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Trivial Pursuits => People & Places => Topic started by: lprkn on November 19, 2009, 11:57:23 pm
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Nope, I seriously want to buy him a poster! I have almost more money than I know what to do with, for about another month, then I'm going to be flat broke for the next eleventy years. So, I'm getting people little things while I can.
I am very pleasantly surprised and touched by this, and it leads to another thing I was thinking about: Blind Gift Exchange? I have recently happened upon some free time (unemployment), and would be willing to administer such a thing, if there is enough interest. I actually participated in one on another board, and it was a lot of fun.
My main concern would be that it's already mid-November, and some people (me) are slow about some things like PM'ing addresses and buying gifts and mailing them.
So, is there any significant interest in such a thing?
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Jon (aka Ferocious J) used to administer something like this on Dumbrella. Here were his rules:
NOTE HERE THE DANCE CARD RULES: They are below. They're easy! If you
break them, you'll be left off all future updates, no one will send
you anything, you'll be publicly castigated on the board, and we'll
seal you inside a spacesuit and shit in it. So follow these simple,
simple rules.
1. No minimum participation is enforced. Do as much or as little as you like.
2. No sending people poop, literal or otherwise.
3. No anonymous mail.
As always, if you have an update to the list or want to be taken off,
let me know.
You may continue to mail each other items you think the other person would like.
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I assume you mean that everybody's address is on a private list, and then we can look them up to send them things?
Hmm, interesting. I guess I was kind of thinking more of a blind experience, where everyone puts their name into a hat and is drawn another person to get gifts for.
A plus to Ferocious J's way, you can send gifts to the people you want to send gifts to, but I like the element of surprise...element to my suggestion.
Thoughts?
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I figured you meant more a Secret Santa type deal. I was just floating this as a related option.
But yeah, everybody gets a list of all the other partici#####' addresses. There is an optional "I live with my parents/no racy stuff" flag for each person.
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Yes! Secret Santa, I couldn't remember the term.
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hell and damn yes! secret santa is rad with fake internet friends that are above average! count me in. im not willing to organize such a thing, but i would love to be a part of it. is there going to be a special thread, or what?
the rules up there are kind of vague.....
here are the rules for the other FIFSS(fake internet friend secret santa)-dealie that im participating in. i think they are the best ones:
To make this fun for everyone, we do need to follow some rules:
*Sign up by the end of the day November 24
*Gifts need to total close to $20. Please try to stay as close to that as possible, but be creative. we all know that handmade items are awesome gifts too and they are as welcome as store-bought goodies.
*You MUST MUST mail your package on time.
*Follow through! Be 100% sure that you can do this before you sign up!
*Please include your screen name with your gift... your identity as Santa should only be a secret until your gift is opened!
also, my friend provided a questionnaire/guide the potential santas:
Can you mail internationally?
Info for your Secret Santa:
First and Last Name:
Full Mailing Address:
Do you have any allergies?
Favorite Color?
Clothing Size? (you don't HAVE to share... but please let us know if we're talking about US/UK/AUS sizing)
Favorite Books/Authors?
Favorite TV shows and Movies:
Favorite things to eat (snacks, candies and such):
Stuff that you enjoy(Do you collect pokemon cards? Are you totally into cars? Are you in love with Batman? now's the time to let your Santa know!):
Things that you don't like (this is the place to mention it if you would rather die then listen to the Jonas Bros or you're pretty sure you're never going to wear polyester #####):
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Who is doing this? I am in.
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Sure, I'm in.
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hell and damn yes! secret santa is rad with fake internet friends that are above average! count me in. im not willing to organize such a thing, but i would love to be a part of it. is there going to be a special thread, or what?
the rules up there are kind of vague.....
The other wasn't a set event but ongoing for about 2 years. So people sent whatever they wanted whenever they felt like it. I recall receiving a postcard that had been hand-stitched together from paint samples, an amusing collage made mainly from teen magazines, and some of those candy dots that come on wax paper.
Although a traditional Secret Santa is much more likely to garner participation from all.
I'm down with participating either way.
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I'm game. One rule though, unboxing photos are strongly encouraged.
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I am so in.
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WHO MAILED ME THIS EIGHT BALL OF COCAINE AND TWELVE YEAR OLD THAI HOOKER.
