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cblj_backupGood morning everyone! Happy Christmas to those that celebrate it. And to those that don't, you have my sympathy on multiple levels.
Last night I was given the traditional New Pyjamas; I've stopped even bringing pyjamas when I come home for Christmas because I know I will be given some. I have more pyjamas than I know what to do with. But these are admittedly the softest, fuzziest pyjamas ever. It's like covering my legs in baby seals.
I gave my entire family blankets (among other things), mainly because the dog tends to destroy blankets and I can't get them "better manners for the dog". It's a pain to wrap.
Mum went all out at Rotofugi, my favourite collector's toy store, because I introduced Emmy to it and she went bonkers over it like I did. Sixteen years between us but we still manage to be nerds about the same things, which is either terribly heartening or just terrible depending on how you look at it. Anyway, I got a Rotofugi authenticated Helper Dragon and a couple of other baubles, and Emmy got like, A FLEET of the Tokidoki unicorns.
But the big prize was the new messenger bag Mum got me, a replica of the old vinyl Pan Am bags that are getting popular.
AND. AND.
DEAD ISLE FANFIC!
Thank you, Yuletide. :D
GUYS SHARE YOUR SWAG. LET'S COMPARE.
Last night I was given the traditional New Pyjamas; I've stopped even bringing pyjamas when I come home for Christmas because I know I will be given some. I have more pyjamas than I know what to do with. But these are admittedly the softest, fuzziest pyjamas ever. It's like covering my legs in baby seals.
I gave my entire family blankets (among other things), mainly because the dog tends to destroy blankets and I can't get them "better manners for the dog". It's a pain to wrap.
Mum went all out at Rotofugi, my favourite collector's toy store, because I introduced Emmy to it and she went bonkers over it like I did. Sixteen years between us but we still manage to be nerds about the same things, which is either terribly heartening or just terrible depending on how you look at it. Anyway, I got a Rotofugi authenticated Helper Dragon and a couple of other baubles, and Emmy got like, A FLEET of the Tokidoki unicorns.
But the big prize was the new messenger bag Mum got me, a replica of the old vinyl Pan Am bags that are getting popular.
AND. AND.
DEAD ISLE FANFIC!
Thank you, Yuletide. :D
GUYS SHARE YOUR SWAG. LET'S COMPARE.
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Date: 2012-12-25 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-25 05:58 pm (UTC)Also, my swag: new granddaughter (let's see somebody top that!), half of new computer (husband has the other half, fortunately in the same room),a water pump in an African village, and a trip to see the new granddaughter! More Christmas tomorrow, when I get there, but today was Bismarcks (the fluffy egg kind)with maple syrup, Mexican hot chocolate with chilis, and listening to the whole Messiah.
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Date: 2012-12-25 05:58 pm (UTC)(The cat is terrified.)
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Date: 2012-12-25 10:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-12-25 06:39 pm (UTC)Oh, if the Pan Am tv series hadn't been cancelled so soon, I know I'd've ended up with one of the those bags for stealth fannishness. Spy hijinks in mid-century mod clothes, how I miss you.
Quiet year for us, I got a Transformers Prime Vehicon robot, a mini-bottle of Davidoff Cool Water eau de toilette and a bottle of Revlon Gold Coin nail polish.
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Date: 2012-12-25 07:16 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-25 08:03 pm (UTC)-Gloom: the card game where you try to give your characters unhappy endings.
-Purple fleece which I will not wear most of the year, but I really don't care because it is insanely soft
-A couple of nice christmas ornaments from my boyfriend's aunt who I think had no idea how to shop for me
-A cloth sandwich bag because my mom did half her christmas shopping at the ecology center
Nice variety, nothing too weird or useless, and so far everything I've gotten people has been well-received. A good year.
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Date: 2012-12-25 08:11 pm (UTC)Several bookstore gift cards.
A couple of promising looking books
A very lovely scarf
Bookmaking supplies (awls, waxed thread, pva glue, etc.)
New and interesting books about bookmaking
A paper-making workshop
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Date: 2012-12-25 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-25 10:45 pm (UTC)From my BFF and her husband - a gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous book of medieval illuminations, and an 8G Lisa Simpson flash drive that will comfortably fit everything I've written with lots of room to spare.
From my dear friend Tracy - two pair of stunning rosewood knitting needles, a funky little CD of classical/bluegrass fusion starring Yo Yo Ma, and an "I only date superheroes" mug.
From the muses - a day where I wrote 2500 words on a pinch hit fic for an exchange.
From the Triple Felinoid - group-greetings and some dirty looks when I didn't feed them enough.
From my company - a $25 iTunes gift card, which I've been using to purchase Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and L'Arpeggiata songs.
Still to come: gifts from my friend Mal (we're exchanging Friday when we go up to Stockbridge to the Alex Ross exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum), and presents from my apprentice and my choir director (Sunday at practice).
Best of all, I have a job I love, co-workers I respect, a family of choice that is my rock and support, a roof over my head, food in the pantry, and decent health. *Those* are the things that matter, and I thank God every single night for them.
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Date: 2012-12-25 11:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-25 11:09 pm (UTC)While waiting for the ham to cook I will post my swag. I received Supernatural season 6, a genuine black Belvedere Vodka bottle that had been recycled into a vase, a Star Wars and Firefly comic book, earplugs, a black leather bag, and some candy. I did pretty well this year. :D
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Date: 2012-12-25 11:12 pm (UTC)Oh, and a goat. I got a goat.
*Not actually silver. I think it's silver-plated nickel?
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Date: 2012-12-26 03:32 am (UTC)Le sigh. First World Problems.
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Date: 2012-12-25 11:17 pm (UTC)The most fun parts were all my kids' gifts. There is a vast amount of bouncing a first grader will do over matching Science and Space Encyclopedias (DK books are highly prized in this house). Between those and GearWorks (a Tinkertoy Expansion Pack, essentially), my geek-raising is going well.
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Date: 2012-12-26 02:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-12-25 11:44 pm (UTC)Not much on the one hand, but totally awesome on the other.
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Date: 2012-12-25 11:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-26 01:15 am (UTC)Also, somehow after all these years, my parents haven't figured out that when they ask what I want for Christmas and I just say "books", it's not that I can't think of anything. I just want books. Yet all I get are two, including one I already own...
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Date: 2012-12-26 05:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2012-12-26 03:29 am (UTC)2) A Dalek ornament (to complement the Tardis ornament I received last year)
3) A pad of Doctor Who post-it notes.
I deem today an all around success.
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Date: 2012-12-26 04:49 am (UTC)Happy Christmas, Sam and Cafe!
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Date: 2012-12-26 05:38 am (UTC)I was lucky enough to get lots of Doctor Who: a Don't Blink tee, Doctor Who Yahtzee, a card game, magazine, and comic! Also a volume of The Walking Dead, Avengers and Ted DVD's, iTunes card, perfume, chocolate, coffee and tea!
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