Wishlist
I've given into peer pressure and made my own wishlist. Well, finally finished. Many lunch breaks have been sacrificed to this list! Well, a few. And not so much sacrificed. It's not like there were rituals or anything. That would have gotten me odd looks.
So wish lists have been popping up on journals for a while. I haven't filled one out yet because I feel really strange asking for stuff for myself over the internet. But then it struck me that I could put stuff on my list that didn't require spending money on me. So I came up with various of those. And then a few ones that involve spending money on me snuck in at the end.
Wishlist Instructions:
Step One
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 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, 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) could get in touch with you. Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals, or holiday_wishes) 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 someone'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 rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
If you need my address, send me an email (my email is in my profile, but it is friends-locked. If you'd like to give me a gift of some sort but I haven't added you, drop me a line here! :) )
So wish lists have been popping up on journals for a while. I haven't filled one out yet because I feel really strange asking for stuff for myself over the internet. But then it struck me that I could put stuff on my list that didn't require spending money on me. So I came up with various of those. And then a few ones that involve spending money on me snuck in at the end.
Wishlist Instructions:
Step One
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 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, 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) could get in touch with you. Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals, or holiday_wishes) 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 someone'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 rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
- Happy random acts of generosity. And then tell me about it, so I can smile too!
- Donations to one of your local charities. Because the big ones have the big bucks to spend on advertising. There'll be something local that matches your interests - cancer, children, animals etc - and they're the ones that struggle for money. Any amount is fine-- remember, whatever you give them is more than they had before you. Finding them and helping them out would make their Christmas. And then tell me about it! You don't have to say the amount (I know many of us have tight finances) or the specific charity (if you'd rather not), but let me know-- so I can smile too!
- Take up a new craft that you've been wanting to. I love craft-things soooo much. But I have much less time to do them than I wish. So! Let me live vicariously through you :) And then, of course, tell me about it! Even if it is 'I tried learning woodworking, but then I got ten million splinters and my day sucked and I'm never ever doing it again.'
- Recommendations! So I'm a fan of sci-fi a lot (but other genres are good too!), good tight plots, silly silly stories (When I found the crack!fic of SGA fandom I about did handstands I was so happy), fun characters, characters with believable motivations, snark, amusement, vaguely happy endings, solid world-building, tension between characters, strong friendships... Blah blah blah! Obviously, no one story can have all of those. So tell me books, TV shows, movies, fanfic, comic books that you think I might like :)
- Recipes! So I love food, I love cooking, and I love eating! Give me recipes or links to good recipes! Tasty, tasty food!
- Give me suggestions for things to crochet or knit Because I can do these things, I just usually run out of ideas of what to do. Suggestions of things (without a pattern) are fine, or you can link to a pattern.
- One of the books/movies/TV/comics that you (would have) recced above Used is fine, as is electronic editions.
- Yarn Any type, any amount. Something that seems fun to you!
- Fun buttons/beads So I like buttons and beads. And what all with the crocheting and the knitting, I can always use more.
And here's the section with the 'giving me physical stuff'
If you need my address, send me an email (my email is in my profile, but it is friends-locked. If you'd like to give me a gift of some sort but I haven't added you, drop me a line here! :) )