Did Buddah get you that rocket...?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 00:17
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Mrs G, bless her, was on the point of slaughtering me noisily because of the "having been married for a long time, pretty much having everything I need and being generally unhelpful about what sort of prezzies I wanted" thing.
On pain of socks, I had an upgrade. Replaced my VHS Babylon 5s and got shiny new DVDs of the entire series.
Incidentally, if you have had to endure Christmas music in shops since about August, and something has really been bugging you, can I say:
Bing Crosby. Commander Jeffrey Sinclair.
What else? Ultraviolet. Never saw that before. Pretty damn good.
Never an ultra-keen (old) Dr Who fan, I was given The Talons of Weng-Chiang. You know when you revisit something from your yoof, and it really sucks? Not this time. Tom Baker looked like he was having a great time. Leela getting away with killing a lot more villains than you'd see in primetime these days. Even the sets were less wobbly than usual.
She'd do well in the 'verse, because of her attitude to baddies. Harsh and terminal. Extremely attractive, too. She played the role absolutely straight and had some good scenes with the pathologist (who was utterly beguiled by her), whether doing an Eliza Doolittle on tea-drinking etiquette or matter-of-factly discussing knife-fighting techniques.
G
Copper: "Good evening, sir. Do you know this young female, sir?"
L (interrupting): "Oh, yes, yes. We were attacked by this little man and four other little men."
Cop: "When I got here, sir, he was being strangled with his own pigtail."
Doctor (huge grin): "Really? Girlish enthusiasm, officer?"
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I got Star Wars episode 3. GOt the extras on at the moment as they are the best things
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I ended up in the emergency ward. I managed to gouge my finger while cutting the price off of my parent's present....
My husband gave me the most beautiful tunic - a real "you really know me" present and my mother-in-law gave me an entirely "you don't know me but WOW" cashere and silk jacket - I don't care - I'll convert to her shopping god!
The kids were great at both grandparents' homes - what more could I ask for?
Converted 2 more folks to Serenity....talked it up in line at Borders!
Have a merry merry all!
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I got myself a nice browncoat that I'd seen at Banana republic (reccomended by browncoats here). Its awesome. I plan to wear it alot in the cold weather this winter.
Also got my copy of Serenity and the novelization. Might have to buy a copy for my parents before I leave. I've gotten them hooked on the series (though they'll be sad in two more episodes when its over) 
Oh well, hope everyone had a shiny Christmas
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken
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I got my mom a Widescreen Serenity DVD (and one for myself and a Serenity theater poster
).
I didn't recive much, due to familys lack of greenbacks, but some of it was pretty good , I got a CD called Born Not To Run- a collection of amusing Automobile songs put together by Click & Clack, those mechanical wizards on Nat. Public Radio. I also got a new shiny (literaly) watch to replace my old Casio calculator watch that I had worn every day since I was in first grade (24/7 since 1989, more than alittle scratched up). You know the old sayin': "What time is it when your watch reads 82:12 P.M.? Answer:Time to get a new watch"
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The real-life box droppin', man-ape gone wrong thing, now without the pesky falling boxes
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Originally posted by Shiny:
I got the flu...
I had the flu once, worst 3 days I ever had.
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The real-life box droppin', man-ape gone wrong thing, now without the pesky falling boxes
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Originally posted by Shiny:
I got the flu...
Don't worry, Shiny. That can be regifted! Just got to get near their foodstuffs...
Got a fair amount of neat stuff, most notably the Piece of Cake DVDs, and a Grundig (wind-up) radio. Shiny!!!
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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Originally posted by Shiny:
I got the flu...
I can't beat you in the realm of disease, all that I got was a cold, but that let me hear the words, "If I catch your cold I'm killing your sister," which perfectly rational and totally in line with cause and effect are just plain fun.
I had forgotten how bad a cold could be, when you're coughing up peices of your lungs (ok just stuff from your lungs, not actual pieces) it can really hurt. I’ve walked miles (down a mountain) on a sprained ankle, broken two arms and had individual grains of sand pulled out of a gash in my foot one at a time with tweezers over a period of weeks. So when I say something can really hurt I mean it can really hurt. (Someone will outdo me by a lot, I’m sure they will.)
For those of you I have not driven away I got Serenity, fullscreen though, Finding Serenity, Serenity The Official Visual Companion, Coca-Cola paraphernalia, and a coat. I did really well this year. (The coat, though not a browncoat, is brown.)
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Originally posted by Shiny:
I got the flu...
Don't worry, Shiny. That can be regifted! Just got to get near their foodstuffs...
LOL.
Just the thing for that fruit-cake-in-all-colors-of-the-rainbow (one bar will feed a family of four for a month...more if they don't like their kids too much) 
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Serenity on DVD. 12/20/05.
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Well, I got a broken heart. And the knowledge that the man I fell hard for and had become my best friend "thought" he loved me too, but as the newness of the relationship wore off (as happens in every relationship) after about and a year and a half into the relationship, he got to rethinking everything, however never told me any of this and continued to lead me on for another year and a half as I gave of my mind, heart, body, and soul to him. Makes me feel used.
I've said this before...crying silently in your office sucks. 
Did spend Christmas with my family and had a good time with them. And a friend took me to see King Kong to help lift my spirits. It was a good flick, and I enjoyed it.
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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