Sauntering Vaguely Downward

I had hoped that I would be spending the last month of this 365 project neatly tying off loose ends, conducting elegantly crafted Seasonal-Giving-related Unscientific Polls, deftly weaving in small photography projects, and composing a beautiful tear-jerker of a final post.

Staring at a DW inbox that indicates I have 450+ unanswered comments and a recent string of access-locked posts all of which boil down to either "I'm sick" or "I'm exhausted" or both, I suspect that the envisioned triumphant gallop over the finish line, waving proudly at the cheering crowds, shall instead be a limp sweaty crawl followed by crumpling ignominiously to the floor.

Nevertheless, I shall carry on for the few remaining days. Today, I have a Seasonal Giving request as opposed to an offer.

My friend Rose Sinister began publishing her Vampires podcast this year, and it has slowly been gathering momentum. I was hooked from the first episode, being a vampire fangirl, though without Rose's depth of knowledge and capacity for mixing captivating story-telling with astute observation and a knack for dissecting works in light of the social and temporal contexts of their creators. With maybe more than a bit of an intersectional-feminist slant. I have listened avidly to all nine episodes so far on Spotify. My favourites are Episode 3 ("Underworld"), Episode 5 ("Let the Right One In", which coincidentally came out the weekend I was in Sweden and which I listened to on the train ride from Stockholm to Uppsala), and the most recent Episode 9 ("Dracula", part 1).

Will you consider, as a Seasonal Gift to me, becoming a Patreon support of Rose Sinister, so she can continue to produce her podcast? You can do so here. If you decide to become a patron, and are comfortable telling me about it, please do in the comments on this post, or PM me. Thank you.

So the Abortion Support Network, which helps people in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland access the safe abortions they're denied at home, is running a Wintermas campaign to raise additional money. I give a regular monthly donation to ASN, but I wanted to let my DW Circle know I have made an additional donation to them on your behalf as part of my Seasonal Giving. I put in £20 (plus £5 Gift Aid) which works out to about 13 pence per person. Not a lot, I know, but I hope it pleases you. <3

It's that time! I have DW points to give away, and so I'm offering:

One year of paid account time to one user
Six months of paid account time to two users

To nominate someone for either of these, please enter their username in the following poll. Other points to consider are:

• I don't need to know, interact with, or have anything in common with your nominee, so please don't worry if they don't overlap in our Circles.
  
• Self-nomination is absolutely OK. I won't know anyway, because the poll is anonymised.
  
• Sharing this entry is absolutely OK.
  
• If you would like to identify yourself as the nominator of a user (e.g. "I put in so-and-so's name") so that, if they're selected, they know their donor's name, you can do so in the screened comments on this entry. Please don't feel obliged to do this.
  
• I will be drawing the three names out of a hat after the poll closes (next Friday 16 December).

One caveat: Seed Account users won't be included in this round of Seasonal Giving, as additional account time wouldn't be of use to them.



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This year, I have a little stash of DW points and hence I'm offering the following:

• One year of paid account time to two users
  
• Six months of paid account time to one user

To nominate someone for either of these, please enter their username in the following poll. Other points to consider are:

• I don't need to know, interact with, or have anything in common with your nominee, so please don't worry if they don't overlap in our Circles.
  
• Self-nomination is absolutely OK. I won't know anyway, because the poll is anonymised.
  
• Sharing this entry is absolutely OK.
  
• If you would like to identify yourself as the nominator of a user (e.g. "I put in so-and-so's name") so that, if they're selected, they know their donor's name, you can do so in the screened comments on this entry. Please don't feel obliged to do this.
  
• I will be drawing the three names out of a hat after the poll closes (next Friday 18 December).
  

One caveat: Seed Account users won't be included in this round of Seasonal Giving, as additional account time wouldn't be of use to them.



(All comments are screened. This entry is not cross-posted to LiveJournal.)

The nominees for paid account time on Dreamwidth have been put into the virtual hat, and the Random Thing Picker has chosen the winners.

These are:

12 months of paid account time for cosmolinguist and
6 months of paid account time for aella_irene.

Thank you to all those who participated!