 2 hat (I FINALLY have a hat that I know I'll wear. I discard most of my other hats for one reason or another after a few months.)
Ghost Recon for Xbox (Now I need a memory card so I can steal my friends profile. He's done all the missions and unlocked everything. No way am I doing it. I just want it for Multiplayer.)
Morrowind Elder Scrolls III for Xbox (A tedious time killer that will hopefully be fun! Yes! At the very least, it LOOKS interesting.)


And stuff that was lended to me for awhile...

Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers Extended Editions. I've known for awhile that I needed these eventually. Now they are a must have item. Extended Edtion > Theater Version.
America (The Book) (From the library. MEH I say to you.) I had it on hold for well over a month. I've only read the first chapter, and I'm definately buying it next time I'm at a bookstore.


All in all, I'd consider it a good Christmas. Far better than last year, when most of the stuff on my list was way above what anyway was willing to pay for to get me. For awhile this year, I thought one of my packages was an iPod. It had the right weight (would you believe I freaking weighed it? I was bored...). But like I said, as cool as that would have been, it would not have fit into my parents purchasing logic. No matter. I'll buy one eventually. I love those things.

Shaun of the Dead DVD
Viva la Bam Season 1
Rise and Fall of ECW *yes I'm a wrestling nerd too!*
Star Wars Ewoks DVD
Clothes.
Metroid Prime 2
and the big ticket item *excuse the pun* was 4 tickets to the Smackdown house show in January. I'm psyched.

What I got:

Call of Duty: United Offensive
Half-Life 2
Book: A Pocket Guide For Teens
Hooded Sweatshirt
Combat Uniform BDU Top (I already had the pants)
Candy
$76
2 Pillows, 1 Camouflage, and 1 Navajo Print
New drumsticks
DVD: Hero
DVD: The Bourne Supremacy
VHS: The Bourne Identity
Christmas Tree Ornament
Camouflaged Hunting Gloves

And to top it off, my dad made a really nice potato-gun, for me and him to dink around with! Hahaha, it can shoot well over 100 yards! It's the greatest!
I have to say, I made off like a bandit this year..

I got a beautiful new dark mahogany Washburn acoustic guitar from my parents, since my terrible old one finally bit the dust. As well as the various items required when acquiring a new guitar (strap, picks, strings).

And to wear in the new guitar I suppose, my brother got me the Beatles Complete Scores music book. Wow...is all I have to say about that.

Then from the rest of the extended family, I got alot of things that are plaid, some movies (Napoleon Dynamite, and the South Park movies which I both recognize as genius), some candy, and of course; the Christmas issue of Weekly World News, which for some reason is a tradition for me.

My sister only gives me practical gifts. And I only accept them.

Friend gave me Donnie Darko Director's cut DVD today - Win!

He also gave me Bring It On cos he thinks I have a thing for Kirsten Dunst. I aint complaining.

- GameCube (came with Mario Kart: Double Dash)
- Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
- Metroid Prime
- Metroid Prime 2
- Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
- Action Replay for GC
- Memory card for GC
- Controller for GC
- Liquid Tension Experiment CD
- A watch
- Rubber bracelets
- Earrings
- A bunch of shirts
- Three awesome posters
- Several odd stocking stuffers
- Around $350 between my birthday last month and Christmas.

I think that's everything.

I forgot to add the silver ring my mom bought me, and a Much Music cellphone.

Half Life 2
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Worms: Forts Under Seige
Star Wars Trilogy on DVD
A toy lightsaber

With my 200 bucks, I just bought some Logitech Z3e's, and an MX1000.

Damn these speakers have some beautiful bass.

Parents:
-a cheap ipod wannabe (you guys would scorn but it suits my needs just fine, especially since I didn't even ask for one)
- clothes
-an awesome belt
-PJ pants and a bath robe
- to tell you the truth, I don't really remember what else

Brother (I have an awesome brother! who has a job ;))
- a watch (I decided I wanted a real one instead of cheap/ugly digital ones)
-2 cd's (Aida and Movin Out, I have a brodway fixation)
-Extra Creamy Lindt Chocolate

Relatives:
-Lots of photo albums (because it's my senior year, I guess)
-moneys

...

Wacom tablet.

iriver P(I)MP 120 - yes. I know I'm spoilt :p

books -
Richard Feynman - What do you care what other people think?
Ben Elton - Past Mortem
Couple of Discworlds
Stephen Fry - Making History
Bernard Walton - Time Machine
possibly some others

DVDs -
I, Robot (kinda a present to the house, not just me)
Simpsons Classics boxset

Games -
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
PoP: WW (twice! I'm gonna trade one for GTA: SA)

Underwear, socks, gorgeous necklace, bracelet, tampon holder (!), rather alot of chocolate, some novelty alcoholic's glasses, some vouchers.

I think that's it.

It's an oil burner..... no major terminology, I own several- yours sounds cooler than any of mine though. :p
I got a movie, $25, sweaters. a lap-top, a stuffed animal, a silver pentacle ring, a bunch of socks, Halloween decorations ( it's my favorite holiday, my family treats it like it's more important than any of the others), a purse, candy, and some other random tiny things like hair stuff...

yesterday my aunt came over and brought the stuff she got us and i got $20... today i ordered the following items...

Silent Hill 3 (PC)
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance (PC)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1)
Dreamcast VMU (ATARI2600)

I got world peace. As it turns out, it's not all it's cracked up to be. I'm going to return it and buy a new video card, so if you see a few wars going on, that's why.

Ibanez RG321
Some Amp
Nirvana Box Set
Alien Quadrology
Smellys
Yardbirds CD
Mr Bungle CD
About £60 (this translates as RotK:EE & HL2)
Flu
Clothing
Half a kilo of tobacco.
Nerd Calendar with computer jokes and the like
Chocolate
Guiness Box Set (with guiness pint glass and bar towel, plus three cans of the stuff itself)
Stella Artois Box Set (four bottles and a stella glass)
Vodka Shooters
A travel bag type thing with hygiene equipment.

good stash i think.

That iRiver is pimp indeed. Congrats on it! Also, what's the Feynman book about? I read a non-science book by him called Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman. Have you read it? Apparently, it's out of the same series.

Alright, Thanks For The Info in advance. Cool to see another book junkie.

Yeah, I've read SYJ too, this one is a sequel, but more biographical. Because I'm supposed to be writing my essay, I'll allow myself to be distracted for a moment to give you an excerpt from the introduction (written by Ralph Leighton, one month after Feynman's death) -


It's a tad embarassing to admit, but I was one of those people, it never occured to me that the title of the book was a clue as to the fictitious nature of some of the stories. "What Do You Care..." was a good read (I started it xmas day evening, finished on Boxing day!), I adore the way Feynman writes. There are letters included and in those and his more public addresses he manages to always pick out the most fascinating things, completely ignoring any smalltalk or useless waffle. There's a whole section on the investigation into the 1986 Challenger disaster, and it all gets a tad technical for my liking during his report - I was more interested in the stories about his dad and his first wife.

I'm going to invest in some of his scientific publications though, since he was a leading name in the areas I'm interested in.