Schedules Jan 3?

We once more seem to be running into some conflicting schedules for a gathering on January 3rd, so I'm wondering what the day looks like for everyone. Personally, I am available anytime. I would have to check on apartment availability, but I imagine afternoon to early evening is what I can offer in that respect. Rubin seems to be free only before 3:30 while Desudesu is free after that time.

What's up with everyone else?

Would an afternoon-to-dinner event work, to try and accomodate everyone? Say, 1-7ish with the first bit being visiting and fun and the last bit being going out for food? We could make it earlier if people are interested, and heck I'll volunteer to come up with some activities so we don't expire of boredom. We can exchange school stories, be drag queens, mould clay, answer trivia, comment on a movie (or many Justice League episodes) and have a gay ol' time. Although this certainly doesn't have to be at my house. Certainly doesn't have to be this at all, but getting a rough game plan and some times out there would be helpful. I think that this ought to get everyone in, though. Even crazy Kris and his hours.

Thoughts?

Edit: So Starwing is free all day. Apparently Kris may also be as well.

I'm all for getting everyone involved as much as possible. Rubin, you'd still be able to come for a bit and visit and talk with everyone, only the dining option would get cut out. That is, if we go with my suggestion above, which is only one option.

At the moment, I would suggest we figure out what time of day/what type of gathering we're going to do. The restaurant (if we end up going out) can always be decided on day of or after such a time as we make a decision. If you're available all the time, great. What's your preference for events? Do you want to do lunch, dinner, long day of socializing and food, what? Some decisive input would be totally le awesome.

Jan 3!!!!

Darn... Desudesu can't make it before 3:30 and I can't make it after that (working...).

But I was just talking to Twill and she hasn't ever had Dim Sum before! And for me, the idea of going for decent dim sum one last time before heading back up to Edmonton is very pleasing.

For those of you who do not know what Dim Sum is, it is one of the most famous types of food that is native to Cantonese cuisine. It's not just one kind of food, but a term that incompasses a whole variety of dishes using ingredients that are farmiliar to all of us, but presented and prepared in a way that maybe be different or foreign from what some of us are used to. Also, dim sum is a very "lunch-y" kind of outing and the loud and boisterous atmosphere would be perfect for a group like us (we can be as loud as we want and no one would care!)

I know of two awesome restaurants for Dim Sum, one at the corner of Centre Street and 16th Ave (New Asia) and one over the Pacific Place in the North East (English name escapes me for the moment...).

If we're going to the Centre Street one, my plan is to have people who can drive/are going to have cars for the day (ie. Me, for one), go and pick up people who do not have cars (ie. I could pick up Obsidian and/or Nyx) and meet at one central location at 11:00AM (ie. Twill's place, since it would be on the way to downtown) and then go in a giant conoy to the restaurant.

If we're going to the NE one, those of use close to the Dalhousie station would ride the train down to meet those close to the Brentwood station and then we could all train it to Franklin LRT station, which is right next to the mall OR we could repeat the plan that I made up above.

So comment and tell me what you think, but hurry! Jan. 3 is coming soon!

~Rubin

PS. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

Get-together dealy

I can't come to anything that happens before 3:30. I just can't so if you guys want to see me again before school starts, make it late-afternoon/evening/night because I work, and I have to drive into town. I still live out in the middle of nowhere.

So I'm all for doing something on the 3rd, but makeit after 3:30 if at all possible. My thoughts for dinner: Tony Romas, Boston Pizza, The New Dynasty.

January 3rd Lunch + Snow Angels

Well, I'd have to admit that I'm not interested in seeing the zoo in its winter state of deadness. Here's a few restaurants that fit a budget, granted they are all Vietnamese/Chinese so no selection available;

Y2K(across from McMahon)
Some place that's good near the Signal Hill Mall
There is a Gingerbeef in Brentwood

then there are lots of other places that are super easy picks;
Crowfoot: Boston Pizza, Swiss Chalet
Dalhousie: Has a family restaurant
16th Ave(right by the banff Trail Stn): Phils family restaurant
I don't know many others that are open for lunch so feel free to fill in the blanks

owscorpio

About the zoo....(Jan 3 thing)

I *suppose* I could go to the zoo, again, tho I must admit I wouldn't prefer it. If that's what's decided, sure.

