Ah, another Christmas is upon us. Not to sound too cliche, but I wish all the members of TESSource a very merry Christmas and hope you spend the time, whatever your belief, with your family and friends. It's very rare when the whole family get together, sit down in the living room and talk, laugh and share past experiences, but Christmas is when it happens.

I'm not really a big fan of Christmas as a whole, I think it's bigged up far too much with pressure put on people to find "the perfect gift" when the best gift is really the quality time you spend with the ones you care about. My girlfriend and I have decided not to buy each other gifts this year, not because we're stingy, but simply because we'd rather be spending the time with each other (she's living in Morocco at the moment on a student learning year out) than worrying about what to buy. My best friend and I don't buy presents for each other at all -- Birthdays or Christmas -- we figure it's like him giving me money and me giving it back. I've made an effort for my closest relatives, however, and done most of my Christmas shopping online. Not really an effort, but the thought is there none-the-less!

At this time of the year I tend to look back and reflect on what has happened over the past year; I've moved into a new house with friends from university, setup a company, found a new love and lost close friends and relatives to death, an interesting year which lacked enough alcohol (in relative terms to my student status), something I hope to rectify with a sort of psuedo new years resolution: to get out more, irrespective of the god awful UK indie music the local university scene spews out of its metaphorical rear-end, and enjoy more time with my friends in the many pubs (and dare I say it, clubs) Exeter has to offer. That's the sort of resolution I like. Mind, I'm not a hermit, just simply enjoy the seedier bars and clubs in Exeter that many of my friends frown upon.

Merry Christmas to you and everyone else too!


Indie rock isn't that bad... Some times. And anything is better than all the rap you hear over here... No offense to those who like it but I can't stand it.

I have to go to church with my grandma at 10 o' clock in the morning tomorrow. I'm not really into that, but I'll do it for her, because it's Christmas

Who in their right mind would want to go to Morocco? I do, but I'm not in my right mind.

"Here's looking at you, kid."

She studies Arabic and French (don't look at me like that ... she's perfectly normal apart from her strange choice (1) in languages and (2) in wanting to actually do languages).

AK-47s... shooting... cool.

Ah, we dont have the exclusive rights to those (AK-47) down here, I suppose, but we threw a morrocan themed gift-mas for the family (difficult to do a pagan kersfees you know!) And I have quite a good haul of bath salts and candles to use in my new bathroom.

So, merry (fill-in-name-of-preffered-deity) and happy (complete-wish-for-future-happinessesses){(as per Corporal Carrot, Ankh Morpork Nightwatch)}


... our neighbourhood watch warned us of people being 'harrased' (read AK-47ed) whilts entertaining outdoors, so both my parental units came packing, though I daresay intruders may have been fed to death.

Chees... Chairs...Chess... oh whatever...

>lifts brimming glass in toast<

Same here, cuz to me it's not music at all, just a bunch of loud noise (I keep it with all what I call "noise", which includes rap, excluding hip-hop since it's different, metal, and grunge rock). I listen to anything that sounds good to me, but I usually listen to electronica. My signature should've given that away, as that's from the Warp Brothers first track Phatt Bass, a remake of New Order's Confusion, specifically the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix from Blade.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone, not just the Elder Scrolls or Gaming Source communities, but the entire world.

...Oh yeah, and Happy Hanukkah to all the Jewish people on the forums too !

Well, I've already wished everyone a politically correct Merry Whatever in the other thread, so I guess I'll wish everyone a Merry Christmas here.

Merry christmas champs! Hopes ya got what you wanted for presents