Man, it’s hard to post without the sword of NaBloMocles hanging over my head. Suddenly, telling you about the pumpkin bread I made last night, or yesterday’s viewing of the stinky “16 blocks,” or the triumph I felt at waking two hours before work so I could take a shower don’t seem important enough to warrant a blog entry. So instead, something even more mundane:
My Christmas list.
I’m finally at point where I don’t really need anything. The cottage is already jammed with stuff from last year’s Crate & Barrel registry, and since everything I own has to squeeze into the kitchen for at least another month, I’m not too keen on getting more of it. But don’t take that to mean I want something crappy like “a donation in my name to charity” or “peace on Earth.” It just means I want something small. Like earrings.
One cool thing that my dad wants to get me is a copy of my x-rays, which can be purchased from the orthopedic surgeon’s office for $5. Then, if I can find a way to scan them, you all can share in the glory that is the two pins in my ankle, which sit at quite a jaunty angle. However, we both have a feeling that the doctor’s office is going to be willing to release x-rays to someone other than the owner of the bones, even if that person is Dad or Santa. I wonder if the orthopedic surgeon’s office sells gift certificates?
Yesterday, my mom and I were going over some small items to make sure that we don’t double up on my sister’s gifts, and I told her that I know she and everyone else are going to try their hardest to get me ankle-injury related gag gifts, and don’t think I don’t know it. She went all innocent on me, and claimed that she could not think of what such a present could be. Well, I hate to ruin the surprise mom, but this is it:
You can click on the image to find out how to purchase knee-high anatomical bone socks for your favorite injured blogger. While you’re at it, the website is also a great resource for all things anatomical, including scale-model urinary tracts and cat skeletons. Enjoy!
Posted by The Dutchess of Kickball on December 4, 2007 at 3:55 pm
I have always wanted the Visible Horse. No for real, I have.
Well, then, my long search for your Christmas present is over.
Posted by Allie on December 4, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Happy Holidays, here’s a urinary tract! I love it.
Can I get that with a side of cranberry juice?
Posted by mickey on December 4, 2007 at 4:30 pm
The sword of NaBloMocles! Quite a jaunty angle!
Sorry, for some reason I feel the need to tell people exactly which words or phrases I like best in their posts. I guess I’m validating and encouraging their creativity.
Of course, your socks would have to be altered with a Sharpie to be anatomically correct.
Maybe just a phrase with the word “broken.”
Posted by alyndabear on December 4, 2007 at 4:34 pm
HAHA. Classic!
word.
Posted by stefanie on December 4, 2007 at 4:53 pm
If we’re all doing what Mickey’s doing, then my favorite part (other than “jaunty angle,” of course) was “don’t take that to mean I want something crappy like “a donation in my name to charity” or “peace on Earth.” Hee.
Why would I want peace on Earth when I can have anatomical bone socks??
Much more practical, I say.
Posted by lizgwiz on December 4, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Well, damn. I guess I’d better send back the “peace on earth” I just got for you.
Years ago my father injured himself badly in a motorcycle accident, and got at least 3 “get well” plants sent to the hospital in motorcycle-shaped planters. People can’t help themselves, I guess.
Where do you even find a motorcycle-shaped planter?
Posted by Brando on December 4, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I think I would rather get coal than the Human Kidney and Adrenal Gland model.
Why would I want peace on Earth when I can have anatomical bone socks??
That’s the truest thing I read on the Internets today.
Are you really sure you don’t want the adrenal gland?
Posted by Michelle on December 4, 2007 at 6:35 pm
LOVE those socks. I want a whole outfit. I wonder if they make fun winter hats.
Then you could see your brains!
Posted by Laurel on December 4, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Those socks are amazing!
I am with you, I told my mom that my Christmas list is “anything I don’t have to pack when I go to grad school.”
Also, congrats on the shower this morning! Totally blogworthy.
Thanks, I’m a big girl now!
Posted by Aaron on December 4, 2007 at 8:37 pm
So, wait, I’m sorry, you want a scale model urinary tract? Because say the word, Christmas Tree.
Now that NaBlo is over I’ve been forgetting to read other people’s blogs. I’m so self-centered.
You have got to get RSS. It will remember for you.
Posted by EvilKate on December 4, 2007 at 9:02 pm
I like the socks. Your broken ankle can look over at the other sock and see how it needs to heal itself.
I like the idea of getting your x-rays. You could frame them somehow and hang them in your office to remind you of this wonderful experience. Oh, no…probably not a good reminder.
I like the idea of my feet talking to each other about socks.
Posted by tinetastic on December 4, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I’m totally loving the new masthead! and the bone socks.
Thanks!
Posted by elizabeth on December 4, 2007 at 10:32 pm
So, let me get this straight…..you want me to return the diamond earrings for a pair of knee socks?
it can be two things!
Posted by nancypearlwannabe on December 5, 2007 at 8:21 am
I actually would wear those socks. I think they’re cute. Way better than the ones I was going to get you that showed all the tendons and muscles in your legs.
Yeah, cause the tendons and muscles, they’re fine.
Posted by gregorymeyer on December 5, 2007 at 10:59 am
I was going to take segments of your post (in order of appearance) to make an alternate post, but I just don’t have the energy. Hell, I phoned in my own blog today.
If anyone has the energy for a reverse MadLibs — the sword of NaBloMocles, stinky, squeeze, crappy, jaunty, knee-high anatomical bone socks, all things anatomical, scale-model urinary tracts, cat skeletons
I wish I had that kind of time…
Posted by Mermu's Innermost Thought on December 5, 2007 at 4:40 pm
I’m still nursing a separated shoulder from my bike injury last year (really, I’m too busy to go to the doctor…) I wonder if I can get a separated shoulder shirt?
You should send that in as a suggestion. Then, possibly, go tot the doctor.
Posted by Erikka on December 5, 2007 at 4:45 pm
how useless would getting broken ankle related gifts be? your ankle wont be broken forever! geesh.
and question…if you weren’t married…or having a baby….how did you land a registry at crate and barrel? i’ve often joked that i was going to pretend to do either just so i could get good gifts out of it.
You can register for your birthday, or for a fake wedding. No one really checks to see who you are. Or sometimes websites call them “wish lists.”
Posted by rdl on December 5, 2007 at 11:00 pm
oh what fun stuff on that site. I think i’ve been in the medical field too long.
As a visitor to the medical field, it’s pretty fun too.