Stone of stumbling and rock of offense (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wordweaverlynn) wrote,@ 2004-12-02 04:02:00 |
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WISHING AND HOPING: Some Things I Could Use
Instructions
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 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 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.
My Wish List
1. Decent jobs for14cyclenotes, gramina, and me. (We really, really want housepet to be able to stay in school.) I’m working on it. We’re all more or less tech writers, but 14cyclenotes is also a chemist; gramina is great at documenting business processes; I’m skilled at writing for end-users, as well as producing effective marketing copy. I’ve also got a solid 20-year background in book publishing, and I would love to work as an editor again. ETA: Michele is working. Let's keep hoping.
2. Recommendations for books, poetry, music, or art I might like. Samples are always welcome.
3. We’re getting ready to move, probably at the beginning of March. So we’re looking for a reasonably priced house to rent somewhere north of where we live now. The ideal location depends on where we all eventually find work, but unless one of us finds a great job in, say, Salinas, almost anywhere in Silicon Valley is better than here. Let me put it this way -- right now Salinas is closer than Oakland or San Francisco, both of which are places where I am seriously looking for work. We know we may need to take something smaller than this house, but it would be lovely to have at least four bedrooms and more than two bathrooms. Oh, and it has to take cats.
4. Moral support while I sort and pack and sell things. It’s so damned hard to do, but I have to do it. Someone to talk to while I work would be a great blessing.
5. A replacement tea diffuser for my beautiful Jenaer museum glass teapot. Some online tea places have them.
6. Chances to housesit or catsit. (No dogs, I’m really allergic.) I will come, play with your cats, protect your home from burglars, and enjoy solitude while you are away.
7. Anything from my Amazon wish list.
8. Chances to do volunteer writing or web design that would brighten up the resume.
9. Naked wimmin cheerfully accepted. Nahhh, my dance card is already full.
9. Naked men, too, especially if they are serious masochists Probably shouldn’t ask for this. I might get it, and where on earth would I put them?
9. Exotic recipes that are tasty yet Lynn-safe. I’ll have to post the list of allergens somewhere. This one was inspired bywild_irises, whose birthday gift to me was a feast of Indian food that left me drunk with pleasure and--better yet--not in the emergency room being shot up with epinephrine.
10. The chance to do something kind for you. Yes, I’m under serious stress right now, but it helps a lot to feel *competent* -- to be able to give. Asking for things is hugely emotionally risky for me, which is one reason I’m doing this meme.
You can email me at this username at sbcglobal dot net; I'll send you my snail mail address if needed.
If you are participating in this meme, post a link to your wish list in the comments here so I can find it.
Instructions
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 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 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.
My Wish List
1. Decent jobs for
14cyclenotes, gramina, and me. (We really, really want housepet to be able to stay in school.) I’m working on it. We’re all more or less tech writers, but 14cyclenotes is also a chemist; gramina is great at documenting business processes; I’m skilled at writing for end-users, as well as producing effective marketing copy. I’ve also got a solid 20-year background in book publishing, and I would love to work as an editor again. ETA: Michele is working. Let's keep hoping.2. Recommendations for books, poetry, music, or art I might like. Samples are always welcome.
3. We’re getting ready to move, probably at the beginning of March. So we’re looking for a reasonably priced house to rent somewhere north of where we live now. The ideal location depends on where we all eventually find work, but unless one of us finds a great job in, say, Salinas, almost anywhere in Silicon Valley is better than here. Let me put it this way -- right now Salinas is closer than Oakland or San Francisco, both of which are places where I am seriously looking for work. We know we may need to take something smaller than this house, but it would be lovely to have at least four bedrooms and more than two bathrooms. Oh, and it has to take cats.
4. Moral support while I sort and pack and sell things. It’s so damned hard to do, but I have to do it. Someone to talk to while I work would be a great blessing.
5. A replacement tea diffuser for my beautiful Jenaer museum glass teapot. Some online tea places have them.
6. Chances to housesit or catsit. (No dogs, I’m really allergic.) I will come, play with your cats, protect your home from burglars, and enjoy solitude while you are away.
7. Anything from my Amazon wish list.
8. Chances to do volunteer writing or web design that would brighten up the resume.
9. Exotic recipes that are tasty yet Lynn-safe. I’ll have to post the list of allergens somewhere. This one was inspired by
wild_irises, whose birthday gift to me was a feast of Indian food that left me drunk with pleasure and--better yet--not in the emergency room being shot up with epinephrine.10. The chance to do something kind for you. Yes, I’m under serious stress right now, but it helps a lot to feel *competent* -- to be able to give. Asking for things is hugely emotionally risky for me, which is one reason I’m doing this meme.
You can email me at this username at sbcglobal dot net; I'll send you my snail mail address if needed.
If you are participating in this meme, post a link to your wish list in the comments here so I can find it.
