{"id":1521,"date":"2009-12-23T05:44:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T05:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2010-01-18T04:48:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T04:48:54","slug":"white-elephant-wrapup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/23\/white-elephant-wrapup\/","title":{"rendered":"White Elephant Wrapup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thus begins a week or two of mostly fluffy posts.\u00a0 I’m kinda tired of digging in my head, scooping out my brains, and attempting to analyze the contents.\u00a0 So, enjoy!<\/p>\n

I think in attempts to get some holiday cheer (and humor) for a relatively low overhead, we attended not one, not two, but THREE white elephant parties.\u00a0 We brought just about the same presents for each one (except the first, because it was 15-20 dollars, and present was only 10 – and it was my work one – so I didn’t want to look like a cheapskate and splurged on the 16 dollar DISCO BALL at Big Lots).<\/p>\n

My present:<\/p>\n

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Zliten’s present:<\/p>\n

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For those of you who don’t know what a White Elephant gift exchange is – essentially you bring a silly present of some variety (hence, our gifts above).\u00a0 Sometimes there is a dollar amount set, sometimes there isn’t.\u00a0 You draw numbers and when it comes to your turn, you can choose to unwrap a new present, or steal one that has already been unwrapped.\u00a0 Most often, the rules are the gift can be stolen 3 times before it’s out of play.\u00a0 It’s a bunch of laughs, because you would never ever elsewise see grown humans fighting over a snuggie.<\/p>\n

The first party was, as I said, at my work holiday party.\u00a0 Near the end, we all converged around the stage and started the game.\u00a0 I got a fairly early number, walked over and almost tripped and fell (just call me grace) and picked out a present.\u00a0 I unwrapped it and HOLY FUCK it was a leopard print snuggie.\u00a0 After a few glasses of wine, that was THE COOLEST PRESENT EVER in my eyes and I gave everyone the stinkeye if they looked around the room for things to steal.\u00a0 It worked for a while.\u00a0 Being the boss has its benefits.\u00a0 However, someone got brave enough and purloined my snuggie right at the end (yes, a dude) and then one of the BIG bosses stole it.\u00a0\u00a0 Who knew that would be such a hot commodity?<\/p>\n

Zliten ended up with a magnetic dartboard (that is soooo going to my office in the new year for some stress relief) and I ended up with a pretty ornament that’s now on the tree.\u00a0 The guy that ended up with fake voltron wasn’t too happy but one of our artists loves the disco ball and it’s at his desk to annoy everyone at the office.<\/p>\n

Next was a sponsored party at one of our favorite bars downtown (though we don’t go often cause it’s semi-pricey).\u00a0 Open bar, sponsored goodies, an arts and crafts table, free hair styling and makeup refreshes, and of course, a table full of presents to pick from.\u00a0 Some were from sponsors, and they were supposed to actually be pretty cool (some jewelry, gift certs, etc).\u00a0 The rules were different (I mean, there were at least 100 people there) – you give a present, you take a present.\u00a0 That’s all.\u00a0 No steals, but consensual trades.<\/p>\n

For a while, there was just too much to pick from so I waited and sipped on some free mint margaritas.\u00a0 After a little bit, Zliten decided to be “that guy” and picked up the biggest, heaviest package on the table.\u00a0 Here is the definition of literal.<\/p>\n

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Yes, Zliten picked the WHITE ELEPHANT (wearing a tutu, no less) at the white elephant party.\u00a0 We ended up finding a seat and meeting some very cool people who want to be nerd friends with us.\u00a0 They also ended up with Zliten’s robot and loved it.\u00a0 Other presents around the table included a half eaten box of chocolate, embroidered christmas tree button covers, and then I realized I need to pick something as the present table had dwindled.\u00a0 This is the gem I ended up with.\u00a0 Here is the story:<\/p>\n

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…and the present:<\/p>\n

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Well, at least the next door neighbors have doggies, and can use the jerky.\u00a0 Then, we proceeded to have a wild and crazy night.\u00a0 Which ended way too late for a school night.\u00a0 Which made the next day hell.\u00a0 But hey, I went full holiday and looked festive.<\/p>\n

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The next last one was Saturday night, with a few friends.\u00a0 This one was pretty low key, but the hilarity factor was definitely there.\u00a0 Presents included a foot massager, some cheesy porn, a yanni CD, a sarcastic magic 8 ball and more.\u00a0 Zliten picked early in and ended up with some cat figurines and cat food (which is ironic because ALL OF OUR friends have cats, and he is terribly allergic) and I ended up with a poop calendar.\u00a0 Yeah, you got that right.\u00a0 A POOP calendar.\u00a0 Every month, a new poop.\u00a0 It is SO going up in my office.\u00a0 Also, the gnome and the robot were both stolen gifts, so they were a HIT!<\/p>\n

But the pictures are not of a cat.\u00a0 A deal was brokered later over some beers, and Zliten ended up with this:<\/p>\n

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So all the holiday parties (not including our traditions Christmas Eve and the family Christmas) are done, and we ended up with, among other things, two heavy ceramic figurines.\u00a0 Way too fun!\u00a0 What is the craziest holiday gift you’ve given or received?<\/p>\n

FYI, the pantry is clean from Monday’s hat draw, today (Tuesday) we picked Mini Golf which was a BLAST, and tomorrow is a BBQ adventure in Lockhart (the BBQ capital of Texas, apparently).\u00a0 So excited!<\/p>\n

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