SHIT I PULLED MY OWN NAME ON THE SECRET SANTA LIST AGAIN GOD DAMN IT THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR
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Okay, I am ready to do this thing. The rules that Mr Kool-Aid laid out work fine for me, but I'm going to reiterate them here, with a couple of minor changes.
Rules
- Sign up by the end of the day November 27th
- Please keep it around $20. It's okay to spend more if you like, but don't feel gypped if you spend a lot and are not reciprocated in kind. Of course handmade items are always encouraged (and inexpensive!)
- Whatever your mailing method, ensure that your packages arrive by the appropriate time.
- Make sure you are really gonna do this thing before you sign up. It would be really crappy to put a lot of time and effort into a gift, and still receive nothing.
- I know that a lot of us already know each others' real names, but please include your screen name with the gift, just in case.
If you decide that you are ready to get down, send me a PM with the following info:
- Can you mail internationally?
- Your name and address
- Allergies
- Whether you would like to be added to the list of addresses for future random gift giving, which I will compile and send to the interested parties.
The following will help your Secret Santa find stuff for you:
- Clothing size(s)
- Favorite books, shows, movies, authors, directors, actors, etc
- Favorite foods/snacks
- Stuff you like: hobbies, interests, passions
- Stuff you don't like: if you have something(s) you just can't stand and don't want the remote chance of getting one of them, make sure to speak up here
- Any other info not covered here that you feel would help your Secret Santa.
And of course, once you do receive your gift:
If anybody notices something that I've missed, speak up! Otherwise, get me your info asap!
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When are the gifts "due?" If I have 'til the new year, I'll do it.
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I think Jan. 1 is a good drop-deadline, I understand that some people are very busy with things such as jobs and offspring. But of course, a gift is cool no matter when you get it.
I'll be trying to get mine sent out so it's received by Christmas, though.
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Hooray for presents!
(That is to say, I am in.)
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czech(im in)
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Im in. Spoiler alert: My gift comes with a framed autographed picture of me.
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I might join in, but years of social self-ostracizing left me unable to pick up nice gifts for people, so I always give books, which is lame (I mean, it's not, but c'mon). We'll see how this goes...
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You really think we are a group of the sort of people who would be sorry to get a book?
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Im in. Spoiler alert: My gift comes with a framed autographed picture of me.
Hahaha! Tiny can. That is awesome.
Also, I'm in. Just so everybody knows, no costume jewelry for me because I have a metal allergy.
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Just so everybody knows, no costume jewelry for me because I have a metal allergy.
Note to self: no costume jewelry or Slayer CDs for linnea.
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You really think we are a group of the sort of people who would be sorry to get a book?
When you open the book a little man comes out and screams and doesn't stop screaming.
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Okay, so far I have info from 4 people, although I know more of you are interested from this thread. Just make sure you get me your info by this Friday!
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By yesterday?
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Okay, so far I have info from 4 people, although I know more of you are interested from this thread. Just make sure you get me your info by this Friday!
Dammit, people! Email your contact info to lprkn by Friday the 27th.
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I sent mine.
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What do we need to submit besides contact information?
Ok, I see it further up the thread.
Can I main Internationally, yes!
Allergies? None that I am aware of.
The rest, I am going to leave that open to the gift givers discretion. No clothes, I like to pick out my own clothes. My main passion is music, but I ain't gonna make a wish list, If the giver has an artist they are passionate about there's a good chance I will love them too. I trust all of you to have good taste.
Hell I still listen to all the mix cd's I've gotten from TOUAMB, they are awesome. In fact, germ of an idea tangent here, let's do that again.
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I trust all of you to have good taste.
Mwahahahaha....
Hell I still listen to all the mix cd's I've gotten from TOUAMB, they are awesome. In fact, germ of an idea tangent here, let's do that again.
I would also be down for such a thing. Actual physical media or something posted somewhere on the tubes?
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I want the physical media, cover art. I want a package.
But I realize most folks aren't up for that anymore. But I want to be able to download the mp3s anyway. A playlist on youtube just won't do.
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Alright, 8 partici##### now. This is getting to be more like it!
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Friday is when I'm leaving the country for a month so it would probably be impractical for me to join in but I would be all over some mix-disc business, maybe make a point of it with a new year disc theme or something?
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Damn, I was hoping you'd be my secret santa and send me all kinds of wombat stuff.
