X-Entertainment's Christmas Season & Advent Calendar, 2008.

12/14/2006: The 5 Best Gifts I’m Giving Out This Year.

Our apartment is just absolutely covered in empty Amazon boxes, a sure sign that we’re almost done Christmas shopping. Gifts for each other, and for the 200,000 children in each of our families. It’s a pretty sweet deal on my side, actually. If a couple has kids, then everyone else only has to buy for their kids. If they don’t, and we most certainly do not, then everyone has to buy for the couple, and more importantly, me. Sure, my family’s success rate with getting me Christmas presents that are worth bragging about has dwindled through the years, but it’s still nice to know that, come 11:55 PM on Christmas Eve, I can line a bunch of wrapped boxes with my name on them up on the couch and pretend that it’s still okay for me to do that.

Then again, it’s the giving. I take great pride in the gifts we give everyone’s kids, at least in part because, hey, those kids expect me to give them good gifts. They’ve seen my toys and video games. If I give them shit in a vase, they’ll know that I knew better. I also like to go straight to the source, because when I ask my siblings what to get their kids, I know I’m getting homogenized versions of their real wishlists. Like, one of my nephews is really into pro-wrestling, but his parents want to limit his pro-wrestling intake because he keeps piledriving his dog, so they try to convince me that what he really wants is stuff like Ice Age DVDs. Screw that. I just ask the kids themselves what they want, and after they ponder the question for a good three hours and offer more answers than the napkin I’m scribbling on can fit, I have a pretty good idea of what will make them believe Mommy was kissing Santa Claus.

Because I think it’s something I’ll want to remember later, here are the five best gifts I’m giving to the kiddies this year. No, not the five most expensive. The five I like the best.

LEGO Racers Ferrari 430 Spider: This is for one of my nephews, a late middle schooler, who is impossible to shop for. LEGO is pretty much the only safe avenue; he’s not really into toys, and when all of the other kids gather around whatever television they can usurp at family parties to play video games, he kind of just watches on with a look of confusion and disgust. So, it was a LEGO toy or money. There are LEGO toys you build, admire, break down and never really build again, and then there are LEGO toys that are true keepers. I think a vermilion Ferrari is a keeper.

What I like most about this toy is that I didn’t actually pay for it. I won’t mention the store, but we went Christmas shopping at a store, and as we found out later, a hiccup at the register caused the first few items on the belt to become GHOST ITEMS that we weren’t charged for. Thank God I put the $40 LEGO car up first, because getting a few cans of cat food or a magazine on how to make rumaki appetizers for free wouldn’t have been quite as sweet.

Melissa and Doug Mailbox & Mail Set: I scratched my head when I heard that my four-year-old niece wanted this; not literally, because nobody really scratches their head when they’re puzzled. I was a little concerned about it, though. A mailbox? What was she going to do with a mailbox? Well, that’s what she asked for, and that’s what she got. Thing came yesterday, and I have to say, I feel so, so awesome giving her this so, so awesome stupid thing. It’s a big, heavy blue mailbox with a bunch of big, heavy wooden pieces of play mail, and according to my sister, my mail-infatuated niece’s head will explode when she sees this.

I don’t remember much about being four-years-old aside from getting in a lot of trouble for writing the number “4″ all over our front porch bench, but yeah, I can see a four-year-old loving this to death. With only a very vague grasp of what the post office does, I’m sure she’s going to smear chocolate through the slots and be positively convinced that it’s on its way to Mickey Mouse.

Nintendo DS Lite System: Yes, it’s pretty extravagant, but it’s also for my godson, and like Kuse said, my only real job as a godfather is to show up at parties with better gifts than anyone else. My godson is also my nephew, and now that I think about it, he’s the youngest nephew of the bunch. That means he’s a bit slower at video games, both in terms of actually mastering them, and in actually getting them.

As his senior cousins walk the walk with their DS systems at every engagement we’re all at, this poor boy skips a few steps behind with an older Game Boy Advance. I suspect he will start referring to me as “King Matt” upon opening this gift, and for that price, anything less might inspire me to Indian Give the thing. Kid, I didn’t spend $130 to hear you say “oh wow” a few times. I want the balls-first zip-around my sister’s house. You better react to this thing like it’ll save your life.

