Terry's "Want To Buy" List
Last Modified:
1 April 2010, 2:31pm EDT (GMT -0400)
Introduction
As with most good ideas, this one was blatantly ripped off (this
time from my friend and co-worker
Dan Noland, who in turn
stole it from our friend Dan
Aiello). There are
many times I find myself saying, "Hey, you know, I should
totally buy that..." and then ten minutes later I
forget about it. This page is my attempt to keep that behavior in
check. If I make a note of something I want here, the odds
increase dramatically that I'll rememeber it sometime in the future
when I have the funds to purchase it.
Note to kind souls who would use this to buy me something
That's awesome! Thanks! It's important for me to
note that there will rarely be any order to the items added; I will
add to this list as things occur to me. For items over $100
please contact me before purchasing. Some of the things on this
list are things I wouldn't even consider letting other
people purchase for me (see the "Vacations" and "Vehicles" sections
for examples).
The List
- Clothing
- Media
- Books
- Movies/DVDs (Blu-Ray, wide-screen, 5.1 sound if available)
- Confidence (purchased 18 May 2006)
- Grosse Pointe Blank
(purchased June 2007)
- Gift card to my local movie theater,
Wabash Landing 9
- The Sopranos, all seasons (gift from Amy
B., 12 Oct 2007)
- X-Files, seasons 1-6
(purchased spring/summer 2006)
- X-Files, season 7 (gift from Devina D.,
12 Oct 2006)
- X-Files, seasons 8 & 9
(purchased Jan 2007)
- Lord Of The Rings trilogy
- Fargo
- The Devil's Advocate
- Top Gun
- Wonderfalls (complete series)
(purchased 15 Jun 2007)
- Firefly (complete series)
(purchased 15 Jun 2007)
- Se7en
- Good Will Hunting
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Pirates of the Caribbean
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Braveheart
- Princess Bride
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Gilmore Girls, seasons 4-6
- Ronin
(gift from parents, 17 Oct 2005)
- Alien
- Indiana Jones (all)
- The Matrix
(gift from parents, 17 Oct 2005)
- Ocean's
Eleven (purchased 10 Nov 2005)
- Terminator
2 (gift from parents, 17 Oct 2005)
- Fletch
- Jerry Maguire (purchased 6 Oct 2006)
- Deep Blue
Sea (purchased 10 Nov 2005)
- Miller's Crossing
- Jacob's Ladder (purchased 6 Oct 2006)
- 28 Days
Later (gift from Brad W., 18 Oct 2005)
- Lost (season 1)
(purchased 1 Oct 2006)
- Lost season 2
(purchased 20 Sep 2006)
- Desperate Housewives (season 1) (purchased Apr 2006)
- Airwolf (season 1-as many as they release)
- Jaws (1 through however many they make. Ever.)
