Today I opened my mailbox to see a treasure, shining its golden gory for the world to behold. I rushed inside, dropping all the other mail on the way, and tore into that shit as fast as I could. And I received an awesome collection of random stuff!

While mining the rich ore deposits deep within the packaging, I came across these fine gems:

DVDs of the Animation Show, Volumes 1 & 2. This looks awesome. I recognized the rejected cartoon (my spooooon is too big!) on the back cover in a nanosecond, but the rest I haven't seen. It should be great :).



A CD of Headless Machine of the Heart by Helvetia. I had not heard of them before, but the music is very good. Sounds a bit like Radiohead. I listened to the whole damn thing in one sitting, instead of doing productive things as I had planned.



Some sweet halloween cards. They're all shiny and creepy and stuff. Ready for the next Halloween gift exchange now.



Copies of my gifter's own publication, Used Gravitrons ( http://usedgravitrons.com/ ). It looks pretty interesting... I'll give it a read (most likely while taking a dump, where all my reading seems to happen, so I look forward to my next poo).



An interesting card holder, containing a batman pin (attached it to my curtains immediately to display), a random XD memory card (ah, Olympus with your strange card formats... I have an old camera somewhere that should work with it), and a $25 gift card to The North Face. It will help buy insulating gear for Colorado weather, since we get shit like this: http://i.imgur.com/FYXlD.jpg

An awesome retro Mattel Classic Baseball handheld game. This thing looks straight out of the 70s and is actually pretty fun (still works!). Maybe I'll tear it apart and build a wooden case for it someday. Amazingly, you can still buy it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-43386-Classic-Baseball-Game/dp/B00005YWNI

Seriously, thank you skoulascores. Your gift was well thought out, and I'll put everything to good use. Thanks for giving me some entertainment and excitement!