This probably doesn't need to be so long, but I feel like it deserves some exposition. Bear with me if you have some time and hopefully you will enjoy this story.

It all started with a couple of shameless throwaway tweets. I made the arbitrary decision to link my twitter account to my redditgifts profile, and it proved to make all the difference.

Allow me to set the scene.

On occasion I have a tendency to go on ridiculous tangents about the most random things on my twitter feed. A few months ago I decided to wax nostalgic about the films of my youth that are not exactly considered great by any stretch, specifically, the '90s work of Pauly Shore. Here are those tweets:

"In retrospect it's kind of amusing how many of my favorite films as an adolescent starred Pauly Shore"

"Son in Law, Bio-Dome, In the Army Now. these will always be guilty pleasures of mine"

Truth.

About a week ago I received a message from my secret santa including the following:

"This gift is what you get for posting your twitter feed. ;) Was able to glean some hilarious insight"

Uh oh.

"This gift was also on the top of the list of things I never thought I'd buy in my entire life."

Excitement. Growing.

Fast forward a couple of days later and I receive an 8x10 sized envelope in the mail addressed to marshallbanana. The moment had arrived. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

Then I saw it, and I laughed and I laughed. It was an autographed photo from Son-in-Law, signed by Pauly Shore himself as well as Lane Smith from the movie. Best of all, a letter of mother-fucking authenticity!

Not only did this gift make me laugh hysterically for 10 minutes straight (I still chuckle every time I look at it now, on my wall) but the best part is that it's specifically from the movie Son-in-Law. In no way did I make it clear that out of the three films mentioned in my tweet, Son-in-Law was the one that was closest to my heart. For whatever reason (I was a strange child), this was the one I watched over and over and over again. I asked for the VHS for christmas one year and it was my favorite present! I have absolutely no shame about this.

My secret santa fucking nailed it, and now I have this hilarious piece of nostalgia which will definitely be hanging on my wall for the rest of my life!