Well, someone else helped out too. Cant say it was all me.

But now when I beat his ass, I will always wonder if he gave me his best fight, or if he threw it a bit as a favor.

Damn, that sucks. Guess I'm gonna have to beat his ass down again at MexiCANJAM.

Guys, please remove me from the list. I cant spend anymore. I decided to give Brent a christmas present and really can't afford more: Brent will be flying to FL for the meet.

I didn't want to say why, to be honest, but I had to give a reason for dropping out, so might as well be honest about it.

Thats really generous of you, I'm glad to know for sure that he is going to make it.

Aww, Brent better be pleasuring you all night at the florida meet

Nothing like bromance around the holidays. I want to stay in that room too though, so maybe we should skimp on the mistletoe.

thanks for the headsup steve, count me in too..dB

I'm up for anything and will be sending a CD that I've been enjoying this year tremendously.

One of the main reasons I'm in is to be gifted music I would not normally buy for myself. Its a great way to hear new tunes.

Whoever I'm paired with can have a choice of there own or a choice of mine, it's up to them, but I will be leaving my choice up to my partner.

yeah I feel the same way about hearing music I wouldn't buy myself, I'll leave it up to my partner's discretion

Are we being paired up, or will it be daisy-chained? I think it should be daisy-chained.

Are we being paired up, or will it be daisy-chained? I think it should be daisy-chained.

Well that sounds vaguely disgusting.

I'm here to please the masses Dusty, so whichever the majority wants.

Pros for daisy-chaining:

- the circuit would more easily accommodate international folks and the USA folks willing to ship (or buy from) abroad

- receiving something from one person and sending to someone else = even moar fun

- won't matter if there's an odd number of people

Pros for pairing up:

- probably easier to deal with as far as the PMs go

- warmer, fuzzier feeling from the two-way exchange?

We paired up last year. I thought that worked really well.

We paired up last year. I thought that worked really well.

Indeed

Pair up gets my vote.

I'd say pairing up is more simple and exchanging PMs about music is fun. As long as I'm not matched with some country-lovin' cowboy.

Pairing up here too.

eh, what if everyone chooses me?

Pairing up gets my vote as well.

Pair up, random draw.

Pair up, random draw. I can do the randomization using the (pseudo)random-number generator of your choice.

Guys, please remove me from the list. I cant spend anymore. I decided to give Brent a christmas present and really can't afford more: Brent will be flying to FL for the meet.

I didn't want to say why, to be honest, but I had to give a reason for dropping out, so might as well be honest about it.

Can we (or I) get you something anyway? Your generosity should not go unrecognized. You even offered to send me your SP amp way back...

... You even offered to send me your SP amp way back...

That was really mean of him. What are you going to send him to get even?

normally I don't do the random gift exchange but I love this place so count me in

Steve thanks for kicking this off

That was really mean of him. What are you going to send him to get even?

I dunno... is he the type who will fall for a disguised CD that's actually inappropriate say... loud moaning noises?

On a more serious note, if I recall, he offered it to me since I was stupid enough to mail my amp back to Mikhail... Maybe the shell from Ari's orange beast is it. I forget.

Alright here's the partner list. I used the sequence generator on Random.org. I'd appreciate if a moderator could copy this to post #1 as well. Since there was an odd number of people, the one person who got left out is Dusty - if anyone wants to volunteer specifically for him, just post here, otherwise I think I'll get in touch with zippy2001.

4   50   Asr <> Torpedo

21   6   Fitz <> blessingx

11   3   Dash <> Aimless1

10  12   darthsilverice <> dBel84

44  35   shellylh <> MexicanDragon

33  52   luvdunhill <> veloaudio

39  24   naamanf <> grawk

 8  40   Cankin <> nikongod

23  48   GPH <> The Monkey

42   7   penger <> boomana

41  51   omegaman <> tyrion

37  32   morphsci <> laxx

45  46   Sherwood <> spritzer

38   1   n_maher <> Absorbine_Sr

20  53   Elephas <> Voltron

28  18   Hopstretch <> Duggeh

17   9   drp <> cetoole

22   5   Genetic <> Augsburger

15  30   diebenkorn <> John E Woven

54  26   VPI <> HeadphoneAddict

34  55   manaox2 <> zippy2001

36  14   MoonShine <> deepak

29  25   jinp6301 <> guzziguy

49  31   tom_hankins <> jp11801

47  16   swt61 <> dreamwhisper

 2  13   agile_one <> Deadneddz

43  27   postjack <> hirsch

19       Dusty Chalk