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Title: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 01:51:04 PM
If you could get anything this year, what would it be?
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: D3RANG3D on December 15, 2010, 01:53:47 PM
A job :'(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Diunx on December 15, 2010, 01:58:52 PM
Someone to love :fbm
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 02:01:47 PM
Wow.  Some debbie fucking downers for the first to replies.  And a kick in the nuts to the first person who says their two front teeth.

Outside of small things like movies and games, the only big thing I really want is a gaming PC but that's a bit much.  Plus, the wife already said I can get one early next year.  Woo!
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Robo on December 15, 2010, 02:07:02 PM
I hinted to my parents that I'd like some practical things; new pan set to replace my current hand-me-downs, set of various booze glasses, a decent tea kettle, an Avatar-inspired fleshlight.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 15, 2010, 02:10:38 PM
Keyboard stand for Rock Band, Aliens Anthology, Seven Samurai and Micmacs on Blu-ray. Clothes. Nothing too exciting.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Smooth Groove on December 15, 2010, 02:11:25 PM
Peace and Prosperity for all mankind
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Raban on December 15, 2010, 02:12:46 PM
A one-piece swimsuit.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2010, 02:18:03 PM
Monica Belluci
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 15, 2010, 02:28:57 PM
A laptop that isn't 17" big

But in reality, really don't want anything
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 02:34:57 PM
A laptop that isn't 17" big

But in reality, really don't want anything
are you hating on your laptop now??
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 02:35:07 PM
A one-piece swimsuit.
:-\
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: tehjaybo on December 15, 2010, 02:42:11 PM
Threesome with Felicia Day and Jen Page.

Gaming desktop and laptop (That's right, both.)

The rifle that I've been trying to build.

PPK/S w/ Crimson Trace grips.

Funding to start up the business that my friends and I have been talking about.



In that order.  Get to it, Mupsy Claus.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 02:44:54 PM
hey now, i don't make wishes come true.  I destroy them.  I'm just compiling my list.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Raban on December 15, 2010, 02:45:31 PM
A one-piece swimsuit.
:-\

:lol

Really, I don't want anything this Christmas. Everything I really want is either too expensive to get (a new mattress that doesn't destroy my back) or I'm already dedicated to buying on my own (Steam games during the holiday sale, tickets to Tron Legacy in IMAX and True Grit). So, nothing.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: tehjaybo on December 15, 2010, 02:47:22 PM
My family keeps asking me what I want, but everything's too expensive, so I just say nothing.  Though my mother did get me a pretty bitchin' coat for my birthday.  So warm.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: D3RANG3D on December 15, 2010, 02:56:15 PM
My real answer is a better gaming pc.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: demi on December 15, 2010, 02:58:14 PM
Deranged to sit on my face
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 15, 2010, 02:59:17 PM
A laptop that isn't 17" big

But in reality, really don't want anything
are you hating on your laptop now??

I didn't like it all that much from the start! But it's not like I can really complain since it was a gift. :P
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Smooth Groove on December 15, 2010, 03:07:13 PM
A laptop that isn't 17" big

But in reality, really don't want anything
are you hating on your laptop now??

I didn't like it all that much from the start! But it's not like I can really complain since it was a gift. :P

Ha, I still remember you being disappointed that it wasn't the model you envisioned but then feeling like an ingrate afterward.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 03:09:39 PM
I have fond memories of that laptop because of a certain picture
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Brehvolution on December 15, 2010, 03:11:02 PM
A new winter coat cause it's fuckold up here in NY. I'm even wearing mismatched gloves. I gave my old winter coat to good will last spring thinking I would have a new one by now.  :'(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 03:12:03 PM
:( I'm sure demi can find someone to warm you up
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 15, 2010, 03:12:40 PM
I have fond memories of that laptop because of a certain picture

different laptop  :-[
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Ha, I still remember you being disappointed that it wasn't the model you envisioned but then feeling like an ingrate afterward.
Yeah, pretty much. Still do haha.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 03:15:00 PM
I have fond memories of that laptop because of a certain picture

different laptop  :-[
:o sounds like it's time for a new picture then
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Diunx on December 15, 2010, 03:21:00 PM
Serious answer, a scholarship or a car.