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You really think we are a group of the sort of people who would be sorry to get a book?
No, of course not. But to me it smacks a bit of lack of imagination, I mean, imagine getting a package from an enticing faraway land, all getting your imagination aflutter with possibilites, "oh wow, I bet it's a little dancing devil in a cachaça bottle", "no, it's a miniature Air Demonstration Squadron made with live Amazonian dragonflies!", then you open the box and it's the Sao Paulo phone book, 1987 (of course, I'd try to at least find an interesting book, but still...)
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No, of course not. But to me it smacks a bit of lack of imagination, I mean, imagine getting a package from an enticing faraway land, all getting your imagination aflutter with possibilites, "oh wow, I bet it's a little dancing devil in a cachaça bottle", "no, it's a miniature Air Demonstration Squadron made with live Amazonian dragonflies!", then you open the box and it's the Sao Paulo phone book, 1987 (of course, I'd try to at least find an interesting book, but still...)
Based on that imaginative post alone, I highly doubt you'd send a book that smacks of lack of imagination.
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You really think we are a group of the sort of people who would be sorry to get a book?
Amazon Prime does make this quite tempting.
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Alright, expect your PMs with your gift recipient's info at some point today!
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PMs have been sent to all and sundry, let me know if you have any questions!
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Awesome!!! I can't wait!!!
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Being sick as ten-barrels-of-fuck caused me to forget about This Thing.
My apologies for forgetting about This Thing.
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Today I contacted a person about arranging for my recipient to receive some things. If you know what I mean.
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ugh. i have to do research to figure out what to gift my person.....
(is it douche-y to complain? too bad.)
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Oh, I am complaining. I am sure there is no way I can think of something interesting enough to give this person.
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Oh, I am complaining. I am sure there is no way I can think of something interesting enough to give this person.
Me too. I gotta think up something creative. Ow, my brain.
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Cort and Ash are On Top Of It.
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Today I contacted a person about arranging for my recipient to receive some things. If you know what I mean.
Youre sending me a hooker?
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Youre sending me a hooker?
On the advice of lprkn I can neither confirm nor deny if you are my recipient.
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Today I contacted a person about arranging for my recipient to receive some things. If you know what I mean.
Youre sending me a hooker?
Spirochetes are "things", right?
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I'm planning on completely ignoring any suggestions in the PM and picking a present that I know anyone not in their right mind would enjoy.
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I am so hell of excited. My recipient had better like their gift.
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I got a package from TX yesterday and was all "This must be my gift from Paul!" but it was just my watch back from warranty repairs. Which is cool, but less exciting.
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I am having technical difficulties and will need to do more shopping before I can send my gift out. It is a good thing I got started early.
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I'm planning on completely ignoring any suggestions in the PM and picking a present that I know anyone not in their right mind would enjoy.
you mean, like, white elephant-style?
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Youre sending me a hooker?
Dead on Arrival, just like you asked!
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Over the past couple days I've been getting sneak previews of the gift I'm sending and holy hot damn. I have set the bar so totally high, you guys. I'm talking like T-Rex now, that is how excited I am about my person receiving it. I cannot fuck*ng wait.
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As usual, the bottleneck is at the actually-mailing stage.
Le sigh.
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As usual, the bottleneck is at the actually-mailing stage.
Le sigh.
thats my deal, but its more about $ than will.
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Anyone else mailed their gift? I look forward to the unboxing pics.
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thats my deal, but its more about $ than will.
Your gift is an anvil?
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Anyone else mailed their gift? I look forward to the unboxing pics.
Ah fuck. People are going to take pictures of this? I missed that part.
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Your gift is an anvil?
yeah. i karate chopped a solid piece of steel and it became an anvil.
Ah fuck. People are going to take pictures of this? I missed that part.
how else is everyone to know that it really happened?
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Ah fuck. People are going to take pictures of this? I missed that part.
That is the whole point!
My gift is boxed and ready to go but it has to wait till I have finished putting together another gift that I need to mail. There is no way I am going to the post office twice in one holiday season.
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Ah fuck. People are going to take pictures of this? I missed that part.
Linnea is starting to wish she hadn't sent a pair of her own used under#####.
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Linnea is starting to wish she hadn't sent a pair of her own used under#####.
Tastes just like chicken!
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Well, whoever has my name had better mail it early, because I'm leaving on the 22nd for Orlando and won't be back 'til 2010.
