Holiday Hooplah
This may come off as a little stupid, but though I keep in contact with many of you occasionally, the truth is that I'm not around anymore long enough to really know what's going on in your respective lives. So, in regard to the coming holidays (and the gift giving that it entails...)
I'm not going to be the classic stereotypical clueless middle-aged dad and flat out ask what each of you want. That, as has been pointed out in the past, is lame. The point of gift giving during the holidays is to maintain a level of spontaneity and surprise. No one wants to be directly told what is going down ahead of time. But since I've been absent, a lot has probably changed. Interests may have shifted, maturity levels may have risen (or dropped...) So what I'm going to ask is this:
Being as general or specific as you wanna be, where are your interests at right now? Is there something that you are really into, interested in trying or learning more about, or just curious about? Maybe there's something in particular that you've kind of been looking at, but could never spare the money to get when there's so much else that has to be taken care of? Maybe you've realized that your regular stock of art markers, skate board wheels, CD player batteries, raw shrimp-flavored ramen, or weird-ass fluffy pink sewing materials has dwindled down? Maybe you're just flat broke and have to pay for some crazy school fee or AP book for the spring but can't?
That's the kind of info that I want to know. Even though many of you don't have the time, or just like to lurk here, I want to see some details explained in the comments section to this post from each of you. Thankx.
I'm not going to be the classic stereotypical clueless middle-aged dad and flat out ask what each of you want. That, as has been pointed out in the past, is lame. The point of gift giving during the holidays is to maintain a level of spontaneity and surprise. No one wants to be directly told what is going down ahead of time. But since I've been absent, a lot has probably changed. Interests may have shifted, maturity levels may have risen (or dropped...) So what I'm going to ask is this:
Being as general or specific as you wanna be, where are your interests at right now? Is there something that you are really into, interested in trying or learning more about, or just curious about? Maybe there's something in particular that you've kind of been looking at, but could never spare the money to get when there's so much else that has to be taken care of? Maybe you've realized that your regular stock of art markers, skate board wheels, CD player batteries, raw shrimp-flavored ramen, or weird-ass fluffy pink sewing materials has dwindled down? Maybe you're just flat broke and have to pay for some crazy school fee or AP book for the spring but can't?
That's the kind of info that I want to know. Even though many of you don't have the time, or just like to lurk here, I want to see some details explained in the comments section to this post from each of you. Thankx.