Wishlist of Tudor England and Time Lords...
Happy Christmas Eve, all!
I'm currently sitting at my desk, pretending to work, and ignoring the fact that the kitchen and the rest of the house needs to be cleaned before my brother-in-law gets here and we bust out the Chinese food and the best Christmas movie ever: A Muppet Family Christmas
It occurred to me that I didn't make a proper Christmas list this year. Because I am plum out of money, I find it ridiculous to expect other people to buy me things. I mean, I've had to throw some stuff out there as I'd otherwise be badgered with the, "JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU FUCKING WANT FOR CHRISTMAS!!!" questions being shouted at me by angry family members who are clearly standing in the middle of a mall and have no fucking clue what to get me.
But what do I really want?
Here is my ridiculous list:
A big-ass, geeky, girl-powered coffee book table. Fucking. Awesome.
Elizabeth & Elizabeth: The Golden Age
I've only seen Elizabeth once and Elizabeth: The Golden Age on a flight to Tokyo, and I'd love to own both. As you'll see from my next item, I'm going through some sort of ridiculous "I <3 British History" and "I <3 The Tudors" phase. I'm currently reading Sovereign Ladies by Maureen Waller and it's such a good read. Enjoying every minute of it.
Again, I'm going through a small obsession at the moment. I would like to feed it in any way possible.
I don't even talk on real phone. Ever. I just want it on my desk.
I've already written about these both here, and on BitchBuzz. I still want them. I think lusting after shoes for more than 3 months means that I'm serious about our future relationship, and that they should just trust me, and somehow, someway, make their way to me. Now, preferrably.
The Phonofone II in Limited Editon Black
This is one of those beautiful gadgets that while I may never actually *need* in my life time, it is just so gorgeous that I just want it. Want it. To stare at. To drool at. To love forever, and ever, amen.
Along with my obsession with the history of Britain, I'm slowly becoming a full-out Doctor Who fan. (I'm sure Iain will scoff at the "slowly" bit as pretty much every night for the past two weeks I've insisted we watch an episode - or 5 - on the iPlayer.)
Would I use this sonic screwdriver? No. It would sit on my desk. But, I would love it, and I would look at it and perhaps even touch it a couple times a day. My desk is where I spend most of my time, so why not adorn it with expensive things to look at?
Anyway, folks...
I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas or whatever the heck it is you celebrate, and a fabulous New Year.
Comments
Happy Holidays!
Have a great Christmas and enjoy that Muppet movie
I want all those things for the holidays...
and I will so bring you the dc cover girls book! I swore I wasn't going to move any books, but you've got dibs!
I love the Tudors. I want to wear great big period costumes whenever I watch it.
pssssst... Asda had copies of Tudors series 1 for a ten pounds :-)
Erm, this is going to sound a little odd as I don't really know you. But I've just read through some recent posts and... well, I guess you tugged at me a little.
Basically, I'm a complete Tudor nerd. I have endless amounts of books, documentaries and studies on the entire period, as well as some amazing novels. So I basically wanted to open up my collection to you, if you are enjoying the Tudor stuff. I have a lot of this stuff in duplicate ("hey, what shall we get Antonia for Christmas? Isn't she really obsessed with that whole Tudor thing? Let's just get her something on that" thinks EVERYONE) so some of you can keep.
I have The Tudors series one (though if you're looking for historical accuracy, stay AWAY) and both Elizabeth's. You're welcome to them both, I'm not hugely keen. The rest of the factual stuff you're welcome to borrow, I can post them through if any appeals. Oh, and there's an amazing ITV drama called "Henry VIII" (Ray Winstone / Helena Bonham Carter) which was on awhile ago, and naturally I have the DVD of.
Basically, if you want the aforementioned, just let me know. If you want any of the factual stuff, let me know if there's anything specific or I can recommend.
I guess your posts (I just came and read the whole page) just made me sit up and think a little. I have this stuff, it's just gathering dust, and you want Tudor stuff. So... why not?
Just email me or Tweet me (@antoniajane) if you're interested!