T.M.X. Tickle Me Elmo: As I mentioned a few entries back, I was fortunate enough to find these babies in stock on Target’s website, and quickly purchased two of the dolls without anyone in mind to give them to. No matter: A day later, Target canceled the order, citing technical goofs. Goof this, Target. Luck struck twice, and TRU’s website had them in stock a few days later. This time, they came. One goes to a friend who is in dire need of it for his niece, and after some consideration, I’ve decided to return one of my niece’s lesser gifts to give her the ULTIMATE gift. The TMX Elmo doll.

Course, the hype is all smoke and mirrors, and she’ll certainly have no idea that this is anything but “just another doll.” Who knows if she’ll even like the thing? From the reviews I’ve been reading, a lot of kids react to TMX Elmo with either apathy or fear. Seems pretty cute to me, especially after seeing that YouTube video where some prankster timed and placed his doll so that after getting its second wind to laugh some more, poor Elmo tumbled down a flight of stairs. The hope is that someone in the general vicinity of the gift-opening will realize what a triumph it was for me to deliver this. Maybe my niece won’t care, but surely somebody will be impressed. I must be rewarded with at least one “I’m impressed” nod.

Pokemon Trozei DS Game: Not much to tell with this one. One of my nieces wanted this, and since I’m more than happy to oblige any lingering Pokemon obsessions in today’s youth, I picked it up. The reviews are pretty crappy, but I’m keeping the spirit of Bulbasaur alive, and for however long I’m able to do that, the ridiculous tattoo on my left ankle isn’t as great a source of shame as it will someday be.

I have so many damn relatives that no one ever buys anything for each other outside of nuclear families. In elementary school I was always shocked when kids would say, “I got this from my aunt and uncle…” I figured everyone in the world shared the same gift-giving rules.

As Poster #3, I’m obligated to say that anyone who just caught the tail-end of Leno tonight (I switched over early from Letterman) saw Twisted Sister play current jukebox staple “O Come All Ye Faithful” LIVE!!

Pokemon-wise, last week I’ll admit that I finally broke down and got my first 3rd gen game: Emerald. I got my 4th badge last night, and I got some killer guysâ€¦

Okay, this article gets the “Too Adorable for Words” award. And that’s all I’m going to say about it…. because it’s too adorable for words.

I wish I had nieces and/or nephews. This article almost makes me want to sue my parents for making me an only child. But even if I had nieces and nephews, I couldn’t afford to buy them such os gifts as these, so maybe it’s better than I don’t have any.

My family was the same as Jeff’s… gifts for nuclear family members only.. the only thing you got from aunts and uncles and grandmas were cards with money or gift certificates inside. My sister broke the tradition by giving our second cousin (cousin’s daughter or whatever) tons of Elmo stuff this year. She’s the only family member under the age of 23 so I guess it’s okay.

Special K Give a gift to Child’s Play. You would be giving to sick kids in hospitals. http://www.childsplaycharity.org. And you still feel awesome just giving it.

Invader Norbert
I caught Oh come all ye faithful on Leno, too. I’m not really a “modern” music fan, so I had know idea what the band looked like. Wow, that’s weird. For some reason, when I listen to the song, I get more of a Super Happy Fun vibe than a Hard-core death metal vibe. So I don’t know what’s up there.

Cameron T: That’s a great idea, but 3/4 of the fun is getting to see them open it! I gave a considerable amount of my “I’m single and don’t know what else to do with this money” money to The Little Lighthouse, an organization my boss is really big on that helps little kids with disabilities. I felt pretty awesome for that and my boss matches my gift, so I felt pretty awesome for his part, too.

Pokemon Pinball for the Game Boy Advance was pretty sweet — and your past searches for Bulbasaur are some of my all-time favorite X-E articles.

THE GOOD: Unlike most of you, my relatives DO all live close to me, so we get together a lot and I do in fact get presents from several of them.

I hope those kids don’t read the blog, or they will know what they’re getting!

Ahh, this article makes me wish I had a godfather (or “hellfather” in my case) who’d buy me ds lites and stuff…

The “normal” DS PokÃ©mon games will be out before long. They’ve already been out in Japan for about 3 months. The biggest selling point for me? Online battling.

A DS Lite is a great gift Matt. It does suck when people expect you to break the bank on their kids. “Ashley wants a Wii”. Tough shit Ashley.

I think I feel the Christmas blues coming on. I have no family to speak on, at least blood wise. I don’t speak to either of my parents, and my Step-mom has the huuuuuuuge extended family that I miss so much.

