The Christmas List thread: "We're all greedy assholes."

Mac Sirloin · #1 12-15-2009, 01:48 PM

So, what do you want for Christmas/Hanukkah/Whatever Holiday you false deity worshiping heathens celebrate?

Use pictures if need be.

More than anything this year, I want this.

It's a (scaled down) highly detailed hand painted Isaac Clarke figure. I might be given one that comes with the Ripper, not sure. I think it came in the mail already in an Amazon box.

Otherwise, Some clothes, a pair of really inexpensive Terminator 4 Figurines (T 1 and T 700 fuck yeah) UP and District 9, and a Transformer that is also already on the way.

I think being a regressive manchild has some financial advantages for my family, since individually none of this shit is more than 25$.

OANST · #2 12-15-2009, 01:49 PM

I got Dark Shadows.

~Oprilthevykker~ · #3 12-15-2009, 02:00 PM

I'm getting myself take out from Subway for christmas, something I get
maybe once a year.

Mac Sirloin · #4 12-15-2009, 02:01 PM

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I got Dark Shadows.

My collectible nerd plastic is cooler than your obscure ghost soap opera.

I can picture a solid chunk of plastic beating up some DVD's right now, actually. Bam. Pow.

OddjobAbe · #5 12-15-2009, 02:03 PM

I'll probably get socks and a box of sax reeds or key oil. I've gotten Emily chocolates and nectar, and I've gotten my nephew a Playstation 2. Me and my brother have an agreement that we'll buy nothing for Christmas for each other. We spend that money on each other down the pub on boxing day.

MA · #6 12-15-2009, 02:50 PM

i really cant think of anything i want, but maybe a wrist watch. my last one broke and i'm lost without it. i've mentioned it, so i'll see what happens.

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Me and my brother have an agreement that we'll buy nothing for Christmas for each other. We spend that money on each other down the pub on boxing day.

i like that style.

Disgruntled Intern · #7 12-15-2009, 02:55 PM

Lots of toys, XBL gold year membership, some movies, and a few art prints. I'll probably get none of the above. I'm too bad for gifts, says the wife. I told her to go fuck Santa in the hopes that it might sway him. She hasn't talked to me all day.

***Nate*** · #8 12-15-2009, 03:03 PM

Last week I was browsing a computer parts catalogue and thought to myself "I really wish I wasn't Jewish, so that I could ask for some presents".

On the other hand, the other day I was given a tube full of chocolates in the shape of cock 'n' balls. Does that count?

Disgruntled Intern · #9 12-15-2009, 03:06 PM

Indeed it does.

Leto · #10 12-15-2009, 03:33 PM

showed the fam a pair of shoes they can all club together and get, else some much needed socks/grunderpants

Sekto Springs · #11 12-15-2009, 03:47 PM

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I'm getting myself take out from Subway for christmas, something I get
maybe once a year.

I can't tell if that was a shameless ploy to make us feel sorry for you, or if you just never find the time to hit up Subway with any frequency. Either way, it seems really out of place in this thread.

As for me? I have an annoying tendency to never remember what I want when I write a gift list. This year was no different in that I wrote a list of forced, far-fetched gift ideas for things I don't really need, and didn't remember all the things I actually wanted until the list was already distributed to friends/family. I remembered a second too late I wanted quite a few videogames this year; BrÃ¼tal Legend, Arkham Asylum, Ghostbusters VG, etc. *sighs*

Instead I asked for a few movies I've been meaning to get, namely City of Lost Children and Delicatessen, two amazing films by french director Jean-Pierre Juinet. Some art prints/books, custom-printed shirts, and some loose cash to make up for the things I don't trust people purchasing for me. Seriously, one of the best gifts I can get from a relative is a hundski or a gift-card credited at a generous amount to BestBuy. I stopped trusting them with getting me actual gifts a long time ago.

To be mushy for a minute, I got the best christmas gift of all not just yesterday; Nikki.

Wings of Fire · #12 12-15-2009, 03:51 PM

You've already unwrapped her haven't you you impatient bastard.

