gave:
Lisa: 3 books (The Hobbit Companion, plus an autobiography of Meat Loaf and a book about Woodstock)
Grandfather: digital answering machine, 2 DVDs (best of Friends- season 2, Charlie Chaplin cheapo double-disc w/ like 5 films)
Uncle Kent: 2 books (Essential Rumi, Jazz Anecdotes)
Dad & Gerry: swank-looking bubbly GPX CD/cassette boombox
Tony & Tasha: Tim Burton book
Abby (Tony’s daughter): Neil Gaiman’s The Wolves in the Walls
recieved:
Grandfather: $100 gift card for Express/Structure
Uncle Kent: Eddie Bauer stuff (windproof lighter w/ compass, window de-icer, duffle bag w/ wheels), 2 books (The Matrix and Philosophy, The Onion AV Club’s The Tenacity of the Cockroach)
Dad & Gerry: handmade duct tape wallet, Q-sized air mattress #2, set of 4 holstein-colored mugs and guitar-shaped tin of caramels w/ cocoa mix, desk calendar w/ Eastern philosophy writ within, the traditional Wonder Ball candy
Tony & Tasha: TBD…
Grace: electric CD repair kit
and Lisa got TBD gifts from Kent, Dad & Gerry, Grandfather, and Grace!! (can’t wait to see what she got!)
hope i’m not forgetting anything (or anyone)!
i regret that i couldn’t get everyone i know & love at least something, and some people many things… i vastly prefer that great feeling of giving much more than i recieve (a.k.a. Instant Karma!), but that’s life i guess.
