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Posted over 4 years ago
Just as I was despairing that Mog Santa wasn’t going to visit me this year for being such a bad mogger, I got two packages Christmas Eve. I figure I must’ve gotten some good mog karma for the shoe pic (not to mention the delightful art deco cd – ha) I sent Amber.And not only did I get two packages but they were both overfilled with awesomeness!"Torch":http://mog.com/Torch was my mog secret santa and he gifted me with two mixes. A lot of the songs on his mixes were songs that I knew and loved but didn’t own – so that was spectacularly cool. I took a nice trip down a musical memory lane. A small selection of what he sent: The Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin, Away by the Toadies, Not the Doctor by Alanis Morrisette, Desperately Wanting by Better than Ezra, and Clumsy by Our Lady Peace. He also had a few on there I’d never heard but am really digging like Angry Situation by Save Ferris and Crushcrushcrush by Paramore. A couple things really tickled me. The first is that the first song on the first cd was the song I walked down the aisle to – Christmas Canon by Trans Siberian Orchestra. The second was he included What a Good Boy by Barenaked Ladies. I mentioned a few times here that I have a collection of songs for whenever I need to have a good cry. A handful of songs that are guaranteed to release the torrent of agony that builds up inside sometimes. What a Good Boy is the second best song for this purpose. The song wasn’t even in my itunes so that I have to purposely get the cd to listen to it. So, basically, Torch made me cry. Thanks Torch. Haha…I jest. I am super excited about the mixes. I am currently rocking out to Huey Lewis & the News courtesy of Torch. The second package I got wasn’t Christmas related, I don’t think – but since it came on Christmas Eve I am counting it as such. "Fairportfan":http://mog.com/fairportfan sent me three movies: Dark Star, Get Crazy, and The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T (Dr. Suess for the win!). Those I plan to thoroughly enjoy this weekend.So thank you both! And on the family tip, my lovely husband got me an 80 gig ipod and a wii. I love my life sometimes. :)
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Comments (35)

  1. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says you have a wii? I have one...I've had one
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  2. chucky
    chucky says I do now. I only played with it for about an hour. My shoulder hurts now. Heh.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  3. ROCKNROLLPIMP
    ROCKNROLLPIMP says OMG OMG good to see you here AND awesome then
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  4. chucky
    chucky says :) Good to see you here too..haha.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  5. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says but it's fun. Like Mario
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  6. RGM
    RGM says Dudest! Kool!
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  7. chucky
    chucky says Heath, I don't have Mario. I have Zelda - Twilight Princess. Friggin fishing. Ray, Dude! :)
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  8. RGM
    RGM says Oh forgot! Koollllll.... ;)
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  9. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says Ihave Zelda. I stopped playing it. Dunno why, just did. I'm kicking some ass on Galaxy
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  10. Dale
    Dale says Twilight Princess FTW! And big ups to Torch with two CD's of goodness!
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  11. tybees
    tybees says Yay you got a wii! Ok now you need to get Mario Party 8 and play it with 4 people. Super-fun/totally addicting. But you need 4 remotes.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  12. Dale
    Dale says Oh, by the way, we just got the Wii Zapper with the Zelda mini-games. Ridiculously fun! So get that next.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  13. chucky
    chucky says Ray, apologies. KOOL!!! hahaha....;) Heath, yeah I had it on gamecube and never finished it. Thought it might be more fun on the wii. What's galaxy? Is that Mario? Dale, big ups to torch indeed! What's the zapper? How will I keep up? hahaha... Ty, yep. I was completely surprised. I didn't know it, but he was going out constantly before christmas hoping to find one in stock. Right now, I have four nunchuks and 2 controllers. Four nunchuks because they told him at the store they didn't come with the console so he bought extras....grrr...
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  14. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says Yeah, Galaxy is Mario. It's ridiculously fun.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  15. chucky
    chucky says That's what I was told about wii sports, but that is a whole bag of lame.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  16. chucky
    chucky says I was never a huge Mario fan. But, it's been ages and ages (and ages) since I've played any Mario games so my memory is a bit fuzzy on how good they were or weren't.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  17. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says Wii Sports is great for the price of "included". Galaxy really is...I mean, it's Mario.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  18. Dale
    Dale says The Wii Zapper basically turns your controller and nunchuk into a gun. The included game is Link's Crossbow Challenge, where Link does target practice and takes out baddies with a crossbow instead of a sword. Very cool.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  19. chucky
    chucky says Sweet. I have to have that.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  20. Dale
    Dale says Yes, you do.
