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alexseanchai) wrote2011-10-26 06:47 am
alexseanchai) wrote2011-10-26 06:47 am
oh, the wishlist meme's going around again
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 fun to medium to really big to fandom things. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want. If you wish for real possible things, just 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 so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your friends list (or friends of friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. 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. Once a wish has been granted, it will be crossed off the list. 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) Donations to any of my charities: in no particular order, Doctors Without Borders, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, PBS or your local public media, the Global Health Council, your favorite among the charities that provide municipal water systems (or wells) to those in need of same (charity: water, The Water Project, water.org), Kiva (here I will be content with loaning followed by withdrawing the credit, but I'll be happier if you reloan the credit), your local food bank, your local (for given definitions of 'local'—mine's two bloody states away) diaper bank, or pretty much anything on Philanthroper that doesn't have to do with animals. (There are enough people who love and adore animals and refuse to let them suffer that I feel allowed not to give two shits about animals.) If you don't like how Philanthroper has gone to Facebook-only logins, they do link publicly to the site of any charity they feature.
No I am not cheating, what makes you say that?
2) People to buy from Sunbow Gems.
3) Dangly earrings. I'm thinking in particular of the little level earrings in blue or indigo, the rainbow DNA earrings, these rainbow crystal earrings, these scarlet-A-for-atheist earrings, these Earth earrings, and a metric fuckton of jewelry from Faultless Pajama Foundry. (My Etsy cart has $350 worth of their jewelry in it. No joke. I'll spare you the links.)
Still not cheating, folks.
4) Fair Trade or USA-made beads and jewelry supplies.
5) Holiday cards that respect the fact that I'm an atheist.
6) Anything off my Fall Fandom Free-For-All list.
No, really, not cheating, why do you look like you don't believe me?
7) Fic about awesome women of Supernatural being awesome and passing Bechdel.
8) A girlfriend.
9) The 1% to get their collective head out their ass and realize they'd be no less well off if wealth were distributed less unevenly.
10) Love and hugs. Not just for me. Spread the wealth!
If you want to send me actual physical holiday gifts, email me at mercuryblue144 at gmail and I'll send you my address. And if you want to link me to your wishlist, or email me your address so I can send you a holiday card, I'd really appreciate it.
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 fun to medium to really big to fandom things. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want. If you wish for real possible things, just 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 so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your friends list (or friends of friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. 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. Once a wish has been granted, it will be crossed off the list. 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) Donations to any of my charities: in no particular order, Doctors Without Borders, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, PBS or your local public media, the Global Health Council, your favorite among the charities that provide municipal water systems (or wells) to those in need of same (charity: water, The Water Project, water.org), Kiva (here I will be content with loaning followed by withdrawing the credit, but I'll be happier if you reloan the credit), your local food bank, your local (for given definitions of 'local'—mine's two bloody states away) diaper bank, or pretty much anything on Philanthroper that doesn't have to do with animals. (There are enough people who love and adore animals and refuse to let them suffer that I feel allowed not to give two shits about animals.) If you don't like how Philanthroper has gone to Facebook-only logins, they do link publicly to the site of any charity they feature.
No I am not cheating, what makes you say that?
2) People to buy from Sunbow Gems.
3) Dangly earrings. I'm thinking in particular of the little level earrings in blue or indigo, the rainbow DNA earrings, these rainbow crystal earrings, these scarlet-A-for-atheist earrings, these Earth earrings, and a metric fuckton of jewelry from Faultless Pajama Foundry. (My Etsy cart has $350 worth of their jewelry in it. No joke. I'll spare you the links.)
Still not cheating, folks.
4) Fair Trade or USA-made beads and jewelry supplies.
5) Holiday cards that respect the fact that I'm an atheist.
6) Anything off my Fall Fandom Free-For-All list.
No, really, not cheating, why do you look like you don't believe me?
7) Fic about awesome women of Supernatural being awesome and passing Bechdel.
8) A girlfriend.
9) The 1% to get their collective head out their ass and realize they'd be no less well off if wealth were distributed less unevenly.
10) Love and hugs. Not just for me. Spread the wealth!
If you want to send me actual physical holiday gifts, email me at mercuryblue144 at gmail and I'll send you my address. And if you want to link me to your wishlist, or email me your address so I can send you a holiday card, I'd really appreciate it.
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Not all, but a few: http://westandwiththe99percent.tumblr.com/
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I might see what I can do about SPN fic that passes the Bechdel test, too! I realised even my female-character centric SPN fics don't necessarily pass the Bechdel test, ugh.
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