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My father-
* gift set full of cheese and meat and crackers. He likes that crap. I don't know why.
* dark chocolate Moose Munch bar.
* a small diecast backhoe, he's run a real one for the past thirty years.
* a medium-sized model Nascar (#3, whoeverthefuck). I don't understand my father's Nascar obsession, but it makes him happy.

Middle brother-
* a red t-shirt with a barking spider on it. It says underneath of the barking spider, 'barking spider'. heh.
* a box of dark chocolate-covered peppermint cordial cherries. The love for chocolate-covered cherries is strong in this family.
* a fancy chocolate pretzel candy bar.
* limited edition of 150 print Sleepytime Gorilla Museum poster.

The Engineer-
* Land of the Dead dvd.
* The Devil's Rejects dvd.
* The Occult Experience vhs. Getting this was sheer bitchery.
* a Sunshine Blind cd, I don't remember the title.
* some cd from an artist who's name I can't remember (Jeff Koons?) Airy, faerie hippie bullshit music.
* a book on Abstract Expressionism art.
* a fancy chocolate pretzel candy bar.
* dark chocolate Moose Munch bar.
* a large silver bell with a stag head on it for his altar (this caused Miss Robin much hilarity).
* The Zombie Survival Manual, which he almost didn't get because I wanted to keep it for myself.
* Dellamorte Dellamore dvd.

Angel-
* The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair, by Marion Roach (Angel is a natural redhead).

Joanna-
* socks with crabs and monkeys on them. Not crabs and monkeys on the same socks, mind you, because those would be banging. But, two pairs of socks. One with monkeys, the other with crabs.
* an obnoxious golf-sized umbrella.
* a sunflower in a can.

Amanda-
* the Frank the Bunny action figure from Donnie Darko.
* Impatiens flower in a can.

The Wee Ninja-
* spy scope night vision!
* batteries!
* magic bean in a can, what gives you a magic message in under a week!

Wemble-
* a Where the Wild Things Are t-shirt.

Miss Robin (from me and The Engineer)-
* Tattoo Girl, by Brooke Stevens
* MAC gift card.

Saint Rick (from me and The Engineer)-
* Skeleton Key dvd.

The Amazing Larry (from me and The Engineer-
* snakebite kit.
* propane tent heater.

Ellis (from me and The Engineer)-
* a Monty Python t-shirt.

Rowan (from me and The Engineer)-
* J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography, by Humphrey Carpenter.

Kyle (from me and The Engineer)-
* I do all my own stunts t-shirt.

Thee Pumpkin Girl-
* not telling you, because she hasn't gotten it yet.

I think I'm forgetting some things, for other people, though.



Mostly a good holiday. Wee bit of the uncomfortable when Eldest Brother showed up right after dinner tonight, but he managed to behave himself and actually he and I had what passes as a normal conversation in this family. I got uppitty and decided to make dinner again, which was lasagna (which I've never made before), green salad with various fresh vegetables, and homemade garlic bread (that I burned, a little). After dinner, quite a few of my friends showed up for chocolate pie (which I made) and shit-talking. I drank too much Kahlua and smoked a bit too much pot, which made me at my peak of hilarity. And Wemble and her husband left only about an hour and a half ago or thereabouts.

It's quiet now. And the apartment is almost immaculate (I cleaned all day before people came over). I don't necessarily have to go into work tomorrow because we were given the option of not coming in and receiving a paid holiday or coming in and receiving eight hours of holiday time on top of the hours we worked. I'm going to go in, just to get up some hours, but I'm going in late and I'm not staying forever.

However, now that I've just typed that, I remembered that on Friday, my car decided to start vomiting power-steering fluid and that it might not be a good idea to drive it tomorrow. So, I don't know. When my father looked under the car today, there was no power-steering fluid to be found. So, that leaves me wondering if maybe I just overfilled the damn thing (because I put some in there Friday morning) or if something is actually wrong. I have plans to take the car to the mechanic on Tuesday because of this and some (possibly) loose belts making it go grindy.

I don't know. I'm quite tired and still a little bit stoned, so I'm fairly certain I'm just rambling at this point.

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* MAC gift card.

best present ever!! i also liked that book a lot too, the one for miss r.