My roomates have 5 kids of their own, and I was VERY MUCH looking forward to buying for them, as well as my ex’s daughter, who I also miss…..but I’ve been sick, and in and out of the hospital for the past week, and am pretty sure I’ll be fired as soon as I’m well enough to go back to work….so there goes my yuletide joy money.

For serious, I am sooooo living vicariously thru all things X-E related right now. I love you guys!

I never got much of anything from my aunts and uncles, but I didn’t mind since we’re not even that close to begin with (they practically live on the other side of the world). Even if I received something from a relative, it would always be the “I’m giving you this, but let’s say it from your aunt” type deal.

I don’t have any nieces of nephews, but I think Matt’s way of asking them directly is the best bet. I don’t want to end up being the uncle who gets them some random truck when they wanted something in particular. Too many times I’ve seen a person try to shop for a kid by blindly picking something up from the toy aisle.

Knacks and Tigerboy have a real Calvin and Hobbes thing going for them. I dig it very much.

I can’t imagone having to buy for so many. I can’t imagine having that huge of a family either. We always do the immediate family for gifts, and if you want to branch out beyond that, you do. But if you’re gonna get one niece or cousin a present, then you must do them all.
I’ve still only gottan my son gifts, I need to get on it I suppose.

… wait… if they have kids you’re only supposed to buy for the kids When did -that- happen? o.o

Sheesh, is that the best that Waiterbot can come up with to ruin Knack’s blog with? I guess literature’s not exactly his forte…

Matt, I spoil my niece and nephew as well. This year, I got my nephew a Fisher Price FP3 player (the iPod for kiddies). He’s only three, and I don’t know what music he’ll listen to, but I know he’ll be excited b/c he’s always trying to play with the iPods.

I love having young family members to spoil - it makes Christmas that much more Christmas-y

Yo, Matt! I just found this out, which means you’ve probably known about it for YEARS, but the very first season of Pokemon is on DVD box set. I’m thinking about picking it up, would you?

Ooh, flabslapper, (…) I’m totally going to Netflix that, see how many of the episodes I’ve actually seen. It’s the only part of the Pokemon explosion I enjoyed.

I don’t know who posted that above me, but I define “modern” as anything after the 70s.

If you’re talking about Christmas music, I’d define “modern” as anything that isn’t an old Christian thing or from one of the classic Rankin & Bass or similar Christmas things.

I remember one of the last gifts I got from one of my aunts/uncles was “Operation”. I remember thinking, “I’m 12. What on earth makes you think I don’t already own ‘Operation’?!” In my family (at least, the side with kids. My dad was an only child), the unspoken rule was that you bought presents for the kids until they got old enough to be a challenge to buy for. Yeah, I know, pretty ambiguous. It sucks the first year you go ready for presents and only find a couple of boxes from Grandma. Nowadays, we just go to give presents to Grandma and open what she got for us. We don’t exchange anything among the rest of the family (obviously, we deal with our immediate families at other times.) If I had to get gifts for all of my cousins, I’d convert to some other religion and claim I no longer believed in celebrating Christmas. I can’t afford that.

No, I was pretty much talking about pop/rock etc. Christmas music’s a whole other deal.

Waiterbot is a Poopy Head!!
Waiterbot is a Poopy Head!!
Waiterbot is a Poopy Head!!
Waiterbot is a Poopy Head!!
Waiterbot is a Poopy Head!!
Waiterbot is a Poopy Head!!

My extended family has always done a gift exchange for something around $20, draw a name out of a hat, buy the person what ever was on there slip of paper. We’ve updated recently and started emailing everyone our amazon wishlist, makes it much easier to pick something. My immediate family exchanges with everyone, except my oldest brother so says he can’t keep up with all the nephews and wives. He buys and cooks a great christmas dinner though so I have no complaints. He’s also The Demon, click my name for more on that. ( not really SFW)

‘Round these parts, I just buy for immediate, close relations. I live in the middle of both the Comanche and Kiowa sides of the family, and that is a whole lot of people I know. So, unless I suffer a massive windfall due to some hideous Cosmic Catastrophe, my “buy for” list is usually pretty short.

I wasn’t sure. Because I thought “Twisted Sister” was in reference to the Jukebox.

Now I wish I were related to you. Your godson should go crazy at the point where the first wrapping tear revealed the word ‘Nintendo’. Hell, I’d go crazy, and I have a ’standard’ DS.

All it takes is one good Nintendo moment and you can give that sigh of relief knowing that the rest of your gifts could be fruitcake and you’d STILL be the winner of the day.

