design of things

My e-mail:

I am happy to enter into our 21st round of bilateral negotiations regarding Christmas 2011.
To begin, I would like to wish you and your elves a very happy holidays. However, recently
I have come to acknowledge that your elves have been working in very poor conditions for very
unreasonable wages. Furthermore, I have heard you have outsourced all manufacturing operations
to China. Because of this, I believe it is fair that I receive a handicap when entering this
round of negotiations.
1) A tablet of some sort - because I love airplanes, I need a tablet.
2) Business attire for 4 months work with Carl Tee*
3) Madden12/NHL12/NBA12 - one of the three
4) NO Xplode Supplement / Free Weights
5) Round trip airfare somewhere
6) Suprises**

* - or take me shopping for these
** - This is mandatory

I believe these are reasonable demands. For any further inquiries, please contact me.

Cheers and Happy Holidays,

Tyler Power
PhD, Economics 

His reply:

Dear Mr. Power 

We aknowlegde your offer of negotiation and will take your current demands into consideration. However, it must be stressed that the term for negotiations is nearing the expiry date of December 24, 2011, therefore substitutions may have to be accepted. 

We will also take into account the state of present economic conditions in NL and further evaluate the possible effects of the European Sovereign Debt Crisis on our own economic fortunes before committing to any lofty demands made this late during this joyous of seasons. 

We will negotiate later this evening lol !!! 

Santa 
PhD, Giftgiving 

Needless to say, I lost.

Ah, Fall semester marks are released tomorrow.. may or may not need a stiff drink of rum for this.

… Feels good