Real serious answer, a new pc or a new phone.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Corporal on December 15, 2010, 03:53:52 PM
I want(ed) a Notebook and an AV Receiver.

Oh look. Seems like I trained my family well.

(http://grab.by/7V0k)

I am a happy camper right now.
Sure, it's not the best receiver in the whole wide world, but it's well under 400€ and has teh internet radios.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Smooth Groove on December 15, 2010, 04:02:27 PM
Electronics are overrated in terms of sound quality.  Just spend the big bucks on quality speakers that hardly ever need to be upgraded. 
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 15, 2010, 04:24:10 PM
Let me know how that receiver is.

I need a new one because my receiver finally crapped out after about 6 years.  I love my speakers, so i just need the receiver but it's not at the top of my list because of where i'm currently living.  I can't really use a surround sound to my liking right now because of damn apartment walls.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 15, 2010, 04:48:30 PM
I'd actually like a nice speaker set up for the basement, but I didn't ask for one. Oh well.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2010, 05:08:55 PM
All I want is a pea coat, a turtle neck and some new dress shoes.

Maybe an itunes card.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Corporal on December 15, 2010, 05:10:01 PM
Mupepe, I have been told that at that price range (~400 €) you can really only get this one or the Onkyo TX-SR608 (which has a fan and is kind of power hungry if you need passive HDMI passthrough). Will write impressions once I have it in my grubby paws, at the earliest around the 25th. Can't test the iphone app though since I neither have an iphone nor do I intend to buy the bluetooth dongle.

Smooth Groove, I already have medium-quality ELAC boxes, good enough for me.

The Pioneer will simply succeed my trusty ~12-year-old Onkyo. Its only fault is that it doesn't do Component, HDMI or DTS and only has one coax and one TOSLink input. Still working like a champ, it kind of hurts to sell it off/throw it away now. Only nine more days, my old friend. :'(


Oh yeah, back on topic, I'd kind of like a recent-ish smartphone (Android 2.1+/iphone). My "internet-only" Blackberry 9500 gets on my nerves, and my "main phone" Nokia E65 is starting to act reeeeally wonky. A friend has an HTC Desire, looks kind of neat.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Smooth Groove on December 15, 2010, 05:17:08 PM
You might still want to get an Iphone if you're interested in playing some games.  Check out the Infinity Blade thread in the gaming forum.  The game looks amazing.  Even though I'm not a fan of mobile gaming, I'd definitely give it a try if there are more games like that. 

If not, I'd recommend the droid phones.  Both my HTC-G2 and my dad's Samusng Vibrant are fantastic.  G2 is a little more convenient with the keyboard but the Vibrant has a noticeably nicer screen.  You can't really go wrong with either. 
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2010, 05:19:18 PM
iphone has a great game selection and depending on your tastes can instantly null the very idea of ever needing a psp or ds given the prices of the games.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Cormacaroni on December 15, 2010, 06:39:26 PM
yeah, i never touch PSP/DS these days. If I even play games on the run, it's on iPhone or iPad.

Having lots of disposable income and poor impulse control, I don't want a whole lot that I don't just buy for myself. Just off the top of my head, this year I got a new TV for my room, a pimp-ass gaming PC rig, an iPad, and a new 17# MacBook Pro. I'm not Smooth Groove but I'm doing ok on the toys front. There are some nice things about being old. The one thing I'd actually like my wife to buy for me is this, though:

(http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/I/31wo50ahSTL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

