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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."

Posted - 12/03/2006 :  04:55:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My birthday is coming up (as well as the traditional birthday of somebody much more famous than I) and I have written a birthday wish list to give to my family. It is in alphabetical order. Tell me if you think its missing anything:

Books/audiobooks � First Cut by Gabriella Oldham, anything by Richard Feynman, biography of a famous American from the post-Revolutionary War period on audiobook, Rights from Wrongs by Alan Dershowitz
CDs � soundtracks
Donation to the Darfur victims in my honor
DVDs � Cinema Paradiso (Limited Collector�s Edition), �Saturday Night Live � The Complete First Season,� �The Art of Buster Keaton� (box set)
Magazine subscription � CAMERA, Editors Guild, ACE
Netflix subscription
Nintendo DS + games
Pair of pants

Edited by - GHcool on 12/05/2006 00:43:55

ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"

Posted - 12/03/2006 :  08:08:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well, happy birthday to you. Hope you get all you wish for (and more)!
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."

Posted - 12/03/2006 :  10:16:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by GHcool

CDs � soundtracks
Just curious, which soundtracks?
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"

Posted - 12/03/2006 :  12:04:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n

quote:
Originally posted by GHcool

CDs � soundtracks
Just curious, which soundtracks?



I would ask for the soundtrack for Les Choristes (The Chorus).
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."

Posted - 12/03/2006 :  19:06:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n

quote:
Originally posted by GHcool

CDs � soundtracks
Just curious, which soundtracks?



I'd be happy with almost anything. As some of you know, I'm a video editor and so I often need instrumental music to go in the background of the videos I edit. I have a lot of classical music CDs and so I lay down Brahms or Bach when its appropriate, but sometimes I need something with a more modern sensibility. Film soundtracks are great for this because they are instrumental (no vocals) and there are often many different kinds of "moods" on one CD corresponding to different parts of the film (suspense, romance, etc), plus the music was specifically composed for use in a film/video.

But to answer Sean's question, I like anything by John Williams or Danny Elfman, but sometimes their stuff is too "epic" for every day use. Composers like Thomas Newman (Scent of a Woman, The Shawshank Redemption) and Randy Newman (Pleasantville, Monsters Inc) are usually more low key and still beautiful and evoke the right kind of moods for many situations.
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E.L.F 
"Me, nice Elf, aye."

Posted - 12/04/2006 :  16:03:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You forgot the other obligatory present for guys... socks!!



Happy <insert desired celebratory festival here> Everyone!

Best Wishes, Elf xx
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Posted - 12/04/2006 :  16:21:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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You forgot the other obligatory present for guys... socks!!



Happy <insert desired celebratory festival here> Everyone!

Best Wishes, Elf xx



Good to hear from you, E.L.F.

You have been missed!
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 12/04/2006 :  17:03:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I for one am offended you failed to include Festivus (for the rest of us)
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."

Posted - 12/04/2006 :  21:47:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Turrell

I for one am offended you failed to include Festivus (for the rest of us)



Is that an early airing of grievences?

Edited by - GHcool on 12/04/2006 21:48:11
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 12/04/2006 :  22:47:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes and a pole.
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."

Posted - 12/04/2006 :  22:59:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Turrell

Yes and a pole.



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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."

Posted - 12/24/2006 :  08:14:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well, today was my birthday and I got the following things:


Books/audiobooks � First Cut by Gabriella Oldham, two books by Richard Feynman and an audiobook biography about him, audiobook biographies of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, Rights from Wrongs and Preemption by Alan Dershowitz
DVDs � "Saturday Night Live � The Complete First Season," "The Art of Buster Keaton" (box set)
Pair of pants
An inner tube for sliding down a snowy hill (I'm not sure why)
Two sweaters

Be sure to list your gifts as well and we'll compare (and maybe trade ... anyone want an inner tube for the snow?)
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mampers11 
"Lazy Lebowski Loses Rug"

Posted - 12/24/2006 :  13:18:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Happy Festivus for the Rest of Us yesterday. Hope everyone put they pole out and wrestle the siblings about their grievances.

MAmpers.

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