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Well, whoever has my name had better mail it early, because I'm leaving on the 22nd for Orlando and won't be back 'til 2010.
I somehow read this as you leaving until October
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I wanta to know why you people would consider mailing early like this. My recipient will be under strict orders to wait until Christmas Eve.
It's the way things are done, you know.
i like to mail early because the USPS is the government. their poop is not in a group, at times. if there is a problem that i can take care of, i can do so in as timely a manner as possible.
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Mailing early? Our postal service is kinda nutty. I just want to make sure my prezzie gets there on time. My recipient needs to make sure to read the card first.
READ
THE
CARD
FIRST,
DOGG.
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My purchases are made!
ATTN: Person who I bought for...
It will look like I spent way over the suggested cost thing, I did not, I only went a little over, the things I bought I got good sales on.
Now, the adventure that is mailing things!
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because i am mailing as late as i will be(wednesday) i think my gift will probably not get to my reciever before Christmas. and with the seasonal USPS rush, i just hope it gets there before new years....
dudes! i just got my SS gift! it was from linnea. no lie, its the best hoodie i own now.
czech it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/inmyskittelz/vanity/FIFSS1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/inmyskittelz/vanity/FIFSS2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/inmyskittelz/vanity/FIFSS3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/inmyskittelz/vanity/FIFSS4.jpg)
P.S. -
I
DID
INDEED
READ
THE
CARD
FIRST,
MA'AM.
I
HOPE
I
HAVE
HONORED
YOUR
WISHES
IN
A
SATISFACTORY
MANNER.
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Cool! Extra points awarded for use of mspaint.
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Hahah, you dork. That is hilarious.
It is a fine sweatshirt indeed. It was like three pounds to mail. I am glad that you enjoy it.
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Extra points awarded for use of mspaint.
'tis a not bad time killer.
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OMG, total creepy stalker Secret Santa gift!
(http://www.rebsig.com/kogepan/2009-12-16-0033.jpg)
I mean, I believe that someone who re-read the archives devotedly could figure out that these are things that I have considered buying, but how did he know that I had not actually bought any of them yet???
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Niiice.
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If I recall correctly, The Mayor had recommended The '59 Sound to Wombat (which I remember because it's an album I also like quite a bit). As to how he knew none of the stuff had actually been purchased? Mayor's intuition.
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...mailed!
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I don't give a shit if he's not my Secret Santa I want that mixdisc.
Mine is almost done. We ARE doing a mixdisc trade right?
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I don't mean to spoil the Secret Santa magic, but: Amazon wish list.
Except for the pug toy, I just didn't want them to feel left out.
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Well knock me over with a feather, I had no idea that anyone could see my Amazon wish list.
Huh, I should more careful to remove stuff from it that I have bought elsewhere.
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I am interested in hearing your opinion on Mr. Klostermann. I remember really disliking him, but I do not remember why at all. it is very possible that he just said something that made me mad.
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I remember I said on the board here somewhere about a music review he wrote, that it made me want to read more of his writing instead of making me want to go out and buy the music, and I couldn't decide if that meant he had done his job as a writer really well or really badly.
But then I went to the bookstore and glanced through the book of his that they had there and thought there was definitely a chance that I would be cross if I paid full price for a whole book of his because it seemed likely that a whole book of him would be annoying. So I put it on the wish list and sat on it.
So it is the perfect present basically, something I wanted but didn't want to buy for myself.
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I quite like him, but I can see how other people might find him annoying. He's the type of writer I think I could be if I spent a lot more time and energy trying to be clever.
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Now I'm afraid mine is going to look like a very small, insignificant thing.
Dear recipient: It doesn't look like much, but it came from the heart.
You guessed it. It's a pint of arterial blood.
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i shipped mines yesterday.
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I have a new hat. It is my hat. You may not wear it. No one can wear it but me.
How can you tell?
(http://www.bigfool.com/pictures/delvacahat1.jpg) (http://www.bigfool.com/pictures/delvacahat2.jpg)
CUZ IT HAS MY NAME ON IT. THAT'S RIGHT, ME LLAMO CARLOS DEL VACA. DO YOU HAVE A HAT LIKE THIS? NO YOU JUST WISH YOU DID.
My imaginary internet friend Jay-Ell made it. SHE IS RAD.
