I seriously freaked out when I got my gift. I'm just a lurker and I thought it would be fun to give back, and to get a little something, but I wasn't imagining anything as amazing as the plushie of my dreams!

Seriously, it's almost creepy. I said I liked Portal, but not how much, and especially not how much I loved the turrets (my text notification for the longest time was 'Hello, friend'). I'd been lusting over turret plushies since that homemade prototype was posted seven months ago (and then it redoubled when the official ones came out), but it's the sort of thing I'd never buy for myself or ask for. I didn't notice the box was sent from ThinkGeek, and I think I might've actually squealed all girly-like when I opened it up.

So far I have learned: -You can shoot this thing with a Nerf gun all day long and it won't fall over -It is the best thing to cuddle when studying for exams because then you can pretend it's shooting all your readings for you -When you play Cara Mio and have it sway back and forth to the song it's like you're in the game! -No one just keeps a bunch of AAA batteries lying around, so I haven't gotten the sounds working yet, but I'm going to run out for batteries later today

I have yet to learn -How high my roommate will jump when I hide it in her room with the motion sensor activated

My turret is going to occupy a place of honour in my geek shrine for all time. Thank you so much, Secret Santa! Please let me know who you are so I can send you all the virtual hugs and cookies!