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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
 Posted - 12/25/2004 : 17:09:07
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I've just returned from the Odyssey of Aggravation that is visiting the family. I've been tearing my hair out for the last three days, but I have some pretty cool loot (and about five extra pounds) to show for it. Some highlights:
-a new computer (!)
-a cashmere robe thing
-America - the Book
-a squishy toy lizard that looks and feels so real I've already had to pry it out of my cat's mouth twice  
-a very cool MAC train case
-half an apple pie in the refrigerator, mmm.
Some lowlights:
-a throw pillow with a picture of my dog screened on the front. barf.
-a Jessica Simpson CD. WTF. I "accidentally" left it behind at their house.
What about you guys? Did Santa bring you anything nice?
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Edited by - dayanara on 12/25/2004 19:04:42 |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 17:46:45
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Nothing, cause we're snowed in.
We did buy ourselves this biofeedback meditation computer game though.
http://www.wilddivine.com/
It's fun! |
Edited by - apl4eris on 12/25/2004 17:47:38 |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 18:16:34
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Oh Dayanara sounds like you got some nice stuff.
Train cases are so awesome. You'll love it.
I am so sorry Apl that you guys were snowed in. For some reason, I thought the worst was south of you by an hour or two. Well hopefully it was romantic and you can reconnect with your family and have a late xmas.
Well my hubby was very cool and got me some new/vintage Pixies vinyl and a little chest to store it in. Way cool.
I also got tix to the Lion King which I haven't seen.
Some cash.
And a gift certificate to itunes.
And that's about it. 
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 18:22:55
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clash and cash (i'm hard to shop for)
Rat: do you have any regrets?
Pig: no, but i had a parrot once
Rat: that made absolutely no sense
Pig: well, it made sense to me until i learned he couldn't talk
Rat: i wish you couldn't talk
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WolfManMikeLonely
= Cult of Ray =
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 19:39:44
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I got a Bill Hicks DVD with three stand up specials and a documentary on it. Can't beat that with a stick. Got a Street Fighter 15th Anniversary Control Pad(Ken version), that was pretty sweet.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
www.transposed.net |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 05:31:29
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I got a scarf, a jumper, a ukulele, Show Me Your Tears, Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo, Oracle Night by Paul Auster, a Catalan-English dictionary, a dodgy stomach from a combination of red wine and clottedcream fudge.
Is that Bills Hicks DVD the It's Just A Ride documentary with the London Dominion show?
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Maze rats dreamed of mazes, according to the latest studies. Maze rat scientists dreamed of rats. I was dreaming of cheese. |
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Posted - 12/26/2004 : 07:01:04
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Thats only got one stand up show (london) on it hasn't it? With clips from the others (that are CD's anyway)?? I thought there were only two out there (totally Bill Hicks and One night stand) but maybe these are the only ones I've found.
I got:
A CD rack
A metal coca cola wall plaque
A bottle of perfume
A pack of invisible playing cards
A calendar with Nuns in it
A hip flask
A Sheepy bank
Some bouncing putty and magnetic frogs and a fan!
excellent stuff
oh and my mum got me some second hand Asimov books and william gibson - virtual light
Frank Black ate my hamster |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 07:15:06
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-Eraserhead/Lost Highway/Mulholland Drive DVD set
-Family Guy series 3
-Spongebob bedsheets
-Book on surrealist art (think I want a Francis Bacon tattoo)
-Japanese rice crackers (yum) & usual sugary stuff (ugh)
-Ebow guitar gadget
-Sam & Max comic book, '92 vintage (came with a seemingly valuble anime comic from 87, mint and bagged!)
-numerous things that suggest I need to smell better 
-A 'sunshine buddy'. Absolutely awesome and hypnotic http://www.gadgetbargains.com/cacr-602437ro.html
No music yet..relying on other relatives for that..
 "Join the cult of Ray/He was the best Ghostbuster"
www.doog.tk |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 07:59:20
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What's a train case? I love MAC make-up.
The only thing I got that I liked and kept is ......
the London Calling CD reissue and DVD.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 09:29:22
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That's cool Kathryn.
Train cases are cases with little compartments to keep your makeup. Very cool.
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4894 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 10:36:56
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Sam and Max, I used to play the computer game all the time when I was a young girl. I still got it somewhere, I wonder if it'll run, hmmm
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
1670 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 11:09:09
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I got Bose Noise Reduction headphones and i love them! BTW Kathleen youre gonna have to buy some kick @$$ music now that u have itunes spending money :)
The Truth Is Out There |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 13:21:15
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 13:54:12
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tat tat a fall album, tat tat and more tat.
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“I want to be a star!” I cried
They said, “You’re overqualified.
Why don’t you learn to tune your damn guitar?” |
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WolfManMikeLonely
= Cult of Ray =
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 15:44:22
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Yeah it's the Bill Hicks DVD you mentioned Newo.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
www.transposed.net |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 21:12:32
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quote:
Originally posted by Tre
....A pack of invisible playing cards.....
must be a lot of royal flushes in that set.
Rat: do you have any regrets?
Pig: no, but i had a parrot once
Rat: that made absolutely no sense
Pig: well, it made sense to me until i learned he couldn't talk
Rat: i wish you couldn't talk
Pig: you would've liked my parrot |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2004 : 21:13:32
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quote:
...-Spongebob bedsheets...
i'm jealous
Rat: do you have any regrets?
