Like maybe you're praying for money, because what you really want is freedom from the anxiety and insecurity of not-having?(just to pluck a not-hypothetical example)
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2009 9:00:58 am PST #3304 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
smonster - Dec 11, 2009 9:01:45 am PST #3305 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Is it too much to ask for a decent Xmas list from one's SO? I provided KBD with three emails chockfull of links to things he could buy me, all in the approved price range, and picked my top three.
What have I gotten from him? "Uh, I don't know, I want a wrought iron lamp... but those are expensive. And I could use more sheets... but those are expensive."
I've threatened to give him Thinking Putty if he doesn't give me some ideas. [link]
So what does one get for the hermit who doesn't want anything? For between $20 and $30? All the cool ideas I've come up with don't seem to exist... like a robot hand oven mitt. Or a comic book cookbook (well, those do but they apparently suck).
My best idea so far is a book of local day trips, but that could be seen as slightly passive aggressive.
Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 9:05:49 am PST #3306 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Shari_H - Dec 11, 2009 9:06:56 am PST #3307 of 30000
Keep breathing!
Like maybe you're praying for money, because what you really want is freedom from the anxiety and insecurity of not-having?(just to pluck a not-hypothetical example)
Absolutely, erikaj. Lots of prayers ask for "shalom" too, which is not just peace as in not-fighting-right-now, but also "wholeness", "peacefulness", and economic security fits right in there.
Trudy Booth - Dec 11, 2009 9:08:03 am PST #3308 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Some people just don't Christmas List.
A good option is often an insane version of something they already like. I get my BiL Blue Mountain coffee. At this point I get it for him almost all the time, and he is always pleased to have it.
What is he into?
Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 9:14:13 am PST #3309 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Scrappy - Dec 11, 2009 9:19:04 am PST #3310 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My DH is terrible at making lists and it is SO FRUSTRATING. It sounds like you got two suggestions, though--iron lamp or new sheets--won't either of those do?
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 9:19:44 am PST #3311 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
won't either of those do?
Doesn't look like they fall into the price range.
smonster - Dec 11, 2009 9:20:36 am PST #3312 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Latest idea: an art print celebrating his return to eating pork. [link]
I love the Hermits United tee. I think he might even find it funny.
He's into: sci fi tv, comic books (does not read actual books), messing about with his phone, angel mythology, the Army, cooking but not fancy cooking, Happy Cola gummies...
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2009 9:22:23 am PST #3313 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You should be able to get sheets for $30ish at Target, I would think.