A digital camera, an iPod Nano, a really horrible shirt, my Spring Awakening soundtrack (wheee!), a tin of mints labeled with a picture of Lucille Ball and the words "Lucy's Predic-a-Mints" (courtesy of my mother, hehe), a new yoga mat, and three books. Good haul!
FOur books (woo hoo), 2 sweaters and 2 pairs of jeans (the ones that I wanted), a teddy bear LOL (it's cute), an angel, eeh pj's (great-grandmother here)and cash. Oh, and loads of sweets - my stomach hurts already =)
Heh, well my some of my gifts aren't the ordinary type but those who have gotten to know me on this site would probably expect nothing less.
I got quite a few books on the American Revolution, including a really nice documentry on the Boston Massacre. The reading is a bit tricky but overall it seems pretty good.
Then I got, since I collect coins, a 1750 George II. It's really neat and absolutely blows my mind away that coins from colonial American are still in existance. This one is by far the oldest I own, and for being well over 250 years old, it's in outstanding condition!
And because I wanted to give it a go, I got grave rubbing paper and the like. I want to rub my great, great, great grandfather's stone, who served in the Civil War, and then frame it. His stone is in great condition, so the rubbbing shouldn't damage it.
In additon to the rubbing paper and so forth, I got a book on gravestone art or in other words, plates of someone else's rubbings. It's really neat, and in addition to that, I got a book of famous epitaphs (sp) or inscriptions on the stones by the Puritans or famous Americans, more noteably seen in the Revolution.
So all that was right up my ally, LOL!
BUT! The most outstanding gift I received was a crooked knife. Native Americans used these to carve baskets, canoos, etc. When the English settlers came, N.A.'s would trade furs, etc. in return for razors. Now, because I'm starting to collect the "barber razors," let me say, that the term sharp doesn't describe the blade. If you were not careful, you could damn near cut serveral layers off - no joke! So, because razors kept a great edge, N.A.'s traded for them, and I'm sure the settlers thought it was a joke but gladly accepted the furs.
My crooked knife was said to be circa 1900-1930's, and man is it gorgious! It's also signed by the creator - just initials but still, it's outshines any of my current knives; truly a fine example of art at it's best carved from oak. I'll have to take a picture of it sometime, haha!
Here's an example of a crooked (or Mocotaugan) knife to give ya'll an idea:
I didn't ask for anything, but I ended up with clothes and money. Doesn't hurt to have that.
Also, an iPod alarm clock. That made me happy.
Like, 10 people at my school got those.
I'm happy.
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