[Turnsky]

Originally posted by MatthewPapa
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with another GIG of RAM

that's exactly what i'm getting!

anywho..

more free time.
iPod
PoP: Warrior within.
Radeon x800XT
a Freespace 3 to truly make a mark in space sim history.

[pyro-manic]

I don't like Krimbo any more - it lost all it's magic for me when I was about 10. I could just be getting old and cynical (at 19! Erk! ), but it depresses me. It's supposed to be a happy time, where you have fun and see the people you love - even if they are pushing 80 and completely and utterly bat**** crazy (my Scottish grandmother). Instead, I feel miserable, hoping to have a good time but knowing it'll just be another lonely, isolated holiday for me. It's my own fault, but I can't do anything about it.....

As long as there's a list, here's some of the stuff I'd like:
>A freestanding target bag (nowhere to put one on a wall)
>A clue of what to do at University
>The rest of Megadeth and Iced Earth's back catalogue
>Laser eye treatment (I hate wearing glasses)

NOTE: I don't want this to degenerate into another one of those threads, so please don't anyone respond to these next two points. If you don't want to read something political, or if you feel you'd have to respond, then DON'T read them. Admins, can you police this and delete anything that derails the thread, or delete the points if necessary. Thankyou for your time.

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Spoiler:

People in Israel and Palestine to stop, look at what they're doing, and realise what a complete ****ing waste it is to keep blowing the **** out of each other in a stupid tit-for-tat retaliatory fashion, and sort out a lasting peace. Preferably by telling all the politicians to get bent and starting again, but anything will do. It's a farce....

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Spoiler:

The Americans to mind their own ****ing business, and sort their own country out before trying (and failing miserably) to sort out other peoples' countries.

>The ability to overcome my irrational but hugely powerful fear of people.
>Some more obscure heavy metal on vinyl, to justify the £120 I spent on that turntable a few months back
>To develop my chi kung to a decent level.
>Going Postal, the new Discworld book.
>£3000 to finish my PPL (private pilot's license)

OK, there's not much there that you can just go and buy, but they're some of the things that would make me happier....

[Liberator]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
Instead, I feel miserable, hoping to have a good time but knowing it'll just be another lonely, isolated day for me.

Welcome to how I feel all the time.

[Falcon]

Lemme see
LOTR:BFME
Dungeon Siege 2
and a super computer

[pyro-manic]

Originally posted by Liberator


Welcome to how I feel all the time.

Life sucks mate. I shouldn't complain (job, supposedly good career prospects after uni, supportive family etc) but I feel, I dunno, kind of pointless most of the time. Like nothing I ever do will make a difference to the world, and that I'm wasting my time trying.

It could just be because I'm young (maybe not by this board's standards, but generally) and naive, and that I'm being far too idealistic/optimistic when I think I can really change things.

What the hell. I should probably just go and get drunk and forget about it. Until it comes back in a day or two....

[übermetroid]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
Life sucks mate. I shouldn't complain (job, supposedly good career prospects after uni, supportive family etc) but I feel, I dunno, kind of pointless most of the time. Like nothing I ever do will make a difference to the world, and that I'm wasting my time trying.

Join the Military.

Being a Marine is one of the best thing to EVER happen to me (right behind getting married and the birth of my son)

[Knight Templar]

Rocks.

[pyro-manic]

Bollocks to that!

I don't fancy military life. I don't like the idea of being sent somewhere to kill people just because some politician thinks it's a good idea. Plus it's exactly the opposite of doing something to make a difference - it's doing someone else's idea of something "good", which may very well not be conducive (sp) to a better world as I see it. Particularly with Blair having his head entirely inside George Bush's rectum.....

I have a horrible feeling that I'll end up as a politician. I can't stand the buggers, but the country (and for that matter the world) is so crappy that I can see myself as a politician trying (and failing) to make things better.

[übermetroid]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
Bollocks to that!
.....

I thought you wanted to make a difference.  Who will make the bigger difference, the one doing the fighting (and can actually see whats going on) or the one sitting around trying to figure out how to deal with life?

[Grug]

Well you managed to change the topic somewhat...

But the best advice I can give you is stop trying to change the world, and just try and control your own life, and help people around you.
If you become Rich and Famous, then you can do stuff for the 'world', or you could join some non-profitable organization or something.


But yes, back to Christmas wish list.
I wouldn't mind a new computer, and a few other technical gizmo's but I wouldn't mind a new gym-set as well.

Is HLP going to do anything christmas like? Or holiday season like?

[Carl]

I'd like to get a digital rotoscope, though i doubt one exists, or at least one like i'm imaginig.

[spaceman spiff]

vanilla freespace 2(unopened box)... it's all i want for christmas... to get a piece of my life back that i lost years ago... sniff....

[Ransom]

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
LOTR: BfME
An infinite supply of free time.

[Gloriano]

Biggest Diamond ever

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by ubermetroid


I thought you wanted to make a difference.  Who will make the bigger difference, the one doing the fighting (and can actually see whats going on) or the one sitting around trying to figure out how to deal with life?

The one who stops the fighting?

[Setekh]

Temperatures less than 40 degrees Celsius in Malaysia, where I'll be on Christmas day.

[mitac]

A heaven-sent inspiration that makes me finally find the enthusiasm to approach my exams.

Apart from that, I just want to spend some relaxed days.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Setekh
Temperatures less than 40 degrees Celsius in Malaysia, where I'll be on Christmas day.

temparatures less than 28-25 degrees celcius in northern tasmania... where i'll be on christmas day

but, as an early christmas present, i've convinced my family to give me the cash to buy some computer parts

[aldo_14]

Snow.  Not had a proper white Crimbo for ages.

[RangerKarl]

A real, unfettered 'net connection for my apartment. Sick of this port-blocked garbage.