Month: December 2003

Here’s the present list to the best of my memory, since I’m typing this two floors beneath the horde of presents.
PS2 Games – Beyond Good & Evil, Space Channel 5 Special Edition, Prince Of Persia Sands Of Time. Katie got FFX-2, so I should probably mention that here, no?
GC Games – Pokemon Channel
GBA Games – Mario & Luigi, Fire Emblem, Sword Of Mana
Mac/iPod Stuff – Oxygen 8 Midi controller, Traktor DJ Studio 2.5, new HP printer/scanner/copier, extra Firewire iPod cable, iTrip
Books – the Python autobiography, the Complete Far Side Collection, David Foster Wallace’s new book, a crossword puzzle book
DVDs – Ben Stiller Show, Eraserhead Ridiculously Expensive Edition, Directors Collection: Michael Gondry & Spike Jonze, Blue Velvet Special Edition
Clothes – a surprising amount; 4 pairs of pants, a sweater, a shirt, pajama pants, and some underwear
Other – got a lot of skin care products, which is probably good because I treat my skin like crap. Large variety of candy, scaling up to a pound of really good cocoa mix I picked out at Dylan’s.
Special Distinction For The Most Random Yet Cool Gift – one of my uncles sent me the music sampler CD for DDR MAXUSA that was nearly impossible to come by. Now, I have all the songs on it already across all my other collections, but it’s still ridiculously cool.
I’m sure I’m leaving something off, so don’t be surprised if this gets updated repeatedly.

I’m breaking my Christmas entry into two parts; one to cover the events of the day, and the other for the loot list.
Warning: This blog entry is disgusting. It involves an event that, thankfully, has gotten me past much of my sickness, but is utterly disgusting and not the sort of thing I want to subject people to unless they really want to know. Hence, you have to click to get the full entry.

So, as you might’ve noticed, it’s Christmas. You’ll also notice it’s nearly 2 AM. You’ll also notice I’m not signed on to all my usual spots while I post this. Here’s the deal:
We are in Maryland for Christmas. The pile of gifts upstairs is extremely absurd. I am the only person still awake.
Why am I still awake? Because, like clockwork, I have come down with the goddamn flu. And let me tell you, out of all the fun sicknesses I’ve ever come down with, this one is in the top three all time wackiest. I feel like I’m floating a foot above my body. My head is congested to shit. My entire body aches, my sinuses are congested, and I’ve had some fun hacking cough episodes.
The only way I feel better right now is if I stay up – which I discovered wasn’t much of a problem after trying to sleep for 3 hours and realizing I wasn’t able to conk out. If I stay in bed, my body decides to make me feel like shit. I figured I’d try and wear myself down a little more with a blog post. (I realize the inability to sleep may be the standard Christmas-related reason, but at 23, I thought I was mostly over this.)
I feel like I am completely drugged even though I haven’t taken anything lately. Actually I don’t know the last time I took anything. There are significantly less clocks in the house than I remember.
But hey, 7th Style CS confirmed! Good news for all us IIDX freaks. Can’t wait until May.
So Merry Christmas to all, and let’s all post loot lists later today so we can compare and contrast.