That Wish List for the Holidays
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. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- 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) 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 guarantees with this project, 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.
My wishlist:
* A roommate or two- more people paying, less financial stress
* My debt magically (or not) being reduced.
* Dryer, then Washer for the U-town House. Not new, just WORKING. (I MIGHT have found a fridge, waiting to hear back!)
* Weatherization supplies (Plastic, safety blankets, window for broken one, Possibly stuff to fix a swollen door/replace door wit better one altogether)
* For Me to GET MY DRIVER'S SOON, preferably on Tuesday when I take the test.
* Utilities on quickly. Heat/hotwater #1, then Interwebs. Electric is already on. . .
* tiny laptop with a screen that works. Eees look cute, and right now my laptop is effectively a more adaptable desktop as the screen is dead.
* Tv shows on disc (or Downloadable, but disc is best even if it's not originals) either Japanese or one of the American TV shows I like (House, BONES, CSI, Numbers, SPN, Eleventh Hour[new] etc.)
* Rahm fic. Rahm fic makes my day better.
* Music. I love music.
Bonus:
* for you to have a good set of Holidays!
PS: I've updated my contact info (flocked, link in profile) for now- NOTE: mailing just send to my mum for now, I'll change that as soon as I pay for a PO box. (U-town house isn't close enough to the road to get regular mail at the house? there's parking out front in addition to driveway.)
- 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. [Note: Your home address is not required!]
- 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) 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 guarantees with this project, 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.
My wishlist:
* A roommate or two- more people paying, less financial stress
* My debt magically (or not) being reduced.
* Dryer, then Washer for the U-town House. Not new, just WORKING. (I MIGHT have found a fridge, waiting to hear back!)
* Weatherization supplies (Plastic, safety blankets, window for broken one, Possibly stuff to fix a swollen door/replace door wit better one altogether)
* For Me to GET MY DRIVER'S SOON, preferably on Tuesday when I take the test.
* Utilities on quickly. Heat/hotwater #1, then Interwebs. Electric is already on. . .
* tiny laptop with a screen that works. Eees look cute, and right now my laptop is effectively a more adaptable desktop as the screen is dead.
* Tv shows on disc (or Downloadable, but disc is best even if it's not originals) either Japanese or one of the American TV shows I like (House, BONES, CSI, Numbers, SPN, Eleventh Hour[new] etc.)
* Rahm fic. Rahm fic makes my day better.
* Music. I love music.
Bonus:
* for you to have a good set of Holidays!
PS: I've updated my contact info (flocked, link in profile) for now- NOTE: mailing just send to my mum for now, I'll change that as soon as I pay for a PO box. (U-town house isn't close enough to the road to get regular mail at the house? there's parking out front in addition to driveway.)