Gift Ideas or Whatever

Felix Christmas 2006

So many of my memories of Felix revolve around the winter holidays, Thanksgiving to New Year's. He was diagnosed with Biphasic Pleural Mesothelioma on December 20, 2017 and had to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the hospital. While preparing for the 2nd Christmas without him, a year after his death, I came across this email from him from December 20, 2006 when he was 17 years old. It's his Christmas list, and it's so Felix. It's amazing how much of it was still stuff he loved. The title of this blog post is the subject of that email.











Hi mom,

I can't send pictures of my house right now because I don't know where the thingy is but I can give you some ideas for Christmas gifts.

For clothes I like tight jeans and trousers size 26 or 27. shirts small. I need some cute knit mittens in a neutral color. I could also use a sweater, not a huge one. actually, sweaters would be awesome. I don't have any. I like cable knit ones with interesting designs knit into the sweater. Think sorta old man like clothes. The colors I like for clothes are neutrals, browns, taupes, dark blue, very light colors, any earthy colors. I lost all my blue sapphire earring studs so I need more. I'll keep better track of them this time. I want to have 8 going up my ear. Oh, I always love a belt or a buckle. I have found that I am a size nine in shoes not a nine and a half. I like Vans and old looking shoes and I could use some boots that my feet aren't swimming in, old lace up ones. Oh, and knee socks. Knit ones.

I like small fun things right now, like stickers and temporary tattoos and charms or just any mini thingy. I like little containers. I like blank books without spiral spines. I like postcards and stationary, small but meaningful is good or old. Oh, and yarn, lots of yarn, same colors as clothing, maybe a little brighter. I would love to have sheet music of oldies. I would also like that Dresden Dolls book. I like Dresden Dolls merchandise. Any merchandise from old bands I like would be cool too like Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Mamas and Papas, old bands like that. Like shirts and stuff. I like cute plants and herbs. NO CACTUS! If I had a planter box I would love to grow herbs and pretty plants in it or just have potted plants for my house and they have to be in planters that are black earthy or dark green or brown. I like witchy supplies and books.

For beauty products I like really natural stuff without sodium lauryl sulfate or whatever it's called. I need washes that are balanced, not too acidic, not too base. Facial masks are awesome. Travel sized lotions I like or any other lotion that smells hippieish. Maybe something lilac or clove or a scent that matches my astrological sign. I like astrological stuff. I can always use wax strips, the Sally Hanson ones. And aromatic oils are nice. I like clove oil stuff. I like lily as a scent. Oh, and lip balm. I like red eye liner. Oh, and I like that Burt's Bees cover up or some tinted moisturizer that's neutral, in pale tones. Henna would be fun.

I'm kinda tired of this. Hope it helped.

love, felix