YAY it got to you ok! It looks very cool; might need to get it for some other people as well!
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
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.
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.
Ginger - Jun 13, 2009 5:26:23 am PDT #361 of 381
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I still haven't gotten my gift either, and I also still haven't sent my gift.
I am ND, except I'll send mine by the end of the week. Cross my heart.
Theodosia - Jun 14, 2009 8:59:30 am PDT #362 of 381
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
You know, I was thinking about my overdue Santee and I was wondering if it would be permissible into looking into trading MY GIFTEE with someone else's GIFTEE, because I'm just not coming up with enough Cool Stuff to justify the long wait. If I traded off with another gift giver, I wouldn't have the load of guilt that's paralyzing me -- instead I could get all excited because I'm sort of swooping in to the rescue and go on a buying/making things spree that would result in someone, somewhere, getting cool prezzies.
(Note that this is NOT because of any enmity I have towards my giftee. It's just my guilt at not being good enough to come up with great prezzies for their particular persona.)
Would any other belated gift-giver be interested? Would any belated giftee mind?
Sean K - Jun 14, 2009 9:04:13 am PDT #363 of 381
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
At this point, I'm wondering how many pairs of ungifted givers and givees we have left. I think it's down to two or three. Some of the wait might be eliminated with a little backchannel, third party input. If so, I was not a participant in either gift exchange last year, and hereby offer up my services as a neutral problem solver/gifter poker.