But I just remembered something you guys should know. During the time I was there in November, one whole exhibit area was closed for construction. I wanted to see the elephants. :( Unfortunately, it was that block of buildings...

Very very late post

Hey guys,

If you haven't gotten the email, the Bday party is tomorrow (dec 29).

2 o'clock, my house, and if you have games and stuff you want to do, bring them. The address is in the email, or you can phone me.

It'll go to sometime after dinner, probably eight or nine.

Hope to see you all there,
Starwing.

Gathering of the Group on Jan. 3, 1 ATC

Hey Y'all,

As with Obsidian, I hope that all your Christmases (?) were good and dandy and fine and filled sightings of hot guys! (I know mine was! haha....)

Anywho, I can't make it to Starwing's partay on the 29th.... schedule sucks that day... but I'm hoping to get my idea of a Jan. 3 gathering off the ground!

I was thinking of meeting around 11-ish somewhere for lunch and then we could GO TO STARBUCKS!!! GASP!!! Or something else for that matter. But lunch for sure, eh? I know that Sakana Grill (Japanese restaurant) has opened up another restaurant in Crowfoot and I've been wanting to try, but I'm up for ideas. Also, I know of several fields around the area that we can go and frolick in and make snow angels! (granted, I don't have snow pants....)

Anywho! Comment and provide ideas!

~Rubin

Machine gun Legs

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a bad dash of a Boxing Day. It's finally a White Holiday something, so maybe I can make snow angels. You guys told me to watch the blog for any news of getting together, but nothing's come up yet. I know we're going to E's Bday party, but do you guys want to do anything afterwards? We still have a week and a half...

Saw the Fantastic Four sequel trailer, and it was good, if only because they didn't madly cut a bunch of action scenes together so you can't understand what the heck is going on.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/grindhouse_hd.html

But this looks disturbing. Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse... But who doesn't want a Machine Gun for a leg?

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/grindhouse_hd.html

Sexy Argonauts!!!

Ok.... so after going through the channels of the beloved TV, I have four new additions to my "Sexy Argonauts" list:

Sexy argonaut #28: Micheal Vartan from "Alias" (HE'S FRENCH!!!!)
Sexy argonaut #29: Mark Kelley, reporter/journalist on CBC
Sexy argonaut #30: Max Foster, reporter/journalist on CNN International
Sexy argonaut #31: Kevin Cheng, actor on TVB in Hong Kong
Sexy argonaut #32: Joe Ma, actor on TVB in Hong Kong
Sexy argonaut #33: Aaron Kwok, Cantopop singer
Sexy argonaut #34: James Franco from the "Spider Man" movies and other films
Sexy argonaut #35: A.J. Hammer, reporter on CNN
Sexy argonaut #36: Archie Kao from "CSI"
Sexy argonaut #37: James Marsden from "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer"
Sexy argonaut #38: Andy Lau, cantopop singer/actor

On another note, we've surpassed the 100 mark in messages posted! HURRAY!!! Celebration!!!

And lastly, Pseudo-Christmas 2006 (0 ATC) is tommorrow at Twill's! Be there or be square!

Laterz!

~Rubin

EDIT: Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! 聖誕快樂! Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! Vrolijke Kerstmis! Buon Natale! Feliz Natal!

JT

Avert your eyes Starwing! Or actually, you can avert your ears as well!
For the rest of us who can stand the funniness, I reveal Justin Timberlake in all his Bee Gee glory. FOr those of you who don't know who the Bee Gees were, they sang the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever, and they were really big when afros were really big.

Clickey Clicky!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA

... Question

Hm... seeing the difficulty of arranging PC... ><

Anyways, I have a question, I know between Xmas and new years is pretty busy for everyone, but...

