My Secret Santa is super awesome. For serious.

I mentioned how much I love music and within a day of being matched up, he asked if I had some sort of way to play vinyl records. I did not (at the time!), but said how I'd been meaning to get a record player eventually. Fast forward a few days and he asks me another few questions, including my top 5 favorite albums. This was when I began to get really excited. I could tell this guy was going to bring it.

And bring it he did.

After a few days of drunken debauchery with some friends down at Indiana University, I arrive home to find two fairly large packages and a confused pair of parents.

I tear into the first package, the smaller of the two. I was hoping to save the bigger (and hopefully best) for last. Inside that package were to vinyl records, both of which I had mentioned on my top 5 list I mentioned earlier: Thickfreakness by the Black Keys and London Calling by the Clash. Even at this point, I still had no idea what the second package held in store for me.

I ripped off the tape, took the inner goodies out of the box and just began laughing my ass off out of pure joy. This magnificent bastard sprung for a BRAND NEW VINYL RECORD PLAYER. I was beside myself. Still am, to be honest.

I hooked it up for the first time tonight, wanting to save it until after Christmas. And HOT DAMN does this thing sound awesome. I could not be happier.

Thank you so much man. I think this is easily the best present I got this year (don't tell my folks!).