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!
18 responses so far ↓
The Dutchess of Kickball // 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.
Allie // 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?
mickey // 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.”
alyndabear // December 4, 2007 at 4:34 pm
HAHA. Classic!
word.
stefanie // 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.
lizgwiz // 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?
Brando // 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?
Michelle // 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!
Laurel // 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!
Aaron // 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.
EvilKate // 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.
tinetastic // December 4, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I’m totally loving the new masthead! and the bone socks.
Thanks!
elizabeth // 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!
nancypearlwannabe // 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.
gregorymeyer // 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…
Mermu's Innermost Thought // 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.
Erikka // 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.”
rdl // 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.
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