The Xmas thread 2005

[GT2000]

So yeah, what's everyone doing for the holidays..what do you want..what did you get for others?

I'm working 10-6 Xmas day, so I'm not sure how xmas will work, don't think anyone will be home when I get off work, so, no xmas for me, heh..won't feel like doing anything in the morning before I go to work, we'll see...

I got my bro Madden 06 for the ps2, my parents...I'm going to give my dad $100 cash and tell him he HAS to take my mom out with it, and that if I find out he did anything else with the money (like pay a bill or something), I'm holding rent for a month. For my baby...well, I can't say that right now, because then she'd read it here and it'd spoil it!

I wish I had more money for this xmas...but shit, I'm going to have to cut a $1200 check to the insurance company for overpayment...greedy jews..

I mean, ho ho ho.

Oh, and, all I really want...is my baby, and all the red-tape that we're having to go through to just go away..

and..the $10,000 that my job owes me would be nice too, leaving for court in an hour or so for that...

IS THAT ASKING TOO MUCH?!

[malta]

mom: $30 for barnes and noble, oven mits, slippers
dad: these (http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx) for his ipod
bro: nothing because hes poor in san diego and doesn't want to do gifts. I'd like to get him something anyway but it'll be after christmas, and it'll probably be some music 12".

me: I want new headphones but the ones I want are discontinued. I know I'm getting a computer chair. My mom and I shopped for a computer desk but they were all ugly, too wide, too shitty or too expensive. So me and the pops are gonna build one. I didn't ask for anything else.

[Jesse]

I don't really have money to get anything for anybody this year. But I'm sure my mom will toss a bit of green my way to do some shopping.

As for what I want, mainly just a PSP, with a couple games. Probably won't get it though, since my parents have been paying out the ass for my tuition for the last couple of years, and of course having to pay $1,700 in January. So, they'll probably just get me some clothes, maybe some shoes, and call it good.

And if I do get a PSP, hopefully I get a version 1.5 PSP, so I can easily play back up copies of games on it.

I also asked for a couple Flash books too.
We'll see if Santa has any Christmas spirit this year.

[thecreeper]

some of my gifts were totally lazy for others but i didnt have much money, so oh well.

my girlfriend gave me my gifts early and i got the aeon flux box set, a johnny cash poster, and some nice clothes. all in all, a good deal.

[johnny]

i'm going home for christmas. first my dad's home and then my mum's home, to be exact. i was pretty broke this year so i put all of my christmas shopping on my credit card and i hope that i can pay off my credit bill by next christmas. here are some presents i got for people:
dad: kitchen gadgets and stuff because he just built a new house and i think he needed some things (my dad is impossible to shop for so i consider myself lucky that i managed to think of this)
mum: a couple cds--neil young and blue rodeo greatest hits albums--and a small box of godiva chocolates. and i think something else? but i can't remember
nephew: ninja turtles sewer lair thing. he's just starting to get into the turtles, which is pretty awesome
neice: a game. it's cranium, but fer kids. it's called cadoo. i think she would have lots of fun playing it
sister: cds
brother-in-law: i still don't know yet :(


and what do i want fer christmas, you ask? well i asked my mom to knit me a pair of socks because they're the best socks ever, and to get me one or two sweaters. and i'm hoping that she gives me a new pair of moccasins because it just seems like a christmas tradition for her to give me moccasins for christmas every year. and i had hinted to my dad that i've been wanting to start collecting vinyl for quite some time now, so i would need a turntable to play it on... so who knows.

[malta]

"nephew: ninja turtles sewer lair thing. he's just starting to get into the turtles, which is pretty awesome"

When I was little my best friend was insane about the show, and we'd play all the games especially the arcade game. Its cool hearing that kids are still into it. The movies were bad ass.

[johnny]

i was michaelangelo for halloween once. actually, two years in a row i think.

yea the turtles are starting to get popular again. i think they made a new cartoon or something..?

[Liss]

thats what happened with the care bears and strawberry shortcake. Stealing from the 80s, eets bullsheet!

[Mike]

I always liked Ghostbusters more than TMNT.