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Whaaaaaat!
That is pretty amazing. Makes me feel bad that my gift is from the store and not from the heart.
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Why did mine not get there yet? I am disturbed.
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I have a new hat. It is my hat. You may not wear it. No one can wear it but me.
Jinkies! That is an excellent hat and a wonderful gift.
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I have a new hat. It is my hat. You may not wear it. No one can wear it but me.
I'm so glad it fits! I made it such that it would fit Pedro's head, you guys seem to have about the same size brains.
Also, if I can be braggy for a second, I want to point out that while the basic shape of the hat is based on a commonly used top-down technique, I designed the colorwork band pattern myself. I have knitted many, many hats for many, many people (I did sixteen of them as gifts 2 Christmases ago) but I think this is my favorite by far.
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radical hat!
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Why did mine not get there yet? I am disturbed.
In this episode I attempt to simultaneously ease your mind and leave you disturbed all over again (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmcd9/4198143774/).
(The package arrived sometime yesterday and was left on my porch. I saw it when I was on my way out to play last night. I opened it up this morning.)
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What are the ones I can kind of see around the edges?
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Wombats!
That photo is awesome.
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Awesome hat! Awesome cookies! I am overcome with the awesomeness.
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Mine arrived today (you can relax), but I am having a camera fail. Pics soon.
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Pics! Because waiting 'til the last day before I leave home isn't good enough, I have waited 'til the last hour.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2729/4204665177_7b213dc15d.jpg)
"You have received a gift subscription to art! from [CortJstr]. This installment includes music by Dominick Parris and Rachel England (art). You will recieve two more installments from other dispatch artists. Enjoy your art experience"
Full photoset here (http://flickr.com/gp/95126447@N00/589170).
Thank you, Cort! This is an awesome gift, so unique. I feel...worldlier.
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Can someone please explain what exactly Cort gave JL, Im lost.
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It's a custom-designed piece of art, and the CD (I just found out via chat) has 3 songs that the songwriter/singer wrote specifically for my son! I will get 2 more installments of art (and maybe music? we'lll find out!) over the next 2 months from different artists chosen by Cort. I think he can explain it better, though.
Edit: Check out the flicker photoset, the captions explain a lot.
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Can someone please explain what exactly Cort gave JL, Im lost.
I got her a 3 month subscription to Project Dispatch (http://projectdispatch.biz). So each month she'll get some kind of art from a different artist around the country.
This package is a CD with 3 songs written by Dominick Parris and his son Jones (age 4). The songs were written with Little P in mind. Rachel England sewed the holder-dealie and created the inserts.
The other installments will likely be different. I'd asked for it to be two random artists but Nick had so much fun he was talking about taking over the whole subscription.
The other artists do everything from music to collage to paintings. My favorite is a woman who takes those little pyramid photo-viewers you get at amusement parks and in front of the pictures she puts tiny figurines of animals to create a 3D effect.
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Not really Secret Santa, but awhile ago I expressed interest in this Daisy Owl poster (http://www.daisyowl.com/comic_images/thumbs/posterzoom_ptree.gif). Bluemoon said she'd be happy to get it for me, and lo and behold, it showed up yesterday! Looks just like the picture, except signed by Ben Driscoll.
It also included a sweet little note from Bluemoon by way of Ben, with a cool little doodle of Mr Owl on it, thusly:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/lprkn/photo.jpg) (pen included to show scale)
So, thanks a million to Mr Driscoll and the inimitable Ms Bluemoon! I plan on mounting and/or framing this thing someplace.
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bluemune is one of the best ladies out there.
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Blue Moon is a wonderful lady.
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Today I received a package from a certain Asherdan.
It's a 45/70 Government cartridge with a hosshair brush from the tail of the hoss made famous via many posts here.
I appreciate holding back on the key ring aspect.
(http://www.cortjstr.com/images/ssanta.jpg)
I read the letter describing it before I opened the actual package which left me with quite the interesting mental picture of what was inside. The part about hoss Farts was particularly vivid.
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an awesomestrange gift.
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Usually when someone mails you a single bullet with your name on it, It. Is. Cause. For. Alarm.
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Awww, lprkn, shucks. Awwww, Paul and Tony. I'm all kicking at the dirt and smiling shyly up from under my lashes.
