Frayed, yes. Not all due to Sekrit Santa giving. I wished I could have gone for homemade, but, time, bad planning, etc., meant I joined the shopping mob, so good for you, Libkitty!
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2004: Well, I Wasn't Expecting That.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2004? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Sparky1 - Dec 14, 2004 4:14:55 pm PST #130 of 962
Librarian Warlord
Lilty Cash - Dec 14, 2004 4:16:39 pm PST #131 of 962
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I have some nerves on the prezzie I sent, too. I know I'd like it, but it's more a grab bag than one supercool gift.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2004 4:22:08 pm PST #132 of 962
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Okay, I gotta ask: you silly, wonderful people with the Sekrit Santa nerves -- is this your first year in the exchange? I ask that because what I found, after the first time I was in it, was that just getting prezzies from an invisible internet friend -- and in some cases, an invisible internet friend who you haven't actually MET in person -- is so damn cool.
It doesn't have to be that one supercool gift -- there is NO one supercool gift. Getting stuff from other Buffistas, knowing they put a lot of thought and care into it even if they don't know a whole lot about you, encompasses a lot of what Christmas is about (for me). It's a Buffista thang.
So calm your frayed nerves!
Mr. Broom - Dec 14, 2004 4:30:53 pm PST #133 of 962
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
2004 included some of the biggest mistakes I ever did make. Which is probably why it was also really fun in places. I was also kind of a jerk a lot, which is less good. But I could play the On The Other Hand game back and forth for an entire thread, so I'll leave give it the grade-school report treatment.
2004 was a year of contrasts.
erikaj - Dec 14, 2004 4:35:59 pm PST #134 of 962
Always Anti-fascist!
I've never gotten a gift from a Buffista that didn't absolutely rock my socks.
Lilty Cash - Dec 14, 2004 4:47:29 pm PST #135 of 962
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Hee! It is my first year. But I will say that my excitement in putting it together and in the mail far overshadowed any nervousness. So much so that my mom commented on the work and glee I was putting into it as opposed to my, say, buying the first presumptuous thing I saw for The Nana.
I loved getting a prezzie for a Buffista. Somehow, when I wasn't looking, it's like y'all became a collective hivemind best friend. Which, I suppose, is the first thing I'll say about 2004.
Java cat - Dec 14, 2004 4:52:09 pm PST #136 of 962
Not javachik
I think I had more fun buying my first sekrit giftee present than anything I received or gave that year. It was such fun!! Ditto the following year, too. Now that the big "ends in a zero" party I threw last Sunday is over, I'm going to get into the holiday spirit this year, I swear!
And..... SUPER duper slacker seekrit santa giftee assignments have been sent.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2004 4:55:27 pm PST #137 of 962
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sometimes a gift can be as simple as something on someone's Amazon wish list. Which is what I got from Susan W! Susan got me one of the Simpsons episode guide books I was wanting. Thanks Susan!!!
Susan W. - Dec 14, 2004 4:58:42 pm PST #138 of 962
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
You're welcome! I'm glad you like it. I'd hoped to do something a little more personalized, but that's one of those things that fell by the wayside in life in a family with a new baby, and one where at least one member of the family has had a cold, ear infection, or sinus infection at every point since mid-November or so.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2004 5:02:41 pm PST #139 of 962
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
New baby? Colds? Infections? Likely excuses!
Seriously, it's great!