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I tested the binos out this morning (when I opened things yesterday it was already night). They are very crisp. I live on top of a hill now so we have some pretty long views. With these I can spy on people all the way over in the next village.
They also don't have the faint purple outlining my old binos had (I think that's called chromatic aberration?) which I was so used to it didn't really register it any more, but it's very noticeable to not have it any more.
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OkamiOn the internet nobody knows you're a dog. Nobody.Land of Ports, OreganoRegistered Userregular
I'm not dead! (but this work week sure did make me feel like it)
To make up for my lateness, I submit this picture of one of my patients from yesterday who was a literal pocket puppy named Franklin
I received GIFTS from the dark lord this week which were definitely welcome rays of sunshine. My assistant helped me open them below!
Engel inspects the first gift
...and decided it need more uh, thorough inspection
He deems it safe!
Why it's the ding-dang-doodily dark lord himself!
The second package arrives a few days later...
The assistant arrives to inspect it
He's going in
and out comes... Secret of Nimh and a coffin shaped butter dish to add to my spooky decor! (because in this house, Halloween is everyday)
I'm super excited to start using that butter dish in my new apartment once my husband and I move out in a couple of months (our roommate is kind of klutzy so I'm gonna wait to put it out)
The notes are signed LWT who I think is @lwt1973 from G&T? Thank you so much!!
I do have sad news about the last gift though. As much as we've complained and left notices, the USPS in our neighborhood seems to think it's totally okay to keep leaving packages unsecured around our mailbox instead of leaving us a slip and taking it to the post office. There's a coded gate, but the gate is constantly left open and apparently also really easy to bypass so we have houseless folk rummaging in our recycling frequently. Some opportunist likely saw the package laying on the ground and took it before I could get to it
Wow, I am blown away. I've been gone from PA for a couple years, and from gaming in general, and this is what happens when I come back? Satan is too generous:
I should have known something was up when my cat came running to smell the package.
And when the others wanted to join in.
The note inside explained why. This box contains treats! For humans, but my cats still wanted in on the action before I could get to the rest.
The rest was lovingly gift wrapped, but in my excitement (and so I could hide the treats before my cats ate them) I ripped off the wrapping before taking a picture.
So that's Ghost of Tsushima (I've heard so much high praise), The Last of Us Part II (the first was so good, can't wait to see this one), Sekiro (I'm working through Demon's Soul's on PS5 so this is perfect to follow it with), and Man Eater (which looks equal parts awesome and hilarious.)
Truly, @Kadith, what an awesome set. You knew I'd totally missed out on the PS4 era, and from what I've heard this is exactly the group of games that will catch me up on all the good stuff I've missed. The only problem is, where do I even start?
Also, it's just between lunch and dinner, and even though my partner just finished baking a pie, I definitely ate one of your family recipe cookies. That. Was. Delicious!! I'm probably going to eat the rest before dinner if I don't get to playing these games. Thank you Kadith!
A mystewious box showed up! Ewevenses was bwiefly tewwified by the knocking, but quickwy went back to sweep.
I woved this game in high school and cowwege and and wook fowwawd to pwaying the wemake.
Thanks @mowiveth!
My Dear Satan has again opened correspondence with me via Imp services!
Hi Cristoval
With news of your second package being on its way, but possibly taking anywhere from 1-3 weeks, i thought i'd give you this in the mean time. Get yourself something nice from the eshop.
I'd highly recommend Part-time ufo if you want a fun laid-pack physics puzzle game to play with a partner. But of course the choice is entirely up to you! I don't know what you're in to!
CODE REDACTED
I do enjoy both physics and puzzles, but I'm actually going to use this to finally get on that HADES train!
Thanks again, I'll think of you--whoever you are--while I'm doing whatever it is you do in HADES!
Oh dang, I got gifted again! Crosspost from the G&T thread:
I've been struck with another gift by @Cameron_Talley ! I was totally not expecting anything else, but I checked my front porch as one does and I found another mysterious Amazon package! Holy cow!
A message about a buggy game. I have a feeling I know where this is going
Indeed I was correct! It's a Cyberpunk 2077 art book and lore guide This is super cool! The art direction in Cyberpunk is definitely its best feature and I can't wait to dig down into the lore and history of the setting!