If I invite people over for B-day this year between 25th and new year, how many people CAN'T make it? And if you can, what's your schedule like?

PS: first BLEACH movie came out in Japanese theatres yesterday!!! *sobs* why am I not in Japan?? It looks so pretty... so pretty... and the movie theme is so sad...

Pseudo-Christmas Confirmed

All right, here it is. The official PC announcement for date, time and place.

Pseudo-Christmas shall occur on December 22 at my mom's new apartment from 1-4 in the afternoon. An email will be sent out with the address and directions/landmarks/etc as soon as I'm done with this post. Anyone unable to make it will definitely be caught up with at another gathering, because I for one want to see everyone as much as possible, factoring family time and sleep and everything.

Thanks, everyone, for posting and commenting and getting all the info up so the scheduling could take place. Wibom is great for coordinating, ne? Good luck with any exams that may be left and I'll see you soon. Joyeux Noel.

Edit: Could someone pass the address email along to owscorpio? I don't seem able to send her email anymore for some reason. It always gets bounced back as 'unable to deliver.' Thanks.

Also - if the time looks a little iffy to you and you want to suggest something else, by all means leave a comment. It's pretty flexible :)

My schedule

All righty, so on the day of PC (Dec. 22) my work schedule is 3-(7:30/8). If you guys can, did you want to go earlier? Then I could meet up with you guys for a few hours then you guys could continue the fun when I left for work.

Anywhoo, hopefully that works itself out. Yay for Xmas fun!!!!!!!!!

ATTN: CHANGE IN DETAILS

Ok... so I've about had it up to here *metaphorical line at forhead level* with you guys and your last minute schedule changes.

So ya... with Natrix's sudden complications, the majority has been lost and once again, we're at an impasse... stay tuned to this blog for details... there will be definite details by tommorrow (Saturday) night.

But for now, our plan is to move the time earlier in the day, around 1:00 in the afternoon to around 3:30PM. But like I said: NOTHING IS CONFIRMED YET. But there will be definite details by tommorrow night.

Rubin

PS.
I know I'm going to sound like an ass for saying this, but I really don't care: If it's going to take us this long to set a definitive date (nevermind a place or a time) next year, I won't be participating in PC and I will start returning gifts... It's bad enough that one or two people in this group have to coordinate events around the schedules of eight other people. It's even worse when seemingly, something like this isn't at the top of people's priorities. If that's how you all feel, I'll be more than happy to agree to cease PC.

Hmmmmm....

Maybe the date won't work out for me, after all.

Just was told that my sister is coming back the 22nd, and we're going out to dinner with grandma. I suppose it depends when it's held...

This also makes it unlikely that I can offer my place to host. The family's always fussy and preoccupied when someone's back, more so for someone like my sis.

Rubin: btw, you can still edit posts! Just hit "New Post" at top, and you're brought into the typey place, and up top are some flags (Posting, Settings, Template, etc). Under it is "Edit Posts." :)

Beowulf and Shrek 3

I almost forgot about this film. I guess it just hasn't been as heavily hyped. I also wish it was live action, instead of roto-scoping like they did in The Polar Express. But, it's still directed by Robert Zemeckis who brought us Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. And it has scary Crispin Glover, and Angelina Jolie, and who cares about the rest. Clickey Clickey for concept art. You should be able to recognize Jolie.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30985

p.s Here's Shrek the Third

http://movies.aol.com/movie-trailer-clip/shrek-the-third-quicktime

It shall be a bloodbath in May with Spiderman, Pirates, and this monstrosity. But I bet Harry Potter can still win a month later.

Pseudo Christmas 2006 (0 ATC): The Final Decision

To the Group:

It is my pleasyre to announce that the impasse is over!. The votes are in and tabulated by yours truly: Pseudo-Christmas 2006 (0 ATC) will be held on Friday, December 22, 2006.

It was a slim majority, but a majority nonetheless. Here's the vote break down:

-5 votes For
-3 votes Against
-2 Abstentions

I've notified Twill of the results and she and Natrix are hammering out a deal relating to the place and time frame of this event and they shall post soon in regards to the event.

