This is going to cost me.

I have a weakness.

"Oh you mean apart for chocolate, salmiakki, liquorice, all kinds of nuts and food in general, you have another weakness?"

I'm a fan of Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas.

And yes, I've actually seen it. Many times. I know the lyrics to the songs. I admire the artwork, the twisted imagination and the richness of the originality of it all.

Has Olivier seen it ? Hell no, he'd think me a freak for liking it!

(Why is it that at the exact same time I'm writing this I hear

myself asking him if he were interested in watching it me tonight. And I can hear him answering yes.)

So my liiiittle tiiiiny weeeny weakness : I collect stuff from the movie.

Not any kind of stuff, frigging expensive stuff. Ok, it's not THAT expensive. It just hurts to pay that much for a piece of plastic or worse - porcelain.

I have a horrid weakness for NBC WDCC figurines that of course, can no longer be found in any shop. I have to look for them on eBay. Oooh all those looong loong hours I've spent searching the internet for them... and once I found what I was looking for, searching the internet for a cheaper offer. And once I found that, bidding for it, setting an alarm on my phone to get up in the middle of the night in the hope of winning the final bid.

Aah.

The joy of winning a bid when there are others drooling after the same item. The rush of adrenaline it gives. The pleasure of finally getting to touch the purchased item. And th

en letting it stay in it's foam filled box to be hidden somewhere because you are too afraid to display it with the risk of breaking it.

What a pain.

So I already have Jack, Sally, Zero, Vampire Teddy and Killer Duck.

I just purchased Oogie Boogie ! ->

So these are all limited edition porcelain figurines. Quite nicely sculpted and detailed - not like all that plastic crap they sell for $1. I only like beautiful stuff. If you think finding me a gift is easy, just take something related to NBC, well quite frankly you are gravely mistaken. Direction : poubelle. I hate useless stuff that's not pretty nor of any interest to me.

I'm the kind that can look you straight in the eye and say that I don't like what you just gave me. Hence the empty space under the Christmas tree and the envelopes on my birthday.

Yup, I'm charming.

So, Oogie Boogie. I'm so glad. I had to get up at 3.30am to bid on it but it was worth it. Can't find those babies anywhere anymore. Muahaahahahaaaa!!