We have a smaller one but I make a lot of soups, stews and curries and could really use a larger one. She's vehemently opposed to it because it's a pain in the ass to store. I love the smaller one though, so I still want one, and getting it as a gift is probably the only way I could get it and not have to deal with years of resentment about it later. Married life!
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 15, 2010, 06:54:37 PM
To be anywhere but Korea. A Christmas wish that will be unfulfilled. :(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Positive Touch on December 15, 2010, 07:08:21 PM
a gun to right all the wrongs i've endured
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Positive Touch on December 15, 2010, 07:10:43 PM
seriously though i'm down to one pair of shoes and they're almost two years old.  i need some new ones SOOO BAD.  or preferrably a new job that actually pays me enough to live on.  barring that i'll just take some welfare :'(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Cormacaroni on December 15, 2010, 07:15:15 PM
Well, now everyone feels bad, ironically-named Positive Touch. So much for the spirit of Christmas!

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Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 15, 2010, 07:15:55 PM
Hookers n' blow
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: demi on December 15, 2010, 07:29:16 PM
I offered to buy some of ur stuff Positive Touch... guess you'll just have to suck me off instead
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Smooth Groove on December 15, 2010, 07:32:32 PM
a gun to right all the wrongs i've endured

chills
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: OptimoPeach on December 15, 2010, 07:41:55 PM
Books, socks, boxers, collared shirts for work, and some miscellaneous vidya accessories, so pretty much the same crap as every other year. Christmas blows past like age 14. It's all about New Year's Eve these days

edit: oh yeah, and I'm asking Santa to let the Raiders finish above .500 for the season. I figure even he couldn't magic up a playoff berth for them
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: G The Resurrected on December 15, 2010, 07:51:59 PM
Besides the obvious answers, like a job/shoes/socks.

I would really like to get my teeth fixed, I went to the dentist yesterday and it was all bad news. I guess all that shit talking over the years caught up cause my mouth is shit.  :'( I can't even afford the fucking root canals I need done. I've tried looking for a dental clinic but they want me to wait months while I'm in pain now.

other than that and world peace I could really use a pair of size 14 1/2US size shoes. I've worn down my vans to the point that you can see my foot through the sole.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: demi on December 15, 2010, 07:57:47 PM
I'll pay you for a home video of you fucking Roxy, Bz.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 15, 2010, 07:59:43 PM
I want(ed) a Notebook and an AV Receiver.

Oh look. Seems like I trained my family well.

(http://grab.by/7V0k)

I am a happy camper right now.
Sure, it's not the best receiver in the whole wide world, but it's well under 400€ and has teh internet radios.

I got my father the VSX-1020K :smug and my mother completed the setup with the Onkyo Home Theater in a Box (just the speakers).. the Onkyo SKS HT870 7.1-CH.

I personally want a Sony NEX-5

(http://i.imgur.com/8NixX.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dng8N.jpg)
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Brehvolution on December 15, 2010, 08:05:01 PM
Race wheel for GT5, Kinect and dance game, 2 move controllers and nunchukk, wii sports resort plus an extra motion+, 3d tv(preferably one of those fancy vizios)
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: G The Resurrected on December 15, 2010, 08:05:25 PM
I'll pay you for a home video of you fucking Roxy, Bz.

Not enough!

Seriously i'd have to have a camera first. Maybe that awesome Sony NEX-5. We'll talk when your willing to put up that kind of money.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: demi on December 15, 2010, 08:06:15 PM
You can have my XBL Vision Cam. I want it as blurry and amateur as it can be.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Positive Touch on December 15, 2010, 08:24:49 PM
I offered to buy some of ur stuff Positive Touch... guess you'll just have to suck me off instead

no time to make a list yet
 
hopefully i'll have some time tomorrow afternoon
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 15, 2010, 08:49:24 PM
i want a straight up socialist policy agenda enacted on both a federal and state level, and i want beardo to pay for it
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 15, 2010, 08:54:07 PM
yeah, i never touch PSP/DS these days. If I even play games on the run, it's on iPhone or iPad.

