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, 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, 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.

What do I really wish for Christmas? You mean aside from the things I absolutely can't have, like having all the people I love there? Or to- have the pieces I liked out of my old life back- not that I'd know what to do with them now?

1)Music. (I almost forgot this one- then a song I was listening to here at *Starbucks* nearly made me cry in public!). Particularly Leonard Cohen (ANY of his), Tori Amos (I have her early stuff, but nothing after the one w/the dreamcatcher on it, trying to remember the name), Melissa Etheridge (any), Death Cab for Cutie, My Chemical Romance- anything you think I might like. I don't care at all if it's mp3s or not- I'm just missing music.

2)Coloring books. Fancy ones like Dover ones or others for adults (the stained glass ones are really cool!) or the kind kids color w/crayons. Christmas ones especially.

3)A renewal of my just-expired LJ account :(

4)books on trauma and related issues (self-harm, eating disorders, dissociation, ritual abuse, etc.) (like "Understanding Self-Injury: A Workbook for Adults by Robin Conners, or Stolen Tomorrows by Steven Levenkron- not the magor old ones, I have those)

5)yarn! I love yarn. (to feed my crocheting addiction).

6)mail. Cards, letters, whatever- i really like getting things in the mail

7)care packages of little things- lots of kids/artsy things especially. I used to get these from my aunt as a child and it was a really, really special thing for me.

8)crocheting books, especially arigumi (those cute little stuffed animals) but other things too

9)Derwent colorsoft pencils *sigh* (they're lovely, and expensive)

10)A good Christmas. It's been a long time since I had one.

my address is
Daniel Hart
1019 N. Peach Ave Apt 214
Fresno, CA 93727

Looking for a specifc fic/series- Harry was abducted the summer he was seventeen by werewolves and bitten, and then finally escapes.  He has a familial lineage? from his godfather of a special animal called a "padraig" that's like a big black dog- he ends up staying w/Snape and Draco (I think it becomes Harry/Draco- I know there's Lucius/Snape angle to things- they'd had an old relationship that was being renewed as Snape inlisted him to help w/Harry.

It was really good, and I've changed computers, and can't find the link....

My birthday is coming up on May 10th.  So here's a list, not that there's any expectations...

(This is a draft- will do a better one later).

Twilight series from New Moon on
Twilight poster of the moment when Edward sparkles in the sun w/Bella or of the two of them in the forest
Twilight stuff in general (not  lame stuff- hoodie would be cool, something like that, t-shirt)

Sue Cocia coloring books

Subscription to Many Voices

A PSP (or a Nintendo DS)

Dover coloring books
Color Your Own Victorian Faery Pictures
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486470512.html


Books
"Finding Angela Shelton"
"Outside These Walls"
"Growing Beyond Survival"
"WRAP workbook

 Teen Books
"Purge"
"Fragments"
"Wintergirls" by Laura Hale Anderson

1) Does anyone like cold weather?
Yes, a lot of us in fact. I know Martin specifically does, as do rayne, lillian, the Kindern, Luc, Mark, Telluride and his group, and probably some others.

2) Are there any front runners who refuse to dress for cold weather? Any who love to layer?
Ummm- some people don't *feel* the cold as much, I think. Like Telluride doesn't. And some of his people. And Soldier. Other people but I can't think of who. And the kids, particularly the more anxious ones, like to layer all the time. They still miss the hooded grey long-sleeve shirt we had that we lost somewhere- they'd wear a xlarge t-shirt over it. People like our new vest for layering, I think.

3) Does anyone like to play winter sports?
I've never really had the opportunity. I think there's some who'd like to play hockey if we knew how to ice skate at all decently. Maybe if/when we live somewhere where it snows again we can find out. (If snowball fights count, the kids do.)

4) Are people more (or less) likely to front in the winter?
Ummm- not specifically. There are certain groups who are more around during particular anniversary times, but as for winter- only that people associated with/having to do with family stuff tend to be around more because of all of those conotations and stuff being up.

5) Are there any foods that people especially crave when it's cold outside?
Definetly! Warm drinks- coffee with holiday spices, hot apple cider (the *only* thing we ever normally would get at Starbucks is Caramel Apple Cider for the kids), hearty stews and soups. Fresh baked stuff, if we had our own place right now we'd be baking.

I'm just putting this here to remind us- don't neccesarily expect we can get them this stuff, but...

(aside from laptop/internet access- that's a constant.  i didn't realize it affected *them* that much too, though)

Decorate for Halloween Fun Kit (particularly for the poster!)
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486467929.html

Halloween Stained Glass Coloring Book
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486456773.html

Halloween Fun
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486446999.html

Webkinz bat

probably add more later

I feel really... hollow.  Not that this is an entirely new feeling.  It's new at the moment.  And alone.  My two friends here (the two guys I've become pretty close to) are out, don't know where.  I slept late and right when I woke up they were leaving to go exercise- with my knee bothering me I wasn't about to join them (not that doing stairs at the stadium is how I'd like to spend my Saturday afternoon anyways).

Right now I'm feeling like I want to take my skin off with a scouring pad.

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Nutritious ::  Ummm- food?
   
2. Graduate ::  God, I wish.  Someday...
   
3. Tonight! ::  The anxiety of bus, BART, bus home...  Then two friendly cats and a very depressed roommate
   
4. Located :: Location unknow.  Please specifiy data
   
5. Weapon ::  Which one?
   
6. Jumper ::  (Obviously, I'm readilng too much Harry Potter fanfic- I immediately thought, sweater!)
   
7. Collectibles ::  Hmmm- Webkinz?
   
8. Dennis ::  I don't know anyone named Dennis
   
9. Hostile ::  Hissing cats
   
10. Vivid ::  Paintings at the gallery on Market St.
    

1) Is there any date that is important to people in your household/system?
A variety of them. Both positively and negatively. Things from our identical twin's deathday to the day we left home...

2) How has your household/system changed in the last year?
God, that's hard to say. There's been an immense amount of change- just recently there was some serious reorganizing internally. Ummm- the marys are a lot closer to the rest of us. We're talking to each other more, even the people we don't know as well.

3) What is the best thing that has happened to/for people over the past year?
As hard as it was, going to Texas, and the work we did there. And to Florida. And, if you count this in the last year, moving out of that god-awful asshole's place to stay with Jean.

4) What would people like to have happened to/for the household/system over the next year?
Deal with what happened in Oct. and work/make it so that can't happen again. Have a solid place to live, with solid help and support (as in, somewhere we can stay with people who help). More/continued communication. More self/ves expression. More artwork. More fun. More safety. More people we can be ourselves around esp. in person.

5) What question or topic would you like see on Multiple Monday?\
Maybe there's one I've missed that's about this, but I'd like to see something about creative expression by system members.