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Holiday Meme swiped from a number of folks on my flist
Nov 16th, 2006 by Babs

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. [Note: Your home address is not required!]

- 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 guarantees with this project, 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. Support for my Sims 2 addiction. Packaged lots, links to trustworthy downloads…

2. A 100-pk spindle of decent quality CD-Rs.

3. A small pack of DVD-RWs.

4. A large variety of nice glass, stone, or ceramic large holed beads, or at least a good source for said beads. Neither Michaels nor AC Moore still carry them, yet they still carry hemp cord. Go figure.

5. Having said that, a small gift certificate to AC Moore (or Amazon.com, or Borders) would be much appreciated.

6. Somebody named Guido to intimidate the folks at Webring into fixing their HTML Navbars.

7. The Saikou-Fansubs version of The GetBackers series. Torrents are fine.

8. Old “magick” books no longer being used. I’ll take just about anything. :)

9. A deck of “The Tarot Erotica”. Used is fine.

10. I would like everyone who already has their Christmas lights on, is playing Christmas music, or has their tree up to to have their colons introduced to a 6 foot spruce. Who woulda thunk that “It’s the Easter Beagle” would be prophetic?

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Tis the Season
Nov 7th, 2006 by Babs

I saw this on the morning news. I wish I could find a link for it. Anyway, there are three guys in my state that are planning to “take back” Christmas from the politically correct. According to one of them the holiday season should be known as the “Christmas Season” because 80% of the population in this country is Christian, and that those meany lesser religions have stolen the holiday from them. They plan to go out and spread the word, starting Thanksgiving.

Excuse me while I laugh my ass off.

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Not quite the level of community snarkage, but I still needed to vent.
Nov 4th, 2006 by Babs

What style of Athame is best suited for the Seax Trad? There are MANY on the market, but I do not see anything specifically for our trad, and reading The Tree does not give me clear indication. I have not yet foudn anyone selling a Seax, which was a large knife just a thin red hair too short to be called a sword. Anyone got some clues and a little clue glue, or a link to someplace on the web?

Dude! If you’re gonna try for a hostile takeover of a tradition, at least know the basics! I suggest actually reading page 32 of “The Tree” and/or checking out eBay, you ass!

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Craft fair progress
Nov 4th, 2006 by Babs

In the spirit of NaNo, I decided to keep my flist abreast to how many pieces I’ve made. Thus far I have four completed. One intricately knotted choker, one bracelet, one pair of earrings, and one necklace. As soon as I figure out where the flip I put the cord to charge up my digital camera, I’ll photograph them to share.

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Nov 3rd, 2006 by Babs

I was planning on doing NaNo this year. Then I got word that I have a table in the Bishop School’s annual craft fair the first week of December. So how do you think I should spend the next 27 days?

Attempt to write 50,000 words?

Make hemp macramé jewelry for craft fair?

You know this is a rhetorical question, right? :)

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