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12/01/2002 entry: "I start work in 37 hours and 10 minutes! whee!"

You know what's sick? My aunt and cousin both asked me for a Christmas list on Thanksgiving. It's just sad that no one can enjoy Thanksgiving without worrying about Christmas. Granted, some people have a lot of shopping to do. But come on, that's just nuts.

I also now have my own personal Christmas tree in my room. It's perdy. I like it. $15, and it came with its own lights. Yay.

I bought some vinyl today. The Knack, The Kinks, CCR and Peter Gabriel. I can't wait to try out the CCR tomorrow. It's going to sound so wonderful coming out of a record player. CDs are nice, but some things are just meant to be played on less advanced machines.

Kari mentioned wanting to send a Xmas gift to a "Rachel" in her journal. I'm hesitant to assume it's me, because that's 1) conceited and 2) possibly wrong. If it is, I'd be so freaking excited. And I'd immediately work on sending a reciprocal gift (because I was thinking about sending out a couple of gifts to online friends this year anyhow). I think I'd actually have a bunch of fun trying to figure out what to send her. Even though, well, I guess I don't know EXACTLY the things she likes, I have general ideas. But I can come up with a survey to determine certain likes and dislikes, like I did for Peggy once. It helps tremendously and even though I asked those questions, what I got for her was still a surprise. I made a little themed gift basket, with a blockbuster card, some popcorn, candy and cookies. It was cute.

Another gift I'm rather proud of is the one I made for Kevin's birthday. I basically created a Devo Bear. No joke. You know those yellow suits / goggles they wear in their Satisfaction video? Yeah, put a teddy bear in one of those. I will not reveal how I did it, but I'm rather proud of how it came out. When he finally saw it, Kevin really liked it. I couldn't believe I came up with such an original idea, but it just goes to show that if you think hard enough, you can come up with really good gifts.

I think tomorrow I'm going to start working on extended family gifts. I think I know what I'm doing this year to try and top last year's gift baskets that everyone loved. It will be similar, yet different. The main present will be different.

Oooh. I wonder if I should try to theme it...

Hmm. I'd have to really think about that, it'd be kinda hard.

I'm going to play some Virtual Pool before bed. It's 4 am. Haha. I suck.