Scores:

Lord Of The Rings(Rosenmann)
The Egyptian(Marco Polo rerecording
A.I. (DVD Audio CD)

DVD's:

TRINITY AND BEYOND: THE ATOMIC BOMB MOVIE
NUKES IN SPACE
ATOMIC JOURNEYS

All 3 narrated by William Shatner with isolated scores by William Stromberg & John Morgan.

A bunch of clothes
Cyclops action figure from 7th Voyage of Sinbad
King Kong action figure sculped by Todd McFarlane
Star Wars mini-posters
An Air Purifier for my bedroom

and the usual misc. candy & X-mas stuff (socks wallet etc.).

Oh and the big one: I got engaged to be married.

A bottle of saké.

DVD's: Airplane & Airplane II
The Last Starfighter
Shakespeare In Love

(Also on 12/28/01):
George Lucas In Love
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Monty Python's Life of Brian (Criterion)
2010
Terminator

Book: Ansel Adams at 100

And a laptop computer.

Kevin

CDs: Shrek (score) 13 Days, Spy Game, A Beautiful Mind

more to come...

GO Mark!!

--Brian

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Originally posted by Graham Watt:
Nothing. How hated I am. But wait, I've just remembered, we get OUR presents on January 6!

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Why?

Ok, I got a PSOne with Syphon Filter 2 and the Die Hard Trilogy. The soundtrack to Spy Game (Harry's best from when he's worked alone), a $10 gift certificate for Hollywood Video. A bunch of meaningless stuff that was owned by my dead grandpa. My grandma gives it to me because she's too cheap to buy me something. Some ca$h which is always good and the worst present of all..... clothes...

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Originally posted by scoreguy16:
A bunch of meaningless stuff that was owned by my dead grandpa.

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Guess "sentimentality" isn't really in your lexicon, eh?

Dan

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Originally posted by scoreguy16:
Why?

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Spaniards celebrate X-Mas a bit differently.

Some of those toys were...

Superman (John Williams) -148 minute Rhino Re-release *****
Band of Brothers (Michael Kamen) ****1/2
Field of Dreams (James Horner) ****
And posible Monster's Inc. (Randy Newman)

Mark, excellent news - we're all expecting invites to the wedding!

Band of Brothers
The Omen
The Others

DVDs:

Memento (2 copies)
The Dark Crystal (2 copies)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Jabberwocky

Plus some clothes and a mall gift certificate. I'll be visiting the exchange fairy pretty soon to swap something for those duplicate DVDs. I'll probably get some more CDs, or if Best Buy has it in stock, the Criterion Time Bandits DVD.

The pick of the day, however, was the brand new DVD-ROM drive for my PC.

Beggar's Banquet (The Rolling Stones)

Books:

The first three Harry Potter novels (have to re-read them again, but I only owned the fourth book before Christmas) plus Quidditch Through the Ages.

Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett)

Plus a new cushion (finally - and as a result, I woke up today earlier than usual, but not tired at all ) and an M.C. Escher puzzle (the same as last year, unfortunately, due to an error on my own part - hopefully, I can exchange it). And a D string for the guitar - hopefully, I'll find some time to finally learn how to play it!

From my other grandparents? Just clothes.

No film scores, but I guess I'll get more of those for my birthday in three weeks.

And I treated myself to a second viewing of Fellowship of the Ring.

NP: Beggars Banquet (The Rolling Stones)

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:

Guess "sentimentality" isn't really in your lexicon, eh?

Dan

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lol. Actually, she gave me a button that I gave her back in '92. And an old Viking shirt. But the things that DID mean something were my grandpa's old calogne. Even though it doesn't smell good. But the reason I said the meaningless thing was because she does this every yeard because she's trying to make room for her garden.

A BLOODY THROAT INFECTION!

Congrats to you Mark on your engagement

All 9 RVW symphonies Dinko...whose version?

NP : Simple Things - Zero 7

the last few X-mases have been quite different than usual for my family, as we are all spread out from coast to coast, but then, that's why telephones are so nifty.

So far, I've gotten the Criterion Collection DVD of Spartacus, bar none the best DVD there is.

The alternate Alex North compositions are a delight to hear, and the score as heard in film, is of course stunning.

No scores.

I'll probably go buy LOTR in the next week or so.

DVDs:
Traffic
Planet of the Apes (original)

Books:
Billy (Billy Connolly's Bio)

Smelly Stuff:
Tommy giftpack
CK 'Obsession' for men

Clothes:
No socks or underwear this year...I was quite shocked and disappointed.
A Ben Folds Five T-shirt.

