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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 10:37:04 PM

Title: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 10:37:04 PM
OH GOD WHAT DID I BUY IN SEATTLE

X-Files Season 1
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KJ7QY5GXL._SS500_.jpg)

The Omega Factor
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rM%2B%2BXYwPL._SS500_.jpg)

Fun Home
(http://home.earthlink.net/%7Elogozo/pics/FunHome.jpg)

I Killed Adolf Hitler
(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/12430000/12433363.jpg)

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519QM1MR9PL._SS500_.jpg)

An awesome book for Joe that I'm keeping secret in case he reads this thread
(http://www.countrylife.co.uk/images/image_not_found.jpg)

Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312868367.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by PKD
(http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1857989481.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

The Meaning of Tingo
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1594200866.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316TTH1C0YL._AA240_.jpg)

Girl in Landscape by Jonathan Lethem
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519RGNDH17L.jpg)

Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Gun_wOccasional_Music.jpg/200px-Gun_wOccasional_Music.jpg)

If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
(http://1heckofaguy.com/wp-content/photos/wintersnighttraveler.jpg)

Iron Council by China Mieville
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/IronCouncil.jpg/200px-IronCouncil.jpg)

Seeker by Jack McDevitt
(http://www.sfwa.org/pressbook/2005/2005-Covers/McDevitt-SeekerHC_s.jpg)

Scott Pilgrim 1-4 (for Prole)
(http://scottpilgrim.com/images/book1.jpg)(http://scottpilgrim.com/images/book2.jpg)(http://scottpilgrim.com/images/book3.jpg)(http://scottpilgrim.com/images/book4.jpg)

Also got a Microsoft Sidewinder mouse and an Xbox 360 Chatpad

(http://www.gadgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/microsoft-sidewinder-mouse.jpg)
(http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/chatpad.jpg)

And was given (did not buy):

Pan's Labyrinth
(http://media.movieweb.com/dvd_art/full/59/121259.jpg)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition
(http://www.vpd.fi/kuvat/pc_oblivion_goty.jpg)

Japan Envisions the West from the Seattle Art Museum
(http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/japan/pictures/restaurant_japanese-art.jpg)

Twin Peaks Vol 2.
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000M3439E.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

WHAT DID I NOT BUY IN SEATTLE?

A Dell XPS 1530. But it was close!

WOW JUST WOW

:bow buying things :bow

a very special thanks to my Seattle enablers, without whom this orgy of commerce would not have been possible
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Cormacaroni on December 31, 2007, 10:40:11 PM
awesome haul!

Iron Council and If on a winter's night are both great. I haven't read any Lethem yet but i take it you likee?
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 10:41:01 PM
I've read Perdido Street Station and The Scar, so Iron Council should be a fun read. I really like Gun With Occasional Music and Amnesia Moon; the rest of Lethem is rather hit-and-miss. But they were $3 each, so hey!
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: TVC15 on December 31, 2007, 10:42:19 PM
You know, it's going to take me a bit to catalog everything I bought, too.  We kinda went BOOK CRAZY.

I would like to come out to Prole that I used Patel to enable me to buy
spoiler (click to show/hide)
death note
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AND I LIKE IT
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 10:45:02 PM
I'm worried I missed something! I shouldn't have started unpacking until I was ready to catalog things properly
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 31, 2007, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on December 31, 2007, 10:29:50 PM
Let me know if that Don Rosa book is any good, I keep wanting to buy it but never warmed up to his duck stories that much in the past
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 31, 2007, 10:46:51 PM
Why do you need a gaming mouse?
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 10:47:37 PM
to pwn n00bs, duh

the Don Rosa book is AWESOME, if you like the old Barks stuff it is basically written exactly in that style
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 31, 2007, 10:51:42 PM
 8)
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 31, 2007, 10:57:58 PM
hahahah jesus patel, you werent kidding
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 10:59:07 PM
WHEN PATEL VISITS THE EPICENTER OF "WHAT DID YOU BUY", PATEL DOES NOT FUCK AROUND
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 31, 2007, 10:59:38 PM
NO FUKING AROUND!
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: SpudBud on December 31, 2007, 10:59:49 PM
Great fucking haul.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: abrader on December 31, 2007, 11:00:16 PM
wow this truely did deserve its own thread

Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 31, 2007, 11:01:52 PM
i bought a couple kids' books, a couple graphic novels, and a canon powershot sd1000 camera!
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 11:11:05 PM
Quote from: ParticleReality on December 31, 2007, 11:03:18 PM
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I fucking hate you. Ive wanted this game forever but can never find it at a affordable price. Hopefully I can get it(and maybe Trusty Bell) at Walmart for $20.

