Uh, apparently this idea is the child of , so.

To view other Deviants’ wishes, check out the forum! See what you can do to make someone’s Holiday just a little bit brighter!


THE BASICS:

Write a Christmas/Holiday wish list. It can be any 10 wishes you'd like to have granted, no matter what they are. Possible or seemingly impossible. People look and grant the wishes if they can. It's not about "OMFG PRESENTS", it's about making someone else's holiday a little brighter by giving. Personally, I get more out of giving than receiving sometimes. It's just a good feeling to give.

STEP ONE

** Make a post in your journal. 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 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 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. In this case, you can always just note someone on dA.
** Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal, so that others can join in and participate to spread the holiday joy!

STEP TWO

** Surf around your friend list 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.

Well, i'm not putting my list up there yet, because most of the things i want this year can't really be granted. And, i don't know. Maybe i will later. This is just for my own mental christmas-desire listings.

THE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE:
1. i want that acceptance letter to NYU to come in the mail. it's supposed to be mailed out december fifteenth, meaning that with the postage lag due to christmas mail, it may not get here until like right before the 25th or right afterward anyways.i don't know what i'm going to do with my life if i don't get that letter. i'd be happy if i got this and nothing else.


THE REALLY EXPENSIVE ONES:
2. i'd really like the financial aid aspect of going to NYU to kick in. I just need to know that, uh, i'm actually going to be able to pay for the tuition- and room and board, and everything else in the world i'm going to need. i'm actually not THAT worried about it, to be honest. But it still makes my stomach churn thinking that i could potentially get that acceptance letter in the mail and have to turn them down for such a stupid, idiotic reason.

3. i want to go to new york for christmas. i mean, i'm pretty sure that everyone that knows me knows that i want to go home. i hate it here. i just want to go up there for like, two weeks. i'm going to try to go in february, but that's not even close enough. i just want to go.

THE REALLY UNREALISTIC ONES/THE ONES I HAVE TO WORK ON FOR MYSELF:
4. i want to get a 5 on one of my AP exams. I haven't yet, and the highest i've gotten on any of them is a 4 on AP Language and Composition. I'm taking AP Psychology, AP European History, and AP Literature and Composition this year, and i'd be so incredibly happy if i got a five on one of them. I'm thinking if anything, it would be Psych, but you never know.

5. I want to finish my novel. Granted, i'm getting 50,000 words of it out of the way with NaNoWriMo [i'm finally caught up! i wrote 10,000 words yesterday so i'm where i'm supposed to be now..let's see how long that lasts...], but i want it done by december and i want it published next year. I just want to call myself an published author. It was one of the things on my 'things to do before i die' list, so. I'd love for that to be done [and a success?]

6. i want to be happy again. i'm never really...you know, ever pleased with myself or anything that i do. and it bothers me. but i just can't get out of this rut that i've been in for the past month or so, and it's really starting to affect my life. i want to be able to smile at everything again.

THE REALLY CUTE ONES:
7. i'd seriously love it if Kerrianne told me she liked me or something. she's been acting really strange lately. i think she might be somewhat interested. but it would still make my life if she did.

8. OR. i want amanda to come down here and spend a few days with me. Not like that's going to happen, because her dad won't pay for the tickets, but it'd still be really nice. If i couldn't go to new york to see her and everyone else, this would be the next best thing.

9. OR. i want to tell nicole everything i've been feeling lately. i can't do it right now, but i wish i had the guts to. she's straight and everything [as far as i know? something tells me she's not, though. maybe that's just me hoping.], but there are some times when she says stuff to me where it's like...yeah, she's definitely not straight at all. -sigh- i just wish i knew. nevermind telling her anything. i just want to know where we stand.


See? none of these are really...attainable, but i'm putting them out there because i can, and because i'm trying to warm up my fingers for nanowrimo.
so there you go.






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