Are you reading the forums? Weird. Me too.

[diesel_powered]

I have not had a goddamn drink all week.  I think my brain is broken.

 

[Good Intentions]

Well...I did buy my boyfriend a $300 digital camera, which was technically his Christmas present, though I'm planning on getting another small thing to give him when I get home. 

So, can you beat $400?

No. I spent about $160 American, but I'm an impoverished student.

[El_Josharino]

I have not had a goddamn drink all week.  I think my brain is broken.

After I read this, I started to think, "Man, I haven't had a drink in awhile either. It's probably been a week for me too." But then I remembered it's only been since Thursday. Which I guess is kind of awhile. I probably should have one.

[DCDave]

I think I spent like 2 grand on xmas gifts.

[elpollodiablo]

That's great Dave

[alexandra]

jesus.

i spent $400.

[alexandra]

how does one get on DCDave's present list?

[andronicus]

I like all of my gifts to serve a moral purpose, and generally that purpose is to show them that if they had made better life choices, their gifts wouldn't have to be so shitty compared to mine.

[elpollodiablo]

Shouldn't your gifts demonstrate that they'd be able to buy superior gifts if their parents had made better life choices?

[andronicus]

All's I'm saying is a long time ago I got some nice business cards made up, ivory laid, with "Try Harder" on them in a classy sans serif font.  I pair one of those bad boys up with a $50 T-bond and that's been my birthday present to my nephew 6 years running.

It's a character-building thing, pollo, I wouldn't expect you to understand.

[heather marie]

Miles you are my homie.

[elpollodiablo]

Anyway.

I borrowed my dad's digital projector (which he uses when giving presentations and things) and have been making hell of use of it playing Wii. I also took it over to my buddy's place and we pwned some n00bs in Halo 3 on the huge white wall in his spare room. The display area was taller than I am. It was frikkin awesome.

[Doctor Bob]

I spent less than €200 in total on presents- on christmas presents for my mother, father, sister and niece, and on slightly belated birthday presents for my mother and father.  And I bought it all in two hours.

I didn't realise it was a competition.

[Ashley]

I can't sleep like a normal person lately (try to go to bed at 4, lay in bed and think about makin' stuff until 7).   

So now it's 9:30 and I'm making a case for the nintendo DS I don't have.  Probably a bad idea, but when the only things you can think about are makin' stuff and buyin' stuff, you have to do something.

Also; my friend gave me some amazing orange and blue plaid cordury in October and I finally want something that warrents using it.

[guanajuato]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3261591.ece

???

[Good Intentions]

I spent less than €200 in total on presents- on christmas presents for my mother, father, sister and niece, and on slightly belated birthday presents for my mother and father.  And I bought it all in two hours.

I didn't realise it was a competition.

You're not paying enough attention to advertising, obviously.

[alistarr*]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3261591.ece

???

hmmmm. their website looks lame.

[elpollodiablo]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3261591.ece

???

I hope someone's standing by to change Cory Doctorow's diaper

[Doctor Bob]

I spent less than €200 in total on presents- on christmas presents for my mother, father, sister and niece, and on slightly belated birthday presents for my mother and father.  And I bought it all in two hours.

I didn't realise it was a competition.

You're not paying enough attention to advertising, obviously.

So that was my mistake?  Gah!

And there was me thinking that when my mother said 'Well, I need slippers, and I can always use a book token' it should be taken at face value.  I have a lot to learn.

I wonder if they all think I don't love them any more.

[jebreject]

Robert, my friend, they've been thinking that for years.

[Andrew_TSKS]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3261591.ece

???

interesting. free music, with drm, in exchange for putting up with ads. guess we'll see how this goes. i think it has better potential than any other idea i've seen yet, assuming the commercials sell for enough to make it profitable in the long term.

[elpollodiablo]

I don't have time to find the link for you but another story went up like an hour ago stating that 3 of the 4 majors involved have either backed out or shown major reluctance in the wake of Qtrax's announcement

[Doctor Bob]

Robert, my friend, they've been thinking that for years.

Just as well I kept the receipts for the gifts, then.

[Andrew_TSKS]

I don't have time to find the link for you but another story went up like an hour ago stating that 3 of the 4 majors involved have either backed out or shown major reluctance in the wake of Qtrax's announcement

hahahaha of course that's what happened. of COURSE.

[Little Sixes Little Nines]

Sorry, what was Qtrax's announcement?
Also, this whole Qtrax thing seems to make a LOT of sense, despite it possibly destroying the record industry.