Birthday Wishlist

Posted on July 12, 2006 by Mark Egge

So. I’m “doing” my birthday, this year– call it base materialism. Call it a fall from grace. Call it a betrayal of principle. Call it what you like, but I mean, I’m broke. And I’m a college student. And there’re some things that I’d like to have. So… yeah. Hey! Birthday! Here I come!

That’s the 26th, mind you. On the 26th of July, at 6:00PM (that’s Mountain Standard Time, Sagar– don’t you try to get all smart on me!), I will have obtained the age of 20 years old. Or, put another way, I will have graced the world with my presence for a full 20 years (that’s just over ten and a half million minutes, mind you–man, I just had to go all out, if ya know what I mean!). Oh, I jest. For the most-part, anyway. =)

But anyhow. Back to the point. I have consorted with my base, materialist self (heh), and generated a list of items most likely to bring me … material happiness? Hmm. What-ev. Here we go:

  • Items on my Amazon.com Wish List
  • A new battery for my Dell Latitude D600 laptop (6-Cell, 53-WHr Primary Battery (Item Number 312-0191)). Call 800-357-DELL, option 3. $132 (eesh!)
  • A replacement battery for my beloved 3rd Gen iPod — Link
  • An 18″x24″ print of Hieronymus Bosch’s Christ Carrying The Cross (Click the link)
  • A vegetarian cookbook (with big, bright pictures)
  • A “Kiss the Cook” kitchen apron (and then, of course, let me cook you dinner!)

    For a more generic approach, gift cards to Safeway and Target would be well-used this fall. See: starving college student. Heh.

    Alternatively–as always– a donation to a charity of your choice (I’m partial to the Parikrma Foundation) in my name would be greatly appreciated (a big thanks to those who have contributed previously!) and definately preferable. Just send me a nice card. =)

    • About Mark Egge

    Transportation planner-adjacent data scientist by day. YIMBY Shoupista on a bicycle by night. Bozeman, MT. All opinions expressed here are my own.
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    7 Responses to Birthday Wishlist

    1. Hopealess says:
      July 12, 2006 at 6:14 pm

      DAMN! Th4e 26th? No way? I thought I was close, but I was 9 days off. Oh well, at least that gives me more time to prepare. Call me when you get back from the mountainious adventures.

    2. ken-mister says:
      July 13, 2006 at 2:22 am

      … I like the card idea, mind you, some of us are poor college students as well (I could have used too, but I want to sound a little smarter the I done be =P) At any rate, I don’t have your address, so send it to me so I can inturn send you a card that was made partially of recycled material, got to think of the environment here!

    3. Upidivl says:
      July 13, 2006 at 5:34 pm

      *cough*Look at bottom of page for address*cough*

    4. Upidivl says:
      July 13, 2006 at 7:31 pm

      Dude, don’t tell him…

    5. meekyung says:
      July 14, 2006 at 10:02 pm

      CHRIST’S WOUNDS, MARK! (or zounds, as the lazy would say), I’m ashamed, disappointed, and appalled to see such hypocrisy. Well, I suppose I should welcome you to the garden of earthly delights, eh? =) Of course I jest. But one serious question: When did you become a fan of Bosch?

    6. markegge says:
      July 21, 2006 at 6:57 am

      Bosch is the Edgar Allen Poe of 16th century artists. How could I not like him? (Your reference, by the way, is quite clever.)

    7. wrong post... says:
      July 24, 2006 at 12:21 am

      MST or MDT? We are in daylight savings time right?