Gifts for Justin
It’s taken me this long to realize Justin is not a geek. When I confronted him with this epiphany today he responded, “Yeah, I never really was into Star Wars.” Okay…
I don’t know if it’s that he’s changed over the last eleven years or that I’ve just been dilusional. He sure seemed like a tech geek when I first met him. He was a programmer, only wore holey jeans and free T-shirts from work, and his consciousness seemed all consumed by tech-related trivia. Now he’s often mistaken for a program manager or sales rep. Maybe there’s simply a bigger difference between younger and older geeks than I realize.
Whatever the case may be, his non-geekiness is never more apparent than at gift giving times. And unfortunately, I’ve never been good at picking gifts for him, so I can’t really gauge how much he’s changed. It’d be so cool to get him quirky gadgets and tech toys like those mentioned on Think Geek and Geek Dad–sites I frequent–but he’s just not into that kind of stuff. And when I ask him what he’d like to have, his standard answer is that he already buys whatever he wants so there’s nothing left. It’s demoralizing to think that whatever you give him won’t really be appreciated because he already has everything he wants.
So, in hopes of making all our lives easier–because some of you have also been asking me for suggestions of gifts for Justin–I’ve finally gotten him to start a wish list. Hopefully, we’ll be able to encourage him to keep it updated. Aside from the specific items on the Justin Wish List, you can also keep in mind that he enjoys swimming, snowboarding, weight lifting, traveling, learning Chinese, economics, Eddie Baeuer style clothes, and building things with Madison using toys like Duplos.
NOTE: You have to register and login at WishListLive.com to see Justin’s list. There are a couple other such sites, but we’re trying this one first because it seems to be the only one that enables friends/family to suggest gifts for others.
June 19th, 2010 at 11:15 am
I still love technology, but I am not really into geek culture. I don’t believe that is really a change for me. With respect to gifts, buying gifts for Madison and giving them to me is a great solution. Unfortunately, she is still too young for real legos.
August 6th, 2010 at 4:44 am
Enjoys weightlifting? What a dork. Is it because it is the only thing that you can do better than your coworkers? Seeing as how they all weigh less than 150lbs.
BTW, did you know that you can specify long legs when ordering EB pants online? You can get 36W with up to 36L online, but they only sell up to 34L in their stores.
Oh, and we’re confirmed for an Oz vacation for the 4 weeks following Christmas, if you wanted to pop down - we could do a Tour de Outback.