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Post by Zoom on Dec 19, 2013 12:37:45 GMT -6
I'm asking for socks, some grease pencils, more vine charcoal, 10 dollars to Wikipedia, overalls, some electrical tape, and a thermos.
I've also gotten two tickets to City and Color in the spring, and a heavy-duty shelving unit.
Also I'm pretty sure I'm getting salt-and-pepper shakers, because last time I saw my aunt I mentioned we were using celery salt to season stuff, because we'd never gotten around to buying salt and pepper, and she got kind of upset.
College lyfe, what.
Anyway I was wondering what you people were asking for?
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Post by sapphire on Dec 20, 2013 1:23:40 GMT -6
Books, of course.  Really, though, I'm pretty sure my parents are getting me cross-country skis, which is awesome. They may or may not also get me a lap desk, since I mostly write sitting up in bed and it's apparently not good for you to set a laptop directly on your legs. Other than that, I expect I'll get gift cards/money. My family are not the most exciting gift givers in the world, but that's mostly because I'm not the most imaginative when it comes to thinking about what I want. (Also, when you're saving up to move back to NYC, money is the best thing ever.) |
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Dec 21, 2013 19:26:06 GMT -6
I have no idea actually. I'm rather easy to buy for, (I'm an audiophile who loves just about everything), and I like writing and reading and lots of other things, so...
I have no idea. ;D
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Post by Genesis on Dec 22, 2013 0:17:09 GMT -6
*in best chipmunk voice* I WANT A HULA-HOOP! haha
I'm kinda boring this year for presents. I'd like a microwave that doesn't beep, a mini-fridge, and an AC unit for my car... and of course, iTunes$
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Post by sapphire on Dec 23, 2013 0:32:01 GMT -6
I have a feeling I'll be asking for practical stuff like that next year. For the moment, I'm still living with my parents, but my goal is to move out in the next few months-ish. (Or as soon as my novel sells. But that means I have to finish writing it first.)
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Post by Zoom on Dec 28, 2013 22:22:35 GMT -6
"gift cards/money"
Yesssssss
"a microwave that doesn't beep"
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Oh and I am so insanely jealous that you have a car. My parents won't let me borrow either of theirs anymore and I miss driving so much / can't afford my own.
This Christmas more than any so far has really shown me I'm not a kid anymore...used to be I'd be freaking out about Christmas as early at my Dad's birthday on the 2nd of December...this time I wasn't even all that excited on Christmas morning itself. I knew what I was getting, because I'd asked for it, and while I appreciated the free and useful stuff, there's no joy if there's no surprise.
Here's a question: what did you guys give for Christmas?
I made my sister a kind of graphic/stylized owl portrait...I totally nailed the expression...anyway I was really pleased with it and I think she liked it too. She's smart and really academic and I think sometimes she worries. So. Tough, ready owl. Not just wise but shrewd and capable.
Also got her a plain black Moleskine and wrote a note saying the real present was not the book but what she'd write in it...you know, looking back at all you've written and thinking "actually I'm a pretty cool kid". I kept a daily sketchbook/journal for a few months and I still love reading it.
Usually I buy my mom some chocolate and think of some little fiddly gift for my dad but didn't this year. Also I usually make my best friend something but, you know, didn't. His birthday is coming up in about a month so he'll be getting something for that.
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Post by sapphire on Dec 28, 2013 22:34:50 GMT -6
I feel the same way about Christmas. It used to be so exciting, and now it just feels like another day. I try to focus on spending time with my family, though. And giving gifts. Honestly, giving gifts has become my favorite part of Christmas. I gave my parents a joint gift - they want to learn Italian, so my brothers and I pitched in to get them Rosetta Stone. I also gave them a gift card for an Italian restaurant. Just because. My oldest brother and his wife are going to have a date night on me. They have two kids, so they don't get out all that often. My other brother got an Amazon gift card. He's ridiculously hard to buy presents for. As for friends, one got a calendar of famous literature. A book for each month, with quotes from the books and really cool pictures. Two of them got journals that look like famous books, and the lines, instead of being straight black lines, are tiny quotes from the books. I wrote a note inside each. |
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Post by Zoom on Dec 29, 2013 0:40:46 GMT -6
Those are some great gifts, honestly. Those book-journals, are they available online? Could you give me a link? I know somebody who'd love that.
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Post by sapphire on Dec 29, 2013 13:34:22 GMT -6
I have no idea. I found them at Books-A-Million. Maybe they have them online there? Update: I couldn't find them on the website. Can you believe they don't have a way to search for blank journals? You have to type in "journal" and sort through all the book titles with "journal" or "diary" in them to find the blank ones that you actually write in. |
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Post by Zoom on Dec 29, 2013 17:21:54 GMT -6
The organizational scheme of that website gave me hemorrhages.
I did find a neat idea though - it's a journal where each page gives you instructions on how to completely fuck up the page! Poke holes in it, splatter it with coffee, color outside the lines...etc. The idea being that trying to be perfect all the time stoppers your creativity.
...Ha I remember a ways back I decided to make myself a poster, saying "IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE GOOD IT JUST HAS TO BE", reminding myself of that, except I never finished because I was so anally making sure the letters were perfectly spaced, etc, I ran out of steam after only a few hours.
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Post by sapphire on Dec 30, 2013 12:48:22 GMT -6
Ah, yeah the Wreck This Journal things? I saw those in the store... They looked pretty interesting. I don't know if I could bring myself to do that to a book, though. Even if it was intended for that purpose.
Oh, the irony. I get it, though - I'm a total perfectionist. I do get caught up in making things "perfect" sometimes and end up hindering myself.
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Dec 30, 2013 20:42:47 GMT -6
At my house, we do Christmas a completely different way from most people. We open one present every day until Jan. 6 and then we open any remaining. Twelve days of Christmas thing. That essentially brings Christmas from one day into twelve, and you have no idea what you're getting each day. Anyway, on to the giving!!! Mom - a LOT of hair clips. (she constantly breaks and loses them) Dad - a right angle adapter for a drill (doesn't sound interesting, I know, but It's really useful sometimes) Eldest sister - Do it yourself cork board (hang it on the wall, the ceiling, whatever you want!) Younger brother - cat toys and candy (he's 15) Younger sister 1 - a sketch journal and an explosion of colored pens, with some paper. Younger sister 2 - an excercise ball (she's 8... what do you think she's gonna do with it?) Younger sister 3 - I haven't gotten her a present yet... Which is a great place to explain the last advantage of stretching out Christmas!!!  You can get things for people after Christmas day! More often than not, we have more presents under the tree than we do on Christmas day.  Like a Boss. |
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Post by sapphire on Dec 31, 2013 19:38:55 GMT -6
That's a pretty awesome way to celebrate Christmas.
I think my brother and his family honor the whole 12 days, but they don't stretch out the gifts beyond the first day. It would be nice to have a little extra time to find presents for people, though.
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Post by A Mask Among Many on Jan 1, 2014 19:40:55 GMT -6
Yeah, that's probably my favourite part of the way we do Christmas. It's really cool. |
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Like a Boss.
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