Christmas Loot 2003
Christmas day went without any explosions, which is always a good sign. I prefer the goose we had this year instead of turkey: it's much tastier.
My main gift this year was the iPod (thanks Dad for the cash injection!), but I've come to the realisation that it doesn't stop there.
You will more than likely want a nice case to protect your shiny new toy. Also you'll want a nice pair of headphones to listen to your music. Oh, and you'll need a larger hard drive to store all your music. And let's not forget that you also need lots of new music to listen to! Steve Jobs is an evil genius. Other goodies received included some new Icebreaker gear from Mum, along with socks and underwear - why do I always get those? I have perfectly servicable underwear that has a good few years left in them yet! Thanks Mum!
My sister was very sneaky. She called me up asking me if I would prefer the His Dark Materials trilogy as one book or as 3 separate books. And what do I unwrap on Christmas Day?
Why Quicksilver of course! I'm looking forward to reading that, after I finish this Potter book. She also got me a subscription to National Geographic. Thanks Jo!
I have decided to indoctrinate her into the cult of the iPod, so will hopefully be getting one for her in the next few weeks. Barring any more planes full of iPods going up in smoke (via iPodlounge).
I think the best gift this year was what my sister got. Toe socks! What was the coolest gift in your household this year?
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Everyone seems to be using iPod all of a sudden. Glad your Chrismas went well. :)
Pretty soon, cars will be made with an iPod dock. Volkswagon is already working on this, I hear :)
iPod mania! In the UK at least, it's the most popular gift for adults this year. I think cars should have built-in wireless HDDs which will sync to your music server.
Ooh, cool loot. I love the socks =). I'll await your review of Dark Materials. I read them a while ago but I'm always interested in hearing what other people think of them.
Alas His Dark Materials wasn't in the stocking. I will get around to reading it at some point though. I am reading Quicksilver now, and I have a funny feeling that I will have to re-read Cryptonomicon directly afterwards!