I got my parents a $50 gift certificate to this restaurant, and then got both of them some books (the new Frank McCourt book for my mom, and 1776 for my dad).
Sister #1: 5th season DVDs of Seinfeld
Sister #2: A camel bag from EASports ... the kind with the water bottles built into them. She runs triathalons and used to have one, but then lost it, so I got her this.
Girlfriend: Kodak EasyShare Z730, plus photo printer, 512 mb SDcard, tripod and carrying case... I <3 NewEgg.
My girlfriend's family: Got her parents a gift certificate to a restaurant and her sister some candles from the Yankee Candle factory, if you guys have those around you.
Grandmother: Gift card to Stop and Shop, a super market

I want... Guitar Hero for PS2, a gift certificate to NewEgg (though they really don't have them), a gift card to Barnes and Noble ... and some pants. Seems like every winter, I run out of pants.

[Marshall]

I got my mom a desktop stereo thing for her new office.

I got my dad a meat smoker and a bunch of stuff to go with it.

thats all I bought.

[raublekick]

i was michaelangelo for halloween once. actually, two years in a row i think.

yea the turtles are starting to get popular again. i think they made a new cartoon or something..?


the new TMNT cartoon is INSANELY GOOD

so uh... christmasy stuff...
I got my sister both of the Harry and the Potters albums, and I got my mom some slippers and this decoration thing. i got my dad a framed woodstock ticket, it's pretty sweet.

i just asked for more videogames and a few books.

[thecreeper]

yes! amazon gift certificate! the possibilities are endless!

and some cash so far. i wasn't expecting a whole lot, i never ask for anything or really interact with the rest of my family.

[malta]

While my parents are at midnight mass, I see I have 3 presents under the tree, not including the desk me and my dad are going to build (which may turn into a coffin/case for my turntables and mixer). One is the computer chair and the other 2 I'm not sure. My stocking has 2 gift certificates to Duff's my favorite resteraunt, from my dogs, which is cute.

And I didn't go to mass with them because I said I was beat, but suddenly I find myself not being able to sleep.

[raublekick]

yes! amazon gift certificate! the possibilities are endless!

and some cash so far. i wasn't expecting a whole lot, i never ask for anything or really interact with the rest of my family.


nice dude. i asked for an Amazon gift certificate cus like you said, endless possibilities.

[Jesse]

Mike, I think my girlfriend got me Guitar Hero. I'm pretty sure she did. I had no idea what it could have been when I saw the box all wrapped up, but then later that day I went to a mall, and I saw the box for it, and I believe it to be a very close match.

I'll keep you updated.

As for what I bought.

Sister: I bought her the game Cranium. She likes games like that, and it's a pretty fun game, so, why not.

Mom: My girlfriend and I worked for hours tonight on my mom's gift. See, my mom plays a lot of World of Warcraft. And I mean a lot. So the other day while I was at my house with my girlfriend, I whispered into her ear about making my mom some fake WoW potions, and putting them into a chest. It worked out perfect. We went to Wal-Mart and got some small vial/beaker things, put in some water or vegetable oil, mixed with some food coloring, and added some glitter. Plugged it up with a cork, and then made some really fancy tags for the potions, which I tried to get to the real thing. I looked up a bunch of WoW potions online the other day, and got a bunch. So I tried to match the color to the potion as best I could. I did a bunch of other stuff to go along with the gift, but instead of describing it, I'll just get a picture.

Dad: For my dad, I got him some slippers, and something else, but I can't remember.

Girlfriend: I bought her the Animal Crossing game for her DS. She best like it.

[GT2000]

Haha...yeah, I forgot your Mom played WoW..that was a pretty cool idea, I'm sure she'll get a kick out of it.

Well, Xmas morning, so, Merry Xmas, ya'll. I need to grab a shower shortly and get ready for work...gots cable to fix.. bah.

[raublekick]

GUITAR HERO

WEEDLY WEEDLY WEEDLY I COULD PLAY SMOKE ON THE WATER AND KILLER QUEEN ALL DAY

[thecreeper]

my haul today:

final fantasy IV advance
metroid prime pinball (AMAZING)
shaun of the dead
batman begins
spiderman 2
simpsons season 4
a shirt/hat combo
a new bag chair for school

and no one hated the gifts i got them (they might have even liked them :P )

score. awesome day.

[F a C e]

I'm not doing shit for Christmas. I was going to go to my hometown of Lubbock that is six hours west of here, but I decided I wasn't up to the drive. I went there for Thanksgiving anyway and have five days off from work cuz of Christmas, so I wanna use this time to just kick back and relax some. I just finished a semester too so that attributes to why I want to stay home this Christmas.

