Global Holidays and Celebrations

[Eich]

*slides over chaotically*
So! What's the awesomest thing you're looking forward to from LBPlanet 3? Anything specific? Or is it just all-over awesome?

Also: since it's so late over there, have you built the Trojan horse to capture Santa yet? :0

Just, everything, really.  I built all kinds of stuff in lbp2.  I even made a little RPG character that can level up and learn stuff and use items.  This game is supposed to be even more in-depth than the last one... *hands begin to quiver*. Also, the story mode looks adorable and fun, as always. 
No, I scrapped it.  It was finished, but then the ghost of Christmas future showed up and... One thing lead to another... Yeah, it was a bad idea.

Oh, yeah.  Did you end up getting that 3DS?

[OrigamiOwl]

Just, everything, really.  I built all kinds of stuff in lbp2.  I even made a little RPG character that can level up and learn stuff and use items.  This game is supposed to be even more in-depth than the last one... *hands begin to quiver*. Also, the story mode looks adorable and fun, as always. 
No, I scrapped it.  It was finished, but then the ghost of Christmas future showed up and... One thing lead to another... Yeah, it was a bad idea.

Oh, yeah.  Did you end up getting that 3DS?

Only the ghost of Christmas future?? I guess the other two had other hauntings to busy themselves with
LBP sounds like a neato game!

Noooo, I was going to have to buy it for myself, but I checked my bank balance and: $0.87c *virtual moth flies out* X'D *Torbjörn tears*
So, no 3ds ;__;

[ThisCat]

I got a bunch of citchen stuff again, which is nice. And I got three sweaters from my grandmother, and they were both good looking and my size That's a first. Other than that, more plastic animals, towels, an Alice in wonderland-based book of riddles, and xkcd's What If, which I finished reading a few hours after unpacking it. The food was top quality, the family was happy. All around a good year.

[Piney]

My grandma never fails to get me at least one gift that's meant primarily for New York tourists... she doesn't seem to realize that tourists and people who actually live in New York do not overlap. I appreciate the sentiment, though.

[Eich]

Good haul this year.  New, and rather fancy mouse from the grandparents, some headphones, Little Big Planet 3, slidey socks, a new Swiss army knife to replace my biohazard-ized one, and an eventual poster of xkcd's "Upgoer 5" strip (when it arrives).  I'll probably get Minna's print of the language tree for myself once in back at school, too, cause I really want that!

@ThisCat, isn't that book awesome!?  It's so funny!

[kjeks]

Good haul this year.  New, and rather fancy mouse from the grandparents, some headphones, Little Big Planet 3, slidey socks, a new Swiss army knife to replace my biohazard-ized one, and an eventual poster of xkcd's "Upgoer 5" strip (when it arrives).  I'll probably get Minna's print of the language tree for myself once in back at school, too, cause I really want that!

@ThisCat, isn't that book awesome!?  It's so funny!

I envy you of the upgoer five poster. Amazing work he has done there!

[OrigamiOwl]

Good haul this year.  New, and rather fancy mouse from the grandparents, some headphones, Little Big Planet 3, slidey socks, a new Swiss army knife to replace my biohazard-ized one, and an eventual poster of xkcd's "Upgoer 5" strip (when it arrives).  I'll probably get Minna's print of the language tree for myself once in back at school, too, cause I really want that!

@ThisCat, isn't that book awesome!?  It's so funny!

A fancy mouse?

Edit: today is my sisters 17th birthday and we got her a giant acoustic amp and a loop pedal. No one is safe. OAO
Also, as a surprise, her BFF is coming over after lunch X) she's sad every year because her friends can never see her during the holidays, except for band practice/sleepovers

[Eich]

A fancy mouse?

Edit: today is my sisters 17th birthday and we got her a giant acoustic amp and a loop pedal. No one is safe. OAO
Also, as a surprise, her BFF is coming over after lunch X) she's sad every year because her friends can never see her during the holidays, except for band practice/sleepovers

Fancy indeed.  It has 13 buttons!

You're encouraging good behavior in that girl, then.  Just, don't be afraid to remind her that amps can be used at low volume.  I have a fancy pedal, but I have no idea how to use it, and I never play my electric anyway.  :\

[OrigamiOwl]

Fancy indeed.  It has 13 buttons!

You're encouraging good behavior in that girl, then.  Just, don't be afraid to remind her that amps can be used at low volume.  I have a fancy pedal, but I have no idea how to use it, and I never play my electric anyway.  :\

THIRTEEN BUTTONS!!!!!? :O wow!
I got a mouse with no buttons ;-; heh

Hehe yeah, luring her away from Tuominess... (I still can't believe how her band sung about the futility of school AT graduation, the teacher MC didn't even know what to say afterwards omg)
She's currently plugged her keyboard into it, so all is well...for now.
You have a pedal?! *flails arms* Agh imagine the neato layers of guitar you could do! :0 unless your acoustic isn't...electric?

