christmastime is here…
My family isn’t a big pack of giftmongers. We have a grab bag. It’s 50 dollars. It’s hard to think of a gift that is $50 and easily transportable in luggage that I wouldn’t have already bought myself. Everyone gets everyone gift certificates. It’s the pricey business I won’t buy for myself. Here’s what I really want:
- A cute, portable, USB record player with built in speakers. While the Ion is the audiophile bet, I am in love with this one.
- New knives and a knife skills class. I have admitted that I am out of my depth here. Please someone teach me to wield a knife right and proper.
- A tour of North Korea during the Mass Games
- A Stalin bust. I prefer the turquoise but it’s all sold out.
- A mini PC. That is powerful enough/has a large enough hard drive that I can bring it on trips to watch movies and email.
- A Google Android. I accept you as my overlords, Goog!
- A see through clear umbrella
- A year’s worth of cleaning ladies.
- A breadmaker.
- Lots of cute flowerpots, and the self watering bulb doohickeys. I have a small army of succulents that I worry about.
- Noise canceling headphones that do not go IN your ears, and are durable and very very portable.
- A new messenger bag similar to this, in a dark color, that is washable and has many pockets for doohickeys and closes.
- Brunch at Aquavit
- Lunch at Momofuku Ko
- Fish of the Month Club membership
- A salmon fishing expedition
- Tuition to sideshow school
- Conjuring Arts Research Center Membership
- Wii!
- An RFID key chain such as this
- A phrenology head
- Etsy things! Like this necklace in silver, everything in doleangeliman’s store, especially this skeleton print and this sign print, a wood ring, this anchor in sterling, freak show signs like this, or a squid necklace.
What do you want?
11 Comments so far
1. Mark wrote on December 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
‘Tis an awesome listaroo!
2. nanette wrote on December 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
You forgot to mention that awesome deer-hunting camo garter set from Etsy. She will also custom-make a matching thong! What girl doesn’t want a deer-hunting camo thong, and what boy wouldn’t find a deer-hunting camo thong sexy?
3. nanette wrote on December 3rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
You forgot to mention that awesome deer-hunting camo garter set from Etsy. She will also custom-make a matching thong! What girl doesn’t want a deer-hunting camo thong, and what boy wouldn’t find a deer-hunting camo thong sexy?
Also, I hear ya on the noise-canceling headphones that don’t go IN your ears. I can’t stand headphones in my ears. Because I am part elf, I have tiny ears, so they hurt.
4. Grace wrote on December 4th, 2008 at 9:47 am
I want the exact same headphones you do. And dish towels. And a proper belt. And most of Etsy. I have a running Etsy wants list on my blog right now. I am noticing that I want 10 or 15 very similar things.
5. jennybento wrote on December 4th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I have elf ears too!
I cannto look at etsy. I am not allowed.
6. Mark wrote on December 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
“what boy wouldn’t find a deer-hunting camo thong sexy?”
Uh. Hand raised.
I’m assuming Nanette was being sarcastic but just in case. For the record and all.
7. jenny wrote on December 5th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
any thought that begins with “Is Nanette being sarcastic?” should always be answered with “Yes.”
8. Mark wrote on December 6th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Well, yes, but I didn’t want to be presumptive.
9. Chad wrote on December 6th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I’m a big fan of my Bose Quietcomfort2’s they’re better than the in-the-ear kind for sure–go over-the-ear rather than on-the-ear, all the way.
As for the knives, well, the last issue of the New Yorker really spelled it out for me. I don’t feel like an authority, but I can tell the difference between Japanese and American-made.
10. Idun wrote on December 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
who wouldn’t want to take a sideshow class with Jo Boobs?
Actually, I want a phrenology head too! It would look so cool in my living room.
11. Ingbert wrote on January 6th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Re: headphones, talk to Cameron. I think he went through testing a bunch out that were ear-external…