Having lots of disposable income and poor impulse control, I don't want a whole lot that I don't just buy for myself. Just off the top of my head, this year I got a new TV for my room, a pimp-ass gaming PC rig, an iPad, and a new 17# MacBook Pro. I'm not Smooth Groove but I'm doing ok on the toys front. There are some nice things about being old. The one thing I'd actually like my wife to buy for me is this, though:

(http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/I/31wo50ahSTL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

We have a smaller one but I make a lot of soups, stews and curries and could really use a larger one. She's vehemently opposed to it because it's a pain in the ass to store. I love the smaller one though, so I still want one, and getting it as a gift is probably the only way I could get it and not have to deal with years of resentment about it later. Married life!

We have one of the big ones. It's AWESOME. Hope you get it!!!
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: tiesto on December 15, 2010, 09:22:58 PM
A condo. And for my girl to get a decent job.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Cormacaroni on December 15, 2010, 09:50:57 PM
Mr Gundam - yeah, it kicks ass. It distributes the heat so evenly, everything just tastes better when I use it. I have a big pressure cooker that I use for volume cooking, but things just don't come out as well as with the Le Creuset. It will be mine, one way or the other. I just would prefer to not deal with whining about it later ;)

I'm also holding out for a cherry red one at 26cm, which seem to be very rare around here. I want it to match the smaller one  :supergay
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: ch1nchilla on December 15, 2010, 10:09:29 PM
Mac Mini server
Beats by Dr. Dre headphones
NFS Hot Pursuit
Clothes
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: lennedsay on December 15, 2010, 10:16:45 PM
Click here for a complaining woman.

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If I get any vidjagames, movies, etc. right now, I won't be able to enjoy them until May. Tax season...  :'(

I always need clothes for work since I never leave there but to sleep this time of year (no lie... :(), but I have to just go myself and try them on because I'm approaching midget territory. I mean, TLC might even give me a show. So someone could give me a gift card, but I won't have time to actually shop for myself until May anyway.

Maybe somebody will pay some of my bills (and actually log into my bank and do it for me, with my own money would be a gift as long as I don't have to do it for a month) or buy me passes to my chiropractor or gift cards for fast food so I can eat during tax season or something. Shit gifts accepted and appreciated here :(
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But oh shit, I have effectively gotten the best gifts for everybody else! I enjoy grabbing other people's gifts more than making my own list. I got an awesome deal on The Pacific for my dad. I got a ton of shit for my mom, all of which she really wanted but doesn't know that I got for her (unless my sister opened her big fucking mouth, highly likely). My in-laws both got a mixture of appropriate gift cards and an awesome gift they'll love (and they're hard to buy for too). My sister wanted some dumb cunt-ry cds but I refused, so I got her a Target gift card so she can buy her own Kid Rock cds or whatever, in addition to a Burts Bees gift basket with lipgloss n shit. Only have a few people left to buy for. Went xmas shopping with my BFF and she almost bought a few things for herself but she didn't because she had so many Christmas expenses, so I went back and bought them for her. She's mentioned both items since multiple times, and one isn't sold anymore so she's heartbroken. Little does she know... :bow me   :rock Christmas!

Oh yea, BFF & I also made a bunch of all natural body stuff for my mom and my sister, like sugar body scrub and stuff to put in your bath that smells like french toast and is amazing for your skin. And I've gotten to test it all out. :drool
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2010, 11:37:16 PM
Besides the obvious answers, like a job/shoes/socks.

I would really like to get my teeth fixed, I went to the dentist yesterday and it was all bad news. I guess all that shit talking over the years caught up cause my mouth is shit.  :'( I can't even afford the fucking root canals I need done. I've tried looking for a dental clinic but they want me to wait months while I'm in pain now.

other than that and world peace I could really use a pair of size 14 1/2US size shoes. I've worn down my vans to the point that you can see my foot through the sole.


