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I have very few Xmas presents bought for people this year. Partly down to the money situation, and partly because I just don't know what to buy people - I generally don't ask unless I'm really stuck because I like getting an idea of what people like, and then getting them something that fits this idea. And some people...yeah...I'm a bit stuck.

I bought my nephew a thing. It's really hard to describe - it looks like a spherical bull on wheels, and you pull it back, let go, and it zooms off. I just tried to find it on the website but it's not actually on there. HELPFUL! I will have to take a picture and try to upload it and remember to link to it.

I attempted to buy video games but there was nothing I wanted :(

I did, however, buy a couple of books. I got a book of socks to knit, because there were some lovely ones, and a pictorial history of David Bowie. Because, you know, BOWIE. I am weak to him. Always. I haven't really looked at it yet, and I actually thought it was one I already owned, but it turned out not to be! HURRAH! (It didn't help that the one I already owned was a pictorial biography).

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In other news: I tried watching FLCL. I've wanted to watch it for years now and...I couldn't even make it through the entire first episode. It just did nothing for me, and I felt like it was trying too hard to be quirky and weird. And, yeah.

So then I sat down to an episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Langan, which went better. All I know about it is Kamina's shades. Which, you know, if I could reach into the PC and smash them, I would. I hate those things. And obviously, I know Kamina, and Simon, but that is it. TVT says I should watch the show before I read the tropes *pouts* Anyway, going to try a few more eps and see where it goes, and if it grows on me any (I know it's by Gainax, and it's the series they did before Kill la Kill, so if it's as bananas as that? FINE BY ME. That's the only reason I watch KLK anyway).

(I need to stop watching anime I can't remember the titles of, though. Although at least now I've seen it I can remember Madoka Magica's full title, so yay?)

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Oh, and I'm knitting a sky scarf. Actually enjoying it, and it uses up some of the random balls of wool (YES ACTUAL WOOL!) that were in my mum's/gran's stash. Also it's coming out more interesting than I thought it might! (Pictures will post on my tumblr in a couple of days. I'll upload to Flickr or something soonish).