Wishlist Meme
Dec. 1st, 2005 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityofoneAnd since the logical follow-up to telling you all why you should be very, very afraid of me is to ask for stuff, it's time for the Wishlist Meme! I've never done one of these before, as asking for stuff tends to make me uncomfortable, but it's my early New Year's resolution to be more obnoxious and demanding, so...
The Rules
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, 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 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.
...then beggars would ride.
1. Cover art/icons for any of my SGA fic. (I specify SGA 'cause that's where my interest currently lies; however, if you're desperate to make art for my ancient Buffyfic, I certainly ain't gonna stop you.) Christmas kind of came early this year thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
slodwick, but if anything, that's just made me greedier. *eg*
2. Icons in general. I'd love SGA icons with quotes from T.S. Eliot or U2; I also really, really want a Blade Runner icon.
3. McKay/Sheppard stories. Plotty ones--plotty and smutty ones. I particularly like: snark, first times, amnesia, accidents with Ancient technology, voyeurism, Zelenka being his awesome self, genderfuck, quiet stories that show an established relationship far in the future, AUs of the "something is just slightly different" type, stories where alternate realties collide, and Firefly crossovers. Actually, crossovers in general rock.
4. Whole seasons of shows I have not seen. These absolutely DO NOT have to be fancy DVD box sets; I can play .avi and .wmv files, and I'm more than happy to do so. ;-) I'd love: seasons 2, 3, 4, or 7 of SG-1; the relevant seasons of dueSouth, which thanks to my flist, I am reluctantly becoming interested in *g*; the first season of House; the first series (and whatever there is of the second) of the new Doctor Who; and the 2nd and 3rd series of Black Books. Got any other TV shows you think I would love? I'd be happy to check them out, too. ETA: Oh, and the original Star Trek, of which I have seen none. It totally destroys my geek cred, let me tell you. ETA: Or, onmandysbitch's recommendation: Oz!
5. Music mixes! I love being exposed to new music, and I especially love themed mixes. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
_rfa is brilliant. *nods*) Live tracks and cool covers are awesome, too.
6. Books. Book recs, or even the old paperbacks you just don't want anymore. I am a book whore.
7. Food! Come from a part of the world where there's an easily-packaged, non-perishable local delicacy? I'd love to try it. Alternately, chocolate is universal. ;-)
...And I'm going to stop there, 'cause those are some pretty extensive wishes. And please, don't feel obligated to get me anything; this is much more a "Hey, if you happen to have any of this stuff lying around" kinda thing. I always used to write my letter to Santa on December 1st; I must be feeling nostalgic. =)
Finally, here's my address, although I wrote this list with the intention of having pretty much everything on it be stuff that can be given within the world of the web. But RL does occasionally butt in on us, so...
Anna Kaufman
47.1.03
Pearse Street
Trinity College
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Thank you, everyone, and happy holidays!
The Rules
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, 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 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.
...then beggars would ride.
1. Cover art/icons for any of my SGA fic. (I specify SGA 'cause that's where my interest currently lies; however, if you're desperate to make art for my ancient Buffyfic, I certainly ain't gonna stop you.) Christmas kind of came early this year thanks to
slodwick, but if anything, that's just made me greedier. *eg*2. Icons in general. I'd love SGA icons with quotes from T.S. Eliot or U2; I also really, really want a Blade Runner icon.
3. McKay/Sheppard stories. Plotty ones--plotty and smutty ones. I particularly like: snark, first times, amnesia, accidents with Ancient technology, voyeurism, Zelenka being his awesome self, genderfuck, quiet stories that show an established relationship far in the future, AUs of the "something is just slightly different" type, stories where alternate realties collide, and Firefly crossovers. Actually, crossovers in general rock.
4. Whole seasons of shows I have not seen. These absolutely DO NOT have to be fancy DVD box sets; I can play .avi and .wmv files, and I'm more than happy to do so. ;-) I'd love: seasons 2, 3, 4, or 7 of SG-1; the relevant seasons of dueSouth, which thanks to my flist, I am reluctantly becoming interested in *g*; the first season of House; the first series (and whatever there is of the second) of the new Doctor Who; and the 2nd and 3rd series of Black Books. Got any other TV shows you think I would love? I'd be happy to check them out, too. ETA: Oh, and the original Star Trek, of which I have seen none. It totally destroys my geek cred, let me tell you. ETA: Or, on
mandysbitch's recommendation: Oz!5. Music mixes! I love being exposed to new music, and I especially love themed mixes. (
_rfa is brilliant. *nods*) Live tracks and cool covers are awesome, too.6. Books. Book recs, or even the old paperbacks you just don't want anymore. I am a book whore.
7. Food! Come from a part of the world where there's an easily-packaged, non-perishable local delicacy? I'd love to try it. Alternately, chocolate is universal. ;-)
...And I'm going to stop there, 'cause those are some pretty extensive wishes. And please, don't feel obligated to get me anything; this is much more a "Hey, if you happen to have any of this stuff lying around" kinda thing. I always used to write my letter to Santa on December 1st; I must be feeling nostalgic. =)
Finally, here's my address, although I wrote this list with the intention of having pretty much everything on it be stuff that can be given within the world of the web. But RL does occasionally butt in on us, so...
