(I feel the image fits better ~ Lolita♥)I guess Christmas is coming up at some point. It generally tends to around this time of year. Maybe this'll be the one where it just sort of doesn't show. Goes half an hour past when it was supposed to show up at the bar, then everybody can't be bothered waiting anymore and goes off to do their own thing. Or maybe I could just pass out on the 20th and not wake up until February.
Do you guys like Christmas? I don't know, it seems to be one of those divisive events. Actually, I think one of the best Christmases I had was in London. I went down to the kebab shop with a buddy of mine, then we hung out with a bunch of jews. I think video games came after that? There was an awful lot of gin, it's a little fuzzy round the edges.
Anyway, apparently it's time to sort out another secret santa. Maybe this year somebody will finally give me a girlfriend.
Rules are dull, and you must be familiar with secret santas, but please read ahead regardless.
* If you're new, or don't really post a whole lot, it's probably going to be difficult for people to buy anything for you. I don't remember any of you to begin with, but if you think that might be a problem, well, maybe wait for next year.
* There are lots of people here who hail from countries far and wide across the globe. Exotic. I write all your names down at random, then have a drink or two, forget them all, and call it a day, so you may not be receiving a target who lives in the same country as you do. International shipping can be a little pricey sometimes. If you can't be bothered with all that, don't put your name down.
* I don't really want to deal with anybody who is going to put their name down and not send something, because that's a big old load of horse shit. Yeah, things do happen. Maybe you lit your sister on fire, then fell down a well, and also lost your job. If you have reason to believe that some well-related incident may befall you, don't sign up.
* There is no official price range, because you guys aren't twelve, and you don't need a metric scale of guidance. Stop and think about your gift. If you are worried it might be too expensive, there's a fair chance that it is. Also, it's kind of creepy to send somebody on an internet forum something super pricey. Don't be a creep. Don't expect anything too amazing in return, either. This is just for fun.
* Touching on that, sometimes people make things. I can only make tears and simple cocktails, but others have talents which extend to a broader range of subjects. This is fine. If you wish to sculpt a piece of post modern object d'art, then I shall not censor you. I believe there have been a few paintings and such over the past few years.
However, that isn't a free ticket to draw a stick figure goku on a piece of graph paper and expecting something in return. I obviously don't see what you're going to send before you post it, but the recipient probably is going to be less than enthused, and I'm an embittered arts student with an open passport and airfare to anywhere, so I might get out of bed in three in the afternoon and feel like going to your place and crashing on your couch for a few months. It's cool, I'll bring my typewriter. We'll drink, and write, and spend lots of time together. We'll be the best of friends.
I think that more or less covers things there. If you're unsure of anything, send me a message I guess. So, onto logistics then.
If you want to take part, send me a message by midnight of
November the 25th. That's Australian time, because my clock doesn't synch up to wherever you live. Anything after whatever time I get up on the 26th is a no go.
In this message, you will need to include your
full postage address. Full means all details. That
includes your full name. Every year one of you retards doesn't put your name in. "Oh whatever I don't care if the box is addressed to gook_shoota_69, I live in a college dorm so it's no big deal." You don't care, and neither do I, but the postal service is going to raise some eyebrows when they come across Monsieur Gook Shoota, especially if it's an international parcel. Let's just skip the whole prison thing and spend the extra three seconds adding in your
full name.Shortly after the 25th, I'll assign you your targets, and you can go about trying to decide exactly which brand of fountain pen ink I would prefer to receive. The goal of course is for the present to arrive around or on Christmas. The postal service can be strange at the best of times, and Christmas is not that, so opt to send it earlier, especially for international stuff. Try to leave at least two weeks, if not more.
I think that covers most everything.
Here is a link to last year's thread, and
here is the year before that.
If there's any questions, post it here or send me a message or whatever. If you're really lucky I might read it too.
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