What state do you live in? You might be able to find a dental school for the work; they provide more affordable care than a general dental office, although I dunno about root canals. We charge $912 for those, but it's really more like a grand when you add the other stuff required  :fbm
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 15, 2010, 11:47:08 PM
A Chrysler 300C with low mileage
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 15, 2010, 11:47:53 PM
Mostly just some games and DVDs this year, nothing major.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Raban on December 16, 2010, 12:41:43 AM
Oh I know what I want for Christmas, a clean bill of health. I've been really sick the past couple months with heartburn, indigestion, chest pain, it's literally endless.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: drew on December 16, 2010, 05:54:19 AM
i hinted at my parents that a glock 19 would make a nice little stocking stuffer
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Brehvolution on December 16, 2010, 10:01:19 AM
i want a straight up socialist policy agenda enacted on both a federal and state level, and i want beardo to pay for it
:rofl
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Beezy on December 16, 2010, 10:32:25 AM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

I also want headphones, a new 360 headset, Black Ops, and XBL/Kindle cards.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 16, 2010, 10:39:30 AM
Click here for a complaining woman.

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If I get any vidjagames, movies, etc. right now, I won't be able to enjoy them until May. Tax season...  :'(

I always need clothes for work since I never leave there but to sleep this time of year (no lie... :(), but I have to just go myself and try them on because I'm approaching midget territory. I mean, TLC might even give me a show. So someone could give me a gift card, but I won't have time to actually shop for myself until May anyway.

Maybe somebody will pay some of my bills (and actually log into my bank and do it for me, with my own money would be a gift as long as I don't have to do it for a month) or buy me passes to my chiropractor or gift cards for fast food so I can eat during tax season or something. Shit gifts accepted and appreciated here :(
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But oh shit, I have effectively gotten the best gifts for everybody else! I enjoy grabbing other people's gifts more than making my own list. I got an awesome deal on The Pacific for my dad. I got a ton of shit for my mom, all of which she really wanted but doesn't know that I got for her (unless my sister opened her big fucking mouth, highly likely). My in-laws both got a mixture of appropriate gift cards and an awesome gift they'll love (and they're hard to buy for too). My sister wanted some dumb cunt-ry cds but I refused, so I got her a Target gift card so she can buy her own Kid Rock cds or whatever, in addition to a Burts Bees gift basket with lipgloss n shit. Only have a few people left to buy for. Went xmas shopping with my BFF and she almost bought a few things for herself but she didn't because she had so many Christmas expenses, so I went back and bought them for her. She's mentioned both items since multiple times, and one isn't sold anymore so she's heartbroken. Little does she know... :bow me   :rock Christmas!

Oh yea, BFF & I also made a bunch of all natural body stuff for my mom and my sister, like sugar body scrub and stuff to put in your bath that smells like french toast and is amazing for your skin. And I've gotten to test it all out. :drool
I cannot for the life of me understand this.  Diana is the same way.  She likes spending a lot on her family because she's "always been the one who gives cool gifts"

seriously, asking for a tv or a 500 dollar phone with a straight face would get me slapped in my family.  cd, dvd or something.  fuck.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: tiesto on December 16, 2010, 10:44:53 AM
What I asked for: dress shirts, some long-sleeved casual shirts, Nier, that Lufia game on DS, Golden Sun, XNA books, some other old games (I think one of the PS2 Growlanser games and the Wild Arms PSP game)
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: muckhole on December 16, 2010, 10:58:40 AM
I'd really like a high end laptop. Mine has been on the ropes for a while now, but upgrading won't be in the cards for some time.

Also:

- a trenchcoat
- all your home addresses
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 16, 2010, 11:34:35 AM
I cannot for the life of me understand this.  Diana is the same way.  She likes spending a lot on her family because she's "always been the one who gives cool gifts"

seriously, asking for a tv or a 500 dollar phone with a straight face would get me slapped in my family.  cd, dvd or something.  fuck.

