There are still a number of us that are active on the slacker front. I have neither sent nor received my slacker gift. I have two parts of my gift ready to go but haven't gotten the third part done yet. I do slacker each year because I'm quite exceptional at being a slacker.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2008: "...and the horse you rode in on."
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 2008? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
NoiseDesign - May 07, 2009 5:29:19 pm PDT #351 of 381
Our wings are not tired
Vortex - May 07, 2009 5:32:19 pm PDT #352 of 381
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I am such a slacker that the entire gift is sitting in my office. Why? Because I have to write the card. PATHETIC. I swear, if I don't get to it by lunchtime, the card is going to say - "I suck. Hope you like it"
Emily - May 21, 2009 2:37:17 pm PDT #353 of 381
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I have been gifteed! Or... something! I got a watch. But no, not just a watch, for this is more of a swiss army knife compactly enclosed in a watch, adorned with a compass, dangling from a carabiner. So I can check the time and direction, remove splinters, open bottles, and slice things, all without getting an allergic reaction on my wrist and, therefore, losing the watch. I love it. It's like geek-butch-chic with a side of apocalypse readiness. Thank you, d! Plus, it comes with a plastic case which has an attachment so you can hang that from your belt, too -- unlikely, as it's probably 3" x 6" x 1". But if I were the hard-smoking fisherman they seem to think I must be to have this watch, maybe I'd have that much space on my belt. Maybe I'll let them know about the vast geek-butch-postapocalypse market they're missing!
Check d off the list, for she has given, and given well. I've been showing it off to selected (geeky) students all week and bragging about my holiday present.
d - May 22, 2009 7:40:26 am PDT #354 of 381
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
YAY it got to you ok! It looks very cool; might need to get it for some other people as well!
Fay - Jun 12, 2009 8:06:28 pm PDT #355 of 381
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
sighs
So I'd be right in thinking that I no can haz seekrit Santa?
I know I shouldn't be sad about it, 'cause I know it's karma that I've earned, in a number of contexts, and I should just suck it up. (But it does make me laugh a bit at how much of a slacker I felt back in December, when I mailed my gift and thought '...that'll not get there in time for Christmas.')
Ah well.
Vortex - Jun 12, 2009 8:08:15 pm PDT #356 of 381
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Fear not, Fay. I finally gave my gift to mfnlaw last freaking week. It could still happen. I hold out hope. And you might even get it at the F2F! (which happened to me before when my gift from Connie went awry and I got a lovely scarf as a makeup)
aurelia - Jun 12, 2009 8:21:25 pm PDT #357 of 381
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
If anyone plans to send anything to me, they might need to know that I'll be at a different address for 6 weeks during the summer.
Pix - Jun 12, 2009 8:32:47 pm PDT #358 of 381
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Vortex, I heard from a little birdie that your gift will indeed be delivered at the F2F.
erikaj - Jun 12, 2009 9:39:48 pm PDT #359 of 381
Always Anti-fascist!
I never got anything either, but I feel better about the company I'm entered in, now.
NoiseDesign - Jun 13, 2009 5:21:35 am PDT #360 of 381
Our wings are not tired
I still haven't gotten my gift either, and I also still haven't sent my gift.