Series XXXIII - Video - Locked AGAINST Raven oh smeg.

[ajrimmer_ssc]

Erm.

I, erm, need some suggestions in the fastest possible way, I mean ASAP, for, erm...

Last minute birthday presents?

Smegging hell I'm an idiot...

Comments

[littleprovolone]

Get her a really nice camera! She likes taking pictures.

[ajrimmer_ssc]

...Mary, you're a lifesaver! That's a brilliant idea!

[littleprovolone]

Hahaha, well of course! I am a superheroine, after all!

[ajrimmer_ssc]

Should I get her a film camera? Or a digital one?

[littleprovolone]

Well... hmmm... I'm not sure if she's got a place to go to develop her own film, so maybe a really high-end digital camera? That way she can also see her images right as she takes them!

[ajrimmer_ssc]

Excellent. I'll start looking for one right now. Maybe if I'm lucky I can find somebody to ship it to me overnight anyway.

Thank you, Mary. I mean it, I would have been in so much trouble. Forgetting your girl's birthday is about on par with treason on the high seas. I'd have been hung by the yard arm.

[littleprovolone]

Most places have rush delivery. And if they don't well, just let her know that it's on its way! She'll understand, I promise!

And you know, she'll love you anyway. Sometimes it really is just a day on the calendar. What's more important are the times you show her you love her without the obligation, you know?

[SUDDENLY PRIVATE!]

[ajrimmer_ssc]

True...but last year her birthday was...bad. Very. Bad. And I want to make it up to her. It's also the first birthday we've had together, I want to make it special for her.

[Private indeed! And man Mary should like... write an advice column or something. ]

[littleprovolone]

Well... you know, making something special doesn't mean you have to buy expensive presents. It could just be starting new traditions together. Or as simple as doing something that she's been wanting you to do for a while. Just thinking about the little things that can make her life easier and show how much she means to you, you know?

I think, in the end, that's all anybody ever really wants.

[Private! And yes, yes she should. Rimmer, on the other hand, is a tight git.]

[ajrimmer_ssc]

Well, I wasn't going to buy her expensive presents. But I do need to buy her something.

[Private! FAIL RIMMER, SO MUCH FAIL. ]

[littleprovolone]

... Well... uhm.

That's kind of not the point anyway? But a really really nice camera is expensive.

[Private! He is the failogram.]

[ajrimmer_ssc]

Like...three figures expensive? Or four?

[RIMMER STOP BEING A CHEAP BASTARD.]

[Private! Prepare for a chiding.]

[littleprovolone]

Mr. Rimmer! Do you even know how you sound? You make it seem like you're not willing to give her the absolute best that you can! Like she's not worth it!

[Private! OH SNAP!]

[ajrimmer_ssc]

What?! No! I didn't mean it like that. I just-...

Smegging hell.

[SIGH.]

You're right, of course. It's just...habit. I don't really like spending all that much money. My Jag aside, I'm not a big spender, normally.

[Private! MARY MARVEL DISAPPROVES. It means you f-ed up big. ]

[littleprovolone]

It's always going to be an adjustment. Besides, no one, especially not Raven, is insisting that you buy ridiculously expensive things all the time. That's just plain silly.

But like you said, it's her birthday, and you want to do something extra-special for her. I'm sure by now she knows that you don't like to spend money, so this will be another way that you're showing her that you care, and that you're willing to change for her, and that you're paying attention to her interests.

[Private! Hurp.]

[ajrimmer_ssc]

Well I did buy her her engagement ring! That was four thousand dollars!