It also came with some temporary tattoos, some postcards with some cool vehicle art on them, and a big ol' Johnny Silverhand poster! Those are some nifty extras
And there it is! My Akira bike that I've spent like 90% of the game using to get around! Best bike in the game, it looks cool, and is just useful as hell for getting around in a jiffy.
Anyway, thanks for this amazing gift! I'll probably spend an afternoon during the holidays just browsing this and the D&D recipe book and reading all those cool lore and tidbits and admiring the art
Pudding jellies taste delicious and have something creamy inside.
Edit: Turtle puffs smell like death, but taste kinda like pork rinds?
ArcSyn on
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OkamiOn the internet nobody knows you're a dog. Nobody.Land of Ports, OreganoRegistered Userregular
BREAKING NEWS!!!
The package I thought had been stolen ended up actually being mis-delivered to a neighbor who gave it to me just now!! I was too excited to do any fancy set up for it but here's Engel being extremely excited for the treats I'm holding off camera while he poses with the raddest Switch bag I could ask for!
Good evening, Noggin! Your Santa has completed the stalking, and the shopping, and the stuffing, and the sending, and now a merry box of presents is wending its way towards you and yours!
This UPS tracking number will not go live until Monday, 21 December, but the package should arrive by Wednesday, 23 December, with a few days to spare before The Big Day! Your tracking number is:
420NAUGHTYOR69NICE
I hope the last bit of time before Christmas is great for you and your family!
Signed, Your Secret Santa
Noice, right as my break starts. Wait, just how much stalking did you do!?
Thank you, Secret Santa, and to you and yours as well!
A sizable box arrived. It made an odd sound when moved, and looked like it had been... chewed.
Little did I know the box had not been punctured from the outside... it was something inside trying to get out.
From beneath a mound of packing material arose a face...
An orb! of metal! It appears to be a ceremonial candle holder, whence the lights can come out of the openings!
But that wasn't all... oh no...
Beneath even more packing material was another face!
A ferocious beast of orange and black, welded together by it's own ferocity!
An absolutely magnificent specimen to behold!
They're great, and they have already been placed in prominence where they can watch me work and protect me!
There didn't seem to be a note in the box to say who it was from, but I didn't order them myself... so unless I hear otherwise I'm gonna thank one of you!
Satan has once again graced my doorstep, this time with the gift of... deja vu.
...
I believe I have identified my Satan, or else Best Buy is just a popular side gig for the Lord of the Underworld,
I will very cryptically refer you to my earlier post on this page, and also warn that there is 1 more thing coming from BBY (probably on Xmas eve).
I regretted not getting you anything purple despite living in MN where we've got Vikings and Prince and stuff (and the pandemic meant no window shopping/browsing for ideas and I had to limit my shopping to "stuff I can order, or stuff that is at a store I'm already at") so I got you something that can be purple :P
The unicorn is supposed to be a tree ornament, but it's probably a bit too weighty for that, in all honesty. You can do whatever the flip you want with it, though!
I mean, uh, purportedly. Not that I would know anything about The Dark Lord.
santee/satanee i have done one thing already but uh... honestly didn't know it was the end of the year already. so second thing may be a little late because I've lost control of my life.
A mystewious box showed up! Ewevenses was bwiefly tewwified by the knocking, but quickwy went back to sweep.
I woved this game in high school and cowwege and and wook fowwawd to pwaying the wemake.
Thanks @mowiveth!
Oh man, I'm glad you got it! I didn't realize you'd tag me in that way.
There's... at least one more thing to come, but unfortunately that's currently scheduled for arrival in... early to mid January? I may send more too, depending on how my finances are.
The unicorn is supposed to be a tree ornament, but it's probably a bit too weighty for that, in all honesty. You can do whatever the flip you want with it, though!
I mean, uh, purportedly. Not that I would know anything about The Dark Lord.
I’ll give it a shot, though if I try to use the candle function with my current tree I think the whole thing will go up.
And sure enough, the card arrived in the mail today. Thank you very much
I received delicious chocolate in the mail from a mysterious dark benefactor!
With such exotic names I can’t wait to try them, I can’t say I have had anything like these before, and I adore chocolate so this is truly going to be a decadent sinful treat worthy of the name Secret Satans.
Haha, I saw you posting the other day about karaoke, so I checked online for how much a decent set would cost. Rather than use Amazon, or pay through the nose for shipping, I thought I’d leave it in your capable hands!
