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January 5, 2005 at 3:06 pm
If you are thankful for the cards your friends sent, why didn’t you invite some of those friends to your New Year’s party?
January 5, 2005 at 3:15 pm
…because some of them weren’t in town. And we don’t like some of the other ones.
January 5, 2005 at 3:17 pm
Steve, you live in New York City?
January 5, 2005 at 3:23 pm
yep. And Mathew doesn’t, not anymore!
January 5, 2005 at 3:27 pm
There it is. I found Steve’s wish list:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html/002-1294160-6432058?%5Fencoding=UTF8&id=3AFDHLZGR2N1G
January 5, 2005 at 3:30 pm
It’s a bit embarrassing to have my secret wishes made public, but so be it.
January 5, 2005 at 3:32 pm
Well, I doubt that’s really it. :) Did you check the link?
January 5, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Indeed I did check the link, Dan. Why?
January 5, 2005 at 3:39 pm
Oh well. That was my goofy stab at humor.
January 5, 2005 at 3:57 pm
Hummmm. The thought of Steve in a faux fur bustier . . . . What would possibly be funny about that?
January 5, 2005 at 4:02 pm
Some stuff you can’t make up. I was going through trying to figure out which wish list actually belonged to Steve … and that one popped up.
January 5, 2005 at 4:23 pm
look, I already said I was embarrassed to have that out in the open…. what more do you people want??
January 5, 2005 at 4:50 pm
Steve,
I’d like to see stricter penalties for parole violators … and world peace.
January 5, 2005 at 5:38 pm
“The thought of Steve in a faux fur bustier”
eeeeeeeuuuuuwwwwww!!!
January 5, 2005 at 5:53 pm
kris, I admit I don’t fill it out very well — yet. Give me time.
January 5, 2005 at 8:21 pm
Kris, clearly you haven’t met Steve yet. I think he’d look great in a bustier, particularly with a pair of fishnet stockings and some stilletto heels. In fact, Steve, didn’t you hike to Bridal Veil in stillettos that one time?
January 5, 2005 at 8:35 pm
Rosalynde–I *have* met Steve; I’ve seen him in his pajamas. That’s *plenty* for me ;)
January 6, 2005 at 1:42 am
I just can’t comment on the bustier, because that’s way tmi for blogging cohorts…and I’m already a little naseous….but I have to say I turned into a gift card hypocrit this year. I refuse to give any, but was tickled pink to get some, to favorite stores, so I could hit the after Christmas sales. I did feel guilty though…
January 6, 2005 at 8:04 am
My best gift was a pair of those Jakks TV games that have Ms Pacman, Pole Position, Galaga, Xevious — all of those great old video games. The whole family has been having fun with them.
January 6, 2005 at 10:10 am
Can I come over, Bryce?
Seriously, I’m just waiting for those bad boys to hit the clearance rack and I’m stocking up. Probably best to wait until AFTER I finish my thesis, though.
January 6, 2005 at 10:26 am
Chad –
If you’ve got a decent computer, you can always go the MAME route:
http://www.mame.net/
Pretty much any game you want is available. Legality is a bit murky.
January 6, 2005 at 6:38 pm
Personally I’m anti-fur, anti-steve in girl undies, and anti gift card.
However,
My mom gave us some gift cards to some nice local eating places (I can think of how to spell that r word) and I’m very excited to actually get a real date with the hub!