Also, I would like to propose another gathering (such as the one that Twill, Kris and Obsidian proposed) for Wednesday, January 3, 2007 (but we'll discuss those details later).

So there we go, the Group as spoken. Back to chem for me!

~Rubin

PS.
Sexy argonaut #15: John Krasinski from "The Office" (for being so uberly-cute)
Sexy argonaut #16: Josh Duhamel from "Las Vegas"
Sexy argonaut #17: Eric Szmanda from "CSI"
Sexy arognaut #18: Jonathan Togo from "CSI: Miami"
Sexy argonaut #19: Jake Gyllenhaal from "Brokeback Mountain" (among others)
Sexy argonaut #20: Adam Brody from "The O.C."
Sexy argonaut #21: Jude Law from many various films
Sexy argonaut #22: Matthew McConaughey from "The Wedding Planner" and other films
Sexy argonaut #23: Phil Keoghan, host of "The Amazing Race"
Sexy argonaut #24: Tyler Denk, winner of the tenth season of "The Amazing Race"
Sexy argonaut #25: Jeff Probst, host of "Survior"
Sexy argonaut #26: Jamie Bamber from "Battlestar Galactica"
Sexy argonaut #27: Ian Thorpe, retired world champion swimmer

Haha... ya... I got distracted by People Magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive Website".... (Btw, to Obsidian: I hope you appreciate the new variety of my Sexy Argonaut List)

Nire here (finally).

My thing on PC- I work until the 22nd. The 27th is fine by me, and anything after New Years'. Or maybe we can combine New Years' into PC? Or was that already decided to be out of the question?

But yeah... the 27th or the other day. I think the other day, just to give some extra time for present shopping (for me).

One more option to vote on...

Seeing how Kris has to work and how his schedule does not mesh well with any of the options... here's another one that I'm going to throw out: (Note that option 3, January 4, is being SCRAPED and eliminated off the ballot, since I was the only person pushing for it.)

3a.) Wednesday, December 27, 2006 OR Wednesday January 3, 2007 ~1:30PM(?) at ???
- Kris, if you really want to have Monday-Wednesday date, these are the only two of three possible dates. The last option is Tuesday, January 2. Monday and Tuesday the 18th and 19th are out of the question: not everyone is back yet. Monday and Tuesday the following week is totally a no-go: Christmas and Boxing Day. The Monday after that is also a no-go: New Year's Day.
- Vote tabulations so far indicate a tie between option 1 and 2. I'm not sure about Obsidian' vote because she voted twice for different options.

OK.... Please do a ranking of in descending order of preference for dates (As Nyx has done and I'm about to do.)

My preference:
3a, 2, 1

~Rubin

PS. I hate the new blogger... I can't edit my posts!!!!

Switched To Blogger Beta

Alright, I switched this blog to Blogger Beta today, (Blogger is going to make this mandatory anyway, so might as well get it done now), so if you can't post, that's probably why.

Under the new system, you will need a Google Account in order to login/post/do stuff. Gmail accounts come with a built-in Google account, so you can just use that if you want.

So here's what you do:
- Login to Blogger as you would normally do
- Click on the "switch now" link and follow the instructions
- When you come to the page where it asks you to sign in to your Google account, just use your Gmail username/password, or create a new account

Your profile, blog name, display picture, etc. stay the same.

You login now through http://beta.blogger.com, but you use your Google account username/password. Sound simple?

Also, more comments added to the post below about Pseudo Christmas.

Pseudo Christmas 2006 (0 ATC)

Ok people...
In an attempt to end this annoying impasse, here are my three proposals for Pseudo-Christmas:

1.) Friday, December 22. 2006 at 9:00PM at Twill's mom's apartment.
Reasons:
- Kris is off work by by 8:00PM on that night, giving him an hour to wrap up affairs and show up.
- Scorpio has her first day of Winter Break.
- Twill and Obsidian will have been in town for roughly two days, allowing time to relax, hang out with family etc.
- Later than the 19th, so hopefully it will work with Natrix's schedule.
- It's at 9:00PM, so I should off work by then, but it's a Friday night so it's hard to say.... (I may have to show up later, say around 9:30).