Buy whatever is going to help you through this hell year, but please post pics of whatever you buy!
There is something a bit more personal I’m putting together that I will ship from NZ. I should be on holidays from Wednesday, so that will give me some time to get things together.
Posts
Monday.
Beware.
Steam
though the man at the post office straight up told me that it would be very late =/
so I will probably purchase my giftee a bonus steam game on christmas day!
edit: DAMN IT!
I forgot to mention who the gifts were from!
every year!
I also thought "A complete, and total, barf-o-rama."
I got it as an early present myself, and there is not
Then get stabbed in the throat at a McDoanlds
They also don't have the faint purple outlining my old binos had (I think that's called chromatic aberration?) which I was so used to it didn't really register it any more, but it's very noticeable to not have it any more.
To make up for my lateness, I submit this picture of one of my patients from yesterday who was a literal pocket puppy named Franklin
I received GIFTS from the dark lord this week which were definitely welcome rays of sunshine. My assistant helped me open them below!
...and decided it need more uh, thorough inspection
He deems it safe!
Why it's the ding-dang-doodily dark lord himself!
The second package arrives a few days later...
The assistant arrives to inspect it
He's going in
and out comes... Secret of Nimh and a coffin shaped butter dish to add to my spooky decor! (because in this house, Halloween is everyday)
I'm super excited to start using that butter dish in my new apartment once my husband and I move out in a couple of months (our roommate is kind of klutzy so I'm gonna wait to put it out)
The notes are signed LWT who I think is @lwt1973 from G&T? Thank you so much!!
I do have sad news about the last gift though. As much as we've complained and left notices, the USPS in our neighborhood seems to think it's totally okay to keep leaving packages unsecured around our mailbox instead of leaving us a slip and taking it to the post office. There's a coded gate, but the gate is constantly left open and apparently also really easy to bypass so we have houseless folk rummaging in our recycling frequently. Some opportunist likely saw the package laying on the ground and took it before I could get to it
Have additional delights reached you this morning?
If not, as the sun sets, a few more treasures may materialize.
Wow, I am blown away. I've been gone from PA for a couple years, and from gaming in general, and this is what happens when I come back? Satan is too generous:
And when the others wanted to join in.
The note inside explained why. This box contains treats! For humans, but my cats still wanted in on the action before I could get to the rest.
The rest was lovingly gift wrapped, but in my excitement (and so I could hide the treats before my cats ate them) I ripped off the wrapping before taking a picture.
So that's Ghost of Tsushima (I've heard so much high praise), The Last of Us Part II (the first was so good, can't wait to see this one), Sekiro (I'm working through Demon's Soul's on PS5 so this is perfect to follow it with), and Man Eater (which looks equal parts awesome and hilarious.)
Truly, @Kadith, what an awesome set. You knew I'd totally missed out on the PS4 era, and from what I've heard this is exactly the group of games that will catch me up on all the good stuff I've missed. The only problem is, where do I even start?
Also, it's just between lunch and dinner, and even though my partner just finished baking a pie, I definitely ate one of your family recipe cookies. That. Was. Delicious!! I'm probably going to eat the rest before dinner if I don't get to playing these games. Thank you Kadith!
Just wow.
A mystewious box showed up! Ewevenses was bwiefly tewwified by the knocking, but quickwy went back to sweep. I woved this game in high school and cowwege and and wook fowwawd to pwaying the wemake.
Thanks @mowiveth!
a package from pittsburgh oh no!
My Dear Satan has again opened correspondence with me via Imp services!
I do enjoy both physics and puzzles, but I'm actually going to use this to finally get on that HADES train!
Thanks again, I'll think of you--whoever you are--while I'm doing whatever it is you do in HADES!
A gift arrives!~
It's a box! Full of toys for Omen! ( My cat). Some treats, some toys, a fishing line type toy, it's all amazing!
Omen present and accounted for inspection.
I'm not sure she wants me to know that she really likes it
But she really likes it.
Thank you Santa/Satan! This is an amazing gift and I know Omen is going to get so much playtime out of them all
Stand by Me chips taste like fish. Not good fish.
Fish puffs taste like cheddar corn puffs?
Pudding jellies taste delicious and have something creamy inside.
