Ah Christmas, that annual time where most people celebrate that snowballing mish-mash of traditions and joy, and get given a bunch of stuff from friends and family, as well as giving back to them in a gracious show of love. Now, of course, the question on everyone's lips is obviously, "What did you get, Arnold?", because that's how god-damn inspirational I am to the world. Well alright, if you insist then... Don't worry though, I'm not going to start talking about all the pairs of socks I was given, no matter how awesome they were. Just significant, perhaps more exciting gifts, the majority with a hint of my absolute nerdiness.
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| Here are some awesome tile coasters, via my lovely Sister, each with a nice little nod to certain pop-cult entities. Left: Castle reference, Right: Superman/Smallville reference. |
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| A tidy set of Blu-Rays, featuring the coveted Star Wars set. |
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| Some shiny brown work boots, just 'cause. |
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| Halo: Anniversary, and Assassins Creed: Revelations: Because no Holiday is complete without a fair share of video games. |
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| A couple books, both with the Comic book industry in mind. On the left we have Grant Morrison's documentation of the world through superheroes and panels (signed, of course), and on the right, a visual commentary on the timeline of Marvel. |
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| A very pretty letter opener (because I suck at doing it with my hands), with an awesome Limited Edition Supes theme going on. |
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| Another sweet Superman thing: This huge canvas will look epic on my wall. |
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| Writer/Actor/Comedian Alan Davies' new part auto-biography, part "talk about people he is inspired by" book. |
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| 3 Graphic Novels, 2 of which changed the face of the industry forever (The Dark Knight Returns and The Sandman), while Old Man Logan is just too awesome. The quilt cover they rest on was also a present. |
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| My highly-anticipated Jayne Hat, straight outta Firefly, complete with replica box and letter. "How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don't you think?" |
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| And the "I wonder what this could be used for" Blue Yeti USB microphone, for all my vocal and musical needs. Seen here accompanied by my new "We're not fancy, but we still rock" JVC headphones. Unlike me, who's always fancy. (Each gifted separately) |
'Course, this is just a taster of all the awesome shizzle I got this year, because I don't think it's safe to expose your minds to the actual level of generosity that I was granted by my family. So thanks to all of you who were silly enough to spend unheard of riches on my humbled, yet grateful self. 'Tis a kindness, truly. Most of what you see here is from my Mum, Sister and Dad, so big, big props to them, and I hope you too were gifted such nice products of materialistic properties. "And a Happy New Year".
ATR
