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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 fun ("I'd love a [fandom] 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 possible things, 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.
1) I'd like a brain that works right. I don't expect any of you can actually help with this, but putting it out into the universe is never bad.
2) Recommendations for nice predictable but amusing comfort reading that does not take much focus.
Things that count that I've been rereading recently: Mercedes Lackey, Dorothy L. Sayers, the Kerry Greenwood Corrina Chapman books, and I snagged a Rhys Bowen series that was fun at the library this weekend. Last weekend included the first three Monica Ferris books. Other stuff I've read that's already on my list for a reread: Other series by the above authors, Alan Gordon's Fool's Guild series, the China Bayles series,
My ideal books for this request
- have an interesting world (either fantasy or historical, or some place that is not my current life. Science fiction would be fine, but tends not to hit my other requirements as easily.)
- be in a series with repeating characters (because since I can't do anything else with my brain, I went through 6 books this weekend. More books are good.)
- have a fairly predictable emotional arc, and not *too* complicated a plot line. (See also: no brain.) Series mysteries are good for this reason.
- does not have a cast of thousands, because my brain isn't tracking that well right now.
- I tend to prefer historicals to contemporaries, but have a particular fondness for contemporary mysteries involving anthropology, museums, fiber arts, or herbs.
- Oddly enough, despite my undergrad training, I tend not to prefer historical mysteries set with religious characters. (There are exceptions, of course.)
- I am mostly not interested in the current round of urban-fantasy-with-vampires-or-werewolves-or-Fae series out there, though I'll consider exceptions if someone makes a plea for them.
3) Experiences:
The exhaustion part makes planning on much sort of hard, since I'm saving my energy mostly for work right now. But I have two weeks off at the end of the month, and intend to remove myself from the house at least occasionally.
So, if you were me, or can stretch your brain to think that way, what would you find soothing and refreshing that might be found in the Twin Cities? I do want to go see the Titanic exhibit at the Science Museum, but I'd like or maybe 2 other days or partial days with something amusing and intriguing. (Given my current issues with internal thermostat control, going to the zoo or anywhere else that involves a lot of outdoor time is probably not a good move right now.)
Budget of about $50, not including the Science Museum bits.
(And if you're local, and any of the suggestions amuses you and you might be free, feel free to say so.)
4) Objects:
I don't need much in the way of physical stuff at the moment, but am always happy for hair sticks suitable for holding up fine hair. (4-5" length tends to work best, 6" is manageable) and for things to put in baths. (Especially since I'm battling a lot of skin dryness.) Recommendations are just as good as the actual object :)
- Strong preference for natural materials, as I'm somewhat reactive to some of the common sufectants (including SLS, and my skin doesn't need help being dry right now). Fantasy Bath is great, for example.
- I prefer berry (or pomegranate), woodsy, or honey and vanilla scents at the moment: very sweet scents (pastry, most chocolate, etc.) don't do well for me right now. Fantasy Bath's Belladonna, Dryad, Persephone, and Currantly Unavailable are good examples of the first two categories.)
- I'd also love recommendations for dealing with very rough skin on the outside of both ankles (an ongoing winter issue for me, but it's starting much earlier than usual.)
I think that will do for now, though I may think of things to add.
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 fun ("I'd love a [fandom] 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 possible things, 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.
1) I'd like a brain that works right. I don't expect any of you can actually help with this, but putting it out into the universe is never bad.
2) Recommendations for nice predictable but amusing comfort reading that does not take much focus.
Things that count that I've been rereading recently: Mercedes Lackey, Dorothy L. Sayers, the Kerry Greenwood Corrina Chapman books, and I snagged a Rhys Bowen series that was fun at the library this weekend. Last weekend included the first three Monica Ferris books. Other stuff I've read that's already on my list for a reread: Other series by the above authors, Alan Gordon's Fool's Guild series, the China Bayles series,
My ideal books for this request
- have an interesting world (either fantasy or historical, or some place that is not my current life. Science fiction would be fine, but tends not to hit my other requirements as easily.)
- be in a series with repeating characters (because since I can't do anything else with my brain, I went through 6 books this weekend. More books are good.)
- have a fairly predictable emotional arc, and not *too* complicated a plot line. (See also: no brain.) Series mysteries are good for this reason.
- does not have a cast of thousands, because my brain isn't tracking that well right now.
- I tend to prefer historicals to contemporaries, but have a particular fondness for contemporary mysteries involving anthropology, museums, fiber arts, or herbs.
- Oddly enough, despite my undergrad training, I tend not to prefer historical mysteries set with religious characters. (There are exceptions, of course.)
- I am mostly not interested in the current round of urban-fantasy-with-vampires-or-werewolves-or-Fae series out there, though I'll consider exceptions if someone makes a plea for them.
3) Experiences:
The exhaustion part makes planning on much sort of hard, since I'm saving my energy mostly for work right now. But I have two weeks off at the end of the month, and intend to remove myself from the house at least occasionally.
So, if you were me, or can stretch your brain to think that way, what would you find soothing and refreshing that might be found in the Twin Cities? I do want to go see the Titanic exhibit at the Science Museum, but I'd like or maybe 2 other days or partial days with something amusing and intriguing. (Given my current issues with internal thermostat control, going to the zoo or anywhere else that involves a lot of outdoor time is probably not a good move right now.)
Budget of about $50, not including the Science Museum bits.
(And if you're local, and any of the suggestions amuses you and you might be free, feel free to say so.)
4) Objects:
I don't need much in the way of physical stuff at the moment, but am always happy for hair sticks suitable for holding up fine hair. (4-5" length tends to work best, 6" is manageable) and for things to put in baths. (Especially since I'm battling a lot of skin dryness.) Recommendations are just as good as the actual object :)
- Strong preference for natural materials, as I'm somewhat reactive to some of the common sufectants (including SLS, and my skin doesn't need help being dry right now). Fantasy Bath is great, for example.
- I prefer berry (or pomegranate), woodsy, or honey and vanilla scents at the moment: very sweet scents (pastry, most chocolate, etc.) don't do well for me right now. Fantasy Bath's Belladonna, Dryad, Persephone, and Currantly Unavailable are good examples of the first two categories.)
- I'd also love recommendations for dealing with very rough skin on the outside of both ankles (an ongoing winter issue for me, but it's starting much earlier than usual.)
I think that will do for now, though I may think of things to add.
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Date: 2009-12-07 07:50 pm (UTC)In terms of recommendations- I know you are wanting things natural, so you might be able to create the scrub from scratch, using coarse sea salt, grapeseed oil, and essential oils for fragrance if desired. Here's a recipe I found - http://www.knitlist.com/01gift/sea-salt-body-scrub.htm
My soap supplier makes a good exfoliating soap with pumice and mint, but is out at the moment- I found a link online to some natural ones without SLS- http://www.alpinenaturals.com/exfoliatingsoaps.html
And then for the moisturizer- I like Lush's Lemony Flutter or Glysomed for tough dry spots, but I don't know if their ingredient lists are a bit too long for your tastes. You can always use straight shea butter or cocoa butter. I like something a little bit waxier, but olive oil, grapeseed or other oils should work as well.
It'll take a couple weeks for the skin to fully soften up, and for the dry skin to slough off, but something like this, with additional spot moisturizing on extra dry days, should get it in nice shape. I get hardcore dry skin on my elbows, and have to tend to them once in a while.
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Date: 2009-12-07 08:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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