Sekto Springs · #13 12-15-2009, 03:57 PM

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You've already unwrapped her haven't you you impatient bastard.

I unwrapped her about three times last night and already twice today.

Wings of Fire · #14 12-15-2009, 04:00 PM

HAVE YOU NO CHRISTMAS SPIRIT?

On topic: I asked for the last Edge Chronicles book and the Watchmen special edition dvd for christmas, apart from that I don't know what else I'm getting.

Sekto Springs · #15 12-15-2009, 04:04 PM

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HAVE YOU NO CHRISTMAS SPIRIT?

I unloaded about 10 ropes of Christmas spirit on her face...

Okay I'm done now.

Strike Witch · #16 12-15-2009, 05:26 PM

Motherfucking Gundam Astray Mirage Frame!

Also Dragon Age Origins.

used:) · #17 12-15-2009, 07:48 PM

I see you're taking the Jerry route, Opro, or was the gastric bypass not enough?

The dream list:
Shit load of musical instruments in good condition
More piano music
Nintendo DSI with several games of my choosing
A cheap, efficient car in good working order
Watercolor supplies
Tropico 3
Jeans that fit nicely.

Realistic List:
Some money
Jeans that don't fit nicely
10% chance of getting a Wii
An instrumnt in good condition
Getting my piano repaired

***Nate*** · #18 12-15-2009, 07:50 PM

Why the hell would someone give you jeans for a christmas present?

I mean, gift voucher for clothes, maybe if they're unimaginative, but to actually go out and buy the item of clothing that is most difficult to choose and fit... craziness.

Sekto Springs · #19 12-15-2009, 07:51 PM

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Why the hell would someone give you jeans for a christmas present?

Are you kidding? That's a step up from the usual socks.

My birthday is on the 20th of December, which also means less presents for christmas and birthday respectively. My mum and dad usually cash in on a total of ten gifts, or five if they get me a large present. My mom already bought me my birthday gift, she paid in for a nice leather jacket I've had my eye on. It was thirty bucks, marked down from sixty, marked down from two-hundred-something.

Yes, we are in fact so poor that a thirty dollar present counts as a large present.

***Nate*** · #20 12-15-2009, 07:52 PM

I know, I know. I'm not saying that it's a bad gift. Just that it's an impossible one to choose correctly.

Sekto Springs · #21 12-15-2009, 07:58 PM

Dunno about anywhere else, but half-decent jeans cost a pretty penny in the US. Sometimes you'll pay seventy dollars for a scrappy bland pair of them.

used:) · #22 12-15-2009, 08:07 PM

Yeah, but you can sometimes get a good, comfortable pair for much less for at around 15-20. Target, anyone?

Sekto Springs · #23 12-15-2009, 08:08 PM

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Yeah, but you can sometimes get a good, comfortable pair for much less for at around 15-20. Target, anyone?

Even being as poor as I am, I won't buy jeans from Target.

used:) · #24 12-15-2009, 08:15 PM

But wai?

Daxter King · #25 12-15-2009, 08:21 PM

Walmart is the way to go, most of my clothes are from there.

Just ordered my laptop from Amazon.

Pilot · #26 12-15-2009, 08:22 PM

So I'm trying to picture a 'greedy asshole'... taking all it can get.

used:) · #27 12-15-2009, 08:24 PM

Guess we all know what Pilot wants for Christmas.

Disgruntled Intern · #28 12-15-2009, 09:06 PM

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Sometimes you'll pay seventy dollars for a scrappy bland pair of them.

That's exactly why I wear Dickies. Nothing beats a 25 dollar pair of pants that last a couple of years.

***Nate*** · #29 12-15-2009, 09:31 PM

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Dunno about anywhere else, but half-decent jeans cost a pretty penny in the US. Sometimes you'll pay seventy dollars for a scrappy bland pair of them.

I'm still not disagreeing with you... I'm just pointing out that going out and buying a pair of jeans for someone else is an impossible task.

*sigh*

Jordan · #30 12-15-2009, 10:11 PM

Some games, DVDs and a new monitor.

Oh yeah, and we got a camera, but it was an early present.