Instead of tendy billion emails flying around this year about who is going to get what for whom, Nan and Nati figured we could just use the blog as a meeting point. And I agree. So, I created a post for each member of the immediate family and their significant other whose "comments" section can act as a place for gift discussion. Unless you want this to be the worst Christmas ever, DON'T read your own post!!
Commence.
And feel free to change your photo. I didn't have a huge selection to work with.
--JB
20 comments:
So weird. I posted in order: Dad, Mom, Nan, Dawn, etc. but they didn't publish in that order. Sorry.
It should be interesting to see if this works out. I don't know if all of us will be able to contain ourselves from looking at our own post. Do you reallly think this is a good idea? I don't know if i like it. I didn't mine the 10 billion emails.
Oh dear Carla. Thou confidence tis low.
Maybe it would make you less uneasy if you knew this: I can track if people visit individual posts. Be sure to realize that I never check. That would be very Big Brother of me. But the threat is there, and that should keep us honest.
For the record: I couldn't keep up with the emails. I can never read them when I receive them, so they get lost in the backlog. Plus, I get mixed up. Eventually I would have emailed a potential recipient by mistake.
Willpower, Carla!!
I agree with Nan. The emails can be overwhelming. I think this will work.
WAIT!!!!! what about the distribution of christmas lists? As much i think i know you guys, i have absolutely no idea what to get anyone, so I will be relying heavily on these lists. Maybe that's something we should stick to email. That way, if we have something we would like to add or subtract, we don't run the risk of posting it on the blog and seeing what we already got. Does that make sense??
This way, Carla, you won't feel so tempted to read your Post!
Also JB, great idea w/ using pictures, all of them are really nice (except for Rolo's). I feared that you would've used the family picture from Nan and Dawn's wedding, where EVERYONE looks so bad. That would've been funny.
Ok!
I guess we will have to email the lists to everyone. I say that we set a deadline for this friday for christmas lists. If that is too early, then someone else suggest a more reasonable deadline, but i think that a deadline in necessary!
I changed nan's picture to his "school" picture. Just thought it was fitting. Nan, you can change your picture if you want.
Why not just put the lists on this post?
We could, it might get messy. But I guess it would be just as messy as email and the mess would be in less places.
So, By Friday December 9th, everyone should have their lists up on this post!
Any protests?
(And yes Dad, that means you too!)
I'm going to post my list early. It may seem like a lot, but it's all books, movies and music:
Books:
"Blink" -Malcolm Gladwell
"A Million Little Pieces"- James Frey
"Are Men Necessary?"- Maureen Dowd
"The High Price of Materialism"-Tim Kasser
DVDs:
Arrested Development season 2
Cinderella
Saved
Garden State
Brian Regan Stand-up comedy (I think it's only available on his website)
CDs:
Sondre Lerche (Two-Way Monologue and Faces Down, both my copies got stolen)
Death Cab for Cutie- Transatlanticism
Bacilos- (most recent album, Natalia knows which one it is)
Billy Joel- The Essential Billy Joel
Misc:
Clinique Happy perfume
Pedometer
(I'm lame, can't think of any other miscellaneous stuff, jewelry?)
Hi people,
By popular demand, here is my
"2005 Christmas with Guille" list:
I forgot to add the most important thing to my list that i would be happy to scratch everything from my list for. Any $ amount of gift certificates for flying to see Russ or for him to see me. That is the most important.
Since Dawn is with child, I'd like gifts to go to Fetus Alpha in my stead. It's only fair and I'm happy to be able to do it.
BUT, I know some of you may get me something anyway, so here's a short list:
1. Washington DC book (for moving and living resources)
2. A house in Washington DC (this may be too expensive for most of you).
3. Washington DC resources (not metro passes; I get those for free).
4. Good, comfortable earphones for iPod. I don't know what they're called, but they reduce outside noise and are really comfortable.
