Did you get what you wished for?
So Christmas is upon us, and I am sure we have all written our wish list and given a copy to all we know to make sure we get what we want.
So I have this fun little idea for an activity that we could do until Christmas.
Lets write down our wish lists and then after we open out presents, be that the 24'th or 25'th (Depending on which tradition we follow, I am Danish so we open out presents in the evening on the 24'th).
We come back and cross out what items we got, and we see who got the most from their list.
It's only for fun, so you don't have to post your list if you don't want to.
If there is some items you are embarrassed of to post in public, either don't post it or post it as "Secret item".
Don't repost your post after you cross out items, just edit your old post so it will be easer for us all to find the list we are looking for.
If you get presents at a later time (Lets take me as an example, I am going to England at the end of January and I know I will get presents there as well). Then you are allowed to cross your items out after that.
If you don't know of yo cross over words I will here give you are little guide.
Write [ s ][ /s ] without the spaces around you word like [ s ]This[ /s ], so This will look like This.
So here is my list.
Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb: Ghosts of Ascalon.
Derek Landy: Dark Days - Mortal Coil.
Brent Weeks: The Black Prism.
Peter V. Brett: The Desert Spear.
Adrian Tchaikovsky: The Scarab Path.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series: All the Books.
Charmed Season: 1-2-4-5-6-7-8 (Allready own 3).
Hoobastank: Every Man for Himself - For(N)ever.
Nickelback: Curb - The State - Silver Side Up - The Long Road - All the Right Reasons - Dark Horse.
Lordi: Babez for Breakfast.
Serenity: Words Untold & Dreams Unlived - Fallen Sanctuary.
Alestorm: Captain Morgan's Revenge - Black Sails at Midnight.
A Danish book, and some books transelated to Danish.
Kenneth Bøgh Andersen: Ondskabens Engel.
Robb Kid: Jack Sparrow 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
So I have this fun little idea for an activity that we could do until Christmas.
Lets write down our wish lists and then after we open out presents, be that the 24'th or 25'th (Depending on which tradition we follow, I am Danish so we open out presents in the evening on the 24'th).
We come back and cross out what items we got, and we see who got the most from their list.
It's only for fun, so you don't have to post your list if you don't want to.
If there is some items you are embarrassed of to post in public, either don't post it or post it as "Secret item".
Don't repost your post after you cross out items, just edit your old post so it will be easer for us all to find the list we are looking for.
If you get presents at a later time (Lets take me as an example, I am going to England at the end of January and I know I will get presents there as well). Then you are allowed to cross your items out after that.
If you don't know of yo cross over words I will here give you are little guide.
Write [ s ][ /s ] without the spaces around you word like [ s ]This[ /s ], so This will look like This.
So here is my list.
Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb: Ghosts of Ascalon.
Derek Landy: Dark Days - Mortal Coil.
Brent Weeks: The Black Prism.
Peter V. Brett: The Desert Spear.
Adrian Tchaikovsky: The Scarab Path.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series: All the Books.
Charmed Season: 1-2-4-5-6-7-8 (Allready own 3).
Hoobastank: Every Man for Himself - For(N)ever.
Nickelback: Curb - The State - Silver Side Up - The Long Road - All the Right Reasons - Dark Horse.
Lordi: Babez for Breakfast.
Serenity: Words Untold & Dreams Unlived - Fallen Sanctuary.
Alestorm: Captain Morgan's Revenge - Black Sails at Midnight.
A Danish book, and some books transelated to Danish.
Kenneth Bøgh Andersen: Ondskabens Engel.
Robb Kid: Jack Sparrow 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
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I've just copied and pasted from my original wishlist that I printed out and handed to my family. When it says things like 'you gave it away', I mean my parents gave it away, and not you lot. It's just how I wrote the list to try and convince them to get it for me.
A desktop calendar (Preferably CD case style)
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (DS Game)
Ice Age III (DVD)
A new book (I’ve ran out in my personal library)
Squares Salt and Vinegar crisps (They are really yum)
An MP3. Not just any MP3 though, I want an MP3 that will play an album and then stop. I don’t want it to move on to the next album. I would like it to be 4GB or higher, and I would like it to have shuffle. Yes. I am awkward.
A book simply called ‘Grickle’. Not ‘Further Grickle’ or even ‘The Book of Grickle’ as I have those. This one is just plain and simple ‘Grickle’. Oh, and hard to find! Since on Amazon you can get this book for £60 new, I’m more than happy to receive a used one as that costs about £10.
Secret of Monkey Island + Box (I want the original game in the box. You gave it away to someone. Now get it back).
