So my package's gone all Christopher Columbus, as it actually headed the opposite direction that my Santa's city. My guess it's going to try to circle the globe to find a faster trade route.
I was like, "I should bake something for my Santee. I've never actually baked anything in the class confection from scratch in my life, but how hard could it be? Any fool can follow directions."
An hour later I've accidentally used "I can't believe anyone would mistake this for butter" instead of real butter; added baking powder and baking soda ("maybe it won't matter"); and my poor judgement of "done" has lead to thick black smoke spilling forth from the oven, like so much skyward residue of the dark fires of Mordor.
A larger problem has presented itself, however. I know what cookies are supposed to smell like Santee, and these? These things do not smell like cookies. I'm not sure I can (in good conscience) inflict these horrific un-cookies upon your house.
I will ponder upon the implications of this, but it seems to indicate that your package is temporarily delayed until I can grind my cooking skill up to level 7, or whatever level it is that you can make cookies without burning the building down.
I had 2 gifts arrive at different times but decided to wait until they were both here to post!
The first gift was this totally amazing book!
My lord this book is sweet. Tons of in depth behind the scenes info from both the comic books and movies and a ton of reprinted promo / rare items and drawings!
My second gift was:
Not really heard of this as it's not available in my home country. However the artwork on the box alone had me semi erect! What's that - an 8.9 on IMDB - colour me excited!
Thank you sooo much for these awesome gifts Santa - please reveal yourself you bat gift giver you!
Whew, glad it got there! Amazon.uk kept insisting on changing your address slightly.
I had heard from a birdie that you wanted that book, and since Warner Bros. apparently treats the UK like a red-headed stepchild when it comes to releases and that video is aces, I couldn't resist.
Awesome gifts cloud eagle! I keep looking at some of the promo items in the vault and thinking should I actually make this (paper plane, mask etc) or keep them mint!
Apologies for the photo sizes my laptop has been playing up so all this was done from my phone!
Waiting at the post office right now to pick up my gift. Missed the delivery by twenty minutes, and now I need to wait two hours for the postie to get back to base.
Excite++
Willeth on
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Santee, I will get your stuff sent out very soon, I promise.
I had a minor technical difficulty. The plan was to order from Amazon and ship directly, because it's much cheaper than shipping from Canada, but it won't let me write more than 240 characters in the gift note. Is there a way around this? I had something clever to say and I want to say it.
Santee, I will get your stuff sent out very soon, I promise.
I had a minor technical difficulty. The plan was to order from Amazon and ship directly, because it's much cheaper than shipping from Canada, but it won't let me write more than 240 characters in the gift note. Is there a way around this? I had something clever to say and I want to say it.
Put in the note a URL that leads to a webpage you can freely edit to say what you want.
I live in an apartment that has a fancy metal box for holding other metal boxes which means I wasn't woken by a doorbell this morning. Instead I was woken at 5 am because I went to bed early!
This is not important.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT:
I got a PM from some guy (who may or may not be my santa) telling me to go check the god damn mail!
Lo and behold, there is a package! Alas I have lost my camera cord and Thinkgeek is NO LONGER DOWN so I can describe them (inadequately) AND have links.
A Mysterious Magnet Tube. (It's pretty neat, and mysterious enough that I'm not going to open it to investigate the mysteries inside the actual tube)
A R.O.M.P! (in your mother's bed) (No not really, it's a little metal plate where you arrange magnets in a pattern and has a hanging magnet that moves around between them)
I've gotten a couple proxy messages from you about the packages I should be expecting. However I'm a bit confused.
Initially I was told there would be 3. I've gotten two. But in a subsequent proxy message I was told that a package from one location(A) would have two items and a package from another(B) would have three. There was no indication of a third location. However, I've gotten a package from both locations mentioned but each only had one item.
I'm not bringing this up to be greedy or unthankful. I just want to be sure that what you paid for is being sent out and you aren't getting screwed. EDIT: Also to know when to go ahead and post my gift get.
I'd send this via the proxy elf but I'm not sure the proxy elf knows exactly who has who or keeps track of it.
Sorry to be a bother, just quoting myself in case my santa sees it. I'll try contacting the proxy elf later too.
Anyone notice how some things (mattresses and the copy machines in Highrise) are totally impenetrable? A steel wall, yeah that makes sense, but bullets should obliterate copy machines.
I don't know about you, but I always buy a bullet proof printer. Its a lot more expensive, but I think the advantages are apparent.
I arrived home to see that I have an undelivered parcel! A packet that's too large for my letterbox! I'm hoping there's a Secret Santa gift inside! But nope, it must be misdelivered mail. There isn't a W.P.A. Forumer at this address.
Oh well. I trotted to the sorting office to get it anyway. It was only a small packet.
That's not a packet at all! It's a BOX! A long box! It says on the outside that it's from a mysterious place called Pennies Arcode. My invisible kitten inspects it for suspiciousness.
No suspicious contents, so I'm free to open it. Inside: one tube and two packets. One has a number on it. Is it the amount of seconds I have left until I die from terrorists?! My invisible cat Schrodinger doesn't think so.
