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 - We Deserve This
Art, Trinkets and Nice Things
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:
- For my Parents by MONO
Games
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