Piano lessons or a book that will help me learn. It is my new year’s resolution to learn that darn thing. I want to know how, but I haven’t yet had the patience. I plan on having learnt it by the end of 2011. I realise that we already have a few books that do this, but I sort of liked the look of ‘It’s Never Too Late to Play Piano – with CD’ that I found on Amazon. Even better if you can get me tuition though. I had a look and can’t find anyone offering lessons so I guess I’ll just have to learn on my own.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 (Wii game). Yes, you read that right. There’s no need to go back and check. I want this golf game. However, with this I will require…
The Wii Motion Plus accessory. (For the Wii, rather unsurprisingly). Currently, I would only require this if I was to obtain a certain golf game (see above). I would prefer two, but would only need one.
Are you willing to pay £1000 for two books? If so, then I want ‘The Age of Sam and Max’ and ‘The Effigy Mound’. They’re £500 each.
Coronation Street (DS). Nah, I’m just kidding. Hey! Wait! Why are clicking add to basket? I was joking! I don’t want it! Nooooooooooooooooooo!
I have a history of never getting anything I want, so this'll be interesting.
I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett
Red Dwarf or Wallace and Gromit calender
Shrek 4 DVD
Beatles 'Hard Days Night' t-shirt
Chocolate
Scrapbooking stuff
Books - Any
Serenity/Firefly graphic novels - All three
Firefly Companion book
Discworld Science 2 and 3
Chuck t-shirt
Darkstar Game
That's about it... Earlier this year I had a bit of spare cash so I pretty much bought something if I really wanted it. I hold out no hope for anything that will need to be ordered online, so I didn't really write much of that.
Got:
Not on List:
500 GB Portable Hard Drive
28x30 poster frame (for the Polesitting poster I got two years ago)
Five 11x17 poster frames (for the Devil's Playhouse movie poster set)
On List:
Rock Band 3 (had to buy my own keyboard for it, though)
The Beatles: Rock Band
Metroid: Other M
Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded preorder
Didn't Get:
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario All-Stars
Sonic Classic Collection
Pokémon HeartGold
Black Wii Remote Plus
Black Nunchuk
Black Classic Controller Pro
List for Grandmother:
Epic Mickey
Denim Jacket
Did you notice that I have a really hard time trying to think of things that aren't video games? Same problem every year, though I usually manage to balance it by asking for movies. The only problem with that is that sometimes my parents lean too hard that way. Last year, I mostly got movies and one Wii game I haven't played yet (Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles).
@Skeeter you said something on the last end of that list!!! which version do you want??
@jeeno those books CANT be that much! maybe amazon but hell with that place! see me for details ok?! I own 2 of each from here and 1 personally from Steve when they came out. Also might want to talk to me about SMI unless you mean some other odd version see lucasarts museum for details
Id give you them for just what I got em for
might not make it by Xmas though!!( they really that rare?!)
And whats disc-world science! I love disc-world!!!
I want em!!!! you guys have great taste ya know that!?
my list
DARKSTAR the Captains Collector Box!! 75$!! made from MST3k crew and is the first VIDEO motion movie game since oh... Gabriel knight or phantasmagoria era 2000 or so.
Club penguin anything!!! esp rare 9 inch Santa plush w/mustache and beard not just BEARD from 2 years ago (don't laugh my girl got me really into it!!)
Bad Religion's 30 years 12 Vinyl complete discography box, 3000 limit (225+tax+shipping on 12lbs!) INSANE PRICE so its going to vanish!!!
Tex Murphy complete sets mine got damaged in the move, along with my wing commander and crusader no remorse/regret boxes. AHHH
Full throttle bandanna edition also destroyed in moving
Any rare bad religion shirt (you should see my collection)
High Hopes list
Mortgage paid this month is harsh! As all know! anyone else need that on the list? lol
No felonies would rock!+working at TTG yea odd wish I know! But its my ten year old felony preventing me from even applying at telltale so my wish is to one day work there. by xmas .. nah but .. Its a WISH list right?
Id take even licking stamps!! Or worse making those season packs !! Toilet scrubber? hmm
I have more but I don't celebrate holidays so I don't even get socks anymore. Now id love underwear and socks. Odd how priorities change..I remember hating my mum for the socks. Now i need em ! :P
TONS of donations near xmas just choose the right one or GULP
Need... want....
aww its a wish list, most dont NEED anything on their list.
I just want..
minus the underwear and socks.. that is a NEED lol
going commaannndooooooo
ahem sorry
I know what I'm getting for Christmas, a TV (which I'm sharing with my little bro), and the latest family guy DVD.
What I would love to buy myself for christmas/birthday, (if i have enough money that is!):
-Shenmue II Xbox (cheaper, but still pricey at a used price between 10-15 quid. after getting that game, I'll pretty much have the ultimate xbox collection (- steel battallion, but that goes for silly money!))
