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azurelunatic) wrote2003-12-06 03:55 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-12-06 03:55 pm
Gifts...
Little Fayoumis wants a red lightsaber, double-bladed. He told Santa so.
Guess who has one, old and kind of junky, that she never uses?
Ahh, the power of recycling.
Giving Things Policy
I still need to get my act together, make a holiday card, get it printed up at Kinky's or somewhere, and send it out. Gifts are... ...probably not going to be very widespread, because we're on a college-student-with-car-payments-and-insurance/single-income-family budget. Where gifts do happen, they have a high probability of being small and/or recycled, and quite possibly late.
I don't like to give generic gifts. If the thought of giving someone something doesn't make me grin and carol with Milesian manic glee, I don't consider it a proper gift.
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darqstar did have an incredibly good idea. In lieu of heavy gift-giving to people this year, she's going to be donating stuff to their local animal shelter in their names. Cat food was what she was thinking at first; she learned that their actual needs were more along the lines of bleach and towels. I'm planning on making a small Sam's run with this shelter wish list. Neither shammash nor eris_raven came from a shelter; both of them were directly adopted from the streets. If you would like your name added to the card, please let me know.
Getting Things Policy
I'm a cheerful semi-materialist, and I do love getting things. I definitely don't insist on it. I don't know even half of you well enough to expect that you would want to get me something.
That being said, I do have an Amazon.com wish list, which I use more as a "Oh, this is nifty, I wouldn't mind getting it when I have money" place to keep track of things than a "Other people should get this for me" list. I've also just realized that I can keep track of quite a bit of what Little Fayoumis wants on there, too.
If you want to snagdarqstar's idea of donating stuff to needy people or critters, feel free to do so in my name instead of getting me anything, if you're so inclined. Or in addition to. <azzgrin>
Guess who has one, old and kind of junky, that she never uses?
Ahh, the power of recycling.
Giving Things Policy
I still need to get my act together, make a holiday card, get it printed up at Kinky's or somewhere, and send it out. Gifts are... ...probably not going to be very widespread, because we're on a college-student-with-car-payments-and-insurance/single-income-family budget. Where gifts do happen, they have a high probability of being small and/or recycled, and quite possibly late.
I don't like to give generic gifts. If the thought of giving someone something doesn't make me grin and carol with Milesian manic glee, I don't consider it a proper gift.
darqstar did have an incredibly good idea. In lieu of heavy gift-giving to people this year, she's going to be donating stuff to their local animal shelter in their names. Cat food was what she was thinking at first; she learned that their actual needs were more along the lines of bleach and towels. I'm planning on making a small Sam's run with this shelter wish list. Neither shammash nor eris_raven came from a shelter; both of them were directly adopted from the streets. If you would like your name added to the card, please let me know. Getting Things Policy
I'm a cheerful semi-materialist, and I do love getting things. I definitely don't insist on it. I don't know even half of you well enough to expect that you would want to get me something.
That being said, I do have an Amazon.com wish list, which I use more as a "Oh, this is nifty, I wouldn't mind getting it when I have money" place to keep track of things than a "Other people should get this for me" list. I've also just realized that I can keep track of quite a bit of what Little Fayoumis wants on there, too.
If you want to snag
darqstar's idea of donating stuff to needy people or critters, feel free to do so in my name instead of getting me anything, if you're so inclined. Or in addition to. <azzgrin>