I'm glad you got it, Pat. Sorry again for the delay. I've been a little low, and procrastinatey.
Speaking of which, my Secret Santa gift will go out in the mail either tomorrow or Saturday. I guess it will be fashionably late. So if someone out there is wondering where their special package is, it's safe in my hands for now. I legitimately had to wait for a custom-made part to come in, but it arrived almost a week ago; then I procrastinated putting the pieces together. :}
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Usually when someone mails you a single bullet with your name on it, It. Is. Cause. For. Alarm.
But it's not just Cort's name that's on it, the entire forum's name is on it too.
OOOOOOOHHHHHHH SSSSHHHIIIIITTTTT
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Pffft, it's just one bullet.
(thinks about WWI, Abraham Lincoln, Jack and Bobby, etc.)
ohhhh shiiiiiitttt
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I'm just getting a little worried that my secret Santa package that I sent out might not have gotten there properly.
We are still in the long-end of the normal range of when it could be received, around the holidays and all, but still I am paranoid.
Though as a liberal, I am all for quasi-governmental jobs where little actual work is accomplished efficiently so that the marginally-competent can raise their kids and stuff, as a person who is alive, I am paranoid that the post office lost something else I sent.
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That is wow. More original, also, longer-lasting than cookies. I am impressed.
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longer-lasting than cookies.
I was thinking about lacquering them.
PS- The Wombats have all been consumed. And one of the Rays.
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If you're serious, I tried that with some bread dough ornaments once and they eventually came to an unpleasant end.
The cookies are actually modelled after some clay refrigerator magnets I made which are much more permanent but far less tasty.
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I guess I should just eat 'em then huh?
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I guess I should just eat 'em then huh?
They have been immortalized in a photo, after all. Eat them.
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I'm just getting a little worried that my secret Santa package that I sent out might not have gotten there properly.
We are still in the long-end of the normal range of when it could be received, around the holidays and all, but still I am paranoid.
Though as a liberal, I am all for quasi-governmental jobs where little actual work is accomplished efficiently so that the marginally-competent can raise their kids and stuff, as a person who is alive, I am paranoid that the post office lost something else I sent.
Much rejoicing in the bluemoon household today, because lo, the Secret Santa gift has arrived! With a lovely and heartfelt explanatory note! I love Peter Sagal, I listen to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" every week! In fact, when I finally go to Chicago someday, I will try attend a taping! And I love vice! And I love David Bowie and learning about new television shows I haven't yet discovered!
I am chuffed!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4213195295_3c9b08b0f7.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4213195295_3c9b08b0f7.jpg)
once you learn about some of those naughty things, youll have to clue us in, dig? or maybe me, since im one of a small number of "goody-goody" in this group.
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I am utterly glad that they found you, blue, and found you well.
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There was a package from Mr. Trout today! Noticing a sloshing sound in a package sent from Baltimore, I took the usual precautions:
(http://bobbyisosceles.com/schnitzelbank/protectivegear.jpeg)
Just in case there was Natty Boh inside, I assumed a defensive posture:
(http://bobbyisosceles.com/schnitzelbank/unboxing.jpeg)
Inside was the following:
Inflatable packing materials! Huzzah!
The Room http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368226/
Gary Busey is: The Gingerdead Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364376/
Santa's Slay http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393685/ A pun. I see what you did there.
Last but certainly not least, enough Pikesville Supreme Straight Rye Whiskey to heighten the movie watching experience and keep my liver from getting uppity for the rest of the year!
(http://bobbyisosceles.com/schnitzelbank/boozybooze.jpeg)
Thanks Mr. Trout!
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That was like... a photo story! Well done. Can'd.
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i dont have a "WWII-item fetish", but the idea of a lady owning such makes me interested in knowing that lady.
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Extra points for presentation!
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It's not a neck bozack, it's a placenta but she was too classy to put it where placentae go.
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She looked at me funny when I was trying to explain that giraffe placenta is ... a thing ... on the board.
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Are you sure that "giraffe" placenta doesn't mean "giraffe" placenta?
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Are you sure that "giraffe" placenta doesn't mean "giraffe" placenta?
Now only the old timers will know for sure.
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Now only the old timers will know for sure.
It shouldn't be that hard to find out. I mean, giraffe don't even have placentas.
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Oh sure, you would know that.
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The ornament I do Not recognize the pattern on, still, cool.