- Good Old Games (mostly interplay titles left on my wishlist now. COME ON INTERPLAY SALE!!!)
- Back to the future episodes (got most of the other telltale games now!
- SNES (I want one of these again! I remember a long time ago my parents sold it, so we could get an N64) (It had awesome games too: Super Probotector, Super Mario World, LOZ: ALTTP, Starwing(/fox), Stunt Race FX, Super tennis, Dungeon master, final fantasy VI,and Donkey Kong country (At least those are the ones I remember...))
But SNES' are pretty pricey though, can easly go up to 30 quid on ebay.
30 quid? wwwwwwwwwow.. here its about 10$ usd for a working one with controllers and cords. Less if you find them at a street market or such
(we have a place called denios market and auction) its 4 days a week every week every year.)
dont pay 30 quid mate .. thats what 70 bucks? lol man usd is worthless!
Shipping to you would be less than that from usa!! and I have 3 of them.. 2 work perfect one is .. well
you know nintendo! lol Let me know if you need USA info or want one of mine .. free..+shipping costs
I have a lovely Recipe for Hate shirt, not sure how rare it is but it's pretty damn nice
Also i'm def getting to that age where I appreciate a pair of socks. Though if anyone wants to get me a sweet wee jacket that'd do as well
I'm mostly in the "I dunno what I want" list. Everything that I really want's pretty obtainable. I wouldn't mind a new wallet though, it's bad luck to buy your own and all that
Its pretty funny isn't it how cheap they are in America.
But in the UK, they are suprisingly pricey (I guess no one wants to get rid of em eh? XD)
I mean I got a Sega Master System and 10 games (all in boxes), one actually being Ys: The Vanished Omen! for 26 quid
(Interesting to note, I didn't actually need the system itself, as I also own a master system converter for the megadrive as well)
is it tour? or just the dogs head guys on front nothing on back?!
anything with dates is really rare, and a few dogs heads are from 2000+ not 1993 :P
pm me and Ill show you just a few of the 192+ BR shirts I own YIPES
aww a sweet wee jacket!! CUTEEEEE wait are you female? odd avatar and name!
also I think I have the sega CD and many games I dont want or use anymore.
to bad you arent down the street, id give them away mate.. no joke!
pm me seriously...
Female!? Consider my masculinity rocked to its very foundations
The story behind the name comes from a Lee Evans stand-up show when Lee enquires about a man who went to the toilet quite a while ago
The shirt's just the dog heads, it's prolly a 2000+ run cos it's still in pretty good nick and I bought it spanky new. I did have a RBF tour t-shirt from when I saw them in Belfast. And I kid you not, I was working with halogen lights and the thing caught fire whilst I was wearing it. The silver lining was that at least the Belfast date on the back survived
Thanks for the offer of the Sega CD, you're too kind, truly tis the season of goodwill!!
Also, i'm a nosey git, what felony did you commit? You badass
Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe
Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Take That: Progress
Another CD which I basically don't know, but it's either the Hurley album from Weezer or the Scott Pilgrim OST
The USA and Chinese governments hosting WikiLeaks.
No X-mas fest here, so... no wish-list
That I get the things I want for Christmas. These are the things I want-
To become a better person and a better friend to my friends. To appreciate them and what I have, and to earn their appreciation of me as well.
True love. To meet the person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with for the first time. Someone my age who is smart, funny, and that I have good chemistry with.
A copy of Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown, remastered on DVD with English audio.
-If I get each thing on my list then I will continue to celebrate Christmas for the rest of my life. If I don't then I will never celebrate Christmas again and will be an enemy to it for the rest of my life. Either I'll prove once and for all that there are Christmas miracles, or I won't. My money is that I won't, and either way I'm happy with that.
Also, get off my lawn.
stop sayin that you are
it's makin me feel old
He's so boring and I'm very tempted to get him a cheap gift shop present. (but I won't)
Back to the Future: The Game (Pre-Ordered), Sonic Colors, Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition (Pre-Ordered), Super Scribblenauts.
Good luck with #2.
But I was working up to long stories about how we rode donkeys to school every day (in hailstorms)! And how instead of shoes, we wore bits of old tyre lashed to our feet with twine scavenged from rubbish bins!
I was rude and didn't put my Christmas wishlist above. Here it is:
Gonna be some wild times over at casa de la 'box.
I think it has more to do with individual families than with time. You and I are around the same age, and my parents were of the idea that they needed to fill the living room with gifts to the point when you couldn't see the floor. If you didn't want that many gifts, they'd just get things you didn't want.
I know it probably sounds weird complaining about that, but it always made me feel so depressed. I always wished they could give that to people who needed/wanted them, and I would have been fine with less gifts that I actually liked.