It seems only fair to start with the tube. I'd hardly be a PA fan if I didn't.
I am justly rewarded. It's a subway poster of Gabe and Tycho! I'm going to find an appropriate frame for this post haste.
And some badass PA stickers that I didn't even know were a thing! These are going to get stuck on shit so much.
Time to open this packet. I tell you what, this is a classy packet. Metal clasp, no sticky tape or nuthin'. Very classy. But wait - this is the packet marked with the number of the Beast, when the Beast was a toddler. WHAT HORRORS COULD THIS PACKET CONTAIN? TERRIFYING MONSTERS FROM THE HALLS BELOW?!
Oh. No, it's the book, The Halls Below. It's the hardback Limited Edition, too! This is great!
Whoas! Not only is it signed by Gabe and Tycho (it being my personal mission to get everything I owned signed by Gabe and Tycho, currently including a boxed edition of Precipice Episode 1, a print of a comic, and my copy of Splendid Magic signed only by Jerry because Mike was apparently some sort of ninja at PAX East), but the 37 is not a countdown to my doom - it's an edition number! There's only a thousand of these, ever, and I have one of the double-digits thanks to my awesome Santa! This is not only great, it's also boss and pimp. But what's in the other packet?
It's PATV: Season One! I've been lamenting that I couldn't get hold of it, but never fear - my Santa just reached into my mind and grabbed my thoughts. Now I can watch the lost 4th panels and all the commentaries, and all the easter eggs of Scott's stories that I only found out about yesterday. I've watched a few of the deleted scenes already and it's chortletown. Something else, though:
What, no-one else smells their DVDs? People in the launch thread were saying it smelled of celery, and psh, yeah, right. But it really does smell of celery. What are they putting in our celery, I wonder? PA should release their own brand. And I'd get it signed.
All together now!
Oh, and here's Shrodinger playing with the bags of air that came in the box. Thanks for those, too, Santa! Reveal yourself!
Willeth on
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Santa: I'm going to be busy with family stuff over the next week, so if your package comes, I won't be able to post about it until late at night. But the good news is that I'm done with this semester of college and it will be a lot easier for me to get to the post office during window hours.
Also, I spotted this in the MSPA/Homestuck thread. I felt that it needed to be posted here.
So, upon arriving home last night after a long week of being up at 6 in the god damned morning and crashing around midnight (stupid fire alarms permitting), I came upon a package that my building superintendant had grabbed for me, since Fedex is ocassionally pants on head retarded.
Cracking it open, I found three things (which I hope to post at least a pic of later, but the iphone photobucket app appears to have crapped itself);
A note from my generous benefactor of this year!
The Complete Idiots Guide to Private Investigating!
Batman Beyond The Complete Series!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
Thank you, TheOtherHorseman! A quick flip through the guide shows that this may well be just what I need to begin making tentative inroads to fighting crime (or at least a little money moonlighting if I ever want to pay off my Visa), and should The Future spring upon me in the coming years, I'll have a handy reference material for dealing with super villains, gangs, and an ocassionally tempermental advanced power armour suit.
Cheers and Merry Christmas!
Forar on
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
Sorry it took a while, I had ordered a bunch of stuff for other people and my gift got a bit misplaced a few times.
Amazon, eh? What precious goods are within your brown skin?
Hmm... interesting shape we have in here.
...and the loot.
Never read Stephen King, I don't usually read that genre, but I'll definitely have a go at this one. Plus two cds from interesting artists. I will need to add them to my vast music library at work. No clues on whom it might be within the documents and so it will remain a secret. Thanks Santa!
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Your package directed Home Alone?
That's pretty Christmassy alright!
I had actually posted it in the last thread. Good stuff.
An hour later I've accidentally used "I can't believe anyone would mistake this for butter" instead of real butter; added baking powder and baking soda ("maybe it won't matter"); and my poor judgement of "done" has lead to thick black smoke spilling forth from the oven, like so much skyward residue of the dark fires of Mordor.
A larger problem has presented itself, however. I know what cookies are supposed to smell like Santee, and these? These things do not smell like cookies. I'm not sure I can (in good conscience) inflict these horrific un-cookies upon your house.
I will ponder upon the implications of this, but it seems to indicate that your package is temporarily delayed until I can grind my cooking skill up to level 7, or whatever level it is that you can make cookies without burning the building down.
Good thing I have my trusty Tachikoma to check for any dangerous substances
Pop Rocks and Tachikoma team up to check it out!
Seems okay so far YAY!
Woot!
I love this series, the writer used to write Hellblazer, and the series is pretty much Hellblazer in a slightly different setting its good times
YES!!!
I wanted to read this sooo bad!
Best. Trade. EVAR!!
Thank you soooo much Henroid
When I saw that Bone book I got a little dust in my eye ..
that book was always magical for me and now I finally have my own copy!
Also thanks for telling my girlfriend I owe her for accepting the gift at her job she surely wont abuse that at all .. ever....
Oh look, a new series added to my Amazon cart...
Awesome gifts cloud eagle! I keep looking at some of the promo items in the vault and thinking should I actually make this (paper plane, mask etc) or keep them mint!
