what i got for christmas, altogether:





this one is on backorder:


Tom Waits- Live in Amsterdam (Nov. 1st, 2004) DVD
Tom Waits Bridge School Benefit/VH1 Storytellers DVD
Tom Waits- Solo Live Performance- Minneapolis, Dec 16 1975 CD
Plan 9 gift certificate
Best Buy gift certificate
money
2 pairs of earrings
socks pajamas that shit
clothing
new purse
Elvis Costello t-shirt that I cannot find a picture of for the life of me
Tom Waits shirt


I gave: lots of home baked and decorated cookies, lindor truffles, and flowers to Blue Milks mom/dad, silver/turquoise earrings and flowers to my mom, golf shirt to my dad, cds to siblings, except one got a gift card.
8 DVD boxset, 3 single DVDs, a cd, and t-shirt to Blue Milk.

Update:
miniature mixtape earrings

Haha Sheik Yerbouti.

6 or 7 of my cds are (lost) in the mail so they should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. I don't know if I should post the things I got now or just wait until then and post it all.

Damn, you cleaned house. My gifts received and given pale in comparison. You'll be jammin "This Year's Model" all day though. I think i'll put that on the playlist today.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Collection Vol. 1 & 2
Firefly - The Complete Series
Baileys Irish Cream Gift Set
$25 Borders Gift Card
Buffalo Wild Wings Gift Card

I didn't get much, but I only exchanged gifts with one person.

DVD movies:

Blues Brothers
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Zoolander
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill

Then I got an electric griddle, which I will use soley for pancakes (we had some this mornin')

Oh, and my dad bought me an iPod for Christmas...but he bought it for me in October when he was in town.

Gifts I gave:
A Christmas tree, fully decorated (Wasn't expected, and went over well)
Chia Herb garden
A nice travel case for a laptop

Fuck it, I know what's coming so I'll just pretend I got it all today.


60 Gig Ipod. I've got a 15 but I needed a lot more room (for when I go to college - I don't want to have to carry a shitload of CDs there with me) and the battery sometimes sucks on it.

CDs I received:



Combined 2-disc set of:




CDs that Amazon fucked up on (meaning took several weeks to ship, but will be here in a couple days):















From cemeterypolka I got:


- 8 DVD Boxset




I gave:

CDs, DVD, what cemeterypolka posted, other stuff.

hey i gave you icecream for crow and the 8 1/2 t-shirt i'm remaking you slacker

From my aunt and uncle:
-$30 Chapters gift certificate
-The Bret Hart Story dvd
-new gloves

From my sisters:
-$25 Chapters gift certificate
-Fountains Of Wayne - Out-of-State Plates
-Bright Eyes - Letting Off The Happiness
-A chalk drawing of my late cat from my artist sister

From my parents/Santa:
-New computer desk
-New computer chair
-novel 'Down There By The Train' by Kate Sterns
-A Christmas Story dvd
-A Very Long Engagement dvd
-Dancer In The Dark dvd
-original Frankenstein collection dvd
-Garfield snowglobe
-Charlie Brown lunchbox
-new Guess watch
-pyjama pants, two pyjama shirts

From my other aunt:
-The Diary of Hansel And Gretel book
-Edward Gorey calendar
-two Adrian Mole books

From my grandma and grandpa:
-Blazing Saddles 30th anniversary dvd
-Honeymooners dvd set
-Chronicles of Narnia box set of books
-Salinger, "Nine Stories" book
-Complete Peanuts '53-'54 book
-A hairdryer
-Jeopardy computer game



I gave:
-Leave It To Beaver: Season 1 dvd (Dad)
-Stephen King dvd collection (Mom)
-Coldplay - X&Y (Sister1)
-Shopaholic book (Sister1)
-Stars - Set Yourself On Fire (Sister2)
-Smiths - s/t (Sister2)
-Rock N Roll High School dvd (Sister2)

-Dresden Dolls dvd (Female Friend)
-Christmas mix cd (Female Friend)

hey, this thread is like show-n-tell in the 3rd grade.

I'll show you something, if you don't tell anyone.

I've heard a few songs off of This Years Model from the second disc of My Aim Is True, but they were "early versions" and I don't know which versions i'll end up preferring in the long run, but the cd is really great sofar. I've fallen in love with Armed Forces already and I have yet to listen to Blood & Chocolate (Tom Waits is in a picture in the cd booklet!), I also wanted Imperial Bedroom but I didn't get that, but I did get a Best Buy gift certificate so I may invest in that but I also might save the money I got and the gift card and return the one disc version of Goo and save all of that money for an ipod in the future. I can't decide.

Except we're not in the third grade, this isn't school, we're not explaining anything, there is a purpose for it, and it's a major holiday.

So no, it's nothing like that at all.

Before you say anything, Dalen, remember the old adage:
Don't cry over blue milk.

i got me a brand new 160 gig external hard drive, an al green rekkid, and john hodgman's "the areas of my expertise," which is hi-larious.

Gave: Kodak EasyShare C360 Digital Camera Bundle with Dock (enables one-button recharge, transfer, and TV slideshow viewing)

Got: Black 60GB Video iPod!!! (FINAFUCKINGLY!) My first download? The free clip of that "ChronicWHATcles of Narnia" rap from last week's SNL.

i'm so jealous of anyone who got an ipod. i want one more than anything

I really shouldn't feel so entitled, but I got one for my birthday a couple of years ago and even sold my off-brand mp3 player in anticipation. Sadly, before I was even able to open it, my wife had to return it due to our fiscal situation at the time. So, not only did I not get the iPod, I had already gotten rid of my other mp3 player, as well.

Truly a sob story to rival Katrina and the Tsunami, ain't it?

Sorry, but that made me laugh! What exactly is the "purpose"?

to talk about what you got for christmas... like people do every year, only this is a messageboard and we have 9000 christmas posts as it is so why not have a "what you got for christmas" thread

it's not rocket science, you'd have to be pretty retarded to not understand the purpose of this thread. it's blatantly stated in the topic

I guess it must be a 12th grade thing...not a 3rd grade one.

wow that was a good one.

i'm not trying to be a cunt like i'm sure i'm coming off as, but i mean this sort of thing is really not that hard to get.

If I remember correctly it was one of the guys who started the very same thread last year.

And there wasn't an issue over it.

I gave my wife an iPod Nano and Sennheiser PX100 headphones.

My daughters got a lot of plastic crap that they really enjoy but that will likely be gathering dust in the playroom within a few weeks. Oh, and some nice clothing.

I received a new coffee maker, some stemless Riedel wine glasses and decanter, $100 music gift cert, and some used vinyl (Wes Montgomery, Tower of Power, The The)

Hey i'm happy that you got the ipod, especially after that. That must have sucked to give up your mp3 player to end up having nothing at all.
Enjoy it! If you don't, sell it to me!

I'm sure Blue Milk will hook you up once he gets promoted. If not, I will personally take up a collection on your behalf from my fellow Obnii. You're good people in my book.