It's a hamsa, just in case you find yourself needing to ward off the evil eye.
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I had Natty Boh yesterday, and I thought it was pretty damn good.
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I had Natty Boh yesterday, and I thought it was pretty damn good.
It is okay to admit that you are wrong.
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I am interested in hearing your opinion on Mr. Klostermann. I remember really disliking him, but I do not remember why at all. it is very possible that he just said something that made me mad.
I finished the book.
I had to put it down and walk away a few times before I got into it. He is aggressively clever to the extent that it can be irritating.
In the end though, once I gave into it, the thing is, he can write a good sentence and a good paragraph, and even if it's not always clear if the paragraphs add up to anything in the end, I am willing to cut a person a lot of slack for those two things. There were lots of bits where I folded down the page so I could find it later. It is only fair to see that as counterbalancing the times one wishes to poke him in the eye.
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It is okay to admit that you are wrong.
I'm not sure, but I'm becoming more and more convinced that coming to an operational realization of this simple fact is a good definition of maturity.
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I finished the book.
I had to put it down and walk away a few times before I got into it. He is aggressively clever to the extent that it can be irritating.
In the end though, once I gave into it, the thing is, he can write a good sentence and a good paragraph, and even if it's not always clear if the paragraphs add up to anything in the end, I am willing to cut a person a lot of slack for those two things. There were lots of bits where I folded down the page so I could find it later. It is only fair to see that as counterbalancing the times one wishes to poke him in the eye.
Man, that is the exact way to describe him, only I value the overall point, or at least like going for an overall point, over a sentence.
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Of course, the ideal is that the sentences are great AND they add up to something. But I've had to lower my expectations.
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I've developed kind of a low tolerance for great sentences that don't add up to great stories. It's not that I don't appreciate a great sentence, because I do. But I get bored admiring an author's stylistic pyrotechnics if it doesn't support plot or characterization.
It's why I never finished William Gibson's last book and had to struggle through Idoru.
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These are nonfiction pieces, and they're not too long. In a novel I agree, it's not enough.
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I've developed kind of a low tolerance for great sentences that don't add up to great stories. It's not that I don't appreciate a great sentence, because I do. But I get bored admiring an author's stylistic pyrotechnics if it doesn't support plot or characterization.
It's why I never finished William Gibson's last book and had to struggle through Idoru.
And I with DFW's Infinite Jest. My patience for his brilliance was, sadly, finite.
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And I with DFW's Infinite Jest.
Yeah, me too. Although I do intend to make another stab at it.
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poor billy gibson. he doesn't want to write novels, i don't think. he wants to write paintings. paintings of a dyspeptic future wherein artificial sentience evolves of its own accord and hides itself.
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It's a hamsa, just in case you find yourself needing to ward off the evil eye.
Brumski?
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And I with DFW's Infinite Jest. My patience for his brilliance was, sadly, finite.
I thought that did kind of build to something, there are certainly repeating themes. In any case enough interesting characters lets me ignore less than cohesive plots. On the other hand I read a review somewhere with CFW saying he'd designed that book to be like a serpinski gasket. I'm not even sure how that's meant to make sense but it makes me want to read it again with a notebook.
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We could do a birthday exchange - draw names and have one person responsible for sending a birthday gift on behalf of the rest of the board. That would keep the fun going all year long.
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ummm... I haven't gotten any surprises in the mail yet. But perhaps it was coming from overseas and got held up in customs? I guess I shouldn't have requested those bestiality videos.
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ummm... I haven't gotten any surprises in the mail yet. But perhaps it was coming from overseas and got held up in customs? I guess I shouldn't have requested those bestiality videos.
I may have reported you to the authorities for sending an obviously deadly poison to my home.
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...obviously deadly poison...
You know, I'm actually not sure whether you are talking about the movies or the whiskey.
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Has this thing wrapped or are there more surprises to be posted?
as far as i know, my gift is waiting to be recieved. its troubling because i shipped it on 12/18 and it was headed to neighboring state..... :(
also, i vote for the birthday surprise idea.
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You know, I'm actually not sure whether you are talking about the movies or the whiskey.
The "whiskey". The movies are awesome. :)
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as far as i know, my gift is waiting to be recieved. its troubling because i shipped it on 12/18 and it was headed to neighboring state..... :(
also, i vote for the birthday surprise idea.
