SMV 2015: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send your gifts!

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:13 pm

Just sent mine.

Alejandro · Post by **Alejandro** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 1:11 am

My gift should arrive around December 29th.

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:06 pm

Just sent mine. It should have arrived already!

Ike

Alejandro · Post by **Alejandro** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:50 pm

I just got a copy of The Stanley Parable from Ike Jose. Thanks!

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:18 pm

Ordered; should be there the 24th.

Peter13 · Post by **Peter13** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:24 am

Okay, today I received Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. It certainly seems interesting, but I would love to know who to thank for this.

Rococo A Go Go · Post by **Rococo A Go Go** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:39 pm

Peter13 wrote:Okay, today I received Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. It certainly seems interesting, but I would love to know who to thank for this.

That was from me!

Peter13 · Post by **Peter13** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:47 pm

Yawar Fiesta wrote:
Peter13 wrote:Okay, today I received Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. It certainly seems interesting, but I would love to know who to thank for this.
That was from me!

Thanks Nick! I will try to read it over the break (whenever I have spare time that is).

Charbroil · Post by **Charbroil** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:50 pm

Mine shipped yesterday; it should get to its recipient in a couple of weeks.

Post by **theMoMA** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:30 pm

I placed the order today and it should arrive in the first or second week of January. Sorry for the delay.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:55 pm

I got a copy of the Oxford History of Art's Art in China from Doug Graebner. Thanks Doug!

at your pleasure · Post by **at your pleasure** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 10:44 pm

Auks Ran Ova wrote:I got a copy of the Oxford History of Art's Art in China from Doug Graebner. Thanks Doug!

Thanks! I hope you like it.

rxailagan · Post by **rxailagan** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:15 pm

Just sent my gifts, it should arrive on December 29th!

The Stately Rhododendron · Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:22 pm

just made mine, think it'll get there in a weekish.

RexSueciae · Post by **RexSueciae** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:04 pm

My partner should be receiving their gift...right about now, actually.

Tejas · Post by **Tejas** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:56 pm

I received Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World as well as God's Chinese Son from Rob Carson. Thanks, I look forward to reading them!

Charbroil · Post by **Charbroil** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 7:05 pm

RexSueciae wrote:My partner should be receiving their gift...right about now, actually.

I did indeed. Thank you for this copy of The Mystified Magistrate!

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 7:47 pm

Grangalan Jr. Jr. wrote:I received Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World as well as God's Chinese Son from Rob Carson. Thanks, I look forward to reading them!

I hope you enjoy them!

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:20 pm

Much thanks to the mystery sender for Larisa Shepitko's Wings and Ascent! They look awesome and you've introduced me to another Soviet female director, which I appreciate. (and introduced me to Criterion's Eclipse series which looks awwwwesome)

Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:35 pm

Just placed my order, so apologies to my giftee, who will be recieving their gift shortly after New Year's Day.

FYI to whoever is gifting me: I won't be able to pick up my gift until I'm back at school, also shortly after New Year's Day.

Rococo A Go Go · Post by **Rococo A Go Go** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:39 pm

I would like to thank the sender for a cool poster detailing the losses of the French Army in 1811-12.

Muriel Axon · Post by **Muriel Axon** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:37 am

Cody wrote:Much thanks to the mystery sender for Larisa Shepitko's Wings and Ascent! They look awesome and you've introduced me to another Soviet female director, which I appreciate. (and introduced me to Criterion's Eclipse series which looks awwwwesome)

Enjoy! (And yes, Eclipse is terrific!)

By the way -- to whomever my SMV is -- I won't receive your gift until January 11 or so, when I return to St. Paul, so don't worry if I don't post until then. Sorry!

Panayot Hitov · Post by **Panayot Hitov** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 4:10 pm

My SMV should receive their gift on the 31st, hopefully. Sorry about the delay. I won't able to get mine until the 4th, when I'm back in Minnesota.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:10 pm

Muriel Axon wrote:
Cody wrote:Much thanks to the mystery sender for Larisa Shepitko's Wings and Ascent! They look awesome and you've introduced me to another Soviet female director, which I appreciate. (and introduced me to Criterion's Eclipse series which looks awwwwesome)
Enjoy! (And yes, Eclipse is terrific!)

By the way -- to whomever my SMV is -- I won't receive your gift until January 11 or so, when I return to St. Paul, so don't worry if I don't post until then. Sorry!

I sent yours - no worries, just make good use of it :)

Charbroil · Post by **Charbroil** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:23 pm

Yawar Fiesta wrote:I would like to thank the sender for a cool poster detailing the losses of the French Army in 1811-12.

That was me! I've always found the Minard map fascinating, so I hope you enjoy it!

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:16 pm

Tejas sent me volumes one and two of The Greatest Video Game Music. What a great gift!

Ike

Tejas · Post by **Tejas** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:36 pm

Ike wrote:Tejas sent me volumes one and two of The Greatest Video Game Music. What a great gift!

