my secret santa is obviously a grandmaster in google-fu. initially, i screwd up my profile, and had my interests and whatnot listed elsewhere, and not readily available. after a few messages and me fixing my profile, i started to get a string of mysterious packages.

the first to show was the patriots beer koozie. it was a useful gift, since i like to keep my beers nice and cool while drinking them. i had initially though it was gift from one of my relatives in new england.

a few days later, the package for the fenway park sign showed up. ive had some great memories at fenway park, so i really liked this. again, the package came from a mysterious gifter. i didnt put anything in my profile about favorite sports teams. i saw on the address label "c/o combatcarlson". my secret santa has obviously been doing a fair bit of research on me. my name is pretty common, so google results can return some scattered results. immediately i was impressed. based on the shipping info, i knew there was more to come, and could do nothing but wait.

now the next item is incredible useful. i new parking pass for the miskatonic university student parking lot! anyone with even a passive in the eldritch knowledge studied within those halls can understand odd and unexplainable events that happen in proximity to its ancient halls, one of those being the move of the office that handles parking passes. earlier in the year, they moved to a new office. that offie happens to be in a dimension beyond human comprehension, so i was unsure how i was going to get a new parking pass for the new year since i only possess 5 senses, and you need a minimum of 11 to be able to find your way to the office. way to go secret santa!

the next item i received was a handy head mounted light, useful for hiking at night, or maybe a little poking around in small caves. living in hawaii, there are many gorgeous trails to explore, and night hikes are very common. this should spare me at least a few busted toes. i had no real way to showcase this gift, so my dog stormy graciously offered to model it, in exchange for a pile of dog treats.

the last gift i received was same neat gloves with lights in the fingers. im guessing from looking through my photo albums in facebook, my secret santa discovered my (not so) secret night life attending local raves. these are always a fun item to have. i made a half assed attempt at light painting merry christmas, but it didnt go so well. but screw it. picture anyway.

thanks secret santa, and hope you're christmas is great as well!