I have a VERY small family: I just buy for my mom, and she just buys for me. This means we can give each other pretty extravagant gift lists and get most of the stuff on them, because we both only have the one person to buy for. And we know each other well enough to just be honest and say what we want instead of trying to make each other guess. It works pretty well.

Sorry for the double post, but Matt: is this the kind of reaction you’re wanting from the godson?

Same thing happened to me with the “free” items. I did not think anything about the Total the clerk told me because I had been in like for 20 minutes. I looked at the receipt later though and noticed the first three items were not on the receipt. Its was almost 50 bucks worth of stuff.

Rhino - I thought the same thing about Calvin and Hobbes!! Man, I miss them, too. And everytime I see a truck with a ‘Calvin peeing on something’ decal, I want to pull them over and read them the riot act for buying it, since none of the items are licensed.

Katherine - Poor Mista Snowman doesn’t know his wife’s been shanghied yet, though - does he? He’ll be singing the blues when that happens.

That is awesome Matt. My family is so huge (82 living members on my Fathers side) that we do a giant secret santa. Every Thanksgiving we draw names, and buy a gift of 25 bucks from the persons list. It works out well, as 25 dollar gifts are nice, but arent going to break the bank.

Yeesh, Matt. Either Nick pays you very well or you got a rich uncle we don’t know about. I only bought a Christmas gift for a friend and his daughter. Can’t afford to buy gifts for family like I did in the past.

My relatives usually just give the kids money/gift certificates for Christmas and the adults usually get those smelly candles and soaps and stuff.

I just got a seasonal job at Toys R Us that should be fun. I go to orientation today.

Here’s my review for the Jones Holiday Sugar Plum Soda. It tasted like diluted grape cough syrup. Even had that syrupy aftertaste. Just like the Egg Nog one, it was ok, but nothing spectacular.

BTW, Cartoon Network is showing the PeeWee’s Playhouse Christmas Special tonite. I’m watching it.

I’d like to stuff him an a microwave and see how magical he feels when I hit the start button.

Trish, I doubt anything can mess with Mista Snowman’s cheer. Plus, what could The Boss really do to Mrs. Snowman? She’s made of snow. Even if he/she melts her, Mare or the next Santa can fix it.

Matt, would you be MY godfather? You can make me an offer I can’t refuse…or something to that effect.

The Calvin-peeing decal is totally out of character for him. You know what I’d like to see? An unlicensed decal of Hobbes messily devouring Calvin. At least he tried!

I still don’t trust James Lipton. You gotta watch your back around anybody who takes a dump in your toilet without permission. That’s hallowed ground right there.

*You gotta watch your back around anybody who takes a dump in your toilet without permission. *

And you just know in real life, Lipton let’s loose some torrential diarrhea on a regular basis.

I may be behind the times, but this is the first time I’ve heard Matt disclose the location of that tattoo. I lol’d, and I mean that in a serious way, not in the internet “lol” way.

Awww, I wish my parents were likeable enough to warrant us kids having godparents. Or even be on speaking terms with most of my aunts and uncles. Oh well, back to my delightful English essay.

Matt - Freakin awesome gifts dude. I’m hoping my brothers start having kids soon, so I can spoil my neices and nephews too. Although my fiance has two sons, so at least I can go crazy with them.

Miss Jess - Sorry to hear about how tough things have been. Hang in there and try to have a good Christmas. I know a little about what you’re going through.

Man, these advent calendars could get their own TV show, and I would watch it. Matt- it is just awesome how you were able to give each one of these inanimate little people their own personalities. I freaking love this calendar.

Miss Jess & P-funj- sorry to hear about the bad times. I just lost my job, so I am feeling the blues myself. Let’ hope the holidays work their magic on our spirits!! I know XE definately helps.

I only know three gifts I’m getting - all DS games. CV: Portrait of Ruin, FF3, and Elite Beat Agents. I’m gonna end up buying myself Twilight Princess, though. Because Zelda is Zelda and thus gravitational.

As for what I’ll be giving people… I’m the type to do last minute shopping. But I DID get my younger sister the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender on DVD. It’s about the only thing she likes, and I have to agree with her. It’s damn fine for a US toon.

Hey, Matt, I saw your Wishlist and I have to respectfully tell you that MASTERING THE UNIVERSE isn’t worth it. I was so disappointed. It’s disjointed, inaccurate, etc. If I had known you wanted it, I would have given it to you but I ebayed it awhile back.