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  21. SA
    SA says I still have yet to play with a wii (that I don't own, but friends of my do), and now you guys are making me even more curious about that little machine. ;) And an 80 gig Ipod, wow, that's a lot, great presents by the husband. :) And good to hear you got a good mix for Christmas as well. Funny that some of those songs are linked so close to you, only the mysterious Christmas spirit of the holidays can make such a thing happen. :P
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  22. chucky
    chucky says If you get the wii, just beware of it's dangers. My shoulder does hurt...haha. As for the 80 gig, I am so excited. I figure that baby is going to last me a good long while before I fill it up. Isn't it funny how Torch's mixes managed that? I agree, it's the christmas spirit. :)
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  23. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says that crushcrushcrush song has a bad breakdown "rock and roll baby"? Really?
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  24. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says There's a whole lotta testosterone going on up on this post Charles. I guess you bring out the beasties, lol Cool you got some killer choons & mooovies. And a wii, score!
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  25. chucky
    chucky says heath, does it? What's rock and roll baby? August, beasties, tunes, movies, wiis - what more does a girl need? haha...
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  26. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says The breakdown in the song "crushcrushcrush"
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  27. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says True dat!
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  28. mutterimieli
    mutterimieli says Yeah for Breaking Benjamin! I loooooooooooooove that album! Very angst..hehe
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  29. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Jilly, you broke the testosterone fest, hahhahaahaa
    Permalink posted 12/27/2007
  30. Torch
    Torch says I'm glad you liked the mix and that it "magically" struck a few chords (sts). I hope you don't mind me posting the cover art here, I'm too proud not to share it ::blushes::
    Permalink posted 12/28/2007
  31. Anna
    Anna says 2 wonderful CDs and movies, excellent!! MOGgers are just lovely creatures, aren't they :))) Torch, about your cover ahahhaahhahahaha
    Permalink posted 12/28/2007
  32. walkingthecow
    walkingthecow says we just got mario galaxy!
    Permalink posted 12/28/2007
  33. Lowdown
    Lowdown says I want a Wii. Those old people look like they are having the times of their lives bowling with that sucker. Curious about those movies..have not heard of any of 'em. Keep Mogging!
    Permalink posted 12/28/2007
  34. fistula spume
    fistula spume says wowee. that's some loot right there. Santa shines on thee this holiday season. I love Dark Star and 5000 Fingers of Doctor T. Haven't seen Get Crazy I don't think. Off to investigate.
    Permalink posted 12/28/2007
  35. chucky
    chucky says Jill, it rocks indeed :) Torch, I'm glad you did. I was going to but I was feeling exceptionally lazy. The cover was most excellent. I also dug the A Christmas Story lamp on the back :) Good stuff! Anna, I heart moggers. Best people on the whole damn planet. :) walkingthecow, that's two of you here now mentioning galaxy. I may have to check it out. Lowdown, here's what Mike told me about the movies: "Dark Star" - an SF film that began as a student film by John Carpenter ("Halloween", "The Thing", "Christine") and Dan O'Bannon ("Alien", Total Recall", "Blue Thunder"). The total budget was under $5000, which was cheap even in those days - a year or two before "Star Wars". You may see things that remind you of "Star Wars" - O'Bannon wound up working on some of the special effects for "Star Wars", and he more o rless recycled some of the computer graphics he did for "Dark Star". It's very mid-70s college humour; the sequence when Doolittle tries to reason with the bomb always gets big cheers from college audiences... "Get Crazy" (1983) is from Alan Arkush, who also directed "Rock 'n'Roll High School" - very 80s humour. Daniel Stern (wh plays Neal) and Malcolm McDowell (Reggie Wanker) were in "Blue Thunder" together, and there's a reference to that (among other things). It's copied from a bootleg DVD made from a VHS tape, and it seems a little quirky - my DVD player skips a bit on it, but shows the picture perfectly. My computer plays perfectly, but tries to show the pcture too wide unless i mess with the settings in the player... But it's a hilarious film. And, finally, "The 5000 fingers of Dr T". Early 50's, a musical with s script by Dr Suess, songs lyrics by Dr Suess and set designs by Dr Suess. They sound ridiculously cool. fistula, if you like them then I know they are going to be good :)
    Permalink posted 12/28/2007

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