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Post by potentpotables on Oct 21, 2022 8:41:03 GMT -5
Hey yinz, it's Secret Santa time again! I've been planning my travel to Seattle/Portland to visit inlaws for the holidays, and it occurred to me that it was time to fire this up again. This is to answer all questions about why it's going up 10 days before Halloween (though I will note that it went up before Halloween last year too - what can I say, I love the holidays).
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Send an email to joshuajgrubbs(at)gmail.com with the following information:
FULL NAME: ADDRESS: SCREENNAME:
Please answer the following questions in the email as well:
A. Are you willing to ship outside the US? B. Is there anyone you do NOT want to be assigned to? C. Do you plan on sending anonymously?
I will randomly assign a Secret Santa to everyone using a number generator. If there are special requests, I may make tweaks as necessary. If you wish to remain anonymous when sending, please let me know so you don't end up with my name.
2. Answer the questions below in a reply to this thread. Your Secret Santa once assigned will review those answers to determine what to give you. If you would rather not list your answers here in the thread, please do so in your email. We can make that work. And if you know of members on here who might not see this thread, tell them about it. The more the merrier!
3. Secret Santas will be given out on (or around) Sunday, November 20th. Once you've been assigned a person, check this thread, but PLEASE, DO NOT reveal who you have. OK? Deal. If you need me to fish for some ideas for your person, just let me know.
4. Please, let's try to ship all gifts by Friday, December 16th. Gifts DO NOT have to be purchased. Feel free to be creative and create or craft a gift. If you do intend on purchasing a gift, let’s try to keep it in the $20 range. Inflation has not come to inforoo dot com.
5. Don't be "that person". If you participate and are assigned as someone's Secret Santa, don't leave them without a gift. Please be prepared to participate if you e-mail me. That being said, bad things do happen, so if you have to drop out for some reason, please let me know so arrangements can be made.
6. Registration requirements: With personal information being handed out, there is no choice but to keep this somewhat secure. The threshold that was decided on in years past was a minimum of 500 posts AND/OR 2 years account activity. Should you not meet these requirements but still want to participate, please post in this thread and have someone vouch for you. In addition, participants must be in good standing with the moderator team.
QUESTIONS: (Copy & Paste into a reply to this thread)
1. What is your favorite genre of music?
2. What is your favorite musical artist?
3. What is your t-shirt size?
4. What is your favorite sports team?
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby?
6. What is your favorite color?
7. What is your favorite animal?
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies?
9. What is your favorite book?
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint?
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"?
12. Are you a collector of anything?
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you?
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat?
15. Is there anything people should not get you?
Feel free to suggest more questions in a reply below.
Participants - I'm starting by tagging people who were involved last year. Feel free to tag others in the thread. If you don't want to participate this year, just let me know privately or post in the thread.
1. What is your favorite genre of music? Weird and Jazz and Metal. Sometimes separate, sometimes together. Also a big fan of bubblegum pop.
2. What is your favorite musical artist? Sleep. Both the band and the action.
3. What is your t-shirt size? xxl
4. What is your favorite sports team? I grew up a Cubs fan but also had a fondness for George Brett and the Kansas City Royals.
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? I cook nonstop. Cooking, cycling, reading. Pretty sure I’m a dad, too.
6. What is your favorite color? Orange or black. The more muted, the better.
7. What is your favorite animal? The sea cow.
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Seinfeld, Community, a bunch of travel shows
9. What is your favorite book? Lol I’ve been reading Spanish travel guides the past few months.
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Chipotle or Qudoba or Moe’s or any bad Mexican burrito joint. I can’t stop going even though I know I should.
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Funyuns
12. Are you a collector of anything? Plastic vinyl records and bicycle parts for my garage that I SWEAR I’m gonna do something with.
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I’m fun. I’m easy, I promise. If all else fails, funny coffee mugs are an excellent idea for me.
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Is there chocolate? I’m in.
15. Is there anything people should not get you? I can’t think of one thing.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Oct 21, 2022 10:19:45 GMT -5
1. What is your favorite genre of music? I don’t know what to call it. Alt pop?
2. What is your favorite musical artist? David Byrne
3. What is your t-shirt size? L or XL depending on the t-shirt
4. What is your favorite sports team? No
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Knitting, baking, sewing (did I mention that I’m 107 years old?), puzzles, picking up heavy things, trivia games, sitting on my back porch drinking coffee and listening to birds
6. What is your favorite color? Purple
7. What is your favorite animal? Dog
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Severance, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, Party Down, Letterkenny; the Shawshank Redemption, Let’s Go to Prison, Melvin Goes to Dinner. I think I’m forgetting some of my favorite favorites but my brain doesn’t seem to be working so good this morning.