I don't get it, either. My wife and I spend ~$150 on each other, $50 on our parents, and about $20-$30 on everyone else (siblings, nieces and nephews, friends).  That's still a ton of money, those people who buy everyone a freaking iPod are just insane and digging themselves a massive debt grave.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 16, 2010, 12:21:03 PM
I cannot for the life of me understand this.  Diana is the same way.  She likes spending a lot on her family because she's "always been the one who gives cool gifts"

seriously, asking for a tv or a 500 dollar phone with a straight face would get me slapped in my family.  cd, dvd or something.  fuck.

I don't get it, either. My wife and I spend ~$150 on each other, $50 on our parents, and about $20-$30 on everyone else (siblings, nieces and nephews, friends).  That's still a ton of money, those people who buy everyone a freaking iPod are just insane and digging themselves a massive debt grave.
Yep, and if not debt (because I know most of them are not extremely wealthy) then they're just giving themselves unnecessary stress.  I hate January coming along and barely making it because Christmas was such a financial clusterfuck.  I did that one year and decided that everyone is getting the equivalent of stocking stuffers.  And my wife has a family consisting of 43 cousins and 12 aunts and uncles.  Even at 20 bucks a person that's a shitload of money.

Edit: Not saying that is you, Lennedsay.  Just got off on a tangent about overspenders.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 16, 2010, 12:52:10 PM
We do a gift card exchange with my parents' families (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.). Everyone gets a $25 giftcard, wraps it and throws it in a pile. We draw numbers and steal from each other. It's fun and doesn't nuke your bank account.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 16, 2010, 12:57:39 PM
That'd be awesome.  But I don't think traditional Catholics would go for that unfortunately :'(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 16, 2010, 01:35:11 PM
My Dad's side is traditional Catholic and everyone is cool with it. We'd rather get together and a have good time instead of sending everyone to debtor's prison.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 16, 2010, 02:24:26 PM
:(

I'm jealous.  Everyone stresses themselves out to buy gifts for every single person.  I personally wouldn't mind as much if it didn't take like 4 friggin hours to pass out 55 gifts 6 or 7 times.  Man, by the time it's over with I just want to be home.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: lennedsay on December 16, 2010, 11:47:00 PM
I cannot for the life of me understand this.  Diana is the same way.  She likes spending a lot on her family because she's "always been the one who gives cool gifts"

seriously, asking for a tv or a 500 dollar phone with a straight face would get me slapped in my family.  cd, dvd or something.  fuck.

I don't get it, either. My wife and I spend ~$150 on each other, $50 on our parents, and about $20-$30 on everyone else (siblings, nieces and nephews, friends).  That's still a ton of money, those people who buy everyone a freaking iPod are just insane and digging themselves a massive debt grave.
Yep, and if not debt (because I know most of them are not extremely wealthy) then they're just giving themselves unnecessary stress.  I hate January coming along and barely making it because Christmas was such a financial clusterfuck.  I did that one year and decided that everyone is getting the equivalent of stocking stuffers.  And my wife has a family consisting of 43 cousins and 12 aunts and uncles.  Even at 20 bucks a person that's a shitload of money.

Edit: Not saying that is you, Lennedsay.  Just got off on a tangent about overspenders.

Holy shit! Yea fuck that, we have a huge extended family, but we only buy for our parents, my sister, my grandma and two of our good friends. I have two cousins I'm really close to so I might pick them up something if we're going to see them at Christmas. That's about it.

