I've got to hand it to my gifter, I really do. I received a really nice poster of just about every Disney character there is! While that part of the gift was super nice and I do like it a lot, it was the other half that has me really amped up!

First, an explanation: In my likes/dislikes paragraph for this exchange, I explained that I prefer the old school 2-D disney movies over the newer Disney/Pixar amalgamations. I went off on a bit of a tangent, however, and told the story of how my younger brother (who is 25, by the way) loves Ratatouille, it's one of his favourite movies, and one year for Christmas I stuck an action figure from that movie in his stocking. He HATED the action figure, said that it was really creepy and as much as he loves the movie, it's hard to make merchandise shaped like rats look attractive. So ever since, every time I find a new piece of Ratatouille merchandise (often in liquidation or discount bins) I buy it, and save it to give to him on his birthday or Christmas. And every year he hates it and begs me to stop. I love it, it makes me so happy.

Anyway, when I opened my package, which was enclosed in a poster tube, the first thing I saw was actually the second poster pictured below. I am thrilled, it's so great, and guess what? His birthday is in a couple of weeks, so perfect timing! The only thing that is a bit disappointing is that that the poster is actually kind of beautiful - it's so lovely in fact that I suspect he might actually like it.

Thank you so much, Pomegrnate! I can't wait to tell my brother that a stranger from the internet is in on the joke.