Edit: Turtle puffs smell like death, but taste kinda like pork rinds?
The package I thought had been stolen ended up actually being mis-delivered to a neighbor who gave it to me just now!! I was too excited to do any fancy set up for it but here's Engel being extremely excited for the treats I'm holding off camera while he poses with the raddest Switch bag I could ask for!
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Noice, right as my break starts. Wait, just how much stalking did you do!?
Thank you, Secret Santa, and to you and yours as well!
Secret Satans thread circa 2016:
I believe I have identified my Satan, or else Best Buy is just a popular side gig for the Lord of the Underworld,
Big ol' Gift Get(?) in here!
Little did I know the box had not been punctured from the outside... it was something inside trying to get out.
From beneath a mound of packing material arose a face...
An orb! of metal! It appears to be a ceremonial candle holder, whence the lights can come out of the openings!
But that wasn't all... oh no...
Beneath even more packing material was another face!
A ferocious beast of orange and black, welded together by it's own ferocity!
An absolutely magnificent specimen to behold!
They're great, and they have already been placed in prominence where they can watch me work and protect me!
There didn't seem to be a note in the box to say who it was from, but I didn't order them myself... so unless I hear otherwise I'm gonna thank one of you!
I will very cryptically refer you to my earlier post on this page, and also warn that there is 1 more thing coming from BBY (probably on Xmas eve).
I regretted not getting you anything purple despite living in MN where we've got Vikings and Prince and stuff (and the pandemic meant no window shopping/browsing for ideas and I had to limit my shopping to "stuff I can order, or stuff that is at a store I'm already at") so I got you something that can be purple :P
I mean, uh, purportedly. Not that I would know anything about The Dark Lord.
?? > Tonkka
??> MNC Dover > DrZiplock
Apparently not Bucketman? > Veldrin 2 3
?? > Quical 2
?? > Jaysonfour
?? > Moriveth > Tofystedeth
?? > Elin
?? > lwt1973 > Okami 2
?? > Mace1370
?? > Psykoma
? > Cristoval 2 3 > theoriginalz
Naphtali > Romanian My Escutcheon 2
Goose! > Skeith
Noggin > Zonugal > KoopahTroopah 2 > shdwcaster
Tef > Cello
Handkor > #pipe
cooljammer00 > ArcSyn 2 3
Rorshach Kringle > Elvenshae
jclast > Cameron_Talley > Stabbity Style 2
Tofystedth > Halfazedninja
DiannaoChong > Poorochondriac
See317 > Kyougu > Goose! 2
Pinfeldorf > Perrsun > JimBobtheMonkey 2 3 4
Ladybug2332 > Straightzi
Brolo > Brovid Hasselsmof
Kadith > Icemopper
QuickSnap > ZeroCow 2
Oh man, I'm glad you got it! I didn't realize you'd tag me in that way.
There's... at least one more thing to come, but unfortunately that's currently scheduled for arrival in... early to mid January? I may send more too, depending on how my finances are.
I’ll give it a shot, though if I try to use the candle function with my current tree I think the whole thing will go up.
And sure enough, the card arrived in the mail today. Thank you very much
that was an unrelated present
i was elvenshae's!
Part 2 is on the way(?)
Part 3 is purchased soon and sent after Xmas.
I received delicious chocolate in the mail from a mysterious dark benefactor!
With such exotic names I can’t wait to try them, I can’t say I have had anything like these before, and I adore chocolate so this is truly going to be a decadent sinful treat worthy of the name Secret Satans.
Thank you so much my mysterious Dark Chocolatier!
Clues! I learned that Raum is associated with crows, but I don't know who that might be.
Awesome! My girlfriend was just as excited to see this as I was.
I found out about this book from here. It sounded very interesting and I plan on checking it out either on Christmas or my week off at New Years.
I promise, oh satanee, your boxes will be in the mail on Monday!
wish list
Steam wishlist
Etsy wishlist
TEF!!!!!!!
I am gonna have to think of some REAL dumb shit to get with this $250 Best Buy gift card holy shit
Do they even have that many Coolio casingles????
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Buy whatever is going to help you through this hell year, but please post pics of whatever you buy!
There is something a bit more personal I’m putting together that I will ship from NZ. I should be on holidays from Wednesday, so that will give me some time to get things together.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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