I have it dude, I'll post pictures tomorrow.
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Has this thing wrapped or are there more surprises to be posted?
BTW: Good Job people. This was fun.
Will a follow on list be made available so I can mail people random stuff when the urge strikes me? I know that was discussed earlier, but am hazy on the resolution.
Everyone give porkin a hand-can for doing the scut work, while you're here.
Thanks.
We still have a couple of people who haven't received their gifts yet, but I have been assured that the fix is in on those.
I was waiting for this gift exchange to be over to publish the list of addresses (by pm of course), but seeing as how that hasn't happened yet (ahem), I'll probably start a thread on it later today or tomorrow. Those of you who expressed interest are already on the list, the rest will be able to sign up once I start the thread.
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Also, pm me if you haven't yet received your gift and we'll track things down.
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If my reckoning is correct, Mr Trout and LFM have still not received their gifts.
Secret Santas, you have until Friday the 15th of January to appropriately assure me that their gifts are at least on their way. (A tracking number is best)
Or you will be exposed and shamed for your true natures.
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the secret santas have ADHD
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I ain't got my Secret Santa thing yet but... I dunno, I'm not bothered by it all that much, myself.
I'll gets eventually and, anyway, I'm a quarter Russian and Russian Christmas was just yesterday and so by my math, it is only 75% late at most.
Maybe I'll even have my girlfriend's new camphone figured out by then to actually take pictures.
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I ain't got my Secret Santa thing yet but... I dunno, I'm not bothered by it all that much, myself.
I'll gets eventually and, anyway, I'm a quarter Russian and Russian Christmas was just yesterday and so by my math, it is only 75% late at most.
Maybe I'll even have my girlfriend's new camphone figured out by then to actually take pictures.
Nuh-uh, Russian Christmas is today! And I ADHDed my best friend Anna's present too! Yours and hers are both reaching their destinations next week. /shame
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Thank you Green man! There is a scarf (did you make this?), a book of zombie haikus, and three hemp necklaces, wrapped in x-man paper. Two of them are "faggy".
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/rugbyjersey/Photo7.jpg?t=1262972247)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/rugbyjersey/Photo13.jpg?t=1262972452)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/rugbyjersey/Photo9.jpg?t=1262972480)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/rugbyjersey/Photo8.jpg?t=1262972514)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/rugbyjersey/Untitled.jpg?t=1262972538)
This is a dancing ninja.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/rugbyjersey/Ninja-Dance.gif?t=1262972567)
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Cool. Haiku spelled backward is "Ukiah", which is the name of a rad Northern California town. Also a code name for a project I'm working on here at my jorb.
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i totally built that scarf with my bare hands. and a crochet hook.
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i totally built that scarf with my bare hands. and a crochet hook.
I appreciate this concept.
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You know, I'm actually not sure whether you are talking about the movies or the whiskey.
The whiskey is destined to be added to fruit and butter in a pan, then set on fire before being added to a bowl of vanilla bean ice cream. It will be dispatched like a Viking. A fruitthatwastypedandmodified-flavored Viking.
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A fruitthatwastypedandmodified-flavored Viking.
That phrase was so much better originally.
Also that sounds like the best thing to do next to drinking it. I'm happy it will meet such a noble end.
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Someday, in the far future, Internet archaeologists will try to reconstruct the original state of this thread, and they will fail horribly, and their grants will not be renewed.
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At least they'll REALLY enjoy the profile pictures along the way.
Seriously.
Cross-eyed owl. Scrooge McPimp. Drunkaroo. Reading bear. Warhol with roses. Lady hiding behind a pineapple too small to hide behind. Glowing glasses anime thing. Horrifying cat monster that really really hates rain. Punctuation full of self-doubt.
Would they assume this was a functional cultural interplay? Would they assume that these were mainstream cultural references?
"Was there a show about ladies attempting to hide behind fruit and mostly failing?"
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Unfortunately it turns out Asherdan's superior progeny over-run future and they all disable avatars.
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Unfortunately it turns out Asherdan's superior progeny over-run future and they all disable avatars.
Nooooooooo!!!!
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Linnea, did you ever receive your gift?
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Linnea, did you ever receive your gift?
No. I have been checking at the post office every day.
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I, too, still lack the dark power of Secret Satan.
THE DARK POWER!
MU-hahahahahahaha.