Listology Secret Santa 2008
Listology's sixth annual Secret Santa is underway! Here's the way it works . . .
- You e-mail me that you want to participate at lpstd2 AT gmail DOT com
- I will collect all the e-mail addresses between now and 11:59 PM November 26th.
- I will e-mail all participants my snail mail address.
- You make two copies of a music mix on CD. Mixes should be WAV files rather than MP3s so you don't need an MP3-capable CD player to participate (it's true you'll need a player that can handle CD-Rs, but many can, even those that don't explicitly advertise being able to). Please include two copies of the playlist (on paper, that is, one for each CD copy). Some folks had a devil of a time tracking down songs they like from unlabeled mixes in the past. Identifying yourself is optional (making it a Semi-Secret Santa if you do).
- Put the CDs in little envelopes or tyvek sleeves. NOT JEWELBOXES! It screws up your SASE postage if you do sleeves but your Secret Santa does jewel boxes.
- Bring the mixes and two mailers to the post office (or you can buy mailers at the post office). One mailer is self-addressed, the other is addressed to me. You put the CDs in the self-addressed mailer, but don't seal it, and get the right postage on it (really, make sure there's enough postage - each year about a third of the submissions are short). Then you put the CDs and SASE mailer in the mailer addressed to me, and send it off.
- I receive the CDs from everybody, shuffle them up, and send you two different mixes back to you in your self-addressed, postage-paid mailer.
Note that nobody but me will see your address, or even know you are participating (unless you include identifying information on the mixes you create). Also, you don't have to worry about somebody not sending CDs because they have to send me mixes to forward on in order to get any back!
This scheme works if non-US folks want to participate too. You'll just need to put enough postage on your SASE to get it (and the enclosed CD) from the US back to wherever you live (and enough postage to get it to me in the first place).
I reserve the right to close off the signup if we get a deluge of participants. It's never been an issue before, but you never know. First come, first served.
Woohoo! I'm in again.
I am in! And I won't forget to notify you via e-mail as well.
So incredibly in.
Would I skip another chance to irritate total strangers? Of course not. I'm in.
Do it, Cosgrove. Make a Merzbow mix CD...
Um. Oh crap. I entirely forgot about this. I'm an asshole.
BTW, Imposter, thanks for picking up the ball this year. I'm the one who recommend to Jim that you'd be a good candidate to manage it this year. I hope that was alright! :-)
No problem, I'm looking forward to doing it!
Now, if the project goes haywire, I'll know who to go after! :-)
Exactly! Jim, for going with my recommendation, right?
Just when I thought the Ghost of Christmas Future had my number I wake up to find that I can buy a turkey as big as Tiny Tim!
Thank goodness I watch Target commercials. It reminded me of the dGheist13 of Christmas Past whose string of front page posts led me to this news. It seems my evil plan is falling into place.
And I'll pay half-a-crown each for stockings full of Critico, Merlin, Rushmore, Wezzo, et. al
That's the Ghost of Wezzmas Present.
I hope I haven't delayed everyone and everything. I also hope that it's not too late.
For the second straight year the power has gone out in December. This year, instead of a full week without electricity, the power has gone out three separate times. The advantage of having every single tree karate chop all of the power lines in '07 is that it's so easy to restore power in '08.
And then Mother Nature sends ice storms. Third time's the charm and even though all of our food is still in the snowbank out back my car is now free of snow and the post off ice looms.
I am blithely unconcerned by the 6-8" forecast for today. And I highly recommend a gas stove for those people who have electric power fifty weeks out of the year.
Snotcicles are just the lord's way of telling you to stop shoveling... and I haven't taken a shower in six days.
You are baiting me. Where's the search engine for weather!? :)
I think we can rule out 0dysseus living within ten miles of the equator...
Not so fast, detective!
n'winglund... but not Eustis, at least until the weather breaks.
Anybody know how to MacGyver a cell phone charger to a lawnmower? We've already figured out that gas stove + lobster pot + top half of a bleach bottle + solar camp shower = showers for everybody!
With all apologies, Odysseus, I sent out all the discs that I did have last Friday. But if yours just happens to be on its way to me as we speak, I'd be glad to send you my mix as a consolation prize (or as punishment, depending on its quality).
Good luck getting out from under that snow! The PacNorWest has had about as much but hasn't had the power problems.
If you want, I'll swap mixes with you too, 0dysseus, so you don't have to miss out. Send me an e-mail if you're interested. My address is my username at aol.com.
I'd love that...
But I have to go punch someone who's trying to decide what kind of caffè latte to order.
Hey! It's a tough choice!
sugar...
I'm back at my place which has no power but it does have phones and a nearby coffee collective. Christmas was yesterday for my family. We hope to get Hanukkah in before the new year.
I'm sure I'd love your wintery mix. (See? I haven't lost my sense of humour about the #$%&er +$]^ing weather.) First I have to figure out First Night and get used to operating these electrical powered appliance machines. It seems I have an Internet addiction.
On the plus side: for the first time in several holiday seasons I was the only one in my family to not have a fever. And my mother's cinnamon sticks came out perfect!