Wishlist Meme
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 so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
☆ Surf around your friends list (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.
☆ Enough money for Sam to get his crown ($600), a check up ($100), a chiropractic exam ($40+), a
massage ($65), a new dresser ($100?) (larger) and some misc items that he's mentioned wanting.
☆ For Sam to be happy.
☆ To get Sam on medication for depression.
☆ Getting him a good job with insurance.
☆ cheap ($0.59) pig ears for Zeek/catnip for Eevee.
☆ Popcorn that comes in a tin ($5) I hate caramel corn...There are websites that ship popcorn treats world wide that made my butter and cheese popcorn, but I dunno how much that is.
☆ A window breaker/seatbelt cutter for an emergency in the car. (Target maybe has them) These are for when you go off a bridge, they break the window or if the seatbelt gets stuck you can cut yourself free fast. Also maybe something that inflates to help us to the surface. Also for the car a manual tire pressure gauge such as this: http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Automotive-TG1-Pencil-Pressure/dp/B00280BL9O
☆ uh...whatever.
☆ man..I just want money for getting sam taken care of really...;;
☆ Please donate to your local animal shelters.
I also second this. ANY donation to a local shelter is a good one. When Diana and I got Eevee chipped and UTD on her shots yesterday at the animal place, we had the pleasure of seeing: A HUGE BURLY MANLYMAN take home the sweetest little kitten ever, and two guys adopt the sweetest Golden Retriever/Basset mix. Seeing that dog's face as she realized she wasn't going back in the cage, but was going home with these guys? I literally started crying. PLEASE donate/adopt from your local shelters. <333 It's a great cause.
☆ 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 so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
☆ Surf around your friends list (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.
☆ Enough money for Sam to get his crown ($600), a check up ($100), a chiropractic exam ($40+), a
massage ($65), a new dresser ($100?) (larger) and some misc items that he's mentioned wanting.
☆ For Sam to be happy.
☆ To get Sam on medication for depression.
☆ Getting him a good job with insurance.
☆ cheap ($0.59) pig ears for Zeek/catnip for Eevee.
☆ Popcorn that comes in a tin ($5) I hate caramel corn...There are websites that ship popcorn treats world wide that made my butter and cheese popcorn, but I dunno how much that is.
☆ A window breaker/seatbelt cutter for an emergency in the car. (Target maybe has them) These are for when you go off a bridge, they break the window or if the seatbelt gets stuck you can cut yourself free fast. Also maybe something that inflates to help us to the surface. Also for the car a manual tire pressure gauge such as this: http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Automotive-TG1-Pencil-Pressure/dp/B00280BL9O
☆ uh...whatever.
☆ man..I just want money for getting sam taken care of really...;;
☆ Please donate to your local animal shelters.
I also second this. ANY donation to a local shelter is a good one. When Diana and I got Eevee chipped and UTD on her shots yesterday at the animal place, we had the pleasure of seeing: A HUGE BURLY MANLYMAN take home the sweetest little kitten ever, and two guys adopt the sweetest Golden Retriever/Basset mix. Seeing that dog's face as she realized she wasn't going back in the cage, but was going home with these guys? I literally started crying. PLEASE donate/adopt from your local shelters. <333 It's a great cause.