9. What is your favorite book? I don’t know. Maybe The Stand or Station Eleven.
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? I really like the veggie burger at Culver’s.
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Trail mix with chocolate in it, good chocolate chips, cheese and crackers
12. Are you a collector of anything? Yarn, shoes, owls, vinyl (finally got a turntable this year)
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I like dark roast coffee; I have two dogs; I am very good at Boggle (not that that’s helpful, just bragging), I love ceramics/pottery.
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Peppermint bark
15. Is there anything people should not get you? Anything with cilantro in it.
Per usual, I just skipped the questions that wouldn't be helpful.
1. What is your favorite genre of music? Folk
2. What is your favorite musical artist? My Morning Jacket (Brandi Carlile, Langhorne Slim, totally in a Deer Tick kick right now too)
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Cooking, taking walks, happy hour, snowboarding
6. What is your favorite color? Turquoise/aqua, but any bright colors are good.
7. What is your favorite animal? Anything furry with paws that look cuddly, but dogs are #1
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Locals 8 Restaurant Group, Taco Bell
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Anything on the crunchy/salty spectrum. If I had to choose one item, it would be Unique Extra Salt Pretzel Splits.
12. Are you a collector of anything?Vinyl and show posters (but only for shows I have been to, so really not helpful in this context)
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I am always game for big/fun earrings
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Reese's Christmas Trees by a landslide
15. Is there anything people should not get you? Most things sweet, scented, or fuzzy and warm. Basically the entire generic woman gift section.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Thank you for putting this together again! This is always fun.
1. What is your favorite genre of music? I listen to just about anything.
2. What is your favorite musical artist? Radiohead/The Smile, Manchester Orchestra, Sigur Ros, The National, Taylor Swift (don’t judge me), Idles, Bey and Jay, Tyler the Creator, etc.
3. What is your t-shirt size? XL
4. What is your favorite sports team? Ole Miss or Mississippi State
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Reading, coding, and watching horror movies
6. What is your favorite color? Charcoal
7. What is your favorite animal? My dog 🐶
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Westworld, RDR, anything scary or sci-fi 👻
9. What is your favorite book? I like any and all horror books. It seems like I am answering every question with horror. 😬
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Zaxby’s
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? I snack on nuts. 🥜
12. Are you a collector of anything? Vinyl but I listen to everything I purchase 🎧
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I love Dark Souls and coffee.
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Cookies
15. Is there anything people should not get you? Anything with raspberries, anything by Father John Misty or Vampire Weekend, or anything that is aggressively conservative or aggressively religious.
Post by potentpotables on Oct 24, 2022 8:31:55 GMT -5
1. What is your favorite genre of music? - Prince - indie, indie pop, guitars, mostly anything except like country from (I'm randomly guessing) 1990-2008 (thanks Obama!)
2. What is your favorite musical artist? - Prince
3. What is your t-shirt size? - XL
4. What is your favorite sports team? - Everton Football Club, University of Pittsburgh Panthers for some reason, Pittsburgh Pirates for some reason, recently become a lifelong fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and Philaelphia Eagles
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? - sports - who has time for hobbies? - hiking, reading, dog parenting
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? - seinfeld, the sopranos, the wire - recently the best thing I've seen is severance
9. What is your favorite book? - the catcher in the rye, I'm still an adolescent boy - Of Mice and Men - Loose Balls (the oral history of the American Basketball Association)
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? - there's no good answer, it's either bigoty chicken, insurrectionist burgers...wait I guess we did enough to convince Federal Donuts to stop using the traitorous potato buns so Federal Donuts in Philly
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? - chicago style popcorn for life
12. Are you a collector of anything? - tears
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? - You can't go wrong with buying me local coffee beans (whole bean, light or medium roast with low acidity, or dark roast/higher acidity if accompanied by a bottle of Tums).
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? - christmas cookies! also i love snickerdoodles. bonus if you know how to make them gluten free.
15. Is there anything people should not get you? - I'm sure there are plenty of things. I once threw a DVD my sister got me across the room in irritation (Moulin Rouge).
Post by abrakapokus on Oct 30, 2022 20:13:09 GMT -5
So excited to shop for my SS!
