Last year (also known as two weeks ago) I participated in the Reddit Gifts Secret Santa exchange. My giftee is a Batman fan, so I gave him a copy of Gotham Central, autographed by my friend Ed brubaker, who wrote it. I also gave him a copy of DC Universe Online, because it's really fun to pretend you're a superhero (or villain) and when you go to Gotham City in the game, you can play with me (I'm the voice of Robin in the game.)
My Secret Santa hit it out of the park, and shipped me a box of awesome. Yesterday, I finally put pictures of my gifts into the gallery.
My Secret Santa looked deep into my soul, and gave me four + Q gifts that nailed the four points of my inner compass. There was also a Snickers bar in there, in case I needed a nougat boost during the opening of gifts. They were all awesome, but it was the one non-gift in the box that was the best gift of all.
My gifts were all individually wrapped and labeled so that I would open them in the proper order. Go ahead and flip through the gallery to enjoy them the way I did.
Head on over to RedditGifts to see what I got, and Happy New Year!
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There is a new brewpub/gastropub called Haven in Pasadena that has a remarkably EXCELLENT beer menu. My friends and I visited it’s opening weekend during a pub crawl and we stayed well past our 1 hour limit so we could try several more beers on their menu. http://havengastropub.com/pasadena/draught
If you haven’t tried the Lagunitas Sucks Holiday brew yet I highly recommend it. Lagunitas screwed up their annual holiday brew, so they created this and bottled it as Lagunitas Sucks! Really Good!!
These gifts are so awesome, and further proof that people from Delaware totally rule.
One of my first beers was from Dogfish as well, but it was so long ago I’m hardpressed to remember which one. I’ll head back and order something in your honor next time I find myself in Rehoboth.
Wow. Great gifts, all, but that “non-gift” was downright spectacular.
You should totally sign it as Jonathan Frakes.
I needed some Awesome, and this is it. Your last several Tumblr posts are depressing me, and I have the upteenth ridiculous evil cold, and I need to burn off a few thousand Christmas calories. Bah Humbug. Your redditor SS should be president. Of the Internet. Or Reddit. Whatever. (also, this tried to autcorrect REDDITOR to redactor. WTF)
These gifts are so cool! I had to look twice at that picture, as I thought it was you, lol. I must say, though, I still think Sheldon won out with his signed Leonard Nimoy gift napkin from Penny. 😉
Happy new year to you and your family. Thanks for all of your great posts last year, as well as your awesome books. I’ve read your blog since early 2005(7 years!), and I look forward to reading each day. Best always. -Josh
This is as wonderful now as when I saw it on Twitter. My Secret Santa at work did wonderfully, giving me lots of geeky deliciousness, but yours? Wow. Your Secret Santa truly rocks. Indeed this was well played, and indeed he is a magnificent bastard.
Maybe the candy is somebody’s way of reminding you not to be a diva?
your Reddit Secret Santa is the shit. But just so you know, YOU made me Furiously Happy today when you acknowledged me so graciously at the bank today. I’m not a stalker, and I never would have EXPECTED my heart to pound like it did when I saw you, so I’m just so GRATEFUL that you are everything you seem (from your blogs and vlogs and writings and whatnot) and NOT A DICK. Albeit, you must be REALLY shy in non-performer situations, like the line at the bank. I apologize if I freaked you out it any way.
I was a fan before; now I’m truly Crusher’d. 🙂
That is freaking awesome. Secret Santa is the best thing ever. Luckily this year I was my significant other’s secret Santa so I got fun with it to. I made it so she couldn’t just rip open the present to see what’s inside but sealed it with a tab under a piece of paper with a Limerick attached. She had to solve it to open the box. Her limerick was thus:
“I’m a mercenary in a hillbilly daze,
with a group of rebels involved in tricky trades.
My guns make me feel cozy,
when the Reavers get nosey,
Gee, I wish we’d brought some ______.”
The answer was obviously “Grenades” and when she popped the box open she was now the proud owner of a hand knitted Jayne Cobb hat.
“The three Magi saw the child Jesus with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.” Matthew 2:11. These were the first Christmas presents.
He is a real person, and a class act. When I mentioned some friends of mine with a tough situation in a post, he replied and told me to wish them well. It really meant something to them that he took the time to wish them well, even though he didn’t know them from adam/eve.
+1 to karma to Wil.
The photo looks like a cross between you and Corey Greenberg.