But I don't spend a shitload on them, and I definitely don't go into debt for it. I just put a lot of thought into their $20-30 gift (or for our parents, $50 considering they spend a lot more on us). I personally hate receiving a generic $30 gift when there was probably a million other things I probably could have used instead. So I figure if I have to spend money on them anyway, I'd like to get them something they really really like. My BFF for instance, she wanted this scarf and this coin purse. Total $25. But both are things she really wanted but wouldn't buy for herself at the time and is now kicking herself in the ass for it. If I don't get any clues and can't think of something myself or with help, I'll get them a gift card to somewhere I know they like. It helps because our family is so small at this point (:'(), and we're really close to them, so it doesn't take a lot of time and effort to pick out a thoughtful gift.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: lennedsay on December 17, 2010, 12:05:10 AM
I operate under the policy of giving people gift cards for Christmas unless they mention something specifically. All too often have I run into a situation where Ive given something or gotten something that isn't wanted or is a duplicate. Much easier to give someone a gift card and let them be the one deciding what that get, even if it can be seen as a lazy thing to do.

I start out with a gift card in mind for each person, and then that slowly gets replaced with something they mention they really like and don't have. Luckily I talk to all my family fuckers every god damn day almost, and they tell me every time they take a piss, so I know if they're even planning to buy something, including groceries. I know more of what goes on in my parents house than when I lived there.

In-laws are harder because I don't talk to them regularly, so I buy them a small gift and a gift card. That way I know my mother-in-law won't go complaining about what awful color shirt or ugly earrings I bought her or some shit. Every time anybody shows her anything they have, she's like, "Oh that's nice. Not my style, and I wouldn't of ever bought that, but I'm sure it'll be nice for you."  >:(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 17, 2010, 11:46:57 AM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

Didn't know you read!

/reallynotmeantasracistatalliswearijustdidntknow
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Diunx on December 17, 2010, 05:07:33 PM
My Christmas bonus was a lot smaller than expected, no new phone for Diunx :'(
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Cravis on December 17, 2010, 05:48:42 PM
i hinted at my parents that a glock 19 would make a nice little stocking stuffer
I told my wife I wanted a Smith & Wesson .38 Special. I think I'll end up going out and getting it this weekend.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Beezy on December 17, 2010, 05:48:42 PM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

Didn't know you read!

/reallynotmeantasracistatalliswearijustdidntknow
:lol

I haven't  seriously read a book outside of school shit in years mainly because I'm not sure what to look for and I was always overwhelmed by bookstores. E-ink is sexy and I need something to keep me awake at my new job, so I want one.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2010, 05:52:08 PM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

Didn't know you read!

/reallynotmeantasracistatalliswearijustdidntknow

kindle app on my ipod touch is my favorite thing ever. cheaper and more room saving than buying a kindle, too.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2010, 05:53:00 PM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

Didn't know you read!

/reallynotmeantasracistatalliswearijustdidntknow
:lol

I haven't  seriously read a book outside of school shit in years mainly because I'm not sure what to look for and I was always overwhelmed by bookstores. E-ink is sexy and I need something to keep me awake at my new job, so I want one.

you got a new job? do tell, buddy
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Beezy on December 17, 2010, 06:02:53 PM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

Didn't know you read!

/reallynotmeantasracistatalliswearijustdidntknow
:lol

I haven't  seriously read a book outside of school shit in years mainly because I'm not sure what to look for and I was always overwhelmed by bookstores. E-ink is sexy and I need something to keep me awake at my new job, so I want one.

you got a new job? do tell, buddy
Yeah man, I got a job at a small accounting firm about 15 mins (driving) away from home. I haven't done much yet, but I started this past monday. Check my old fb status. :D
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2010, 06:17:13 PM
I want a PS3, but that's too expensive to ask anyone for. So I asked my mom for a wifi Kindle and she agreed to get it.  :D

Didn't know you read!

/reallynotmeantasracistatalliswearijustdidntknow
:lol

I haven't  seriously read a book outside of school shit in years mainly because I'm not sure what to look for and I was always overwhelmed by bookstores. E-ink is sexy and I need something to keep me awake at my new job, so I want one.

you got a new job? do tell, buddy
Yeah man, I got a job at a small accounting firm about 15 mins (driving) away from home. I haven't done much yet, but I started this past monday. Check my old fb status. :D

:D Nice!