QUESTIONS: (Copy & Paste into a reply to this thread)
1. What is your favorite genre of music? Electronic (House/Techno/Breaks) but I like music from nearly every genre
2. What is your favorite musical artist? Right now Tyler Childers
3. What is your t-shirt size? Medium or Large depending on sizing and fit
4. What is your favorite sports team? --
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? I make pottery/ceramics and DJ music
6. What is your favorite color? Emerald Green and Black
7. What is your favorite animal? Possums, Raccoons, and Pandas
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? House of the Dragon currently
9. What is your favorite book? A Gentleman from Moscow
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Dunkin' Starbucks
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Crunchy things, cookies, popcorn
12. Are you a collector of anything? Costume things, jewelry, fun makeup
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I love handmade things - Art, crafts, etc. I'm super into cozy stuff and hate the winter. I love self care goodies like lotions, facemasks, bath bombs, nice socks. I really like to experience other ppl's favorite things.
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? cookies, chai lattes, everything really
15. Is there anything people should not get you? I love scented things but if it is too heavily scented I get a headache so nothing crazy.
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Nov 10, 2022 13:55:43 GMT -5
1. What is your favorite genre of music? I'm mainly an indie rock guy. Also into a lot of psychedelic stuff, plus I've been getting into dance-rock, disco, nu-disco, etc., that sort of thing, lately.
2. What is your favorite musical artist? Pearl Jam. Also huge into MMJ, LCD Soundsystem, the National, Radiohead, TV on the Radio, A Tribe Called Quest
3. What is your t-shirt size? I'm always on the border of XL and L, depending on the shirt. I'd say XL, to be safe?
4. What is your favorite sports team? The New York Knicks, although I don't follow sports as much as I used to.
5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Surfing, reading, yoga...I mean, if we're talking non-music-listening, I'm a musician (guitar, bass, drums, piano) and a DJ. That stuff takes up a lot of my time.
6. What is your favorite color? Grey, hunter green, or navy blue.
7. What is your favorite animal? My doggo, Disco. Dogs, in general, are great. I've always thought whales kick ass.
8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? What We Do in the Shadows, Andor, the Lord of the Rings adaptations, Singles (the movie), anything by Paul Thomas Anderson, Abbott Elementary, The Wire, Mr. Robot, The Americans, competition reality shows in which people make cool shit and are nice to each other, movies/shows about fictional bands, and music-related documentaries.
9. What is your favorite book? The Lord of the Rings, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, most of the works of Stephen King, World War Z, Our Band Could Be Your Life, books about music or musicians in general.
10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? I don't really eat fast food. I spend ungodly amounts at Mighty Oak Roasters, my local coffee place. Also partial to really good BBQ (there's not much in my neighborhood, but Fette Sau in Brooklyn is the bomb.
11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? I am a cookie monster (not THE Cookie Monster), especially anything with chocolate in it. A chocolate cookie with peanut butter chips is *chef's kiss*.
12. Are you a collector of anything? Vinyl, musical instruments and equipment (effects pedals, etc.), unique t-shirts with cool art on them, books
13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I'm a still relatively new father - my daughter, Inforoo Baby, will be 1 year old on December 29. She's amazing and a lot of my life right now is dedicated to caring for her and trying to be the best possible dad. I'm a giant nerd for pop culture (big surprise on this site), but I find most "fandom," particularly in the sci-fi/fantasy space, toxic. I'm an atheist and a raging leftist, politically. I'm in the process of trying to write my first novel.
14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, rules, but that's more of a year-round thing. Maybe candy canes?
15. Is there anything people should not get you? I don't like olives, and I've never worn jewelry of any sort other than my wedding ring. Beyond that, I'm happy with whatever Santa's generosity brings me.
1. What is your favorite genre of music? Indie rock 2. What is your favorite musical artist? Tori Amos, the Cure, Tool, Billie Eilish, TV on the Radio, girl in red, Wet Leg 3. What is your t-shirt size? small 4. What is your favorite sports team? Big Easy Roller derby (brand updated), Saints, Pelicans, Boston Red Sox 5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Roller Skating, Yoga, doing crafty shit while getting high 6. What is your favorite color?Purple and black 7. What is your favorite animal? ZEBRA!! I love unicorns and dinosaurs too. 8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show), Mandalorian, Loki, Fifth Element, Princess Bride 9. What is your favorite book? Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning Currently reading Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson Series book 8. I need 9-12 still. 10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? I haven't really eaten fast food or at restaurants since the pandi. Cane's is ok. Same with Wendy's I guess. 11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Cookies, ice cream, chocolate 12. Are you a collector of anything? Unique zebras, not the standard every day ones. Weird ones, that are interesting. Buffy memorabilia stuff. Nerdy stuff. I love knicky knacks. 13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I was a good girl this year. Oh and I am a pretty big nerd. 14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Reece's peanut butter trees. 15. Is there anything people should not get you? No cilantro. Never butterfingers. I don't like peppermint stuff that much either. Other than that I am pretty easy.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
garageland
Bleary-Eyed Bonnawook Oldest living hipster
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