Disadvantages:
- A little too late for my taste.
- Cut-off time is going to be 10:30; there's no way that I'm going to keep Jamie's mom (or anyone else, for that matter) up past 10:30.
- Leaves only about an hour or so for all us to talk and catch up (that's not enough time!!!).

2.) Friday, December 29, 2006 at ~1:30PM at ???
Reasons:
- Kris will have been back for a day from Victoria.
- Farther away from the 19th, hopefully meshing in with Natrix's schedule.
- It's in the afternoon, which seems to be a better time for most people (judging from comments made on the post).
- Fits in with Starwing's and Obsidian's schedules.
- If we schedule the time earlier or later, we could even gather a particular house, go out and have some fun and then return to PC. Oh what a wonderful affair it will be!!! :-D

Disadvantages:
- Post-Acutal Christmas
- Quite close to New Year's, maybe hard to fit into people's schedules

3.) Thursday, January 4, 2007!!!! (1 ATC!!!) at ~1:30PM at ???
Reasons:
- Post New Year's... people should start to be getting back into the groove in preparation for a new semester (*DIES*)
- Most people should have recovered from any wild drinking on New Year's Eve.
- Again, if we schedule a time earlier or later, we could do a get-together aussi!
- For Natrix, it's FAR away from Dec. 19. (Would there be ample time for you to get your assignments done?)

Disadvantages:
- Post-Actual Christmas
- Haven't heard about January schedule details from most people.

So... to try to resolve this impasse, those are my three proposals. I vote the 3rd option. Now, let us please do this in a democratic fashion and I sincerely hope that admist work schedules, spending time with family, doing assignments and hanging out with other friends that each of us will be able to take a few hours from our lives to do this thing TOGETHER. It's been forever since I've seen so many of you, and damn it, I miss you all. So help me out here and respond to this post ASAP and lets get this !#$#@^@#%$# show ON THE ROAD!!!.

~Rubin

PS.
Has anyone extended a formal invitation to Erin? I've just noticed that her invite to join WIBOM is still unanswered.... I mean.... I know that Twill, Nyx and myself bought her presents, but does she acutally know that this is going on?

PPS.
Just so that you guys know, I'm going to be buying the parent(s) of our hosting home a small gift as a sign of appreciation and gratitude for allowing our festivities to occur at their house; We're young, slowly maturing adults now, and this simple gesture is something that etiquette demands. I'm not asking you guys to chip in or anything (although that would be much appreciated), but just letting you know ahead of time that I'm going to be doing this on behalf of all of us. I hope this will not be an issue with any of you?

Peanuts Meets Marvel

This is mainly for the Duke, because I know how much he loves Charlie Brown, or at least I think he does.

http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=10151

scroll down and behold!

ATC

That's right people, After Tom Cruise.
I've retired him to my Hall of Fame, where he shall forever reside, in his pre-Katie Holmes state. There's a lot of bad stuff being said about him these days, and I can only take so much before I get violent. No more talking about him in my presence please, he's beyond our speech patterns now.

That is why, I should look for younger people. But there are no worthy successors to the Cruister. Someone only slightly younger than him and a lot more saner, is the already taken Ben Browder.

Brunettes are the best now. Who cares about blondes? Number 1 is now Ben Browder
Then it's Ewan McGregor
Hugh Jackman
Christian Bale
Christopher Reeve/Brandon Routh *yes, I'm in love with Superman*
the only blond person to make the list is Hayden Christensen, before his hair got all greasy.

I've also moved on to tragic literary figures like Heathcliff and Yuri Zhivago. Swoon everybody!

Pseudo-Christmas

Hey howdy.

I hope everyone's studying, exams and other assorted papers and projects are going well. Keep on truckin'!