Manimal: I’ve read that about the book, but I have to admit, it makes me even more interested. It feels like I’m about to read the blog archives of some really disgruntled Mattel employee. The incorrect facts about the toys is so ironic considering his point, but at the same time, I’m sure there’s a little bit of truth to what he’s trying to say. (But it does sound like sour grapes…you work for a company, they own your work…that’s pretty typical for a big business.)

Sorry if this has already been said, but Cartoon Network is airing the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special RIGHT NOW!!!

BTW, Cartoon Network is showing the PeeWee’s Playhouse Christmas Special tonite. I’m watching it.

Oh thanks for telling me this now! I’ve already missed the first 10 minutes! >

I too am watching the Pee Wee Christmas Special, and Grace Jones scares the bejeesus out of me.

Advent Calendar’s been rockin out. Love it. Hey, I know I’m crazy late on this one, but I think the “Big Meeting” installment (10th?) was awesome. That is seriously like something out of a real old Christmas special. The presentation of the problem, no one goes outside alone…awesome. Clearly Matt’s mad skillz with ancient Xmas stuff are coming to the fore. Props.

No doubt about it, his entire thesis and argument is all but castrated due to the inaccuracies. You sound like your mind is made up so I won’t stop you.

Now, this next one I have been wanting to post for a long time and this may not even be the best time but if not now, when??
QUESTION TO ALL: As some of you may know, I am a high school history teacher. As such, I am always interested in legacies, what is remembered, significance, etc. With that in mind, all of my students know (and love?) the THUNDERCATS but few know MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE even with the 2002 remake series. WHY IS THAT? WHY DOES THUNDERCATS HAVE A BETTER LEGACY?? Our store TARGET sells THUNDERCAT T-shirts but no He-Man???
I know and like the THUNDERCATS but to me, He-Man has been and will always be a bigger deal. Your thoughts?

I finished my shopping yesterday and my wrapping this morning. I have one nephew who is 2 1/2, and he’s getting a Garfield A to Z board book. I figure that’s close enough to cool that his mother might actually read it to him herself. His mother gets hair sticks, since she now has the long hair to use them. My brother is getting a new winter hat; his mother says he’s always losing them. Stepdad gets the “Enter the Dragon” Special Edition DVD; other sister gets three cookbooks. Teen stepsister who loves art gets multi-colored pencils. Mom’s getting ornaments, as her children finally took theirs to their respective trees and she has a big tree and not much left to put on it.

I’m a little frustrated this holiday myself. I got lucky and picked up some more hours this week, but for the most part, my hours at the grocery store where I work have been awful, and it’s like that for the whole store. It’s Christmas, and our hours are STILL bad. I was lucky enough to pick up some quick money raking leaves for my nice elderly landlady and helping a friend with her leaves, but the paychecks have been dwindling and I had to borrow money to pay last month’s rent. This month should be better, but I really need to start looking for a better job again as soon as the holidays are over.

Thanks, Terror Claws! (And others!) I’ve been having a lot of fun with the AC this year.

Manimal: I find, for whatever reason, that people have REALLY rose colored glasses when it comes to TCats. I don’t mean “people like us,” but rather the general public who only sporadically take their conversations to old cartoons and toys. To a degree, I think it’s because it’s one of the few ’80s franchises that HASN’T really resurged. Not that it wasn’t awesome (and it had the best opening credits/theme ever), but Father Time can sweeten already-good memories, too.

He-Man was a MUCH bigger deal to me, but I have to admit, Thundercats may have gotten the nod from people who were into cartoons but not necessarily into their corresponding toys. He-Man was He-Man, but Thundercats had a real “cool factor” going for it.

(This what happens when you take an afternoon nap: Stay up all-night on a school night)
Good analysis but I still don’t know HOW these 16 and 17 year old kids who weren’t even around during the initial run have such a wide understanding of one of the great icons of yester-year but not another (especially when the unknown was arguable more significant/successful). It’s like the guy who knows all about CASTLEVANIA but has never heard of SUPER MARIO BROS. It doesn’t make sense.
It has to be more than just “I LOVE THE 80’s” but I don’t know what…

Must be.
The worst part occurred when I asked them how they knew so much about the THUNDERCATS and their reply was given with every ounce of teenage-ness in them, “I don’t know.”

I’m no expert by ANY means, but I’m gonna go with the logo. Almost anyone I know can tell you *that* tiger sillhouette means Thundercats. But, to be honest (and flaunt my ignorance), I couldn’t tell you what the Masters of the Universe logo looked like without googling it.