5. Spanish lessons/private tutor. Is it possible?
6. Soccer shorts and a good soccer ball(e.g. Adidas Vuelo Roteiro). Shop at Eurosport on www.soccer.com. You can get gift cards there too.
**natalia's wishlist**
* anything Alejandro Sanz (even cds, i gave them all away)
* new pillows (queen-size, the most comfy pillows you ever felt)
*black boots (not pointy, not too high- MOM, exactly like the brown boots you got me last year)
*Clothes for work
*jewelry
*Coldplay CD -the newest one
*"So in Love" perfume from Victoria's secret
*a new watch (all silver)- I just lost the watch Nan got me 10 years ago... something like that
*Season 6 of Friends
*scented candles!
*anything, really.
OK. I see my 'section' of the blog is getting too many comments, and it wouldn't be hard to guess what the say:' What the hell does he want??'
To ease your pain, here is the official Christmas list for 2005:
1) Nothing. Really. I have all day to go out and shop, and I don't do it because I don't want or need anything.
So, there's no way that spending one dollar on me could be justified. Don't do it. I defer all gifts to Fetus Alpha.
2) Ok. I DO need some things:
2.a)White cotton socks. Cheapos.
2.b)A shirt. One. It will be used until it disintegrates.
2.c)Here's the big one: a pair of brown shoes to wear to work, that will replace the ones I've been wearing for the last 5 years and that I think I stole from Nan when he was still at home.
2.d)The new Beatles biography (Bob Spitz).
2.e) T-shirts to wear at home. Who are we kidding: to wear 24/7. Medium. I'm a slim, in shape man.
That's it. Anything else will go to Fetus Alpha.
If the combined value of all the gifts exceeds $58.40, I will file complaints.
Thank you very much. Just be here, in a good mood, and PLEASE for once let me take a NICE family picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!One that deserves framing and hanging on The Wall.
Love you all.
DAD
Sorry, my list is way late. Here are some things I've thought of, but no need to follow this too closely...I'm not picky.
1 Pair of earrings—red
2. Corduroy pants (light blue, dark red [no black or brown please])—NOT from old navy
3. Acrylic paints
4. Sweaters—fitted (and not too short please; below are some styles I would like) http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod71126641&catId=cat82116; http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod72313641&catId=cat82118
http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod71039641&catId=cat82117
5. Digital camera
6. Enormous dresser
7. Knitting stuff (have needles in size 5, 6, 8, and 13)
8. Ski jacket (primary colors please, as in, no purple or teal, etc)
9. Sweatshirt
10. Long-sleeve shirts for layering
I am the only one that didn't post the list? Really! Shame on me! Well... the truth is that I don't want anything, Really. Plus, I specially enjoy being surprised that's why most of the times you don't see a list from me. But, having said that, I realize that it's also kind of inconsiderate of me not to give people a clue. So here it is.
Clue/s:
- I seem to be musically deprived, constantly. I do not have the means of listening to music while run or walk.
- I carry my laptop from and to work everyday in a canvas bag. My laptop is very small as you know, and weights almost nothing so to put it in a large bulky briefcase seems like it would defeat the purpose but I hate my canvas bag. Not very professional.
- I wear 20-year-old pajamas that it was Nati’s hand-me-down. I like it because it’s light, comfy and warm but it’s kind of disintegrating…
- I never had a bed since we moved to the US. Headboard I mean.
- I need a partner for ballroom dancing. A commitment from you know who would be nice.
- I am running out of Estee Lauder Lucidity Translucent Press Powder – 03 Medium and emptied my Carolina Herrera 212 perfume.
I’ll add more if I think of anything else.
"Estee Lauder Lucidity Translucent Press Powder"
What a name.
I need Ralph Lauren Perspicuity Transparent Camel Cream.
Last minute suggestion for me:
Jimmy Carter's new book (Our Endangered Values) and any books on the Kennedy administration, especially any emphasizing his speeches. Have any speech writers written anything?
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