I thought I'd make a post to discuss when and where is best for everyone to gather for our annual fun and gift exchange that comes during this wonderful season of snow and wind. So far as I'm aware, everyone should be done and in town by afternoon on Dec 20th. Would the 21st or 22nd work well for a day? Perhaps early afternoon? As for a place, I can at least offer the option of my Mom's new awesome apartment for a gathering. Of course, everything is up for discussion! I just figure things might as well get going before we're all too bogged down with exams and unable to think about anything other than what John Stoltenberg wrote about in his article "How Men Have (A) Sex."

Yeah.

EDIT: So far, 21st and 22nd would work, although Kris will be working until 8 on both days which means something would have to turn into 'evening' and I'm getting the idea that afternoons work better. What about the 20th? I know Obsidian's back that morning and personally I'm back only the night before but something might be swingable. The 23rd also marks the disappearance of Kris for several days. There may be the option of doing things after the official day of Christmas, but I'm not sure what's happening with everyone. Thoughts?

EDIT2: So I recently spoke to my mom, and it seems that an evening thing might be workable on the 21st or 22nd if that works for everyone. I would just want to keep it a little tame, so the cutoff might have to be 10 which could pose some problems if Rubin's only off work at 9. Oh Kris, why can't you contract some sort of illness that lets you come in the afternoon? :P

Actually, 10:30 is about as late as it can swing. Is that going to be enough time for those who are working? Anyone else have a free home? Should we gather after official Christmas? How DO they get the caramel in the Caramilk bars?

A Note on Starbucks Stuff

As promised before, here is the update on the status of Starbucks stuff for Christmas.

In short, almost everything is open! I surprisingly didn't get any Starbucks stuff from my Edmonton friends this year! So... the thing I want most this year from Starbucks are:

- The Starbucks cocoa three pack! THREE DIFFERENT FLAVOURS!!!
- Starbucks cards!!!

GASP! I know your thoughts: "Is that all Rubin wants from Starbucks this year????!!". In a word, yes. In the words of Kris, "the world IS about to implode"... Why don't I want that much stuff from Starbucks this year? 1.) You can only have so many mugs before your cabinet is bursting full of them. 2.) You can only have so much tea before you discover that there are quite a few flavours that are just plain gross. 3.) You can only have so much coffee that you know that you're set for the next five years. 4.) It's nice to know what are presents AREN'T going to be for a change.

So, to all you have gotten me Starbucks stuff, don't worry about it, I'll love it (the present) and you nonetheless. To all you who haven't gotten me a present yet, take a look at my list, which has been updated many, many times.

So ya! Sorry to make this post so selfishly about me.... But before I go, good luck on all your finals y'all!!!

~Rubin

Good Luck on Exams

I was harshly reminded today by bitter biochem friend that we're taking "EXAMS" not tests... Geez, people are so stressed...

Good luck everybody, may the force be with you all. I miss hot Anakin. Wherever did you go?

p.s. I'll be free the 22nd, I'm now unavailable for the 23rd.
p.p.s if you really want to find me, I'll be camping out at the library for extended periods of time.
p.p.p.s http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/300.html --> What are you doing March 9th? See this freaking fantastic film, with the abs! And with colour, unlike sin city and the yellowness. Oh the abs, who cares about his scraggly beard? This is the shiniest film of next year. But I'm still thinking spiderman 3 will be my number 1 fave. Down with Pirates 3, I saw the pics of them in Chinese garb, not impressed. Not impressed at all.

XMAS LIST (Starwing)

Er...this is Natrix posting for Starwing, because it wasn't done so it could be seen by everyone and so on and such. :P For future reference, Starwing, you want to hit "Publish Post" rather than "Save as Draft." :)

Xmas list thingy

O.o is this my first time posting? If I get it wrong, erm... bah.

Hm... Vague... very vague... haven't been out much this year, so I can't say anything specific.

