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Present Get!
Warning, I had planned on manning the camera and opening things, but my girlfriend stole the camera and took pictures of me with the loot. Let's pretend I'm acting like the Nintendo 64 kid making these faces.
Oh, and my cat.
Very cool bracelet I got from Rhonda my EGA Secret Santa - rwillisglassartist.etsy.com
It fits beautifully and I love the magnetic closure.
I was going to show it on my wrist, but with the cold winter weather I've got dry old-lady skin - I thought I'd spare you that image :-)
Big thanks to my santa @Delduwath!
PS- had to take a break while writing this post to do some clean up and then ended up reading the first story in Owly to her. She liked it!
baahar is my Secret Santa and she sent me a beautiful head band and a fantastic leaf bag. Thank you.
Wonderful cabled fingerless mittens, chocolate coated coffee beans and fabric received from my Secret Santa pal. Handknitted from yarn she dyed herself. Thanks J!
I thought we were done Santa. Six books is a lot. I may have never been more wrong in my life. My wife IMed me at work today asking if I'd ordered something from amazon. I hadn't. After the kids went to bed and I did the dishes it was time to open a rather large box.
I picked my good friend Jon by chance for Secret Santa this year, so I've decided to draw him some "polo bears" (because he's always wearing polo shirts) and I'm going to be making him some oatmeal cookies (his favorite). :) Successful gifts.
I don't even know when I talked about the x-files on the PA. Me and the wife are so looking forward to the re-boot.
And to make sure you both
have a gay holiday
a collection of written words
is also sent your way
There should be more coming
Once the stores get off their asses,
But their pre-holiday shipping
is slower than molasses.
So take heart! There'll be more
Books heading for your shelf!
(Please forgive further delays
If I read them myself.
For they seem quite intriguing
Well worth giving a look,
And I'll admit I'm a sucker
For an interesting book.)
It's a book of Nintendo History!
I'd been eyeing this one for a long time, Santa. I love reading video game history books. thanks so much! And more presents on the way?!? What?!
My gift came from Germany! One of my and my wife's favorite places on this planet!
Here is the letter from my Secret Santa @spookymuffin
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The annual EMULSIVE Secret Santa event will always be a display of the analog community’s unspoken commitment to support one another. No matter where or what our circumstances are at this point, the Secret Santa is a wholesome way of concluding the year with some kindness and a whole lot of...
Large version at:
emulsive.org/articles/a-look-back-at-emulsive-secret-sant...
Filed under:
#Articles, #Secret_Santa, #Secret_Santa, #Secret_Santa_2016
Now, for the giftage.
Holy crap! Santa's an Aussie! I know things about Australia! It's like, on a whole different day there - it's tomorrow there, today! Australia exists entirely in the future! And it's a whole different season. Having Christmas in summer just seems odd. And, as I learned in the following educational video, my Santa must be named Bruce, so thanks, Bruce!
Actually, a few years ago, before my wife and I decided to breed, we took a bus tour of Ireland. Most of the people on the bus were Aussies. From my 10 days with my new friends from down under I learned...
1. I am rather good at cricket. This does fuck-all for me here in the states.
2. Aussies are bloody good fun to drink with, but not quite as able to put it away as Canadians. At least not the two Canadians on our trip.
3. There is no better crowd to watch sport with. Any sport.
4. I really, really want to go to Australia! (But it will have to wait until retirement).
Anyway, on to the gifts from Down-Under.
First is the t-shirt I mentioned previously. It is of a most-excellent slayer of zombies, named Leroy. He's the gent in the gas-mask. I like this shirt, as does my monthly board-gaming group. I wore it there. It was described as "fuckawesome." Indeed. This one arrived a couple of weeks ago.
Australian military rations! One day's worth! Holy shit this is incredibly awesome! Yes, Santa, you're right on the money in your letter - "in the heart of every zombie fan is a crazed survivalist." I enjoy all forms of post-apocalyptic fiction, and while I'm far from a crazed survivalist in practice, I do have an emergency plan, go bag, and two weeks worth of canned food and water in the house (don't look at me like that. My area once went without power for a week).
The Australian PR1M looks way better than the MREs I've had. I used to eat MREs all the time. My dad was a Reservist, and would buy surplus MREs that we could take hunting and camping. I'd even mooch packs to take with me to track and field tournaments. This is going to bring back some good memories. Not so much of the food, but of the times associated with them!
The sheer variety of what is in the plastic is astounding. Two entrees, a buttload of snacks, rice, what looks like ramen, matches, better quality toilet paper than what the MREs give (already put in my car in case of a roadside emergency), dried fruit (I've eaten one pack already - it was labeled "fruit grains," so I was expecting fruit flavored granola, but instead it was ridiculously good bits of raspberry fruit leather.)
I will eat my way through the bag, most likely as part of lunches at work. My students have been fascinated by this whole Secret Santa thing (wait, you STALK each other? This isn't creepy, how?) so they'll get a kick out of seeing me enjoy part of my gift.
In fact, I'm packing a sleeve of saltines and the tube of Marmite. We're going to see who the real men and women in my classes are, tomorrow. I've never tried the stuff, but I'm game!
