List your loot!

[voodoolily]

Return To Cookie Mountain.

EXCELLENT choice. Desperate Youths, Bloodthirsty Babes is also gold.

[Evildrider]

Got ... Hellgate...

This is what Santa gives gamers instead of coal right?

[Nerf]

LASIK so I can finally see
New computer - E6750 proc, XFX 680ilt board, 8600gt 512mb video, 1/2TB storage in a striped raid array, I'm the happy
Workout machine, was expecting a bowflex but this one is pretty sporty, marcy somthing or other, I dig it.
And some underwear.

[Selby]

I got Iron Maiden's Death On The Road 3-DVD set (they really go all out for their releases with documentaries, etc).

I gave the other half a 5 disc DVD player since our current one from ca 2001 is starting to show its age.

[lamaros]

Return To Cookie Mountain.

EXCELLENT choice. Desperate Youths, Bloodthirsty Babes is also gold.

Aye! I already have DY,BB and Young Liars, and borrowed a friends copy of Cookie Mountain. It is indeed amazing. And conveniently cheap! (I normally don't buy from stores here as CDs go for 20-30$ AU and I can get them for 10-15 online), but I had to spend the voucher. Now I just have to see them live.

I bought myself some presents too :) So far I am very pleased!

[Jain Zar]

I spent: Around 200 bucks in stuff.

I got: About 45 bucks in stuff.

What I got (still have 1 gift I won't get till later, but its a sub 10 dollar gift.):

Crossbows & Catapults  big expansion and tickets to AVP2.

That's from a friend.  It was my GOOD present.

Now to the shit present, because I have such HATRED for it I just have to describe the fucking insult that it was.

I gave my cousin & uncle a 20 dollar gift card each, plus a 4 pack of Red Bull, those tube stacker baby toy things for my cousin's son, and a plush small Cthulhu for his girlfriend's daughter, and the obligatory package of candy canes.

They gave me:  A FUCKING SMALL TIN OF POPCORN.

Not only was it a sub 5 dollar gift when I dropped a good 65 on them, but as I am on a diet I have constantly brought up and lost 50 pounds on, its also a complete slap in the face.  No thought, effort, or anything was spent on it. 
It shows a complete lack of understanding of me, or any desire to find out, even though we have lived a few short miles from each other. 
I'm not buying any of them anything this year.  And his son isn't getting anything for his birthday this year either. 

That shit ruined my first Christmas Eve where I haven't had to work in a good 6 years or more.  (Last time I was off was when Age of Empires 2 came out I think.)

[Strazos]

I specifically told anyone who would possibly get my a gift to give me nothing. I had no intention of giving anyone anything (I like being able to pay bills, thx), and more importantly, I didn't really care to receive anything myself.

I asked my mom what she wanted, and she said her present to me was to get her nothing.

She ended up getting my Rosetta Stone - Japanese (level 1). I had told her to get me nothing, but I knew she would insist on getting Something, so I told her to get me that if anything.

Apparently, I could have weaseled a new TV out of her instead, but I'd rather she pay her bills than get me a TV. I really don't care for this holiday much anymore.

Short version:

I got:
Rosetta Stone - JP (level 1)

I gave:
Nothing.
(I paid the 1-Day shipping on a book for my friend to give someone else for a "dirty polyanna" gift. Does that count?)

[schild]

I spent: Around 200 bucks in stuff.

I got: About 45 bucks in stuff.

What I got (still have 1 gift I won't get till later, but its a sub 10 dollar gift.):

Crossbows & Catapults  big expansion and tickets to AVP2.

That's from a friend.  It was my GOOD present.

Now to the shit present, because I have such HATRED for it I just have to describe the fucking insult that it was.

I gave my cousin & uncle a 20 dollar gift card each, plus a 4 pack of Red Bull, those tube stacker baby toy things for my cousin's son, and a plush small Cthulhu for his girlfriend's daughter, and the obligatory package of candy canes.

They gave me:  A FUCKING SMALL TIN OF POPCORN.

Not only was it a sub 5 dollar gift when I dropped a good 65 on them, but as I am on a diet I have constantly brought up and lost 50 pounds on, its also a complete slap in the face.  No thought, effort, or anything was spent on it. 
It shows a complete lack of understanding of me, or any desire to find out, even though we have lived a few short miles from each other. 
I'm not buying any of them anything this year.  And his son isn't getting anything for his birthday this year either. 

That shit ruined my first Christmas Eve where I haven't had to work in a good 6 years or more.  (Last time I was off was when Age of Empires 2 came out I think.)

That sucks balls. And now I know why you sent me a mean PM.

[Jain Zar]

^^^ I had just gotten home after that.  Wasn't in the most festive of moods.

Luckily the next day I had good chow and got to play some Warhammer 40K afterwards.  Tau vs Chaos Marines.  Both armies were mine, but my friend played back in 2nd ed days.
Not playing his Blood Angels helped him have more fun in the dark new world of no armor save modifiers.  He won, as eventually even Chaos Marine Terminators die if you pump enough firepower out at them.

