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Step One
- Make a post (public, friends locked, 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 Ron/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, so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friends friends, 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 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.
1. Kill Hannah merchandise - I sooo don't have enough KH stuff. I don't care if it's homemade or purchased at the store, and it can be clothing, posters, or random items with the KH or KHK logo. :D
2. Books - I prefer books that make you think. Fiction is great, but I can't stand romantic novels.
3. Fanfiction - If you don't know what I like, there's something wrong with you. If you need a prompt, comments are screened and I'll be happy to give you some ideas. :P
4. Cards - Christmas cards, postcards, snail-mail letters, etc.
5. Music - My computer crashes all the time, so I'm constantly losing my music, and I don't have any of that cool stuff like iTunes or Limewire, so I can't download anything for myself. (Plus I'm broke. LOL!)
6. Gift certificates - My grandparents got me a Kindle for Christmas, and I've downloaded nearly all of the free books. While this gives me plenty of reading material for the next several months, I wouldn't say no to an Amazon gift card. Of course, Hot Topic, Spencer's, and just about any other clothing, jewelry, etc., shops would be awesome, too!
7. Jewelry - I love bracelets. Nothing expensive, though. Right now, I've got an old hospital bracelet, a Silly Bandz shaped like a castle, and a black string on my right wrist, and one of those brown bracelets with a peace sign that you'd find by the cash register at Rue21. So anything small and simple and slightly different from anyone else's bracelet would be great. Oh, and my ears are currently 8g, so it would be nice to have some new gauges, and I have no clue what my lip is, but a lip ring (or flatback?) would be neat. :D
8. Movies - I'm so behind on movies. The Godfather series is a perfect example. Also, Pulp Fiction and Scarface. I get made fun of all the time for not getting everyone's jokes or references. So anything you love and think I should see and just happen to have an extra copy or cheap DVD laying around that you don't mind sending to me (or even burning a copy or emailing me a link to the download), it would be much appreciated.
9. Cash donations - I figured this would be a lot easier than going along with the guidelines and saying I'd like a car, minutes on my cellphone, a place of my own, a paid trip to NYC with tickets to see Mat Devine and/or Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway, or a payment on any of my debts. So I'll just ask for donations to the "Jessica's Broke Please Help" fund. XD
10. Help someone else! - I totally stole this from Jae, but I would absolute love to see some of you poking around my friends' lists - as well as your own - and helping some of them, because I know a lot of what people are asking for is free and easy to come by. <333
If you need my address, leave a comment below. I'm pretty sure I've set it right and they'll be screened, and because I've left it open to everyone, even you non-LJers can leave a comment!
- Make a post (public, friends locked, 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 Ron/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, so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
- Surf around your friendslist (or friends friends, 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 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.
1. Kill Hannah merchandise - I sooo don't have enough KH stuff. I don't care if it's homemade or purchased at the store, and it can be clothing, posters, or random items with the KH or KHK logo. :D
2. Books - I prefer books that make you think. Fiction is great, but I can't stand romantic novels.
3. Fanfiction - If you don't know what I like, there's something wrong with you. If you need a prompt, comments are screened and I'll be happy to give you some ideas. :P
4. Cards - Christmas cards, postcards, snail-mail letters, etc.
5. Music - My computer crashes all the time, so I'm constantly losing my music, and I don't have any of that cool stuff like iTunes or Limewire, so I can't download anything for myself. (Plus I'm broke. LOL!)
6. Gift certificates - My grandparents got me a Kindle for Christmas, and I've downloaded nearly all of the free books. While this gives me plenty of reading material for the next several months, I wouldn't say no to an Amazon gift card. Of course, Hot Topic, Spencer's, and just about any other clothing, jewelry, etc., shops would be awesome, too!
7. Jewelry - I love bracelets. Nothing expensive, though. Right now, I've got an old hospital bracelet, a Silly Bandz shaped like a castle, and a black string on my right wrist, and one of those brown bracelets with a peace sign that you'd find by the cash register at Rue21. So anything small and simple and slightly different from anyone else's bracelet would be great. Oh, and my ears are currently 8g, so it would be nice to have some new gauges, and I have no clue what my lip is, but a lip ring (or flatback?) would be neat. :D
8. Movies - I'm so behind on movies. The Godfather series is a perfect example. Also, Pulp Fiction and Scarface. I get made fun of all the time for not getting everyone's jokes or references. So anything you love and think I should see and just happen to have an extra copy or cheap DVD laying around that you don't mind sending to me (or even burning a copy or emailing me a link to the download), it would be much appreciated.
9. Cash donations - I figured this would be a lot easier than going along with the guidelines and saying I'd like a car, minutes on my cellphone, a place of my own, a paid trip to NYC with tickets to see Mat Devine and/or Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway, or a payment on any of my debts. So I'll just ask for donations to the "Jessica's Broke Please Help" fund. XD
10. Help someone else! - I totally stole this from Jae, but I would absolute love to see some of you poking around my friends' lists - as well as your own - and helping some of them, because I know a lot of what people are asking for is free and easy to come by. <333
If you need my address, leave a comment below. I'm pretty sure I've set it right and they'll be screened, and because I've left it open to everyone, even you non-LJers can leave a comment!