Snowless Christmas

[misscam]

God jul!

What Cam Would Give (25) Selected People Of Her Flist If She Ruled the World:

lotus79 Many male slaves and rule over any part of the world you wanted. Oh, and all of B5 on DVD.
maureenlycaon A brand spanking new computer and a nice, shiny torture chamber.
eldamere Naked rugby. A chain of night clubs called "The Gutter" and hot males to work in them. Oiled.
pennhothwen That trolls really do turn to stone in sunlight.
belegcuthalion A smart Babel fish to help her with her website and fic translating.
jocelyncs No Bush.
millikov A paintball gun and a room full of tied up PAPs.
fondued_jicama The spirit of Ivanova and a Minbari fighting pike.
psychicsaphie The world as your oyster and the education you want a your fingertips.
adora_endymion Not to be torn between friends ever and many slaves to help you with your website. And possibly Elves in Black Leather giving you backrubs, if I'm feeling generous.
pipibluestockin A toad that when kissed, becomes a prince.
pulsarkat Cat shape-shifting abilities.
greyladybast A Satanic snowball fight ;)
elenculda Riddle wrapped in a bow.
kaltia Blair on a leash.
musemistress All the fairs you could ever want and Alan Rickman as your date.
vulgarweed A pet Nazgul.
elvenpiratelady A room in L-space with all the Terry Pratchett books possibly ever written.
nirix5 Executive producer and Goddess power over at CSI.
greencat3 A pet Borg to set on DS9 Sues.
norwegianne The greatest library in the world, which has all the Eurosong entries ever done.
jakie_f All the nightmares you'd want.
sasja_sokolov The world has a revelation about Rush.
ginmar A ticket home.
maererigan A muse that is a true slave to your writing desires and a ticket to Ireland.

I could have done more, but there are so bloody many of you on my flist and my brain hasn't woken up yet. Imagine I gave you something nice and shiny that you wanted if you're not on the list.

I know I'm getting some books and a microwave for Christmas, but there are some mysterious gifts around to. Hmm. I guess I shall find out tonight (we open our gifts on Christmas Rve). But for now, it's almost time for "Tre Nøtter til Askepott" (Three Nuts for Cinderella) as it is every year.

Have a splendid day and much good food and pretty gifts.

Comments

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's out - http://abcshop.com.au/html/reddwarf.htm

Hmmm, I really should get myself some Dwarf t-shirts...

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

must just not have been at kmart when I went then...

that was a mouthful of a sentence. Did you open your pressies? what did you get? *is wanting a vicarious christmas the night before, LOL*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Nah, we open them in the evening. In maybe three-four hours or so. First we eat our pork and dessert and cake, then we open gifts. It's all very traditional. Christmas is the pigging out season.

Kmart carries Red Dwarf? I'm impressed.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

we'll prolly open ours in 2 hours or so. It's 10.15pm now, so after midnight it's officially Christmas Day ;)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

And you'll be in tomorrow and I'll be in yesterday. Heh, I used to love calling people back in Norway while I was there and asking them how life was in yesterday. Ah, happy memories.

Think you're getting anything exciting?

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Think you're getting anything exciting?

Dunno, really. Already got main pressie from Luke, cos he's impatient. Mum always tries to get me something good and surprising. (I like not knowing what to expect. Luke's the opposite, which makes shopping for each other agonising. He has one thing that he wants, but I want to surprise him; and I don't want to tell him what to get me, cos it will spoil the surprise, but he doesn't know what to get me because I won't tell him.)

I know my bro's getting me something as well, but not what. I don't even know at this point whether I'll see my Dad. He hasn't called or come over in months. Mum hasn't seen him either, and he usually shows more interest in bro than me.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Boys can be a bit hopeless when buying gifts. I know what my bro is getting me. Mum and dad are getting me something mysterious apart from the microwave, though. Hmm-hmmm.

But jewellry is usually good. Oh yes.

Funny. I was thinking about what to buy myself from granddad, then I remember he died. He just sent me money. Last two Christmases I bought myself the EEs from him. I was going to this Christmas too.

You aways notice absent family members more at Christmas, eh? I'm sorry about your dad.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I feel bad though, because I can't bring myself to care much. I stopped expecting attention from him when I was about 7.

My Nan always sends me money. It's always Stirling, and due to the exchange rate it gets more and more every year: when I was a kid she'd send me ₤20 and it would exchange to just under $40. This year she sent ₤30, and it worked out to $75. I spent it on contact lenses after I found out I could save $40 by ordering them online from the US. (No kidding! 40 smegging dollars, even factoring in international postage. Never buying them from OPSM again, I can tell you!)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You're just spare yourself the grief of disappointment. The shame is on him, not you.

That's quite a save. What did you spend what you saved on? Icecream? :P

The US dollar is really, really low these days, so one can actually save quite a lot on ordering from the US. Good for us that their economy is bad, one might say.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of it that way...

Wasn't too long ago that USD to AUD was almost 2 to 1. Oh how the mighty have fallen. *snicker*

I'm just boggled since they are exactly the same brand and all that I bought here. Maybe Howard's taxing them lots? No GST buying offshore, after all.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

And it's still a long way to the bottom.

Could be many reasons for the price different. The American ones may be made in cheaper countries, tax could be less, stiffer competition...

Or you could blame Howard, Prime Toad. Just because you can.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Yep, might just blame Howard.

I shall have to check where they are made though, just to see. The cheaper countries are closer to us, I thought. (China, Taiwan, et al) but I guess they're just the ones I know because they *are* closer. I dunno how labour rates in Latin America compare to SE Asia, after all.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Probably best, to be on the safe side. Won't be money saved if the quality turns out crap.

And now I've come back from dinner, loaded with good food and presents. And ye Gods, what presents. I'll tell you about it in private at some later time.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Forgot to say, main pressie from Luke was a gorgeous pair of earrings; topaz (I think? It's the light blue one, anyhow) surrounded by diamonds.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Kmart carries Red Dwarf? I'm impressed.

They do. They have the B5 boxed sets too, and Seinfeld. (which I got Luke for Christmas. Sssh, don't tell! ;)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Hard for me to managing seeing how I don't actually talk to him. Well, 'cept that one time on MSN when he was drunk.