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Part of this post was originally supposed to be last night. But it works better tonight anyways. Wednesday, I finally got the package I'd been waiting for that my grandmother couldn't be bothered to listen for. A reverse-blade sword... definitely sweet. Although I have to admit, I wasn't entirely pleased with the way they shipped it[1], and the scabbard's kinda cheap[2], but I like it. In another package I'd ordered and wasn't expecting so quickly, I got the most recent XCrawl book (which came out last year and I'd completely forgotten about it) and a "Property of the Mage's Guild" t-shirt.
Oh, but here's the best part... a letter I got today. Apparently, since I'm not formally registered as a voter[3], I've been asked to make a contribution to the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. It also came with an 'autographed' photo of Pres and Laura Bush with a little message at the bottom, and the envelope and letter make sure to inform me that it wasn't printed at the taxpayers' expense.
Here's the letter as follows (with text from the letter being in italics), with my comments where appropriate. Because it's too damn funny.
( I don't want to clog your Friends list, but I bear a special message from the White-House. No, really. Sort of. )
[1]-- The blade and scabbard wrapped seperately-- even with it protected with about an inch-thick layer of oil, seeing the blade wrapped in cheap plastic bugged me a bit.
[2]-- The first several times I drew the blade from the sheath, it was covered with little bits of wood that rubbed off on it.
[3]-- Not my fault; I registered online but for some reason it didn't go through.
Oh, but here's the best part... a letter I got today. Apparently, since I'm not formally registered as a voter[3], I've been asked to make a contribution to the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. It also came with an 'autographed' photo of Pres and Laura Bush with a little message at the bottom, and the envelope and letter make sure to inform me that it wasn't printed at the taxpayers' expense.
Here's the letter as follows (with text from the letter being in italics), with my comments where appropriate. Because it's too damn funny.
( I don't want to clog your Friends list, but I bear a special message from the White-House. No, really. Sort of. )
[1]-- The blade and scabbard wrapped seperately-- even with it protected with about an inch-thick layer of oil, seeing the blade wrapped in cheap plastic bugged me a bit.
[2]-- The first several times I drew the blade from the sheath, it was covered with little bits of wood that rubbed off on it.
[3]-- Not my fault; I registered online but for some reason it didn't go through.
