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bronze_ribbonsPer el meme:
STEP ONE
# Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of ten 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 to 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) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
# 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 friends list (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 one person'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. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
Additional note: If you're inclined to indulge me on any of these, feel free to use any of my names on the gift tag (*grin*). If you need my address (for this, or for cards, or for some random something some other less crazy season, heh), please e-mail bronze.ribbons at gee mail.
(1) a share of a sheep. Seriously. The Beautiful Young Man kept laughing at me while we were in Scotland because I was gleefully chirping "sheep!" whenever some came into view, which was about every five minutes.
(2) read something I've rec'd. Tell the author/artist you liked it, and drop an extra note to me to let me know that you enjoyed it. That will give me very warm fuzzies indeed. :-)
(3) read Youka Nitta's Haru wo Daiteita / Embracing Love (scanlations available to members of the LJ comm) or Sanami Matoh's FAKE (many inexpensive copies available via Abebooks, eBay, Amazon, etc.). I want larger audiences for the fics I can't help writing! ;-)
(4) volunteer for two hours at your local cancer society, hospice, humane society, or library.
(5) something inspired by something I've written, be it my fics, my original stuff, my sermons -- a drabble, a drawble, meta, earrings -- whatever floats your making-fun-stuff boat. :-)
(6/7) something from my Amazon or BPAL wishlists.
You know, 7 is a good number. I think I'll stop there. I would be thrilled by any of these! *blows very sparkly kisses at all y'all, flutters off to own wrappings and schemings*
STEP ONE
# Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of ten 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 to 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) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
# 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 friends list (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 one person'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. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
Additional note: If you're inclined to indulge me on any of these, feel free to use any of my names on the gift tag (*grin*). If you need my address (for this, or for cards, or for some random something some other less crazy season, heh), please e-mail bronze.ribbons at gee mail.
(1) a share of a sheep. Seriously. The Beautiful Young Man kept laughing at me while we were in Scotland because I was gleefully chirping "sheep!" whenever some came into view, which was about every five minutes.
(2) read something I've rec'd. Tell the author/artist you liked it, and drop an extra note to me to let me know that you enjoyed it. That will give me very warm fuzzies indeed. :-)
(3) read Youka Nitta's Haru wo Daiteita / Embracing Love (scanlations available to members of the LJ comm) or Sanami Matoh's FAKE (many inexpensive copies available via Abebooks, eBay, Amazon, etc.). I want larger audiences for the fics I can't help writing! ;-)
(4) volunteer for two hours at your local cancer society, hospice, humane society, or library.
(5) something inspired by something I've written, be it my fics, my original stuff, my sermons -- a drabble, a drawble, meta, earrings -- whatever floats your making-fun-stuff boat. :-)
(6/7) something from my Amazon or BPAL wishlists.
You know, 7 is a good number. I think I'll stop there. I would be thrilled by any of these! *blows very sparkly kisses at all y'all, flutters off to own wrappings and schemings*
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