This doesn’t discount my last post regarding what I want for my birthday, just this time I am going to arrange things differently.
$50:

This gives us 13 months of XBox Live Gold membership. After using a trial of XBox Live Gold, it seems this is the new most wanted… well most wanted reasonably priced item anyhow.
For $10 more, one can get Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Messenger Gold Pack, which includes a headset for talking during games, a chat pad and a game. The headset would be kind of nice…

Other items in the $50 range on the Wish List (see the bar on the side) include Seasons 3 and 4 of Battlestar Galactica. Seasons 2 through 4 (season 5 is available for pre-order). Of those BSG is a bit cheaper per season. I still want Whale Rider (that’s about $11). Also on the wishlist is some other games, though the XBox live would be preferred.
$190:
Okay a $190 isn’t reasonable, at least for most family and friends who may be visiting this page. But this game is a must have…

Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle for Xbox 360 would be the other choice, but I much prefer to have Rock Band for the full kit. The nice thing is then we could use the Rock Band instruments with Guitar Hero.
Of course one could preorder:

But that is $250 and isn’t out until 9/9/09… perhaps for Sara birthday. She is after all a Beatles fan… then again, one can get The Beatles: Rock Band – Software Only if they already have the Rock Band set…

From here on out, we really get into the stuff that is more expensive than a typical birthday gift… items below would count to my Christmas as well.

$418:

The best Digital SLR you can get for a semi-reasonable cost. There are better DSLRs, but you have to pay much more. The D40 is a good everyday camera, even professionals use it when they don’t want to lug their better gear around.
$487:
Dear God, this is my most wanted thing…

Ari and I enjoy geocaching. Sara really hasn’t gone yet, but she probably would dig it if had the ability to actually go out there and do it. As I have noted many times, a GPS for a car really wouldn’t be useful for geocaching. Car units are not made to be used outdoors. This unit can be used in the car, though the small screen means you have to place it better, and it doesn’t speak to you the way a fancy car one does, but when it comes to geocaching this is the unit to get. For $330 one can get the DeLorme Earthmate PN-40. The only issue is that you can’t get lots of maps for outside the US, which makes it not as useful if heading to Canada or if we took a trip or moved to New Zealand.
Even if everybody got together, this one would probably be out of range, but that’s okay, it’s on the list anyhow.