My Grown-Up Christmas List

I feel kind of cheap posting this list. I've only had one other e-journal entry since my last wish list. I don't want to sound greedy, like getting stuff is all I care about. It's just not true. This year I want to do something different. Instead of giving gifts out to people, I give money to charity. The money that I would normally spend on gifts for family & friends will go to the Salvation Army, to people who really need it.

And I would like to encourage other people to do the same. Christmas has become too commercial. It's all about buying stuff and special savings and discounts. Christ has been taken out of Christmas. People wish Happy Holidays. They're afraid to wish others a Merry Christmas because they're afraid they might offend someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas.

So if someone is reading this to look for ideas for gifts to give me, please reconsider and give that money to charity. I love getting stuff as much as the next person. But there isn't anything I really need that I don't have already. So instead of buying me gifts, give them to people who really need help.

Here comes the hypocritical part of this e-journal entry. I know there are people out there who will still want to buy me a gift or two. I can't fault them for that. Some just aren't at that point yet. Hey, I may still give out a few gifts to some people. But these people have no idea what to get for me. Which completely baffles me because if they know me well enough to buy me a gift, they would know what a geek I am. I love geeky stuff (except anime).

So here is the list of stuff that I would like to get if you really need ideas.

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
American Lion by Jon Meacham
Fox's Book of Martyrs
concert tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra or Boston Pops (absolutely no Christmas concerts!)
Cloverfield on DVD
Dollhouse: Season One on DVD ***
Up on DVD
Wall-E on DVD
The Triplets of Belleville on DVD
Drag Me To Hell on DVD
I Love You, Man on DVD
Liberty! The American Revolution miniseries documentary on DVD
Monty Python Sings by Monty Python CD
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: the Score by Christophe Beck CD
gift certificate to Parker's Maple Barn ***
sweatshirts: size XL (nothing teenager-y unless it's Transformers-related)
Bejeweled 2 computer game
blu-ray player (If you get me this, then change the above movies to blu-ray format)
Staedtler MasterCarve Tool Set ***
Transformers baseball cap ***

*** denotes items that I really, really want.