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[apocalypsos]

You know how when you're adding stuff to your Amazon wish list, and afterwards they say, "Other customers who added that to their wish list added this, this and this"? That's both helpful and a vicious taunt. And last night, I got bored and added a huge stack of TV DVD box sets to the list. I seriously need to tell anyone who asks what I want to just give me Amazon gift certificates for my birthday in two and a half months so that I can go mad nuts on those box sets. (And yes, I still count down to my birthday like a toddler.)

Also, lugged my laundry around just now looking for washing machines no one was using. I'm pretty sure that's enough exercise to last me the rest of the month, especially considering that I have so much dirty laundry I could pile it just so and make a colorful play fort.

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[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try this year. I'm going to tell my father, "Look, if you want to get me stuff for Christmas, go here." I'd tell my mom, but if I point my dad towards a new Internet toy, he'll get all excited and want a wish list, too. (And that'll help when his birthday and Christmas come around.)

Besides, if I tell him, he'll tell my grandpa Al, and Al has wonderful taste in movies, so he'll get me the good stuff.

[dodyskin.livejournal.com]

Al has wonderful taste in movies, so he'll get me the good stuff.



Yeah, the best thing about the wishlist idea is that our kid takes a hint and just runs with it. I had one Japanese (translated--I'm hopelessly monolingual) book on there and I got a whole pile of stuff that I never would have known about otherwise. Of course it helps that all my family are tragically shoppingly-challenged and so jump on owt that will save them from going on the consumerist trudge of pain. YAY for websites that enable the dysfunctional.