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15 years ago
So I noticed this in my list of unread Journals and figured... eh, what the Hell, why not? If anybody has dearly-desired stories, maybe I can oblige them myself....
Xmas Meme
STEP ONE
# Make a post to your journal. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV"). The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
# If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
# Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
# Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now, here's the important part...
# If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes one person's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it.
# You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give and you might receive. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
1: A relatively small Wimshurst machine. For those of you who haven't studied Mad Science 101, that's this cool little hand-cranked generator that you can find in assorted science shops, or even build yourself. One of these days, I'll probably just build my own, but if somebody happened to have one lying around they didn't need anymore... could you adopt me? :3 I have plans for building lightning guns and such that you could help me with! :3
(In case anybody's wondering what they look like - http://www.sci-supply.com/closeup.a.....1&offset=0 )
2: A good hat. My favored styles are the Stetson or (short-built) Fedora, preferably in black, dark grey, or brown, but beggars can't be choosers, right? The problem is that my head size is about an 8, 8 1-/4, or XXXL - 25 1/4" head circumference. And therein lay the tricky part of finding a good hat. The only one I *do* have looks like it belongs on Indiana Jones, and... well, my inner Harrison Ford is warring with my inner John Rhys Davies. And we're not talking the newer, thinner John Rhys Davies.
3: Pictures are always nice. I always feel awkward about asking folks for commissions and such, and it'd be kinda cool if somebody had a lead on some good artists for some of my char's. Aside from my vast array of RPG characters, I happen to have two in particular I'd like to get done up. One's Doruth Parn, a Panther ex-Jedi who dresses more like Han Solo than Obi-Wan, and the other is Megan Pierson, a Corgi dominatrix with Corgi-esque proportions.
Yes, that basically means she's a living chibi leather goddess. That's what makes her (and her giant leather paddles) so much fun. :3
4: Any art featuring oddball characters. Sexy armadillo morph? I'd love to see that! :D
5: Magically losing significant amounts of body weight. That would make fittings vastly easier.
6: Furoticon cards. *guilty grin*
7: Obscure horror movies that don't focus on gore! Love these things, serious or campy. :3
8: Recording equipment for my podcast! (Hey, it beats the new car they suggested, right? :-P)
9: Cheesy 80's cartoons! In particular, Centurions, Galtar and the Golden Lance, and Pirates of Dark Water are all guilty pleasures of mine.
10: Hmm... well, another big one, I'd kinda like to get my hands on the Metroid Prime collection and Metroid: Other M one of these days. Hoping to get a Wii this year, but I'm saving for that one myself, so don't count in on this list unless you've given up on your own for some reason and want it to have a good home.
Xmas Meme
STEP ONE
# Make a post to your journal. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV"). The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
# If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
# Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
# Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now, here's the important part...
# If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes one person's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it.
# You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give and you might receive. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
1: A relatively small Wimshurst machine. For those of you who haven't studied Mad Science 101, that's this cool little hand-cranked generator that you can find in assorted science shops, or even build yourself. One of these days, I'll probably just build my own, but if somebody happened to have one lying around they didn't need anymore... could you adopt me? :3 I have plans for building lightning guns and such that you could help me with! :3
(In case anybody's wondering what they look like - http://www.sci-supply.com/closeup.a.....1&offset=0 )
2: A good hat. My favored styles are the Stetson or (short-built) Fedora, preferably in black, dark grey, or brown, but beggars can't be choosers, right? The problem is that my head size is about an 8, 8 1-/4, or XXXL - 25 1/4" head circumference. And therein lay the tricky part of finding a good hat. The only one I *do* have looks like it belongs on Indiana Jones, and... well, my inner Harrison Ford is warring with my inner John Rhys Davies. And we're not talking the newer, thinner John Rhys Davies.
3: Pictures are always nice. I always feel awkward about asking folks for commissions and such, and it'd be kinda cool if somebody had a lead on some good artists for some of my char's. Aside from my vast array of RPG characters, I happen to have two in particular I'd like to get done up. One's Doruth Parn, a Panther ex-Jedi who dresses more like Han Solo than Obi-Wan, and the other is Megan Pierson, a Corgi dominatrix with Corgi-esque proportions.
Yes, that basically means she's a living chibi leather goddess. That's what makes her (and her giant leather paddles) so much fun. :3
4: Any art featuring oddball characters. Sexy armadillo morph? I'd love to see that! :D
5: Magically losing significant amounts of body weight. That would make fittings vastly easier.
6: Furoticon cards. *guilty grin*
7: Obscure horror movies that don't focus on gore! Love these things, serious or campy. :3
8: Recording equipment for my podcast! (Hey, it beats the new car they suggested, right? :-P)
9: Cheesy 80's cartoons! In particular, Centurions, Galtar and the Golden Lance, and Pirates of Dark Water are all guilty pleasures of mine.
10: Hmm... well, another big one, I'd kinda like to get my hands on the Metroid Prime collection and Metroid: Other M one of these days. Hoping to get a Wii this year, but I'm saving for that one myself, so don't count in on this list unless you've given up on your own for some reason and want it to have a good home.