The company I work for has its headquarters in Newport Beach, CA and threw a party celebrating our collective accomplishments December 8th. They flew any employee that wanted to go from our Dallas office over there to party, so I bought a ticket for my mom and paid for a couple extra nights at the hotel (good gift huh?). We saw the San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park in San Diego, the Venice Beach Boardwalk and the beach at Newport Beach. We had a lot of fun and I'll be going back next year to do it again!

Got a DVD player for one of my brothers, burnt some CDs for my other brother, and bought my best friend and his wife a baby stroller cuz they are expecting in some months.

I am receiving a TI-89 Platinum for my math purposes in school.

I included some pics of Cali. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[F a C e]

First one is of the San Diego Wild Animal Park, next is me with the ocean behind me at Newport Beach, my mom (she's not in the best of health cuz of this doctor that fucked up her surgery and has a big hernia protruding in her abdominal area) at the Hyatt Newporter, me with beach behind me in Venice (pardon the hair), and then some fucking orangutangs (spelling?) at the zoo in San Diego.

In this post first one is an aerial shot of San Diego and the zoo and then the execs of my company getting down at that party I mentioned. Enjoy.

[Mike]

7 Piece tremolo harmonica set... from CHina. 7 different keys, 24 hole... I'm pretty pumped for those.

I also got Guitar Hero and a lot of books. Wooord.

[heX]

merry christmas ass fux!

i got my gf a ipod. got my sis some discontinued bath and body works thing off ebay. got my bro-in-law a white belt with black studs. got my little bro a best buy gift card. got my mom chocolate gift basket deal. lastly i got my 4yo nephew the first two harry potter movies. I wanted to get him into something else cuz it creeps me out a 4 year old can quote more lines of star wars than i.

as far as what i got, i only got gift cards and cash. i asked everyone for cash so i could go buy a guitar and sure enough i got my funding and ill be picking it up tomorrow.

its a Schecter Damien 6. I'm very excited! its a good guitar for some one on a budget. (for anyone whose curious http://www.schecterguitars.com/spec.asp?id=33)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/rabit/stor_Damien-6.jpg

[malta]

My friend has a blue schecter like that. I think it has one pickup.

I got precision screwdrivers, a desk chair, and beyer dt770 pro/80 ohm, which were the studio headphones I wanted that were "discontinued", but are actually still manufactored exclusively for guitar center... and the guys at guitar center told my mother they didn't have them until she showed up and they were actually sitting right there on the shelf. Unfortunely I have to exchange them because they're too big to DJ with and I can't get one sided monitoring. Sick sounding though.

My dad loves his headphones and my mom likes her gifts. Food was good. Dogs got trimmings.

[raublekick]

Dude... Schecter guitars are good for anyone, budget or not.

[sharkz]

7 Piece tremolo harmonica set... from CHina. 7 different keys, 24 hole... I'm pretty pumped for those.


sick.


oh yeah, i got a bass and that's all that's worth mentioning. it's an ESP/Ltd. B-50. since i needed to play a show with it a few days ago, my christmas day was not so exciting.

[testtubebaby]

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/9/0,1425,sz=1&i=99848,00.gif

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1827541,00.asp

[Liss]

I got about a dozen books (excited about The DaVinci Code and The Point of Fracture and not terribly thrilled with the Bill O'Reilly for Kids! book from my grandmother), everything I could possibly use to make my own sushi (minus the fish), a hand-free can opener (from my loving brother and sister in law who understood that between my budget and my arm cast I would starve otherwise), a SWEET cd, a nice bottle of cabernet, and a bit of money, which has already gone towards paying off debt.

I'm so glad Christmas is over--it was so hectic this year. Only, now I have to move across the country.

[heX]

ended up getting one a bit better :)
its about twice the price but i got a good deal so im excited
http://schecterguitars.com/spec.asp?id=7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/rabit/c1_plus_bch.jpg

[raublekick]

That one is much nicer. The inlays don't look so queer. Plus it has Duncan pickups, those EMG Hz ones suuuuuuuuck

[heX]

That one is much nicer. The inlays don't look so queer. Plus it has Duncan pickups, those EMG Hz ones suuuuuuuuck
exactly why i spent the extra money

[GT2000]

I got $60 in cash, a couple t-shirts..one of those nascar dancing hamsters from my aunt and uncle (i always get novelty/joke gifts from them, it's cool), and my baby got me an awesome hour glass, a surfboard air freshener for the car, some assorted chocolates that can't be had here, and a mini calendar in russian/euro format that took me a minute to figure out how to read...:)

I got this a couple days prior to X-mas, wasn't looking to spend as much as I did, however, had everything I wanted, and awesome picture quality..

http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/LCDTV/LNR268WXXAA.asp

[Cid]

Yeah so I hope everyone had a great little Christmas.