- Battlestar
Galactica (miniseries) (gift from Brad W.,
21 Dec 2005)
- Battlestar Galactica, season 1
- Sin
City (gift from Mike & Elaine M., 12 Oct
2005)
- Kill Bill, vol. 1 & 2
- Usual Suspects (Special Edition) (purchased 6 Oct 2006)
- Blair Witch Project
- Signs
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- American
Beauty (gift from parents, 17 Oct
2005)
- Shawshank Redemption (purchased 18 May 2006)
- Fight Club
- Dances With Wolves
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- The Hunt For
Red October (gift from parents,
17 Oct 2005)
- MacGyver (Combo pack w/ seasons 1-3)
- Rob Roy
- 12 Monkeys
- The Abyss
- Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version)
- Event Horizon (purchased 6 Oct 2006)
- Suicide
Kings (gift from parents, 17 Oct
2005)
- American History X
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Forrest Gump
- Dead Poets Society
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Rain Man
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Dead Like Me,
season 1 (gift from Scott Y., 15 October 2005)
- Tommy Boy
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Femme
Fatale (purchased 10 Nov 2005)
- Frailty (purchased 6 Oct 2006)
- U2 - Vertigo 2005: Live From Chicago
- Clay
Pigeons (gift from Brad W., 21 Dec 2005)
- Inside Man
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Serenity
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Aspen Extreme
- Iron Eagle
- Go
(purchased 27 Apr 2007)
- The Game
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- Meet Joe Black
(gift from parents, 23 Oct 2006)
- The Departed
(purchased 20 Apr 2007)
- Dead Like Me, season 2
(purchased 15 Jun 2007)
- Weeds, season 2
(purchased 28 Aug 2007)
- Heroes, season 1
(purchased 28 Aug 2007)
- Black Hawk Down (Blu-Ray)
- Casino Royale
(purchased 7 Sep 2007)
- Swingers
- The Illusionist
- Contact
- Total Recall (purchased 15
Dec 2007)
- The Fugitive
- Blood Diamond
- Arrested Development
- Deadliest Catch, seasons 1 & 2
(purchased 2 Jul 2007)
- Deadliest Catch, season 3
(purchased 16 Jul 2007)
- MST3K: The Movie
- A Few Good Men (Blu-Ray)
(gift from parents, 15 Oct 2007)
- Gone In Sixty Seconds
- GoodFellas (Blu-Ray only)
- Full Metal Jacket
(purchased 15 Dec 2007)
- Lost, season 3 (Blu-Ray)
(purchased 7 Jan 2008)
- Fifth Element (gift from
parents, 15 Oct 2007)
- U2 - Rattle & Hum
- First Blood
- Usual Suspects (Blu-Ray)
(purchased 7 Sep 2007)
- 300 (Blu-Ray)
(purcahsed 7 Sep 2007)
- Ronin (Blu-Ray only)
- Princess Bride (Blu-Ray only)
- 28 Weeks Later (purchased
14 Oct 2007)
- Californication (Showtime original series)
- Die Hard (Blu-Ray)
- Robocop (purchased 14 Jan
2008)
- Italian Job (Blu-Ray)
- Crimson Tide (Blu-Ray)
- Good Eats (there are 18 volumes, and each pack of 9
volumes is going for $235 on Food Network. Ouch.)
- Deadliest Catch, season 3 (Blu-Ray)
- Alive
- Run Lola Run (Blu-Ray)
- Inside Man (Blu-Ray, eventually)
- Serenity (Blu-Ray, eventually)
- The Matrix (Blu-Ray, eventually)
- No Country For Old Men (Blu-Ray)
- 3:10 To Yuma
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets
- I Am Legend
- Weeds, season 3 (Blu-Ray)
(purchased 9 Jun 2008)
- Cloverfield (Blu-Ray)
- Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series (Blu-Ray)
- Signs (Blu-Ray)
- Dark City (Blu-Ray)
- Grey's Anatomy, Season Four (Blu-Ray)
- Hunt For Red October (Blu-Ray)
(purchased 21 Jul 2008)
- When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (Blu-Ray)
- The Godfather Collection - Four-Disc Coppola Restoration
(Blu-Ray)
- Burn Notice, season one
- Music
- iTunes gift cards
- Stabbing Westward, Stabbing Westward
- R.E.M, In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
- Disturbed,
The Land Of Confusion (single) (purchased
7 Nov 2005)
