You know, I was done with shopping.
And then the kids made their lists.
And now I am at a loss.
GAH!!!!!!!
I am lucky to have kids that are pretty low maintenance, though. One year, Son only wanted some tin of slime from ThinkGeek. Little One wanted a few manga books. Eldest is content with a sundial.
They may be odd, but still low maintenance.
As for me, I am happy to say I don’t need or want anything. I have enough pots, and now makeup, and Lord knows I got a ton of nail polish, so I’m pretty happy if I don’t get anything.
Not a darn thing.
Sigh….time to go look for a sextant or whatever is on the list this year.
December 16th, 2013 at 11:42 AM
I’m pretty easy to shop for for Christmas, too….”ammo” or “Amazon gift card”. Done.
December 16th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
*rolls eyes*
December 16th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Booze.
Which, yeah, I get that might not be appropriate for the kids.
December 16th, 2013 at 3:23 PM
Well, they are covered. Adults are not as yet 😀
December 16th, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Should kids really be exposed to sextants at such a young age?
Maybe something steamy but not hardcore like a GPS?
No, no, no, I did not say that. A sextant is like way cool. And some Icelandic Spar in case they are sailing in that neighborhood.
December 16th, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Don’t bring Iceland into this. Eldest will never shut up.
December 16th, 2013 at 3:30 PM
Dangit, LK…I was gonna tackle the whole “sextant” thing once I finished up a challenge posted by Erin Palette over on book of faces (rewriting Bohemian Rhapsody with a medieval/D&D twist….I call my version “Bohemian RPG”). Well played, though, sir!
December 16th, 2013 at 3:38 PM
Bohemian RPG?? GENIUS!!!
December 16th, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Its on Erin’s FB, if she posts it on her site (she threatened to sing it if someone made it…..well….its made….), I’ll link it here.
December 16th, 2013 at 9:07 PM
I think the epicness is at least of seven orders of magnitude 😀
December 16th, 2013 at 9:47 PM
Link it, RA. Or email it to me.
December 17th, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Well, guess its not like Erin owns the rights to it (still want to hear her sing it, though…). So here goes. And be forewarned, it only got like two ‘likes’. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya:
BOHEMIAN RPG
Is this the real life?
Or DM’s fantasy…
Caught in a storyline (no escape from the dragon’s cave)
Roll of the dice, open my eyes to see…
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I’m a fighter lad, big and bad, roll ‘em high ‘till they’re dead
Anyway the game goes, doesn’t really matter to me…..XP!!!
Mama, I just killed a man
Jammed my sword into his guts, split ‘im straight from head to nuts
Mama, campaign had just begun…when I went and threw a 20 straight away!
Mama, oooooooooooooh,
Didn’t mean to make you cry, if I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Send some chips, and some dip….caffeine really matters.
Getting’ late, my time has come, gotta order Dominoe’s, its my turn, that’s how it goes.
Good luck, everybody, I’ve got some dough! Y’all want wings DON’T TOUCH MY DICE!
Mama, ooooooh…
I just found some loot and divvied up XP.
I see a little silhouette of a man
Halberd up! Halberd up! It shall cleave right through his armor!
Thunderbolts and lighting, wizards are annoying me
Kill the caster (kill the caster) kill the caster (kill the caster) kill the caster there he goes!
Magnifico-o-o-o-o-o
I’m just a nerd/geek everybody laughs at me
(he’s just a nerd/geek from an average family)
Spare him his life from a poor DM’s glee!
Easy come, easy go, another kobold goes
You Get XP. But never any gold!
Give me gold!
You Get XP. But never any gold!
Give me gold!
Okay have some gold!
Gold gold gold gold gold gold gold!
Oh DM, DM, DM,
DM, DM gave me gold!
He has a +1 sword set aside for me…for me…for me!!!!
(DM solo)
So you think you can feed me and loot me all night?
So you think you need treasure and magical might?
Ooh, player, say a prayer player, cuz I got surprises, I got a dragon right here!
(player ends)
Nothing really matters. Anyone can see.
Nothing really matters. Nothing really matters.
To me.
(dragon wiped the party.)
December 17th, 2013 at 6:46 PM
Terrific. Awesome. And the dragon won. (Sniff). I love an epic story like that.
December 17th, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Indeedy 😀
December 17th, 2013 at 7:17 PM
Yeah, I’m sorta a classical romanticist that way. 🙂
(although, in my limited pencil-n-paper dice-chucking gaming days, I did play a character who managed to talk an ‘effin green dragon out of part of his hoard. Played a muscle-bound fighter who had a speech impediment, so he talked like your typical caricature of a caveman, but had an Intel of 12. That was one awesome scene! Plus, the other players ensured that I had a very large amount of dragon loot AND full XP for killing a dragon, since nobody had ever seen someone frustrate a DM enough to have the dragon just fly away. :sigh: Fond memories.)
December 17th, 2013 at 8:34 PM
You and Hubby. Sigh…
December 17th, 2013 at 9:07 PM
🙂 Great minds, and all that rot!
December 16th, 2013 at 4:53 PM
Aggie, honey, give your kids the same wonderful gift I get each year: a bundle of switches and a lump of coal. Well, last year’s lump was more like a mountain. I swear, that Santa Claus holds a grudge! Bust him in the ass ONE TIME with a load of rock salt, and he’ll never forget. He’s as bad as my ex-wife.
December 16th, 2013 at 9:06 PM
Coal? Hm…. I’ll make a call 😀
December 16th, 2013 at 7:05 PM
At least they want interesting things.
December 16th, 2013 at 9:07 PM
They ain’t boring, I’ll say that 😉
December 17th, 2013 at 6:47 PM
No. Not boring in the least. Funny as hell, too.
December 17th, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Yep, at least until one of them says, “What’s THAT supposed to mean??”
And then all Hades breaks loose.
December 17th, 2013 at 9:06 PM
My favorite is “so THAT’S what the kids are calling it these days!” People get the weirdest looks on their faces while trying to figger out the sexual innuendo, whether there was one or not.
December 17th, 2013 at 10:08 PM
HA! Yeah, that one is a fun one 😀
December 18th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
I’ve never been much of a ‘gift’ person. I mean the stuff I want is usually pricey and that’s not the sort of thing i’d want someone else buying me.
That said, booze is always awesome. And I have had people really surprise me with gifts that I’d never think to ask for but are awesome anyhow.
December 18th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
*gets AG a subscription to Boone’s Farm Wine of the Month* 😉
December 18th, 2013 at 11:41 AM
oh hellz yeah … that should keep Booze of the Week covered!
December 18th, 2013 at 11:42 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!