| Oh lord. My father also always seemed to pick gifts that appealed more to him and his impulsivity. I got the vectrex too, and an Atari STM I think, it wasn't quite the same as an Atari STFM. When I wanted to learn piano/keyboard, he bought me a frickin keytar, a Yamaha SHS-10, instead of lessons or a simple full size like I asked for. Instead of a gift certificate to get some clothes, he got me a gimmicky Canon SLR that ate batteries and that I couldn't afford to develop the film. He was a very strange person. Sometimes incredibly funny and generous, other times hateful and selfish. Edited to add: sorry for the trauma dump. I have no idea what point, if any, that I was originally trying to make. |