I got Money, mainly. About $300 I need to figure out what to do with. Got 4th season of The Sopranos, a few games, Star Wars Trivial Persuit (I'm a nerd, ok), few DVDs, Green Days "Bullet in a Bible" live DVD/CD (awesome!), bunch of other junk. I just really need to spend that money...my pocket is on fire.

Got my girl an ipod shuffle and some other girly stuff, she was happy...so it was a good day. Got my dad a reciprocating saw, which he was pretty happy about.

I guess I'm done typing now

[raublekick]

Star Wars Trivial Pursuit \m/

[Cid]

Yeah, and it's the limited editition tin from Toys R Us~!

[Jesse]

I got Guitar Hero, blank DVDs, PSP with Tokobot and Wipeout Pure, some PSP accesories, Flash book, gift cards, socks, clothes, etc, etc.

[malta]

Wipeout Pure is tight. The only PSP game I played until my brother took off with it.

[teensupernothing]

um. some fencing gear, a bicycle, clothes, sidekick2, nuvaring (my parents are a hoot), and a bunch of checks.

oh, and a full goddamn scholarship to FDU that will eventually result in me gettin a brand spankin new car from my parents because that was the deal. :-D

yup. this christmas was not so bad. besides the whole getting scarlet fever and sleeping 15 hours a day and not being able to eat or breathe, but ya know. that goes away with enough antibiotics

[johnny]

my holiday was pretty darn fun. my dad gave me a banjo, which was totally 100% unexpected. it's going to be more difficult to learn than guitar was, but it's pretty fun so far so i'm up for the challenge. and my mum got me a harmonica! definitely a musical christmas.

another highlight was getting really drunk with neil and another friend of mine, matt, who is living out in alberta these days so we only get to hang out once or twice a y'ar. i don't think neil got nearly as drunk as matt and i did though, because matt and i seem have to some sort of affect on each other and when we hang out we both get really loaded

[Mr Biglesworth]

but we did save a stripper's life

[Stormy]

my holiday was pretty darn fun. my dad gave me a banjo, which was totally 100% unexpected. it's going to be more difficult to learn than guitar was, but it's pretty fun so far so i'm up for the challenge. and my mum got me a harmonica! definitely a musical christmas.

another highlight was getting really drunk with neil and another friend of mine, matt, who is living out in alberta these days so we only get to hang out once or twice a y'ar. i don't think neil got nearly as drunk as matt and i did though, because matt and i seem have to some sort of affect on each other and when we hang out we both get really loaded
A banjo sounds really awesome. I've been digging banjos for awhile now. If you get the hang of it, you should definitely upload some recordings.

[GT2000]

I think of rednecks, duels, and deliverance...

http://www.thesahara.net/deliverance.htm

[thecreeper]

um. some fencing gear, a bicycle, clothes, sidekick2, nuvaring (my parents are a hoot), and a bunch of checks.

oh, and a full goddamn scholarship to FDU that will eventually result in me gettin a brand spankin new car from my parents because that was the deal. :-D

yup. this christmas was not so bad. besides the whole getting scarlet fever and sleeping 15 hours a day and not being able to eat or breathe, but ya know. that goes away with enough antibiotics

they got you birth control!?

[teensupernothing]

my insurance dosen't cover it, (they're fucking $46.15 each. UGH.) and i've needed it for the cycle regulation for a while, it really has nothing to do with the actual birth control.... they were just funny and put it in my stocking.

[Liss]

I know this is SO not the place for girltalk, but do you like it? I keep having to switch around with pills because they all fuck me up.

[Cid]

So...even though your dad raped you and you sued him and own everything he owns (cars and all), they were nice enough to buy you a new car in the near future (ironic) and some birth control pills that are too much for you, who sued her parents for all of their money, to afford??? Am I the only one that's TOTALLY fucking lost here??? I mean, go ahead and make shit up...and jesus...keep it all straight for those of us who aren't here every day.

[testtubebaby]

wow... just wow

[malta]

I was wondering the same thing in the college thread... and didn't get an answer.

[Cid]

I think we all need to take a step back and tell ourselves "It's only a movie"...or some other work of fiction...or something fucked up anyway...

carry on...