Apologies for the photo sizes my laptop has been playing up so all this was done from my phone!
I had a local comic shop order that and a plush Godzilla
Any local comic should should be able to order it for you or just search the googles for it
....
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Ah, the waiting game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.
It is pretty much one of the best plushies I have ever seen Hi5 to you for having something so awesome to investigate your presents for you
Excite++
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Well it could be worse.
The package could be left at another house.
3DS FC: 5343-7720-0490
I had a minor technical difficulty. The plan was to order from Amazon and ship directly, because it's much cheaper than shipping from Canada, but it won't let me write more than 240 characters in the gift note. Is there a way around this? I had something clever to say and I want to say it.
XBL |Steam | PSN | last.fm
Put in the note a URL that leads to a webpage you can freely edit to say what you want.
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
EDIT: OH COME ON
XBL |Steam | PSN | last.fm
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
I have a blog that I don't use, I can make a post on there and link to that.
XBL |Steam | PSN | last.fm
Don't make it weird .....
Sorry to be a bother, just quoting myself in case my santa sees it. I'll try contacting the proxy elf later too.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
XBL: LiquidSnake2061
Will have to open it in 9 hours or so when i get home from work.
Edit: 5 hours down! I want to go home and open it noooooooooooooooow!
Oh well. I trotted to the sorting office to get it anyway. It was only a small packet.
BUT WAIT! (1:24 to 1:30)
That's not a packet at all! It's a BOX! A long box! It says on the outside that it's from a mysterious place called Pennies Arcode. My invisible kitten inspects it for suspiciousness.
No suspicious contents, so I'm free to open it. Inside: one tube and two packets. One has a number on it. Is it the amount of seconds I have left until I die from terrorists?! My invisible cat Schrodinger doesn't think so.
It seems only fair to start with the tube. I'd hardly be a PA fan if I didn't.
I am justly rewarded. It's a subway poster of Gabe and Tycho! I'm going to find an appropriate frame for this post haste.
And some badass PA stickers that I didn't even know were a thing! These are going to get stuck on shit so much.
Time to open this packet. I tell you what, this is a classy packet. Metal clasp, no sticky tape or nuthin'. Very classy. But wait - this is the packet marked with the number of the Beast, when the Beast was a toddler. WHAT HORRORS COULD THIS PACKET CONTAIN? TERRIFYING MONSTERS FROM THE HALLS BELOW?!
Oh. No, it's the book, The Halls Below. It's the hardback Limited Edition, too! This is great!
Whoas! Not only is it signed by Gabe and Tycho (it being my personal mission to get everything I owned signed by Gabe and Tycho, currently including a boxed edition of Precipice Episode 1, a print of a comic, and my copy of Splendid Magic signed only by Jerry because Mike was apparently some sort of ninja at PAX East), but the 37 is not a countdown to my doom - it's an edition number! There's only a thousand of these, ever, and I have one of the double-digits thanks to my awesome Santa! This is not only great, it's also boss and pimp. But what's in the other packet?
It's PATV: Season One! I've been lamenting that I couldn't get hold of it, but never fear - my Santa just reached into my mind and grabbed my thoughts. Now I can watch the lost 4th panels and all the commentaries, and all the easter eggs of Scott's stories that I only found out about yesterday. I've watched a few of the deleted scenes already and it's chortletown. Something else, though:
What, no-one else smells their DVDs? People in the launch thread were saying it smelled of celery, and psh, yeah, right. But it really does smell of celery. What are they putting in our celery, I wonder? PA should release their own brand. And I'd get it signed.
All together now!
Oh, and here's Shrodinger playing with the bags of air that came in the box. Thanks for those, too, Santa! Reveal yourself!
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
I want to know more PA people on Twitter.
For paintings in progress, check out canvas and paints
"The power of the weirdness compels me."
Also, I spotted this in the MSPA/Homestuck thread. I felt that it needed to be posted here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBKjzXuDdjU
Cracking it open, I found three things (which I hope to post at least a pic of later, but the iphone photobucket app appears to have crapped itself);
A note from my generous benefactor of this year!
The Complete Idiots Guide to Private Investigating!
Batman Beyond The Complete Series!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
Thank you, TheOtherHorseman! A quick flip through the guide shows that this may well be just what I need to begin making tentative inroads to fighting crime (or at least a little money moonlighting if I ever want to pay off my Visa), and should The Future spring upon me in the coming years, I'll have a handy reference material for dealing with super villains, gangs, and an ocassionally tempermental advanced power armour suit.
Cheers and Merry Christmas!
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
For paintings in progress, check out canvas and paints
"The power of the weirdness compels me."
Amazon, eh? What precious goods are within your brown skin?
Hmm... interesting shape we have in here.
...and the loot.
Never read Stephen King, I don't usually read that genre, but I'll definitely have a go at this one. Plus two cds from interesting artists. I will need to add them to my vast music library at work. No clues on whom it might be within the documents and so it will remain a secret. Thanks Santa!
Apparently my gift to my santee just likes sitting around in the post office, but maybe tomorrow? the suspense is killing me