Cash:
$50...but I owe Mum $50 for money I borrowed to GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. So it's not even like I get to spend it.

I've just ordered three Bond DVDs for only $AUS 19 each!!!!

*WOW*

I think that through the week I will go look for more DVDs and some scores if I can find them.

NP: Mulan Academy Promo - Goldsmith
****/*****

I got:

From my Brother and Sister-in-law:
A 150 wire cd holder with a tube on each side that you fill up with water that changes color and has bubbles in it. COOL.

From my niece:
A "#1 Uncle" keychain

From my other Brother and sister-in-law:
An Eddie Bauer sweater. COOL

From my friends:
A $70 ticket to go see "The Tale of The Allergists Wife" SUPER COOL
A chocolate credit card (inside joke)
A Guide to the Simpsons
A Harry Potter 2002 calendar (another joke)
Homemade cookies (Yay)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack SUPER COOL

And from my parents:
A Boston Terrier angel-ornament
A Boston Terrier figurine
A Boston Terrier coffee mug
(I have a Boston Terrier whom I adore named Macy)
Flannel Boxer Shorts-Pajama bottoms
A $250 gift certificate to Esquire Big and Tall

and....

Nintendo GameCube w/ Luigi's Mansion, and a memory card.

I think I made out pretty good this year!

Plus, my birthday is coming up on the 6th! Woo-hoo!!!!

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A $70 ticket to go see "The Tale of The Allergists Wifre"

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Plus, my birthday is coming up on the 6th! Woo-hoo!!!!

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That makes two of us! Very nice!
Dan

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A Harry Potter 2002 calendar (another joke)

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And why is that a joke? It's ok; you can admit you are one of the fans...or in my case fanatic!

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All 9 RVW symphonies Dinko...whose version?

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Boult/LPO.
That not-too-expensive CD pack from EMI.

Two surprise CDs were LOTR:FOTR (which, unfortunately, is another unmagical harrypotterishjohnwilliamish-thingy for me) and a much more positive one on which Robbie Williams performs swing classics with Nicole Kidman & friends.

Then I got three very good-looking shirts, a gift-certificate, and a bunch of other gifts which are more or less to be regarded inside-jokes, so I won't describe them here. It's nice to have a big family..!

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Originally posted by Dinko:
Boult/LPO.
That not-too-expensive CD pack from EMI.

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Originally posted by justin boggan:
My birth day was X-mas and i feel jyped.

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That's why I'm glad my birthday is in the middle of the summer.

I changed it. Supposed to say "Wife". It's a Broadway play that is getting great reviews. Supposed to be really funny.

Originally posted by dgoldwas:
That makes two of us! Very nice!

Thats really cool! Gotta love the capricorns!

Originally posted by Crono/Kyp:
And why is that a joke? It's ok; you can admit you are one of the fans...or in my case fanatic!

Ok, I admit it. I'm a fanatic. MY friends know, my family know, you guys now know it....I guess I've just been in denial!

Pioneer DV-440 DVD player

4 DVDs (one of which is the pan & scan version instead of widescreen )

...and the soundtrack to Independence Day.

Superman (John Williams)
Field of Dreams (James Horner)
Band of Brothers (Michael Kamen)
Heartbeeps (John Williams)
Witches of Eastwick (John Williams) -Complete
Presumed Innocent (John Williams)
Empire of the Sun (John Williams)
Monster's Inc. (Randy Newman)

I've been a very good boy.

DVDs...
Three Amigos
GIJoe The Movie...a joke from my wife!!

Sowrdfish
Willow
Star Trek: TMP
Tomb Raider
Total Recall(SE)
Jurassic Park 3

Bunch of computer games...Best Buy gift certificates...surround speaker set for me computer..pretty good all around.

Money, money and more money!

Other than that and a few CD' I bought with some of that lovable green, I got the Pearl Harbor DVD, and our own Sean Adams was nice enough to send me Goldsmith's Rio Conchos and a gift card to The Wherehouse. Thanks man!

Oh, and after waiting like the cheap bastard I am, I too bought a PSOne! Games at $10 bucks is my kind of deal! Okay, it took me 6 years, but beggars can't be choosers!

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

- John Williams' Greatest Hits
- a stack of 50 blank cds for music burns
- a dvd player (i share it with my brother though)
- clothes on boxing day....which i guess doesn't really count...

And the same day i went to see the lord of the rings....it was a great day.