[teensupernothing]

there's only so much you can sue for, and only so much that you can touch before you're 18, and then before you're 21. basically, i get so much when i turn 18 in june, and then i get another chunk when i turn 21, and another chunk when i turn 25. i also don't live with my dad anymore. or my mom for that matter. not the adoptive ones anyway. i live with my biological parents now. (did i not post that? thought i did.. but it's entirely possible i didn't)

anyway.. liss.. i absolutely love it. i don't notice it, it came with a thing that beeps at me every three weeks when it's time to change it up, and no pills to remember (which i'm absolutely terrible at) as far as side effects, none noticed yet... but honestly anything would be better than before, so i doubt i'd notice a little grossness. the sucky part is, even if your insurance covers birth control, which mine doesn't at all, it may not cover nuvaring since it's non-oral. but you can get at least one for free from the website. and chances are your gyno will have a sample or two to throw your way to get you started.

[malta]

I figured it was somehting like that. How old are you now? If you don't mind me asking, I'm curious why you were seperated from your biological parents?

[Cid]

Well there ya go...
...

I guess...

[raublekick]

non-oral, eh???

[teensupernothing]

im 17, will be 18 in june,

it was my choice to leave. i couldn't handle where i was, so i left. unfortunately, i couldn't rent a place of my own, so my biological parents offered a hand (and a place to call my own). it's a decent situation.

[Plain Old Jane]

well I'm back from rutgers, got out on the fscking 23rd. so, party at christine's pad! yay for sex, my gf's getting endometriosis surgeriation tommorow and then we can have sex for more than an hour without ugly uterus pain. That is to say that the pain is ugly, not her uterus. I assure you her uterus is pristine. uterus uterus uterus! FUCK! college is good, my dorm is the shiz-daddy. homework still sucks in state school but whatev. Also, theres this school network thing that allows me to pirate the wholey fuck out of all games ever. its fucking awesometastic. Also, I caught insomnia whilst there, and also, I'm not even talking right now. Also, heres a fun game, with the snow that annoyingly still my default, avoid the flakes with your mouse. My high score is 2 days, of course I was on acid. Also, I'm downing root beer as we (I) speak!

;):);):);):);):);):);):);):);):);):);):);):);):);) LOLlerskates!!!111

[teensupernothing]

oh dear. jep finally cracked

[Mr Biglesworth]

it's a christmas miracle!

[raublekick]

non-oral, eh!?!?!?

[teensupernothing]

yeah, non-oral.

[Mr Biglesworth]

which one is oral?

[Marshall]

Hes the innocent little oblivious kid whos little brother is not the second coming of Christ.

[Marshall]

I have to post again to play in the arcade.

[Mr Biglesworth]

shit, me too

[malta]

sex

[teensupernothing]

sex indeed.

and i am so confused right now

[thecreeper]

i gave one of the giftcards i got at christmas to someone else as a present because i didn't want to spend the money for another one from the same place. does that make me a bad person, or just lazy?

[teensupernothing]

lazy, but resourceful lazy. and if you weren't gonna shop at that store anyway, then bonus points, because you got rid of it, and they might've wanted it.

i give you major awesome points.

[llanowar]

i got an 8 MP camera, a phone, giftcards, jewelry, a shuffle, and other random stuff.
i gave a framed picture and giftcard (mom), a giftcard and nonsense (dad), a laptop bag (brother), lotion (sister in law), chocolates (boyfriends mom), and got my boyfriend a guitar.

[Mr Biglesworth]

dude, you're a chick?

[llanowar]

the lack of a penis seems to look that way

[malta]

That's hot.

[teensupernothing]

we have another girl?! OMG that's amazing.

[llanowar]

crazy, isn't it?

[teensupernothing]

awesome isn't it?

now we have what, 4 girls?

[GT2000]

5...

My Fiancee Anya (iLoveDonnie), you, liss, stormy, llan?

miss any? really is kinda funny that everyone freaks out about female members being here...but i guess because of the...usually crappy subject matter here it kinda makes sense...

[Mr Biglesworth]

dude that's racist

[malta]

I'm sick.

What should I do?

[johnny]

5...what does jep count as again..?

i probably should not be posting this, but

[llanowar]

jep's a boy.

[teensupernothing]

i forgot about your fiancee...

[Liss]

miss any? really is kinda funny that everyone freaks out about female members being here...but i guess because of the...usually crappy subject matter here it kinda makes sense...

No, there's a lack of girls because you boys are a bunch of geeks. Har har...There's nothing wrong with inappropriate subject matter, by any means. :)