- I Kissed A Girl, Katy Perry
- We're All Made Of Stars, Moby
- All The Right Moves, One Republic
- Spirits
- Cognac, preferably VSOP quality or better
- Scotch Whisky, single malt, preferably from Speyside (so
far I've enjoyed Glenlivet, Macallan, Glenfiddich and
Oban)
- Irish Whiskey (so far I've enjoyed the Bushmill's Black Bush blend and their 10 year single
malt)
- Any nice bottle of red wine (particular favorites:
Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Syrah/Shiraz)
- Electronics/Entertainment
- PlayStation 3
- EA NHL 2007 (gift from Mike and Elaine M., 12 Oct 2006)
- Tekken 5
(purchased May 2006)
- New
controller (gift from parents,
17 Oct 2005)
- Rainbow Six: Vegas (gift
from parents, 15 Oct 2007)
- Gran Turismo 5 (release date: March 2010 as of
Oct 2009)
- Call of Duty 3 (purchased Dec 2006)
- Resistance: Fall of Man (purchased Dec 2006)
- Sony
PS3 Blu-Ray DVD Remote (purchased Aug 2007)
- EA NHL 2008 (purchased 23
Sep 2007)
- Assassin's Creed
(purchased 28 Nov 2007)
- Burnout Paradise (purchased
22 Jan 2008)
- Pain (purchased 4 Dec
2007)
- Soul Calibur IV
(purchased 30 Jul 2008)
- Echochrome
- God of War III
- Grand Theft Auto IV
(purchased 17 May 2008)
- Logitech Driving Force GT Wheel
- Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Bioshock
- Logitech
Harmony Adapter for PlayStation 3
- Assassins Creed II
- God of War Collections
- Gift Cards
- Amazon.com gift cards (anything under the sun)
- Best Buy gift cards (music, movies)
- iPod Nano (8GB)
(purchased May 2007)
- Photography
- Audio/Visual
- 1 TB external storage for
my DirecTV HD HR20 receiver (purchased 20 Dec 2007)
- 2 TB hard drive for both living room and guy room DVR
- Antec MX-1 external drive enclosure for the both the
guy room and living room
- Onkyo TX-SR602
A/V receiver (purchased 23 Sep 2005)
- Two Infinity
Primus surround speakers (purchased 21 Sep
2005)
- Stand-alone Blu-Ray player that can output Dolby TrueHD
and DTS:HD Master Audio in bitstream form (such as
the Panasonic DMP-BD30)
- 7.1-channel receiver that switches 3+ HDMI 1.3a inputs
and decodes Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and
uncompressed high-bitrate 7.1 PCM signals (likely
similar to Denon AVR-2309 or Harman-Kardon AVR 254)
- Sharp Aquos 52" LCD TV (1080p
resolution) (purchased 1 Sep 2007)
- Stand/wallmount for the
HDTV (purchased 2 Sep 2007)
- DirectTV HD DVR equipment and
service (purchased 1 Sep 2007)
- Playstation 3 console (w/ 60GB
hard drive) (purchased 17 Dec 2006 with help from Mike and
Elaine M.)
- Media PC (> 2 TB storage, video and audio connections
to receiver)
- Grado Labs SR-80
headphones (gift from parents, 15 Oct 2007)
- 37-42" inch TV for bedroom
(purchased 16 Dec 2008)
- Logitech Harmony 880 universal
remote(purchased fall 2007)
- Logitech Harmony 880 universal
remote for living room (purchased 2 Jul 2008)
- Upconverting DVD player for
living room (purchased 14 Jun 2008)
- 100-120" Da-Lite
projector screen for guy room (High-Contrast Cinema Vision
surface, Cinemascope ratio (2.35:1)
- JVC DLA-RS2 1080p HDTV projector for guy room
- JVC RSAL1 anamorphic lens for projector so it can
display Cinemascope (2.35:1 aspect ratio) images
- Hot
Shot dish heater to de-ice our satellite dish
- Audio setup for guy room (7.1 configuration):
- Front: two JBL ES90
loudspeakers (4-way, dual 8" woofers)
- Center: JBL ES25CBK center channel
(3-way, dual 5.25" drivers)
- Surround & Rear Surround: four
JBL ES30BK speakers (3-way, 6.25" driver)
- Subwoofer: single or dual
SVS
PB12-Plus
subwoofers with 12.3" driver and 525 watt
amplifier
- Car
- Housing
- House
- House with at least one acre of
land (purchased 30 May 2008)
- Lawn Care
- Riding mower for lawn
(purchased 7 Jun 2008 -- we're now rockin' a John
Deere LA 135 tractor!)
