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The Grand Hallway => The Outer Fortress => Topic started by: Valynth on December 26, 2006, 02:01:20 AM

Title: Counting the loot
Post by: Valynth on December 26, 2006, 02:01:20 AM
Since it was Christmass recently, that naturally means theres phat lewt applenty.  As such this is the place to sound off exactly what you got for Christmas(or what ever holiday you celebrate this time of year)

As for me:
Game cube (yes, controller and hook-up included, but no memory card! GAAAH!  Oh well, no biggy)
Resident Evil 4
a pack of socks (THANK GOD!  I needed some of those)
some fancy black dress socks (Yes, I actually asked for these socks)
Sly Cooper 3 Band of thieves (PS2)
the "Just one more level...." shirt
Two pants (YES!  I need clothes darnit!)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance  (PS2)
The book: Eragon
Some slippers (finally my feet can be warm in the mornings!)
and finally, Final Fantasy Seven: Advent children (pun intended)

....Why did I only get one shirt?  I need more!
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Dakata on December 26, 2006, 02:23:34 AM
Dakata got:

-A shiny new WACOM tablet (No one else can touch it! :< IT'S MINE.)
-A draggy figurine ([Pics :B] (http://www.spawn.com/toys/product.aspx?product=2989))
-A new [used >->] scanner (My laptop won't lemme install it though. :< It's being a mean, laggy meaniehead.)
-Some clothes (Just some shirts. Feh. But at least 2 of them are good. They have monkeys on them! :U And my grandparents don't approve of one of them! Bwahah!)
-A gamecube game (Some Wallace and Gromit game. I'll probably just give it to my brothers though. Since I'm picky-ish and I'll only play Animal Crossing...or Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie...)

I'm-a gonna get more gifts though. :< I still need to visit my other grandparents...and my aunts and uncles...and my grandpa and step-grandma still owe me birthday presents so I'll probably get MOAR stuff...:U
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Reese Tora on December 26, 2006, 02:43:49 AM
This little kitten 's
recieved him no mittens
but a warm quilted flannel he got

a D&D source book
and DvD of Cook
and other gifts bought with much though

if anyone's really interested, they can check out my LJ for a complete list...
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Aridas on December 26, 2006, 03:56:30 AM
:( Everyone has better stuff.

$30 from rich uncle pennybags
Final Fantasy III
Children of Mana
a DS lite case, and.. um.. that's all, I think, from everyone.

I spent more on their gifts than they did on mine D:<
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: mini-lion on December 26, 2006, 04:39:11 AM
a shiny black laptop
altec lansing head phones
couple of jumpers

:) and short bread!
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Turnsky on December 26, 2006, 05:09:34 AM
i got....

an unGODLY amount of chocolates (mainly from cadbury)
my creative streak (as evidenced by the DMFA fanart in the art forum)
my grandmother's actually feeling better (which is a miracle in itself, long story, involves cancer)

i got a 23" LCD flatpanel TV as an early christmas present in october, so i'm happy..

and a new change of clothes.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Cogidubnus on December 26, 2006, 05:24:14 AM
Congratulations to Turnsky for his Grandmother. My material gains feel cheap in comparison. Of course, counting the loot does make me feel better...
I got:
iPod Nano
27'' flatscreen
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
The Sword (Big-arse novel about swords throughout history)
Random Books
A Scarf! (You always need one when you don't have one!)
And, other than a few other books, that it...
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Gornemant on December 26, 2006, 05:54:14 AM
a full belly
rather good time with family
time to relax
:)
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Miaka on December 26, 2006, 08:45:51 AM
Lot of art supplies. (copics from Kaos, huge amount of smaller-tip felt markers and a sketchbook from my aunt, colored pencils and bristol board from my godmother)
A cookbook.
Some manga
a bracelet....

A new coat and digital camera. ^^

...<< And Kaos also gave my family some of his old genesis games. <<
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: bill on December 26, 2006, 09:16:56 AM
Kickass Ordinary wallet w/ $100
COOKIES!