[cmlancas]

My TV went down $130 on Amazon.com today. Muaha. 

[Phildo]

• Some clothes
• The first five Rush albums
• Bruce Springsteen box set
• Eagles live DVD
• Some Michael Crichton book
• A ton of candy
• Sony Powershot digicam
• An Adult Swim DVD of my choosing
• Journey Greatest Hits (2-disc)
• Home stuff (loofah. lint brush, set of cable ties)
• More chocolate than I care to discuss

I bought my family some books and CDs.  I also bought myself the Simpsons movie and some musics.

[Sky]

I got Iron Maiden's Death On The Road 3-DVD set (they really go all out for their releases with documentaries, etc).

Do you have this one yet:

http://www.amazon.com/History-Iron-Maiden-Pt-Early/dp/B0006B29Z2/

Where the heck is Part 2, I wonder. Anyway, AMAZING DVD. If you don't own, you buy now.

[Mazakiel]

I gave:

Box of cigars and some golf stuff to my dad
Wine, chocolate, and a decanter to my mom
First two volumes of the new hardcover Sandman collection and a book on dendrites to my brother
Plush penguin and some laptop stuff to the girlfriend
Giftcards for the significant others of my mom and dad


I received:
Wii, Wiiplay, and Mario Galaxies
Tool set
A suit
Some comic book encyclopedias
Reefer Madness dvd (The musical, not the original)
Cash and gift cards

[Yegolev]

This holiday season has been kinda crappy for me personally, but this is a happy place so I will spare you the whines.

Gave a scarf to the wife.  I was going to give some singing cat toys that I found on dealextreme.com but they are sold out since I waited too long.  I suck at gifting.  A sort-of present is a new pool, which might begin being constructed this week if the mud dries out a bit.

The boy got too many things to list.  One was a SmartCycle which he loves much more than I thought he would.  He also got an air hockey table, but that's also a present for my wife and me, ho ho!

I asked for the same thing I always do, and once again didn't get it: nothing.  Instead I got two gift cards (didn't look at the value), four shirts (last year was a Pants Year), black gloves, a piece of a meteor that landed in Romania, a DVD of Bowie music videos, a Bowie CD, and a set of collapsible rubber bowls with a collander and enormous spoon.  They are red and don't match my kitchen, but that's OK.  Collapsible kitchen stuff is great.

[cmlancas]

I think your next avatard should be the spoon with a tophat. 

[JWIV]

To the wife:  A heated towel stand and a teak shower stool

Received: LowePro Sling Camera bag, a chocolate brown velvet jacket, some slacks

edit - oh and Blade Runner: The Final Cut

[Yegolev]

I think your next avatard should be the spoon with a tophat. 

I'm not sure I love the spoon.  I have several spoons, and this one is pretty floppy for a spoon.  It's also about two feet long.  I can't just toss it out, so it gets to live in the drawer for a while and has an opportunity to demonstrate its worth to me.  It knows I mean business since it witnessed the culling of Large Plastic Spork and Bent Potato Masher.

[Sky]

I'm not sure I love the spoon.  I have several spoons, and this one is pretty floppy for a spoon.  It's also about two feet long.  I can't just toss it out, so it gets to live in the drawer for a while and has an opportunity to demonstrate its worth to me.  It knows I mean business since it witnessed the culling of Large Plastic Spork and Bent Potato Masher.

My mother never learns, she never fails to get me at least one kitchen gadget every year. My fiancee is smart and either looks on my amazon list (victorinox paring knife!) or sneaks a peak at the list I keep on the fridge. Anyway, mom got me some 'herb slicer' thing, which is a bunch of rotary blades on a stick. She got me one a few years ago that was like a half clamshell and I could never get the goddamned thing clean, everything just stuck inside it...really, I'm pretty good with a knife. It's fast and easy to clean.

So the herb slicer thingy sits alongside the other stuff I got that's useful. It's On Notice, and it knows it. Goddamned gadgets.

[Stormwaltz]

Jeremiah got a "kiddie" keyboard because he likes making music (well, he likes making noise, anyway), an interesting magnetic toy that stays out of daddy's office, a couple of "Max & Ruby" DVDs, and a few cheap plastic toys from the grandparents that pretty much broke straight out of the box.

We got a Wii in November. With our car issues ($4K in damages, most of which the insurance company refuses to pay), I told my wife that was it.

I lied. I got her the Bones Season 1 box set because she's a David Boreanaz fan, and I'll get her the Harry Potter movie today.

I got two books from my striking writer friend in L.A: Declare and The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-1933. The former was recommended by Charles Stross in "The Atrocity Archives," which was the most entertaining bookI've read in a couple of years. The latter could be called an alt-history, but since it was written in 1925, by a naval analyst attempting to illustrate the abilities of the new Japanese "Great Power" muscle to the American public, it's technically not.

[Rasix]

I liked my haul.