MATH :rock
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 20, 2010, 10:43:34 AM
My sister in law got us a framed picture of their kid for Christmas.  What a shitty gift.  You'd think that if we wanted a picture of your kid we'd be capable of taking one ourselves and framing it.
That is seriously the worst gift ever.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Brehvolution on December 20, 2010, 01:06:36 PM
My parents love getting framed pictures of the kids as gifts. If they don't, it's too fuckin' bad cause that is what they're gonna get.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 20, 2010, 01:37:20 PM
My parents love getting framed pictures of the kids as gifts. If they don't, it's too fuckin' bad cause that is what they're gonna get.

That makes sense, but they still deserve a real gift, too.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 20, 2010, 01:39:58 PM
Its funny, being the type that always caries my camera on me, I actually get some people framed photos of their own children :lol
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 20, 2010, 02:07:26 PM
Note to whoever gets Zero Hero next year for Secret Santa: Give him framed pictures of your kids/a kid.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Brehvolution on December 20, 2010, 03:05:25 PM
My parents love getting framed pictures of the kids as gifts. If they don't, it's too fuckin' bad cause that is what they're gonna get.
That's totally different. 
I completely understand and agree.

I still get them a real gift, Mr. Gundam.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 20, 2010, 03:31:16 PM
Not much, to be honest.  Some effects pedals for my guitar...some blu-rays and books.  *shrugs*
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 20, 2010, 04:55:22 PM
knives and camera shit and political books

Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Rman on December 20, 2010, 07:03:39 PM
My family rarely exchanges gifts to be honest.  It's mostly about food and chilling out.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 20, 2010, 07:10:11 PM
My parents love getting framed pictures of the kids as gifts. If they don't, it's too fuckin' bad cause that is what they're gonna get.
That's totally different. 
I completely understand and agree.

I still get them a real gift, Mr. Gundam.

I figured you did. We get a framed picture of our godchildren every Christmas along with gifts.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Cormacaroni on December 20, 2010, 07:46:38 PM
My extended family is so obscenely huge everyone just gave up on the mass gift-giving long ago. It's just totally absurd. My mother has 24 brothers and sisters due to being 1) Catholic, 2) Irish, 3) poor and my granddad marrying 3 times (you can probably guess what happened to the first two - terminal uterine explosions i think). The cousins number well into the 400s, and my Dad's side is pretty obscene as well (he comes from a family of 10).
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mupepe on December 20, 2010, 07:50:35 PM
good lord cormac!

by the way gundam, i believe this is the last year of straight up exchanges with the in laws. seems next year we are doing a potluck type thing
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: tiesto on December 20, 2010, 08:24:59 PM
Gift certificates mostly, I'm lazy like that. Got my g/f a watch. And my brother wanted some random games (Just Cause, Madworld) and Wall-E.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: naff on December 20, 2010, 08:52:24 PM
A new tent because our last one got trashed at a music festival. Or a Ricoh GXR, foods, moneys etc
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: The Sceneman on December 20, 2010, 08:56:11 PM
I just want pussy for xmas

Im seriously you guys
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: cool breeze on December 20, 2010, 09:45:15 PM
Can't think of anything.  More than that, I try and guess what others would get me and tell them not to.  I guessed correctly that my parents were going to get me Kinect and had to convince them not to.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 20, 2010, 11:08:55 PM
As long as someone gets me clothes and the Alien Anthology on Blu-ray, I'll be content.
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Beezy on December 21, 2010, 11:33:33 AM
I just want pussy for xmas

Im seriously you guys
:teehee
Title: Re: What do you guys want for Christmas this year?
Post by: Himu on December 21, 2010, 11:35:42 AM
Early Christmas!!!

I got these!

This zip cardigan

(http://kcp.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pKCP-8845635v383x392.jpg)

and

this pea coat

(http://i.imgur.com/DJ6VB.jpg)

both from macy's. Got some corduroy pants too!  :heartbeat

That's all i wanted! Now I can get all the pussy and dick I want!!!!