And... that's all she wrote.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Hilary on December 26, 2006, 09:49:43 AM
Yay! Stuff! I got...

...a lot of candy
Cool wooden chopsticks with matching bowl
One of those thingums you use to listen to your ipod through FM radio
The Apples to Apples game  :3
Some manga
A Borders gift card (I think I'll get Howl's Moving Castle with it)
A buttload of earrings
$20 and a magazine subscription to something I might have liked ten years ago
And a promise to be taken shopping because I'm so wierd that no one trusted themselves to get something I liked.

But really, forget all that. I'm just playing with the legos my sister got. I made a house for the cat! Yessss.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Brunhidden on December 26, 2006, 11:28:04 AM
i got

a rolling pin
one pair of boxer shorts which are not only shiny but also semi-transparent (last year i got twenty pair of boxers, one of them shiny and gold and another black with shiny gold hearts. apperantly my family wants me to take up boxing)
a cast iron pan the size and shape for grilling one sandwitch
a small baggie of gourmet coffe (i dont have a coffe machine, but i do like coffee)


now all i need is an apron to complete the joke of being a housedad, except that certan persons here wouldnt leave me alone then


QuoteA woman should be a wife and a wife should be barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen making me a pie.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 26, 2006, 11:30:16 AM
In order of appearance:

Cross Country 30-Day Train Trip
KATO N-Scale Amtrak Phase II Baggage Car (x2) (http://www.fiferhobby.com/assets/images/KAT-106-3512.jpg)
DCC (Digital Command Control) Chip for Last Year's Christmas Present (http://img5.ranchoweb.com/images/jkreagt/kat1766005.jpg)
Oingo Boingo - Anthology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology_%28Oingo_Boingo%29)
Sigur Rós - Sæglópur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A6gl%C3%B3pur)
An Unknown Gift That Hasn't Been Bought Yet
$25 Gift Certificate to Best Buy
$30 Gift Certificate for PC Club
Manifest Your Destiny (The Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want) by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

And my dad may be getting a throttle for my model train at the model railroad show that's in town.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Toric on December 26, 2006, 12:47:26 PM
Ooh, Aridas got the same two games I got!

FF3 for DS :mowhappy
Children of Mana for DS :mowhappy
Shirts, socks, and an IOU for pants (believe it or not I asked for the third item)
Two gift cards for a store containing books, movies, and video games, thus leaving me a hard choice to make on what to spend it on :mowdizzy
A delicious christmas dinner :mowcookie
Three unsuccessful attempts at calling my significant other to wish her Merry Christmas :mowsad

Overall, a darn good haul.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: thegayhare on December 26, 2006, 12:54:53 PM
a cheep air of shoes and 3 packages of boxers
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Brunhidden on December 26, 2006, 01:35:17 PM
Quote from: thegayhare on December 26, 2006, 12:54:53 PM
a cheep air of shoes and 3 packages of boxers

apperantly theres a club or something

QuoteYouve been naughty enough, but bust into my workshop again and youll be getting socks till doomsday!
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: ITOS on December 26, 2006, 02:31:41 PM
I got

...

the right to let out 1 ton CO2 within the European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme.

...

You get really interesting presents if you don't wish for anything.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 26, 2006, 02:33:58 PM
Trudat.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Aisha deCabre on December 26, 2006, 02:56:26 PM
I believe there are TWO topics on Christmas where people are already bragging about what they got...but oh well, this shall probably be the more original loot-counting place.  :U

My family got me: a new sweater, some new socks (and I actually needed new socks XD ), a new alarm clock/radio/CD player, a DVD set, and a gift certificate from Amazon for anything else.

Using the gift certificate, I'm getting:

--Three books from David Brin's new Uplift Trilogy (the one starting from Brightness Reef), also his illustrated guide to the Uplift universe (It's a good Sci-Fi series IMO).