I think that's why I haven't been celebrating that much, except with Ian's parents. That is, I celebrate the "make food and eat it" part, but not the "ask for gifts" part. Plus anything that can be bought, I'd rather pick myself, quite honestly, and I'd be happier just being given the money. So I'd rather receive a gift if it's something that can't be bought (and in the same vein I usually give handmade gifts as well).
Of course, when people ask for something specific enough, then that's a different story. But most people, when you ask them what they want for Christmas, or a birthday, or things like that, tend to go "er...."
In my opinion, it's because the things they want tend to be too expensive. Even if you want a new computer, you're not going to ask someone for it, right? Unless you can get all your friends to pitch in. So really, that's another reason to let the person who's going to use it pick it themselves. I know lots of people think giving money is tacky, but I disagree. At least it's something I can use.
I say that, but since fleeing France I haven't received money from anyone, since my side of the family where those giving it to me as gifts, and well they don't give me gifts anymore. Still, quite honestly, I'd rather have nothing at all than something I didn't ask for, unless you know me so well that you're 100% sure I'll love it. And even then, loving it doesn't mean I would have bought it for myself, so it might be a bad gift anyways.
Looks like I've started ranting again >.> Er... Happy holidays everyone!
That's because you aren't buying presents for all your family members, as we do. As in, everyone buys gifts for everyone. It's hard as dick to find something for everyone though.
Here goes nothing...
Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (Blu-Ray)
The Moody Blues: Live at the Isle of Wight (Blu-Ray)
Patrick Moraz: Live in Princeton
Yes: Live in Philadelphia 1979
Seinfeld: Season 7
Music for Piano and Drums -Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford
Windows of Time -Patrick Moraz
Resonance -Patrick Moraz
Smallcreep’s Day -Mike Rutherford
Please Don’t Touch! -Steve Hackett
The Bible of Unspeakable Truths -Greg Gutfeld
The Reivers -William Faulkner
Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes -Chris Welch
The Hero with a Thousand Faces -Joseph Campbell
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360)
As to what I get from that, only time will tell....
There were a couple of things I didn't put on the list because my Mum held them up in the shop and went ' Do you want this?' and then put them in the trolley. So I know I'm getting them. So I don't actually expect to get anything much off the list. We've always been encouraged to make the lists though, because more options make bigger surprises... or something like that. I've never received everything off my list.
We used to get a stocking - under the tree presents were from relatives. When we emigrated and it was just us, the parents put one present under the tree as well. As we got older, there were just a few presents under the tree. They always went by spending equal amounts on us, so sometimes my brother might have one large one, and I would have several smaller ones (usually books).
I just want the plain old Darkstar game on disc. It's reviews remind me of Andromeda and old cheesey Star Trek eps, my favourites! Uh, the Discworld books are 'The Science of Discworld'. There are three, I have the first one, which I found hard going because of the science explainations. But I figure I have all the rest of the books, so I'll get them and try again. And I know what you mean about the socks etc. I gave my brother A- Team socks last year - first time he was excited about clothes at Christmas!
Super Meat Boy
Technics SL-1210 MK2 turntables x2
Red Dead Redemption
Sam and Max (all 3 seasons)
Any and all Professor Layton DS games
PS1/PS2 games like God Hand, Einhander, Katamari Damacy, etc. for nostalgic value
Hacky sacks and/or footbags
a continuation of my very miniscule vinyl record collection
Any album by Wesley Willis
I'd also wish to stop being a lazy bum, and to get my laptop fixed. The former feels easier than the latter though, so I'll just stick with getting fit.
Seriously ill test the CD out again to be sure its working fully. Charity would not give it to anyone who would use it. Nor sell it for more than 2$..
As for my felony well.. in my city saying you are going to kick your twin brothers butt (to put it nicely) is a felony strike terrorist threat. Looks bad on a resume.
Lets put it one more way
NO ONE PRESSED CHARGES. Months later I got pulled over for my tail light being out and walla, warrant from the DA saying the report from police was filed and continued by the DA of PLACER COUNTY ... run far from this county
Its Sacramento north to Lake Tahoe.. RUN RUN RUN
yea so 10 years ago I yelled at him, a neighbor heard, cops came.. no one was arrested until months later. LOVE the money AHEM legal system in usa!
Now you all know more about me than id care to share.
And yes my brother and I get along fine! we are identical twins! of course we fight... sheesh..
go two blocks down the road and what I did isnt even a crime, darned counties.
NEW WISH
tellale being nice to its devout!
taking games away isnt nice!
Amazed how fast Christmas went this year, but that is a good thing that means I get a week of work to spent time with my family.
But all in all, I like all my gifts can wait to get started on my book Onskabens Engel. Have been waiting for that for a long time.
Can't wait to get in here tomorrow and see what you all got.
Never.