Don't hate me, hate the magnanimous Prole! :heartbeat
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 31, 2007, 11:13:28 PM
giving someone oblivion is hardly a magnanimous act!
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: TVC15 on December 31, 2007, 11:17:26 PM
Prole has like a half dozen copies of Oblivion.  he has purchased basically every version released, GotY, vanilla, expansions. . .he rolls around naked with them like in Indecent Proposal, rubbing the almost par RPGs all over his nipples and ass.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 11:18:15 PM
he also threads them onto his stileto-like cock
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 31, 2007, 11:18:21 PM
I thought Prole was anti-Oblivion.  What a boob.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 31, 2007, 11:18:51 PM
Rich bastards >:(
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 31, 2007, 11:19:53 PM
None of them are rich, but comfortable jobs (and with the exception of Prole) with limited responsibilities results in much disposable income!
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 31, 2007, 11:20:52 PM
I turned in my Gamestop application but holy shit, they had like 5 new highschool looking people there - and three of them were girls  :'(
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 31, 2007, 11:22:41 PM
Bosom Buddies x GameStop = hilarious new sitcom
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: TVC15 on December 31, 2007, 11:26:37 PM
Quote from: ParticleReality on December 31, 2007, 11:20:42 PM
Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on December 31, 2007, 11:11:05 PM
Quote from: ParticleReality on December 31, 2007, 11:03:18 PM
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I fucking hate you. Ive wanted this game forever but can never find it at a affordable price. Hopefully I can get it(and maybe Trusty Bell) at Walmart for $20.

Don't hate me, hate the magnanimous Prole! :heartbeat

I hate you both.

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Prole has like a half dozen copies of Oblivion.  he has purchased basically every version released, GotY, vanilla, expansions. . .he rolls around naked with them like in Indecent Proposal, rubbing the almost par RPGs all over his nipples and ass.

What the fuck? Why? I can't even find the Normal copy for under $60 and he has a bunch. Oh God, the hate is overwhelming.

Well, not to add to the hate, but I believe he has even traded some versions of Oblivion in and then repurchased them later.  It is no exaggeration to say that he may have purchased Oblivion, oh, let's say 10 times.  And he doesn't buy used unless he has to.

Me?  I have purchased only 3 versions and traded in none of them.  I have, however, purchased at least 8 copies of the Diablo battle chest over the years.  This year, I declared The Purchasing of the Diablo Battle Chest a HOLIDAY TRADITION.  GOD BLESS SPENDMAS!
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: MCD on December 31, 2007, 11:28:22 PM
Oblivion is shit anyway

spoiler (click to show/hide)
don't hurt me
[close]
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: TVC15 on December 31, 2007, 11:34:57 PM
I got Oblivion when it launched on 360, bought it for PC some months later after I got a fancy GPU, and later bought the GotY edition on the 360 because I gave away my original copy (due to getting the PC version).

Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: TVC15 on December 31, 2007, 11:48:55 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on December 31, 2007, 11:43:29 PM
Calvino  :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow

I was shocked SHOCKED that If On A Winter's Night a Traveler was not his first Calvino.  i thought everyone stumbled upon that one first. 
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: CurseoftheGods on December 31, 2007, 11:56:08 PM
That mouse looks insane.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 01, 2008, 12:00:53 AM
it was Invisible Cities, which I knew cause one of my favorite books (Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams) is always compared to it.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: drozmight on January 01, 2008, 03:43:11 AM
Sleep well?


*badum ching*


hyuk.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: Eric P on January 01, 2008, 10:49:44 AM
i approve of all your book choices

good job.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: TVC15 on January 01, 2008, 12:08:39 PM
Quote from: drozmight on January 01, 2008, 03:43:11 AM
Sleep well?

only after we finished depucelating his dugs and allowed him to depucelate our dugs as well
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on January 01, 2008, 02:35:33 PM
coffee, an avocado sandwich that might've been good but for the bread, and a bus ticket to get me the hell back to Portland.
 
Seattle is the worst city ever.  There are NO proper coffee shops open 24 hours, and according to a very nice heroin addict I met on the street even the heroin is awful.  Avoid.  In preference I'd recommend Portland, Bellingham, Chicago, or even St. Louis.  Maybe even LA.
Title: Re: WHAT DID YOU BUY IN SEATTLE?
Post by: drozmight on January 01, 2008, 05:07:46 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on January 01, 2008, 12:08:39 PM
Quote from: drozmight on January 01, 2008, 03:43:11 AM
Sleep well?

only after we finished depucelating his dugs and allowed him to depucelate our dugs as well

Damn! I missed it.