--Dragonology book (Considering I thought Wizardology was cool, I wondered about this one all the time :D )

--The first Sly Cooper game

--And the strategy guide for Oblivion, last but not least.  I couldn't resist.  XD

--(EDIT) Okay, one more thing XD A best of Savage Garden CD.   :3
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Janus Whitefurr on December 26, 2006, 04:39:40 PM
Loot. (http://janusd.livejournal.com/615442.html)
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 26, 2006, 05:17:06 PM
Found a computer case (http://www.pcclub.com/product_details.cfm?itemno=A1306542) I'd like to get with my PC Club gift card. :3
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Aridas on December 26, 2006, 05:30:47 PM
That's the one with the tool-free drive bays isn't it? Have fun.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 26, 2006, 05:58:06 PM
Is that bad?  I always heard they were really convenient. :<
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 26, 2006, 06:14:48 PM
It's good. If you shuffle drives a lot, it's more than good.

needing a screwdriver to get drives in or out of bays is -so- last century.... :-)
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Reese Tora on December 26, 2006, 07:18:30 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 26, 2006, 06:14:48 PM
It's good. If you shuffle drives a lot, it's more than good.

needing a screwdriver to get drives in or out of bays is -so- last century.... :-)

<3 antiquated screwdriver technology  :love2

I don't like those "toolless" boxes, and you can't make me.  :raspberry
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 26, 2006, 07:23:20 PM
*laughs*

You don't have to like them. Some do, some don't. However, you can't argue that a screwdriver is faster. Particularly with some designs, where you have to disassemble half the machine to reach the screws...
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Reese Tora on December 26, 2006, 07:33:49 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 26, 2006, 07:23:20 PM
*laughs*

You don't have to like them. Some do, some don't. However, you can't argue that a screwdriver is faster. Particularly with some designs, where you have to disassemble half the machine to reach the screws...

I don't think you mean what you think you mean.  Never the less, I take your meaning; the toolless designs are faster... until something breaks. :mwaha
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 26, 2006, 07:38:19 PM
Quote from: Reese Tora on December 26, 2006, 07:33:49 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on December 26, 2006, 07:23:20 PM
*laughs*

You don't have to like them. Some do, some don't. However, you can't argue that a screwdriver is faster. Particularly with some designs, where you have to disassemble half the machine to reach the screws...

I don't think you mean what you think you mean.  Never the less, I take your meaning; the toolless designs are faster... until something breaks. :mwaha

No, I'm pretty sure that means what I want it to mean. "Never go in against a Sicilian, when Death is on the line!" :-)

You can't argue that a screwdriver is faster than toolless. Or, at least, not successfully. Not unless you're a hell of a lot faster with a screwdriver than I am, anyway.

Of course, it's fairly easy to misread. What I meant was, a screwdriver design tends to be slower to disassemble.

And, as you say, until something breaks, you're fine....
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: KarlOmega1 on December 26, 2006, 08:57:52 PM
-Sleigh-shaped basket
-TRANSFORMERS the movie 20th Anniv. Spec. Ed.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Damaris on December 27, 2006, 11:46:37 PM
I got a bunch of books
Some jewelry
A few work shirts
A heated throw blanket
and the Flu.

A good haul, except for the last thing.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Amber Williams on December 28, 2006, 12:04:38 AM
I got:

A day by day calendar
A welcome sign with turtles on it
A YMCA membership (yay healthy!)
And money. Glorious glorious money. :3
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: superluser on December 28, 2006, 01:33:56 AM
I got the following:

* Time with my folks
* Good food
* Some quiet time
* a chance to listen to HHGTTG radio series again on the drive down and back

That's what really matters.  Material possessions will pass, but so will people, and it's important to spend the time we have with them while they're still with us.

I also got a scanner, with which I can finally scan in some of the tchotchkes that I got from my trip to Poland a couple years back.
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: Zedd on December 28, 2006, 02:02:13 AM
A Monty Python flying circus dvd set
A multitool (Yay I can break into Ambers house!...j/k)
Money $30 bucks (I always get that amount no matter what)
And a giant spice of bent anger...
Title: Re: Counting the loot
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on December 28, 2006, 02:45:44 AM
Quote from: superluser on December 28, 2006, 01:33:56 AMMaterial possessions will pass ... and it's important to spend the time we have with them while they're still with us.
:lol