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Esther’s Wishlist

Almost every time someone asks me, if I have a wish for my birthday, Christmas or any other gift-giving opportunity, I completely blank out and have zero ideas.

So, here’s a continually updated wish list of stuff that I would really appreciate, from small things all the way to quite large ones.

Consumables

I really like consumable gifts like bath stuff or things to cook with, eat, or drink. Some examples:

(alcohol is fine, but I only use it for cooking)

• bath bombs/salts
• nice pasta
• oils (pure or infused)
• spice blends
• tea (except black tea)
• chocolate

Books

If the original in written in English, I always prefer that over a German translation.

• Dark Souls 3 Design Works
  ISBN 978-1772940640
• Achievement Relocked: Loss Aversion and Game Design
  ISBN 978-0262043533
• Women as Demons
  ISBN 978-1328911247
• The Mother of All Questions
  ISBN 978-1608467402
• How to Kidnap the Rich
  ISBN 978-0063028784
• The Other Black Girl
  ISBN 978-1982160135
• Open Water
  ISBN 978-0241448779
• Transcendent Kingdom
  ISBN 978-0241433386
• White Ivy
  ISBN 978-1982100599
• Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
  ISBN 978-0008478513
• Friday Black
  ISBN 978-1328911247
• Alecto the Ninth, paperback edition (when it comes out)
• The Big Book of Science Fiction
  ISBN 978-1101910092
• Ruth Orkin: Women
  ISBN 978-3775756853

Art, Trinkets and Nice Things

• Dark Sun print by Coey
• Vintage Star Spectra School Poster (hard to find)

Media

Movies ideally on Blu-Ray, DVD also works. Original audio is very important to me.

• The Seventh Seal
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Mad Max: Fury Road (Blood and Chrome Edition) – it’s hard to find, good luck
• Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
• A gift card for A Four-Chambered Heart subscription
• Playstation Store gift card codes and PS+ time codes (Germany)

Music on vinyl:

• Pattern of Consciousness by Caterina Barbieri
• For my Parents by MONO

Games

• Escape From the Aliens In Outer Space

Photography Stuff

• various analog film stocks 0, either in 35mm or 120 medium format, some examples:
  • CineStill: XX, 50D, 250D, 800T
  • Lomography: Berlin 400, LomoChrome Purple, LomoChrome Turquoise, Babylon Kino 13, …
  • Dubblefilm: Apollo 400, Bubblegum 400, Solar 400, …
  • Ilford: Delta 3200, PANF 50
  • Harman Phoenix 200
  • Kodak: Gold, Portra 400, Portra 800
• gift certificates for my local film lab, for developing the color film that I can’t develop at home
• Polaroid i-Type film, various styles
• a Canon LTM 100mm f/2 Serenar for my Canon P rangefinder
• A Rolleiflex 2.8c twin-lens reflex camera

Kitchen Stuff

Yes, I’m in the part in my life where I appreciate nice kitchen equipment as gifts.

• small cast-iron skillet, ideally an old one in good condition
• nice oven mittens
• sharpening stones for kitchen knives