Dear see317,
Merry Christmas!
All of my gift choices were based n what was said in the initial SS message, what I stalked of you, and my own personal flavor.
So, to the gifts! (you might want to open them and then come back to read this in fear of spoilers.)
Spoiler:
1- Saga and Thief of Thieves vol1: You said you generally read sci-fi/fantasy, so I thought Saga would be a grat story for you. It is pretty awesome. Most say it is Romeo & Juliet meets star Wars. I wouldn't disagree.
2- Batman Handbook: I believe you said this, no?
"Every time I see one of these posts, I'm thankful that someone else got The Riddler as their Santa. To my Santa, I'm no Batman" <>
Well, no more excuses! I expect your next Santa to riddle the shit out of you and for you to have no issues solving them.
3- Finn Flash Drive: I was close to finishing my shopping for you and saw that you had the Adventure Time comic on your list, but I didn't want to over comic you. <> So, I thought this little guy would do.
Skyrim NES Cart:I've had a place bookmarked for months and as soon as you said Skyrim in your SS hints I knew what I was getting you. From what I've read, it is an actual NES game. Which one? No clue, but if you can find an NEW, let me know!
5-TastykakesThese are pretty much a Northeast thing, so I figured what the hell. NOMNOM NOM
6- Hero Academy
7- The Walking Dead
Enjoy it all! the last fewgifts will be trickling inthere very shortly.
<3 <3 <3,
Santaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Setting the spoiler filled note to the side I start in on the wrapped goodies
Not a problem! There'll be Canadian candy to be had! I've never even heard or seen these before and I hope to make myself sick on chocolate by this evening!
Thanks so much, Secret Santa! I doubt I can finish this in one sitting, but I'm really looking forward to this especially since I'm also going to be flying real soon. Now I have to go and find out who you are!
EDIT:
Also, when I went to pick the package up, the post office worker asked me a few questions about my identity.
"So...what's your first name?"
At this point, I remembered someone having a lot of trouble over their forum handle and I paused for a moment.
"Hm.. uh, well... hmmmm... Arminas? No wait, Andrew. yeah, that."
With a quizzical glance and a raised eyebrow, "Yeah? Where do you live?"
"Look, it's just a nick name. I live at "
"Oh, okay. Yeah, you got it. Heh."
EDIT2:
Stalking update, uGH! It's proving hard to find out who my SS is. Because the day package shipped is the same day everyone started Holiday-ing their avatars.
EDIT3:
Okay, my only guess is Mordrack! Identify yourself Secret Santa, my SantaDex isn't working very well. And my head is spinning from eating most of the first Coffe Crisp. God damn, why don't they sell this in the USA? I've never had this before, but oh man, the sugar. whooooooooooooooo I classify it as a pimped out KitKat bar because I love coffee flavored ice-cream
I was really hype about buying this back in the day. I actually almost bought it on several occasions, but was kinda broke at the time and couldn't justify it. Now it is miiiiine!
And inside, there's a letter:
Dear "Imperfect",
You're my second Canadian santee in a row. I've found that shipping around to those parts can get pretty expensive, and frankly I'd much rather spend my money buying you cool stuff than shipping it. As such, you'll see that all the stuff I've purchased was from Canadian merchants sent directly to you. However, I've always felt this was a bit too impersonal, and I wanted to send you something from me that made this unique. Hence the letter.
Now on to the gifts. First let me apologize for the fact that the gifts are a bit disjointed and have come in at a time that's a tad inconvenient for you. This was my fault as I've been dilly dallying with this this year, really for no good reason. Having said that, let's go over the gifts.
I took a gander at your wishlist and saw that you had kinetic sand on there. That's cool and all, but magnets are so much cooler! They stick to things! I myself have been having quite a bit of fun with magnets lately, and I hope you enjoy them as well.
The card game Hanabi has been a favorite since I've been introduced to it about a year ago. Since then I whip it out as often as possible in social settings. A word of warning - don't try to explain how to play this game under the influence. It won't happen. Learn to play first, then enjoy whatever vices you choose.
I saw that you were an avid player of iOS games. I really wanted to fuel this, however, as an American I cannot purchase items from the Canadian iOS store. This made me very sad. But have no fear! Perhaps there will be a Steam related gift in the future! I can't not fuel your gaming habits.
Lastly, I saw that you had V for Vendetta on your wishlist. I also saw that I had v for Vendetta on my bookshelf. I put forth the argument that this isn't really cheating because I already had the novel (for ages, too!) and therefore did not purchase it for you from your wishlist. It's part of the personal touch to my gift. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
So. I hope that you've enjoyed my gifts as much as I've enjoyed thinking them up and buying them (hit: it's a lot). Happy holidays and 'til next year!
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Okay.
So.
I have to say, I'm legitimately overwhelmed here. Fun magnet toys, a nearly-prescient card game gift, a Steam game I've longed for, and finally, this, a book from your very own bookshelf. Your own book! That you owned! Holy crap!
This is probably the most Christmas cheer I've felt from Secret Santa yet. I'm just...
Just thank you so, so much. This is amazing.
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