Just thought I'd put together a little Christmas list I can direct my family and friends to, and perhaps even generous strangers out there :) (Ya.. right, like anyone else reads my blog...)

Asus F3Jm This is my Christmas gift to myself :P
This thing is just amazing for a laptop of this price (note: site is American), with a Core Duo 1.86ghz (could be upgraded later), 1gb of RAM (with only one SODIMM, so I could put another in too!) and a GeForce 7600 with 512mb of dedicated graphics memory. I will be buying this with money earned from various jobs for a substantial discount from my previous employer.

Ok, let's start with actual gift ideas now.

Since I'm getting an awesome laptop, I'm going to need an awesome laptop bag to protect my investment. Enter Tom Bihn bags:
Brain Bag with Brain Cell (size 1) (both in Steel colour preferably)
These bags are simply the best out there. They will go through hell and back, and protect your stuff in the process. They come highly recommended. Ya, it's pricey, but definately worth it to protect expensive portable electronics.

Moving on to other less expensive things...

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Spotted this in a shopping bag after my parents came home yesterday ;)
What? I'm a sucker for pretty graphics :)

Halo
I had a copy of this before, but I lost the CD, and the key, and I've missed it ever since. Drunken Halo is a lot of fun by the way, try it sometime ;)

Tool - 10,000 Days
Alright, you could get me any Tool album and I'd be happy, because Tool rocks, and I don't have any of their CDs (I'm pretty sure this is a sin).

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Uh huh... more Maynard :) This is my favourite APC album, and I don't have it (I'm going to hell for sure).

Oh man, how could I forget, I need a new mouse for my gaming :D
Microsoft Habu
Ya.. it's a Micro$oft mouse, but the internals are all Razer. This mouse is simply the best mouse you can get for gaming. Microsoft ergonomics (say what you will about their software, I think their peripherals are still great), with Razer's legendary internal electronics.

iriver S10 MP3 player
This is simply the coolest little (VERY little) MP3 player I've ever seen. You can get it with up to 2gb of memory (plenty for me), and it plays almost all formats under the sun (the ones that matter anyway). It also doesn't rely on proprietary syncing apps, or Windows Media Player to load it up with music, it's recognized as a USB storage drive.

Ya, that's about it, I'm really easy to please. Wish I could come up with more stuff for this list, but really... I'm open to just about anything, but safe bets are DVDs, t-shirts with funny and/or witty comments on them. Hell, I even like the downright geeky ones! Speaking of geeky, ThinkGeek is a good place to shop for me :)

So... to all you secret santas out there... you have some idea what I want :)