Anna Kaufman
47.1.03
Pearse Street
Trinity College
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Thank you, everyone, and happy holidays!
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 06:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 07:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 06:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 07:05 pm (UTC)Also, your icon is one of the cutest things I have EVER SEEN.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 08:08 pm (UTC)Icon is from
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 06:58 pm (UTC)Oooh. Hmmm. *ponders*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 08:00 pm (UTC)*excitement*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 08:05 pm (UTC)Ah! If only I'd known this yesterday, for I am actually flying to your fair city in... under six hours! *completely tangential dancing* But that's okay, 'cause there are many other ways to accomplish things. *g*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 09:32 pm (UTC)And BTW, I was going to welcome you to Our Fair City (or rather, The Fair City Which I Am Currently Inhabiting, as it's hardly mine) but I didn't want to come off as overly stalkery. But--welcome (t-minus six hours and counting)! I recommend the market at Temple Bar and the Epicurean Food Court off of Abbey Street. ;-)
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 12:09 am (UTC)Or not--no harm, no foul, I won't take it amiss. I know the idea of meeting weird internet people can be disconcerting. *g*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 09:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 09:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 10:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 10:25 pm (UTC)*bounce*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 10:18 pm (UTC)Also, hey, question! Prior to posting this, you have generally referred to yourself in the third person via your username — is "trinityofone" or "trinity" or something the preferred way of referring to you, or do you go by "Anna" as well? ;)
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 10:32 pm (UTC)Which is to say, yes, that would be cool. *g*
As for the username issue: I usually try to keep my real name off of LJ (mostly because having a secret identity is COOL!) but since I've, for example, linked to newspaper articles I've written in the past, I'm not exactly consistent. In this case, I had to use my real name as Trinity College has an annoying and practical policy of checking your ID when you collect a package, and I don't have any ID with
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-01 11:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 12:00 pm (UTC)I have tapes - oz and the pretender that I am getting DVD versions of. So I'm keen to send them to a good home. However, they're all NTSC format though so I'm not sure you can play them in your part of the world... (I'm in a PAL zone as, I think, you are but this is Australia - we can play anything)? But I *do* want to pimp you Oz because beecherandkellerisloveomg... *g*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 01:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-03 02:32 am (UTC)But PAL and NTSC - well, they're basically television formats. It's something to do with how many times the cathode ray scans for information - in PAL format it does this more frequently than in NTSC so that you actually get a better picture in PAL format but the voices are pitched slightly higher.
Anyway, they sell PAL system TV in the UK and Australia (and possibly in other places too - it's just that these are the two I know for sure). In the US they use NTSC. It means that VCRs and DVD players need to be customised to the formats (and we call them VCRs too). If you record on to a VCR tape in PAL your NTSC tv set won't be able to read the information.
So, I can't tape shows and send them to the US - which sucks because I've always wanted to send Seachange to my friends in the US. It's an awesome show.
However, Australian tvs usually are built to play both NTSC and PAL format. So I can get my friends in the US to record stuff and send to me. Yay! We also have multi-region dvds players that you can legally hack to input the different region codes. Aren't we lucky?
I know the UK uses PAL format, I'm just not sure whether it's common for them to also have NTSC playing tvs like we do over here.
But however you do it, get your hands on Oz. Because Beecher and Keller are the OTP to end all OTPs.
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-05 07:59 pm (UTC)Yes, it's a literal interpretation of the lyrics. What's your point?
1 (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/dar_jeeling/icons/sgaPjHigher.png),2 (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/dar_jeeling/icons/sgaMcShControls.png), 3 (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/dar_jeeling/icons/sgaMcShEducate.png), 4 (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/dar_jeeling/icons/sgaMcKblues.png)
I might get back to you on the T.S. Eliot icons, because omg, love.
OMG!
Date: 2005-12-06 05:30 pm (UTC)Thank you, like x infinity-google-plus and other fake numbers. I love my early Christmas! *bounces*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-06 05:56 pm (UTC)You're very welcome!
Book Recs
Date: 2005-12-07 12:48 pm (UTC)1632 by Eric Flint (historical fantasy)
A Song for Arbonne (love!) & The Lions of Al-Rassan (broke me.) by Guy Gavriel Kay (fantasy)
Alanna by Tamora Pierce (YA fantasy)
The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie (historical fantasy)
Deerskin by Robin McKinely (fantasy)
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede (YA fantasy)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole (sci-fi)
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle (YA fantasy)
Voyage From Yesteryear by James P. Hogan (sci-fi)
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon (fantasy)
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates (YA)
Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (fantasy)
On Basilisk Station by David Weber (sci-fi)
Sati by Christopher Pike (fiction)
The Stars Dispose by Michaela Roessner (historical fiction)
Small Gods and Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (fantasy/humour)
Archangel by Sharon Shinn (sci-fi/fantasy)
The Sword of Bedwyr by R.A. Salvatore (fantasy)
You can tell my favourite genre can't you. Many of these books are the first in a series so if you like one there's a whole bunch more you can read. Hope you find some you like. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Re: Book Recs
Date: 2005-12-08 08:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-14 11:36 pm (UTC)