- Plug aeration tow-behind attachment
- 175lb tow-behind spin spreader attachment
- Tow-behind utility cart
- General
- Wovel snow
shovel
- 100' garden hose
- Housewares
- Wine rack with ~12 bottle capacity, dark wood that
works with new furniture
- Set of glass bowls
(gift from Alexandra G., 31 Dec 2005)
- All-Clad stainless-steel nonstick 3-qt saute pan
(purchased 11 Feb 2007)
- 16" steel-handled
carbon steel wok
- 12" stainless steel fry pan (purchased 31 Jan 2009)
- 14" stainless steel fry pan
- 3-4 quart stainless steel sauce pan
- FoodSaver vacuum sealer
(gift from Scott & Catherine Coburn, Christmas
2008)
- Propane grill
(purchased 12 Apr 2009)
- Lodge
Cast Iron Griddle
- Food processor
- Wusthof Classic carving knife, 8" or 10"
- Chef's Choice M110 Multi-Stage Knife Sharpener
- ThermoWorks
Cooking Thermometer/Timer
- 5-7 quart enamel cast iron dutch oven
- Infrastructure
- Home security system
- New heat pump with variable
speed air handler (gift from
parents, 14 Apr 2009)
- New electric heat-pump hot water heater, 80 gallon
- Dedicated 20-amp electric circuit for television room
- Wireless Extenders YX-510
Dual-Band Cellphone Extender (purchased
12 Jun 2008)
- Wireless Extenders YX-029
High-Gain Dual-Band Outdoor Directional Antenna
(purchased 21 Jun 2008)
- Wireless Extenders YX-050 Dual-Band Indoor Omnidirectional
antenna
- Four-board Kentucky Board fence
for back yard (installed Jul 2008)
- Water softener
(installed June 2008)
- Whole-house water
filter (installed June 2008)
- Vastly improved outdoor lighting
for back yard (installed Jul 2009)
- Energy-efficient lighting (e.g., compact fluorescent,
LED)
- Digital programmable thermostat for heat pump
- Well-insulated windows
- Plantation shutters for windows
- Better insulated doors
- 500 gallon buried propane tank
- Speakman
dual showerhead (purchased Jun 2007)
- Grundfos EZ Boost to
increase the water pressure throughout the house
- Furniture
- Large bookshelf for office
- Appliances
- Bottom-freezer refrigerator for
kitchen (purchased 7 Jun 2008)
- Whirlpool Duet washer/dryer
(purchased 7 Jun 2008)
- Gas cooktop for kitchen
- Island vent hood above cooktop
- Sporting Events
- >= 2 tickets to any NHL game, preferably
Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks, or San Jose
Sharks (in that order)
- Restaurant Gift Cards
- Outback Steakhouse
- Chick-Fil-A
- Abuelo's
- Graeder's Ice Cream
- The Precinct/Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse
- Red Robin
- Texas Roadhouse
- Vacations
-
Seattle (taken 30 Sep 2005 - 3 Oct 2005)
- Louisville,
KY (taken 18-20 Feb 2006)
- Cincinnati, OH
(taken 1-2 Apr 2006)
- Lexington, KY
- St. Louis, MO
- Austin, TX
- Hawaii
(gift from parents, 5-13 Jan 2006)
- Bahamas
- Cancun, Mexico
- Ixtapa, Mexico
- Reno/Lake Tahoe, NV (taken
24-27 Aug 2007)
- Colorado ski vacation
- Whistler, B.C., Canada ski vacation
- Boston, MA
- Las Vegas, NV
- Vehicles
- 2008
Subaru Impreza
WRX
sedan in "Dark Gray Metallic" with automatic
transmission (delivered 1 Aug 2007)
- Premium Package
- Ten speaker audio system with 6-disc CD
changer
- Heated front seats
- Heated exterior mirrors (!!!)
- Fog lights
- Windshield de-icer
- Aero package (front lip spoiler, trunk
spoiler, ground effects)
- Audi S4
- Porsche 911 w/ AWD
