More often than not, I get Christmas gifts which the giving party thinks are "cool" or "interesting" which I have no use for. I mean seriously. What use does a fifteen-year-old have for a bird feeder, really?

Anyway, these days I ask for money. I mean, really, everyone can get me a bunch of little things I have absolutely no need for whatsoever, or they can give me the cash equivalent which can be pooled to buy something I actually want but would be too expensive to request from a single person. It'll save me the trouble of returning everything.

P.S. I totally plan to take that money to Circuit City the next day and go TV shopping with their massive sales.