Ike

Hope you enjoy!

rxailagan · Post by **rxailagan** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:52 pm

I believe I got my gift? I got a card game from Amazon with no note or anything and I'm in 2 different secret santas so I want to make sure it's from this one haha. Whoever had me please reveal yourself I'd love to thank you! :)

1992 in spaceflight · Post by **1992 in spaceflight** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:21 pm

I just found out that my SMV isn't likely to receive their present until January 1st at the earliest. Sorry about this! I have USPS to thank for this.

merv1618 · Post by **merv1618** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:12 pm

rxailagan wrote:I believe I got my gift? I got a card game from Amazon with no note or anything and I'm in 2 different secret santas so I want to make sure it's from this one haha. Whoever had me please reveal yourself I'd love to thank you! :)

Ah yeah that was me. It's a fun game I ran into a few months ago; I hope you enjoy it!

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:51 am

I received DVD copies of Misery and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness from Alejandro Lopez-Lago.

Definitely looking forward to watching Misery, as I really like James Caan (original Rollerball ftw)

RexSueciae · Post by **RexSueciae** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:49 pm

Thank ye kindly to Paul Kirk-Davidoff for the poetry book "Transbluesency" by Amiri Baraka!

Panayot Hitov · Post by **Panayot Hitov** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:16 am

RexSueciae wrote:Thank ye kindly to Paul Kirk-Davidoff for the poetry book "Transbluesency" by Amiri Baraka!

Hope you enjoy!

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:30 am

Because I am bad and terrible, I just know placed the order for my recipient, which should take 7-12 days to get there.

Also, shout out to Cody Voight for getting me Alien: Isolation for the PS4. I'm looking forward to giving it a try!

no ice · Post by **no ice** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:02 am

Yesterday, I received from Dylan Minarik a beautiful Dutch-English dictionary that I have already marred by dropping it on the ground upon opening the package. Now that I think about it, this gift is so much more preferable and useful to me than any of the other gifts that I had initially requested, so I really really lucked out. Thank you so much!

I ordered my gift very late, and the gift itself requires a long waiting time, so my SMV partner will have to wait maybe two more weeks. Sorry. In the meantime, I am trying to find a suitable secondary gift to occupy you until the main gift arrives.

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 7:03 pm

Yesterday I received a copy of The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 edition from Peter Cordeiro. Thanks! I assume the copy of Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, which was on the list of books I linked to, was also from him.

Peter13 · Post by **Peter13** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 7:18 pm

Mike Bentley wrote:Yesterday I received a copy of The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 edition from Peter Cordeiro. Thanks! I assume the copy of Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, which was on the list of books I linked to, was also from him.

You guessed right! I thought it would be better to give you two unrelated interesting books that you might enjoy rather than one. Also, happy new year!

Panayot Hitov · Post by **Panayot Hitov** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:18 pm

Thank you very much Roxanne for your gifts of Persepolis, a book I lost a while ago and would really like to have around, and a really spicy-sounding Egyptian novel!

rxailagan · Post by **rxailagan** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:34 am

Paisley Park wrote:Thank you very much Roxanne for your gifts of Persepolis, a book I lost a while ago and would really like to have around, and a really spicy-sounding Egyptian novel!

Glad you liked it!

Muriel Axon · Post by **Muriel Axon** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:44 pm

Thanks to Donald Taylor (presumably) for a Spyderco stainless steel pocket knife! I now have the urge to cut everything...

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:39 pm

Muriel Axon wrote:Thanks to Donald Taylor (presumably) for a Spyderco stainless steel pocket knife! I now have the urge to cut everything...

Indeed twas me. Don't cut everything, just things that need cut

Post by **theMoMA** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:31 pm

Thank you, Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, for the collage of North Korean film quotes. I don't understand any of it, but it's certainly unique.

vinteuil · Post by **vinteuil** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:54 pm

theMoMA wrote:Thank you, Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, for the collage of North Korean film quotes. I don't understand any of it, but it's certainly unique.

I surely speak for everyone when I say that I need a picture of this.

The Stately Rhododendron · Tue Jan 12, 2016 5:37 pm

theMoMA wrote:Thank you, Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, for the collage of North Korean film quotes. I don't understand any of it, but it's certainly unique.

You're welcome!

Good Goblin Housekeeping · Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:33 pm

vinteuil wrote:
theMoMA wrote:Thank you, Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, for the collage of North Korean film quotes. I don't understand any of it, but it's certainly unique.
I surely speak for everyone when I say that I need a picture of this.

!!

Post by **theMoMA** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:45 am

I don't think it's an affront to Isaac to say that whatever image you have in your mind likely surpasses the objet itself.

The Stately Rhododendron · Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:18 pm

theMoMA wrote:I don't think it's an affront to Isaac to say that whatever image you have in your mind likely surpasses the objet itself.

that's fair

merv1618 · Post by **merv1618** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:07 pm

I just received what looks like a wonderful autobiography of David Niven, about whom I know quite little. Excellent choice, and many thanks!

Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:37 am

Yesterday, I finally received my SMV gifts from James Zhou. They consisted of a copy of the Nunca Mas report on human rights violations in Uruguay and a mysterious jigsaw puzzle, which I have yet to assemble. I'll make sure to update y'all once I have. Thanks, James!

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:43 am

theMoMA wrote:I don't think it's an affront to Isaac to say that whatever image you have in your mind likely surpasses the objet itself.

lame