Space

[cosmolinguist]

When my mom was bugging me so much about what I wanted for Christmas, I should've told her what I really wanted.

I want Huygens to do well.

I certainly hope it's better than the space adventure I was hoping for last Christmas.

Comments

[chuck-lw.livejournal.com]

>When my mom was bugging me so much about what I wanted for Christmas, I should've told her what I really wanted.

>I want Huygens to do well.

Um...here's a tip.

When you sneak over to the Christmas tree -- when nobody's looking -- and you try to guess what's in the Christmas presents; don't shake the boxes too hard, because you might break something important.

Don't ask me how the structural and operational integrity of a space probe got packaged into a Christmas present hundreds of millions of miles away from Saturn. I just work here. They don't tell me anything.;-P

[cosmolinguist]

Well, that's no good—it'd hardly be exploring Titan and whatnot if it's in my living room, eh?

But I still have my model glue and stuff, so if they make a plastic replica version, I'll take that.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

This year I've had a lot of trouble figuring out what to want for christmas, too, at least in terms of material things.

I think that wanting Huygens to work out well is a great goal. I also think, though, that perhaps next year you can visit the NASA store on-line, assuming there is a NASA store, and find some odd, curious space-y thing to ask for, to make your mother feel good :).

[cosmolinguist]

I haven't wanted material things for years. I always have a hard time with it. And my presents are underwhelming: jewelry I rarely wear, sweaters I'd never pick for myself ... There's not much I can do about it, though; I tried mentioning the "give the money or gifts to someone who could really use it" idea when I was in high school, and my mom ignored it.

A NASA store sounds like a good idea to me. :-) Even if my parents would never buy anything online. They don't trust it.

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

You should have told her what you told all of us - you want a threesome...
Happy Christmas, love.