Merry Christmas! Every One!

[A Black Falcon]

-A 500GB HDD
-$100
-a couple volumes of manga (note: if people plan on giving me this in the future, be sure to make a list of things you actually want... but I'd rather have fantasy/sci-fi books anyway.)
-From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations Since 1776 (book)
-The Best American Comics (from The Best American Series - 2008) (book of comics)
-Some chocolates (several different ones)

... And likely some gaming stuff (and a few more books) next week.

... And finally I had Christmas #3 (that last post was from the first two gift-giving occasions), and got a great bunch of stuff. :)

Books:
-Shadowplay - Tad Williams -- My #1 most wanted book, I'm thrilled to finally own it. Tad Williams is a great, great author, and this is his most recent book and part two of the Shadowmarch series... I'm going to read this, soon. :)
-Otherland Vol. 2 - River of Blue Fire (Tad Williams) -- Because I only have the first one, and really should read more of this exceptional series which, for no good reason, I haven't.
-1634: The Galileo Affair (Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis) -- I only started reading this series in August when I got the first two books, but I quite loved them and definitely want to continue. This is book four, but oh well... I'll read it anyway and then go back and find book three. :)
-graphic novel thing
-baseball-design squeezy stress relief ball
-$100 ($40 and $60)
-A robotic booklight (press the button on the side and it auto-extends! Fancy! :D) -- I needed one, my old one broke quite some time ago, and at times I definitely have a need for one... it's an LED one too, so it uses less batteries. :)
-The Animatrix DVD -- I've seen it before, but it is good and was from the bargain bin, so I'm happy to own it.
-25 foot audio extension cable (miniplug -- for using headphones farther away from a plug, I have one of these but it has a short cord. This is quite useful.)
-$50 to spend on videogame stuff on ebay and such, because I asked for that instead of any specific games. I got some stuff last week, hoping to get something in the next week... but I'll say more whenever I get it. :)