Manimal: I have no clue…Thundercats was produced by Rankin-Bass and He-Man was made by Filmation (the worst animation company ever), so that may explain one thing. Or maybe that Thundercats had a logo and He-Man had…hardly anything on. That, and I don’t wanna know what realy went on in Castle Greyskull…

On Pee-wee: Wow. Simply wow. Awesome, in the most cheesy way possible. This is MacBeth compared to the Star Wars special.

Legos? Hight middle school? You can do better than that… I’d get them some VHS’s.

I’m with Cotter. Some choice DVDs based on a movie survey could have been a better idea. And if you were surveying him you could have hit up his musical and literary tastes.

Late middle-schooler, so 12 or 13, right? Get him the Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

It’s only like 20 bucks, and years upon years of enjoyment.

Damn, I’m 23 and would love to get that Lego ferrari. Don’t listen to the nay-sayers, Matt. Lego is a great gift, no matter what the age…

Nah, he loveths the LEGOths. As for the middle school thing, LEGO seems to bridge that gap. Pretty much all nieces/nephews in the middle school range have at one point asked for a LEGO or LEGO-like toy. I think it’s the one you keep buying after dolls and figures stop being acceptable.

Maybe the reason he’s disinterested in video games is that he’s not a fan of games that can be enjoyed by a large group of people. He may not have found his niche.

Maybe he’s an RPG kinda guy and he doesn’t know it yet. I’ve always been the older cousin who has video games in my family, and I’m always scrambling to rent something when they come over. I ain’t got Halo or Battlefront. You know what I got, and I’ll be damned if they’re gonna play those. Hells no.

It is fun when they bring their Xboxes though (down with Gates!) and I get pwned cause I have no idea what I’m doing. Makes them feel good, and it’s hilarious to feel like a noob again. The last time I met a new cousin. He was like 10 and he curses like a sailor already. Good freakin’ times. I proudly volunteer to be his godfather.

I just want to add… and it’s more than a BIT late at this point (the second airing’s probably already happened) but it was really damn weird seeing the Pee-Wee special after listening to the songs FROM it for a couple years now. My brain cannot connect the two. It’s like I KNOW I have heard this before in audio-only form, so why does it seem so unfamiliar?

Is anybody finding it uproarioiusly funny that there’s a running gag about fruitcakes on a show with Paul Reubens and Little Richard?

Manimal — No brainer. It’s the chick Thundercat … what the hell was her name … Cheetara? Something like that. That’s why all them kids like her so much. Evem at a young age, blatant sexuality sells well.

With all the brothers and sisters and boyfriends and girlfriends we have, there’s no kids to buy toys for. Kinda sucks. I did get my brother the DC Superheroes Batman/Batgirl and Superman/Clark Kent 2-packs.

Glad to see you keeping the positive spirit of Christmas alive Matt (YEAR AFTER YEAR).

Kev: That cracked me up too, though not as much as the homoerotic slave boys Peewee hired to build the fruitcake room…

Also with He-Man, which has always meant more to me than just about all of the toy brands of yesteryear, is that it never had a catchy logo. Transformers has the autobot and decepticon logos, Cobra has it’s logo, Thundercats has the cat logo. All very eye popping, and easy t-shirt fodder. He-Man’s iron cross wasn’t really his “cool logo”. So that keeps Thundercats in the public eye.

And now after typing all of this, I see that Norbert already said it. But since I typed it, I’ll hit post anyway.

You know what was scary? kd lang’s musical number! Did she really need to camp it up? Grace Jones’ bit was actually typical for Grace Jones.

Another why:
Why hasn’t anyone (that I’ve noticed) mentioned the horrible, horrible new “Year Without a Santa Claus” yet? HORRIBLE.

I think it was mentioned a few blog posts ago. I didn’t see it, but the general consensus seemed to be “meh”

I was half expecting a skeleton left over from halloween to be in box 15. An adolescent was a surprise.

It’s a slow day at work today, so I took the opportunity to introduce a co-worker of mine to the X-E website. I do believe she is 1/4 of the way through the Photog bloganza…

My brother just turned 14 last month, and he still has a massive collection of LEGOs, some going back to my sisters’ collections in the 80s and early 90s. Some things really ARE timeless.

Ahahaha nice stuff. :]
If you actually have a Bulbasaur tattoo then you are my hero.

Add A New Comment!

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 1:28 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.