Wishlist
This page's purpose
I don't like receiving or making gifts. Obligatory gifts are expensive, wasteful, stressful and often burden the recipient with deciding what the fuck to do with an object they didn't need and social convention doesn't let them get rid of.
I think publicly available wishlists can help alleviate this problem. If you find yourself in a situation where you have to make me a gift for any reason whatsoever, it is much more healthy, honest and productive for everyone involved if everyone knows the kinds of gifts I would want and/or expect.
I can guarantee you I will appreciate and be very happy with anything in this list. If you don't want to or can't afford the more expensive items, that's completely okay and expected! I do appreciate your intentions, but it would be easier for both of us to get nothing than to get something exclusively to fulfill a social contract.
I am aware that our culturally catholic society probably thinks, as usual, that I'm being an ungrateful brat by being clear about what I want; that I should be grateful for the giftgiver's good intentions and not look into a gift horse's mouth. I argue they can fuck right off, and it would be much more fun if we could all share our joy in the horse's impeccable dental hygiene instead of partaking in multiple layers of deception for what's supposed to be a nice occasion.
The List
Connections
These people are inspiring, influential, or otherwise important to me. If you somehow know them personally, it would be absolutely amazing if I could be introduced to them IN A CONSENSUAL, NOT INTRUSIVE, NOT TRANSACTIONAL AND AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE WAY.
Physical Books
I can easily source any ebook I want, and I prefer to read digitally, so this section is about physical releases of books that are important to me. Of course, I would love it if you offered USED books outside this list, but I might not have the space for them at the moment!
- $10 | Art Spiegelman - Maus, Volume 1
- $10 | Art Spiegelman - Maus, Volume 2
- $15 | David J. Peterson - The Art of Language Invention
- $20 | Zachary Braun - The 10%+ Addendum
- $30 | Clyde Mandelin - Legends of Localization Book 1: The Legend of Zelda
- $40 | Clyde Mandelin - Legends of Localization Book 2: Earthbound
- $40 | Voynich Manuscript
- $50 | Andrew Hussie - The Homestuck Epilogues
- $50 | The Complete Lojban Language
- $60 | Zachary Braun - 10%+ Second Edition
Boardgames
If you are in a position where it matters, I strongly prefer boardgames in English. Naturally, you are invited to play.
- $7 | The Lucky Seven (Coincidence Games)
- $30 | Root (Leder Games)
- $30 | Any Eldritch Horror expansion (Fantasy Flight Games)
- $70 | The Stardew Valley Boardgame (ConcernedApe)
Tools
Apart from the tools in this list, just feel free to ask me if you have any tools you don't need/use! I will likely be more than happy to take them off your hands even if I technically don't have enough space for them.
- $15 | Flexible soldering third hand
- $35 | Soldering station (with temperature control)
- $75 | iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
- $459 | Prusa Mini 3D Printer
- $??? | Access to freely use a laser cutter/engraver
- $??? | Access to freely use a CNC router
- $??? | Access to freely use a 3D printer
- $??? | Access to freely use a laminator
- $??? | Access to cheap single-unit PCB manufacturing, be it professional or amateur
Art Supplies
Do you have a fountain pen you don't know how to use and/or will likely never use? Send it my way! Don't wanna give it to me? Tell me about it and I can tell you how to use it!
- $15 | Posca Paint Markers
- $20 | Watercolor set
- $?? | A bottle of your favorite fountain pen ink
Music
I would prefer used instruments when possible. Prices for new ones are ridiculous. Let me know if you have any old instruments laying around your home and I might be interested in them!
- $40 | Otamatone
- $80 | Paying for someone to fix my bass's frets
- $350 | Alto Saxophone
- $350 | Digital piano
- $400 | Cello
- $1000 | Teenage Engineering OP-1
Tech
Got an old CRT TV, broken laptop, broken computer, or old computer stuff in general? Let me dig through it and I will probably find something nice in there!
- $15 | Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- $60 | Kensington Expert Mouse trackball
- $60 | Ploopy Adept Trackball Kit
- $70 | FiiO BTR3 Bluetooth DAC
- $80 | IBM Model M Keyboard
- ~~$130 | Ploopy Headphones Kit~~ (Got them myself)
- $300 | Sony WH-XM3, WH-XM4 or WH-XM5 Headphones
- $350 | Sennheiser HD-600 Open Back Headphones
- $400 | Steam Deck
Home
Got any cool furniture you think I would like? Ask me about it and I might like it!
- $17 | IKEA BLÅHAJ shark plushie
- $30 | Sewn trans pride flag
- $80 | Weighted lap blanket
- $270 | One month of rent
- $1800 | Herman Miller Aeron Chair
- $???? | Deer plushies or deer paraphernalia in general
- $???? | Help buying a 2 bedroom apartment
Fashion
Look, I appreciate the intention, I really do! But I would prefer if you didn't gift me clothes without first asking me about the specific item you are planning on buying, and even then there's a huge chance I'll say no: I'm very uncomfortable about the mere idea of participating in fast fashion, be it via buying new cheap shitty clothes or via participating in the environmental catastrophe created by imported secondhand clothes. I am happy with my current wardrobe, and I don't need anything beyond the items below.
- $50 | Size 40 (EU) Doctor Martens leather boots (non-vegan leather)
Art
- $00 | Draw my fursona! Especially if you don't know how to draw!
- $00 | Draw me a deer! Especially if you don't know how to draw!
- $00 | Paint me something, anything, on a small canvas!
- $?? | Custom plushie of my fursona
- $?? | Access to a live performance of Poème symphonique by György Ligeti
- $?? | Access to a live performance of Four Organs by Steve Reich
- $?? | Access to a live performance of Partita for 8 Voices by Caroline Shaw
- $?? | Access to a live performance of The Rocky Horror Show (or a shadow cast of the movie)
- $?? | Access to a live performance by Car Seat Headrest
- $?? | Access to a live performance by My Chemical Romance
Food
Bonus points if you made it!
- $4 | Cinnamon Rolls
- $5 | Raspberry cheesecake slice
- $5 | Red Velvet cake slice
- $5 | Mongolian beef
- $7 | A Whopper-like burger from your local burger joint
- $10 | Vegetarian pizza
- $?? | The fanciest tastiest fries you can find