-any books on perspectives in drawing
-how-to-draw manga books
-all those little anime thingies that some of you know about
-books/cds/thingies on learning Japanese
-any good fantasy or sci fi books out lately? (have not been reading)
-surprise me

DON'T GET
-that game I talked about at Oshi's place, Fire Emblem - I don't have nintendo T.T (Unless like eight of you get together and buy the game console too, but that's just silly)

Skating and Hot Chocolate

Besides a gathering of minds at Pseudo Christmas at a location TBD, let's do other stuff together!

I want to go ice skating and frolic around in the snow. Get out your old snow pants, and let's make snow angels. I know we probably won't fit into our old snow pants except for Oshi and Emily, but whatever.

I'm free for most nights except for the 22nd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 28th, 31st, 1st.

p.s. to Nyx's Post. We should go see a movie in the theatres. There's really only one worth seeing, The Fountain.
I mean Casino Royale is great and all, but I've seen it already, and I don't need to see the brutality once more on screen.

XMAS List (OB)

I didn't really want to make a list. And it's probably too late anyway, but peer pressure...
Wax on, wax off everybody!

Books

• complete collections by any British or Russian author of notable worth. i.e. Dickens, Austen, and you know, those great russians who write deep things...like that dude who wrote Dr. Zhivago. Or better yet, just get me Dr. Zhivago, the one with Obi-wan, aka Alec Guinness, not with Keira Knightley, because I have that already, and I've had enough looking at her skinny naked body. I've looked it up, and they're wonderfully thick but not expensive at all. Oh Mr Darcy!
• good books in general, preferably classic books from the 1800s, or collections of someone's work.
• of if you really love me, the Norton Anthology of Literature that you guys read in English.
• a book of poetry. by somebody famous and good. or if you want to go exotic, get me something by the Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda.
• or the complete collection from Roald Dahl or Shel Silverstein's twisted poems or you know the fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm.
• any books that have been made into movies, like Out of Africa
• Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier,
• a library. that's right.

Movies

• Superman Returns (2 disc) Widescreen
• Batman Begins (2 disc) Widescreen
• If you really love me, you can get me the Ultimate Superman Collection which has like everything...

Miscellaneous

• I actually wouldn't mind a wall calendar, as long as it fits my style. I really liked the Spongebob one that merry gave me 2 years ago. And I once had a Star Wars one too. Oh the shinyness. Pretty art themes are good too, but no puppies or animals. I wouldn't be able to get any work done. No firemen calendars either. But that doesn't mean I should be bombarded with calendars. I'd prefer huge boxes to write in. Maybe a 16 month calendar?

TV

• Any season of Angel, you know the hunky dude from Buffy, before his neck expanded to epic proportions
• Any season of 24.
• Fairie Tale Theatre.

If you really really can't think of anything, last resort is Giftcards to Chapters or Futureshop, but I'd prefer something that I can look at with glee and think fondly of you. I doubt that I'll be looking at the giftcard with glee.

I don't really have any forbidden stuff, except for Food and Candles, because I'm afraid I might set myself on fire, yes, even in the bathtub. I don't even mind girly stuff, as long as it smells nice, and I'm not overwhelmed with bath products.

XMAS LIST (Nyx)

No-No's (as in, don't get me the following):

1. Calendars. I have four 2007 ones already.


2. Plushies/toys/trinkets/curios/very random stuff. I have no room in my dorm. :(


3. CDs. My tastes vary too much, anyway.

Yes-Yes's

1. The Da Vinci Code DVD (Widescreen, and preferrably the 2-Disc Edition)


2. Due South (any season) DVD


3. Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor Folktale Library) by Joanna Cole


4. Any books about learning French except the Lonely Planet phrasebook and Chez Nous.


5. Safeway or Roger's Video giftcard (no other types of gift cards, please!).


6. THE TRAVELOCITY GNOME! No other gnome will do. The small one is fine. They sell it online (ebay or here at travelocity).


7. The Office: "Branch Closing" Producer's Cut. This will pretty much have to be bootlegged, unless you can somehow buy it from iTunes.


8. Take me out to see a movie! I haven't seen any of the new releases. *sad*


9. Blank DVD +/- RWs (readable and writable--you know, the ones that are erasable).
   
10. Cash. Seriously.

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