The same day that my Santa was matched with me, he happened to be reading Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. A passage he read mentioned "Palos Verdes," a small town in California. You can imagine his reaction when he saw where he was to send his gift: Palos Verdes! He even sent me a photocopy of the page from the book.

I love my gifts!!! My profile said that I have way too much STUFF, and that I'd like consumable things or things that wear out. So he got me tea (I'm a tea nerd!), chocolate (I'm a chocoholic!), and socks (you might say I collect socks!). He also included a packet of assorted wildflower seeds from Leipzig, which I will plant in Palos Verdes.