BFG GeForce 8800GT OC (just bought this to go with)
Icemat Siberia Steelseries full-sized headset
Assassin's Creed
DVDs: Blade Runner final cut, American Psycho uncut, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Books: The Bonehunters, Passage at Arms, The Tyranny of the Night (I got 2 copies of the last 2 books, so I've got Amazon credit on the way)
A few long sleeve nice shirts from j crew and banana republic. 
Pixies, "Wave of Mutilation" best of CD
Some boxers. 

I also got sick too.  I feel horrible right now.

[Prospero]

We were living la vida poor new homeowner this year, so we mostly gave homebaked cookies, along with a single nice-ish gift for close friends and family members. My haul was mostly random things for a prospective father and new homeowner( useful, but not exciting ). My wife made me a Jane hat(rock), and I also got a rad HL2 lithograph. And a hairy viking dude.

[Yoru]

I got a copy of TR: The Last Romantic and a bottle of Laphroaig 10-year Original Cask Strength.

I gave a $300 restaurant dinner, about $100 in gift cards, a trip to the Reagan Library (about $75 for everyone's admissions), and an entry-level Dell laptop.

[JWIV]

I got a copy of TR: The Last Romantic and a bottle of Laphroaig 10-year Original Cask Strength.

I gave a $300 restaurant dinner, about $100 in gift cards, a trip to the Reagan Library (about $75 for everyone's admissions), and an entry-level Dell laptop.

Cask Strength is good strength.

[Prospero]

I like me some Laphroaig, but I can't even imagine what that is like in cask strength. 

[Yoru]

I like me some Laphroaig, but I can't even imagine what that is like in cask strength. 

I'll find out after I finish dinner and chill a glass. I expect my apartment to reek of peat for a week.

[Signe]

Righ got some of that Laphroaig quarter cask stuff and I tasted it.  (usually I only swish whisky around and spit it out when I have a toothache or something and chance getting that "look")  It was so smooth.  It made me wish I drank more.  Maybe I'll start!

[geldonyetich2]

A taller, thinner version of this cup.
A 3-book Garfield anthology (I'd have preferred Get Fuzzy).
A Chocolate Orange, Pina-Colada Flavored.
$75 EbGames Gift Certificate.
$40 Target Gift Certificate.
Money I ultimately burnt in adopting a kitten.
Donation-related bric-a-brac.  (A bad full of fake chinese luck charms).
Terry Pratchett's "Making Money".
Cheap office supplies and undergarments.

Christmas is also my Birthday.

[Signe]

I always stuff a Terry's Choccie Orange up Righ's stocking.  I didn't know they came in anything but dark and milk.

MERRY BIRTHDAY!!! 

[Yegolev]

Is that the big ball that you whack before you eat it?

[Ironwood]

Yeah, the centre stem is the tastiest bit.

I got a lot of stuff but the one that bugs me is Crysis.  A remake of Far Cry that makes my machine howl and beg like a whipped cur.

The new year is going to bring a new mobo, chip and Video Card now.

 

[WayAbvPar]

I liked my haul.

BFG GeForce 8800GT OC (just bought this to go with)
Icemat Siberia Steelseries full-sized headset
Assassin's Creed
DVDs: Blade Runner final cut, American Psycho uncut, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Books: The Bonehunters, Passage at Arms, The Tyranny of the Night (I got 2 copies of the last 2 books, so I've got Amazon credit on the way)
A few long sleeve nice shirts from j crew and banana republic. 
Pixies, "Wave of Mutilation" best of CD
Some boxers. 

I also got sick too.  I feel horrible right now.

Schild's gift to you should make you feel better. I know it will make ME feel better.

[Montague]

Christmas was kinda messed up this year because my father-in-law had to commute for work so we celebrated it early. Some of the stuff we went out and bought with various sources of Xmas money.

My haul, nerd loot alert:

A set of AD&D 1st edition hardback books in mint condition.
Talisman board game
A bunch of RPG books and modules from Troll Lord Games
EQ2 Ruins of Kunark All in one
Mass Effect
An electronic guitar tuner
A Samsung T10 mp3 player

The wife:

DVD's: Ratatouille, Clerks II, Bender's Big Score, Futurama Season 4, Robot Chicken Season 2, Venture Bros season 2.
DDR Universe 2
A set of paints, brushes, and tools for miniature painting
A Pampered Chef pizza stone
A couple of stainless steel fry pans

The wife is getting a 24" vinyl cutter for our embryonic sign/graphics business but I dont think that constitutes Xmas loot...

[Cim]

A Pampered Chef pizza stone

They rule, I have 4 of those.

[Johny Cee]

Had the belated Christmas opening of presents today.  My favorite gift:

Me Write Book

Read the first few pages,  looks like comedy gold.

[Strazos]

Oh, I also got 2 tickets to the Flyers vs Sharks hockey game in Feb, apparently.

Yeah, my mom gets them for cheap through her job, but they're still great seats.



The $10 parking half a mile away? Not so great in the cold. Almost as bad as the traffic will be (Foo Fighters are playing right next door the same night).