Pig: no, but i had a parrot once
Rat: that made absolutely no sense
Pig: well, it made sense to me until i learned he couldn't talk
Rat: i wish you couldn't talk
Pig: you would've liked my parrot |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 05:10:44
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I had
- a pop-corn making machine
- a Cypress Hill DVD
- a vinyl cleaning brush
- some comics in Spanish
- a sweater
- the Britney Spears Greatest Hits CD.
And yeah, I did ask for it.
Denis
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 05:28:41
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I had:
2 pullovers
Simpson's 2nd Season DVD
Les carnets de M. Manatane DVD (French crazy TV show)
Playboy cards
Pastas
A painting
2 comic books
Belgian chocolates
Coffee machine
love
headache
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 06:25:46
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i got:
CDs [The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Castanets - Cathedral, Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man, Captain Beefheart + the Magic Band - The Dust Blows Forward (anthology), The Decemberists - Her Majesty the Decemberists]
DVDs [Rushmore Criterion Collection, Amelie, Clerks X, Showgirls VIP Edition (a gag gift), Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 1, Bubba Ho-Tep]
Gift Cards to Barnes and Noble (about $100 worth)
A Frank Zappa biography
A cool unnamed African stringed instrument my mom found
A bath robe
Some shirts/a tie
-B-B-B-Brian
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1734 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 06:33:05
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The decemberists, great CD!
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 06:37:33
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What books you going to get, Brian?
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Maze rats dreamed of mazes, according to the latest studies. Maze rat scientists dreamed of rats. I was dreaming of cheese. |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 07:18:27
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i'm going to get a cookbook i saw that was a "one pot" cookbook, full of stews, soups, etc. i have a very small kitchen w/ very little counter space, so soups are a blessing for my tiny abode. i'm going to use one of the gift cards to buy the arrested development season 1 and the simpsons season 5 dvds. with the rest i'll just look around and see what pops out at me.
-B-B-B-Brian
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 07:21:47
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Which Zappa bio, Brian? And do you mean you got Rushmore
on DVD? Coolsville!
Next time I sit on Santa's lap I'm gonna ask for a train case. I love
me my MAC.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 08:45:14
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Which Zappa bio, Brian? And do you mean you got Rushmore
on DVD? Coolsville!
Zappa: A Biography - Barry Miles
And yes, i got Rushmore on DVD, and the cool features-heavy version not the rushed out, minimal DVD.
-B-B-B-Brian
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 17:33:44
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i got scalextric, some extra track, some clothes and a modest mouse cd and some other stuff i can't recall right now...
The Monkey Helper has arrived http://www.monkeyhelper.co.uk (that is my band) |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 17:41:34
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Strangely enough, I got almost everything I asked for. Which means I got.....
One of these.
One of these.
And one of these.
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 17:43:23
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3 jpg's must be just about the worst present ever for christmas.
The Monkey Helper has arrived http://www.monkeyhelper.co.uk (that is my band) |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2004 : 07:48:34
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newo, i tried to take your advice and pick up The Art of Looking Sideways, but my local Barnes and Noble was sold out. perhaps next time
-B-B-B-Brian
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2004 : 08:13:41
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quote:
Originally posted by bumblebeeboy2
3 jpg's must be just about the worst present ever for christmas.
The Monkey Helper has arrived http://www.monkeyhelper.co.uk (that is my band)
I see you didn't get that joke book you were after.
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2004 : 08:30:44
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A new coat
Shudder to Think poster framed
Some computer stuff
Cash
 Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2004 : 08:35:12
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http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=76490
"This four-disc boxed set celebrates the stuff that dwelt just beneath the topsoil -- everything from R.E.M., The Smiths, and The Cure to Black Flag, Ministry, and The Cramps. "
sell me your gently used 8-eye US9 (mens) classic smooth black Docs really cheap. I need them. I'm hard and I need boots. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2004 : 23:05:53
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A shiny new computer that is complete overkill for me.
I'm learnin!
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2004 : 03:58:25
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hmm, what did I get.
I got a pair of hair straighteners
A manics ' motorcycleemptiness' t shirt,t hat the back print says 'baby im bored'
Where did everything go right? by andrew collins Book
Bill Bryson - short history of nearly everything
a few bath things
huge bottle of Baileys
pair of earrings
bracelet
hand made silver ring, which has a treble clef featured
a really cool hat
a teddy bear from my mum?!?!
a note book
some crap make up
a pepperami selection!
a beautiful dark purple luxury dressing gown
black satin little top and bottoms for bed
really cool knickers
a grey cord skirt that very flattering to my arse!
lots of sweets
a bunch of stuff i cant remember.
And i bought my self the Beach Boys Pet Sounds Sessions box set, and im getting a new phone, and my boyfriends taking me on a shopping trip, and iove got a load of cash to come from my uncles.
Now I do as I please and lie through my teeth. Someone might get hurt but it won't be me. I should probably feel cheap but I just feel free and a little bit empty. No it isn't so hard to get close to me. There will be no arguments. We will always agree. And I will try and be kind when I ask you to leave. We will both take it easy. But if you stay too long inside my memory, I will trap you in a song tied to a melody and I will keep you there so you can't bother me. |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2004 : 04:07:07
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A pretty successful haul.
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So, what did we get?