[JoB]

Fancy indeed.  It has 13 buttons!

... that's no mouse. That's a numeric keypad with builtin antitheft motion sensor!

[ThisCat]

Good haul this year.  New, and rather fancy mouse from the grandparents, some headphones, Little Big Planet 3, slidey socks, a new Swiss army knife to replace my biohazard-ized one, and an eventual poster of xkcd's "Upgoer 5" strip (when it arrives).  I'll probably get Minna's print of the language tree for myself once in back at school, too, cause I really want that!

@ThisCat, isn't that book awesome!?  It's so funny!

It's the best book
I also want an upgoer 5 poster. I still go back to laugh at that strip sometimes.

[Eich]

It's the best book
I also want an upgoer 5 poster. I still go back to laugh at that strip sometimes.

... that's no mouse. That's a numeric keypad with builtin antitheft motion sensor!

I'm in good company. 
The Upgoer 5 is one of the strips I showed my mom, and it's ger favorite.
I can copy/paste, go forward and backward, adjust the dpi using the buttons, and do pretty much anything a mega mouse can do.  This will be amazing for using Solidworks.

THIRTEEN BUTTONS!!!!!? :O wow!
I got a mouse with no buttons ;-; heh

Hehe yeah, luring her away from Tuominess... (I still can't believe how her band sung about the futility of school AT graduation, the teacher MC didn't even know what to say afterwards omg)
She's currently plugged her keyboard into it, so all is well...for now.
You have a pedal?! *flails arms* Agh imagine the neato layers of guitar you could do! :0 unless your acoustic isn't...electric?

I imagine that also includes beng a moody teenager, too?  I always felt bad when I played my guitar too loud, cause my mom works from home, right next to my room, and loud sound has a way of going through walls.
Nope, my only electric is an actual electric.  My classical and acoustic are both wood and steel/nylon/copper.

[OrigamiOwl]

I'm in good company. 
The Upgoer 5 is one of the strips I showed my mom, and it's ger favorite.
I can copy/paste, go forward and backward, adjust the dpi using the buttons, and do pretty much anything a mega mouse can do.  This will be amazing for using Solidworks.
I imagine that also includes beng a moody teenager, too?  I always felt bad when I played my guitar too loud, cause my mom works from home, right next to my room, and loud sound has a way of going through walls.
Nope, my only electric is an actual electric.  My classical and acoustic are both wood and steel/nylon/copper.

So many buttonnnnnnnnns! 8D
You have three guitars? That's awesome! Did you just take the acoustic to uni with you?

[Eich]

So many buttonnnnnnnnns! 8D
You have three guitars? That's awesome! Did you just take the acoustic to uni with you?

Yup!  The acoustic was my mom's, but she never learned to play it, but also never sold it.  I found sitting around and picked it up one day.  The electric was my 2nd, a Fender Stratocaster from Mexico, that I got for turning myself around and getting good grades for the first time in my life.  The classical is the one I take with me to uni, though.  It's lightweight and sounds better than the other two.

Today was weird.  It didn't feel at all like Christmas, because we had a sort of early Christmas with my sister and brother-in-law before they left (oh, I also got a calendar with foxes on it, because foxes are the best), and then my grandparents randomly showed up because my granddad forgot what the plans for today were.    Then they were gonna leave, then they ended up staying anyway, then we did presents, then we ate, then we sat around doing nothing that we usually do on Christmas.

[OrigamiOwl]

Yup!  The acoustic was my mom's, but she never learned to play it, but also never sold it.  I found sitting around and picked it up one day.  The electric was my 2nd, a Fender Stratocaster from Mexico, that I got for turning myself around and getting good grades for the first time in my life.  The classical is the one I take with me to uni, though.  It's lightweight and sounds better than the other two.

Today was weird.  It didn't feel at all like Christmas, because we had a sort of early Christmas with my sister and brother-in-law before they left (oh, I also got a calendar with foxes on it, because foxes are the best), and then my grandparents randomly showed up because my granddad forgot what the plans for today were.    Then they were gonna leave, then they ended up staying anyway, then we did presents, then we ate, then we sat around doing nothing that we usually do on Christmas.

It's weird how Christmas is so hyped up and then the whole family just sits around half-asleep in the lounge all day X'D in fact, we spent more time daytime-sleeping then we did eating lunch, or even having conversation! It was so silent this year o___o
Does the Eich clan do Christmas lunch or Christmas dinner as the main meal? We do lunch, and then can't be bothered with dinner. :/ We used to have a big dinner at the grandparents house but ever since that year when we all fell asleep and missed it (we all had colds) we just don't do dinners anymore hehehe
I made so much sushi for lunch this year! XP the grandparents just cut it up with their cutlery...it was so cute/disturbing uAu