Show Sean Maher where you live!!

POSTED BY: ExcitingNewCrime
UPDATED: Thursday, September 28, 2006 17:54
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EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:09 PM

I planned to post this here ages ago, but then there was the crash, and uh, then I forgot

:D

I'm putting together a scrapbook, of sorts, to give to Sean at Serenity Cubed in September.

This is what we're going to be doing, and the more people who participate the better. :)

Everybody who wants to participate, mails me a postcard of their hometown (or as close as they can get to their home town, I know some places are so small there won't be such a thing!), with a message to Sean on the back. That way, he can see where we're all from and how widespread his fans all are, which I think that he would like, AND we get to tell him something personally from each of us.

Full information is in the livejournal community ( http://community.livejournal.com/youngtobeadoc). There's absolutely no need for you to be a livejournal member to read the info, it's just easiest for me to keep it all together that way. The only thing you won't be able to access if you aren't a member is the post with my address in, as that's members only - but if you email me at rach@warm-december.org or PM me here, I will gladly let you have that. I just didn't want to post my address completely publicly.

I've already had a decent amount, but I'd like at least another ten or so to make it look much fuller - there's nothing worse than an appreciation project with hardly any participation! ;)

:D

I need postcards by Monday, August 28th to give me time to put it all together.

Alternatively people could hunt me down at Dragon*Con and give them to me in person - provided it could be guaranteed you could find me! *g*

I won't be accepting any cards in person AT Serenity Cubed, because the current plan is to give Sean the book at the meet & greet on Friday night, so there really isn't time.

LEIASKY

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:12 PM

Ohh, I keep forgetting to get a postcard and mail it off to you. I'm glad you posted this here! It certainly reminded me I need to get off my butt and do it:)

Maybe post here the date you want all the postcards to reach you by?

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

YINYANG

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:14 PM

So, if you get more than ten, you'll be extra happy?

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EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:14 PM

You know, I *just* thought - OH, I need to edit the deadline in.

:D

I'll go do that, but I'll put it in this post too - I need postcards by Monday, August 28th to give me time to put it all together.

Alternatively people could hunt me down at Dragon*Con and give them to me in person - provided it could be guaranteed you could find me! *g*

I won't be accepting any cards in person AT Serenity Cubed, because the current plan is to give Sean the book at the meet & greet on Friday night, so there really isn't time.

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by yinyang:
So, if you get more than ten, you'll be extra happy?

Positively giddy!

WANMEI

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:48 PM

I'll totally be sending you a postcard!

I wonder if maybe we can collaborate... I'm running a 5000 fans for Sean Maher campaign and perhaps we could do some teamwork. If you're interested email me at xiannu@gmail.com and I'll give you some links and the general idea.

Otherwise yes, I'll send you something for Sean! :D

WANMEI

Friday, August 4, 2006 7:49 PM

I'll totally be sending you a postcard!

I wonder if maybe we can collaborate... I'm running a 5000 fans for Sean Maher campaign and perhaps we could do some teamwork. If you're interested email me at xiannu@gmail.com and I'll give you some links and the general idea.

Otherwise yes, I'll send you something for Sean! :D

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 4, 2006 9:14 PM

Email is heading your way!

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 5, 2006 9:58 AM

I got another card this morning. They're starting to come in thick and fast!

Of course, I have no idea who any of them are from since it's all real names! :D

LEIASKY

Saturday, August 5, 2006 3:50 PM

Maybe all those lovely people who signed Wanmei's list will send you postcards? :) And its a LOT more than 10 !

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 5, 2006 9:29 PM

I would like to think so! Signing a list is much easier than sending a postcard, though ;)

I think I've advertised in most of the places she did, so we'll see...!

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Sunday, August 6, 2006 7:23 PM

I've exchanged emails with Wanmei today and the book could be filling up quite nicely if all goes to plan!

Also known as, bump!

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Sunday, August 6, 2006 7:24 PM

If I send him my address, can you get me his phone number?

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Monday, August 7, 2006 3:11 AM

Heh! If only it were that easy!

LEIASKY

Monday, August 7, 2006 9:28 PM

>I've exchanged emails with Wanmei today and the book could be filling up quite nicely if all goes to plan!

Good to hear!

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Wednesday, August 9, 2006 8:53 AM

Another couple of cards came in the post this morning!

At some point I need to go shopping and look for a book...

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Wednesday, August 9, 2006 9:20 AM

Haven't sent mine yet - it goes today. Let me know if you get another one from Ireland too! I know there are Irish fans about, but I never seem to meet them here.

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LEESON

Wednesday, August 9, 2006 9:26 AM

Great idea! I'll send mine out tomorrow!

Sometimes, I laugh. Other times, you make me laugh. The rest a' the time, I'll be in Jayne's bunk.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Wednesday, August 9, 2006 12:39 PM

Cool idea

I will send one this week!

We are The Forsaken - We aim to burn! and we don't need no stinkin levels!

one of the Forsaken TM

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 12, 2006 5:30 AM

This is great, guys!

The cards are piling up in my bedroom - I'll let you have a full list of where I have them from as soon as I have chance to go through them later!

LEIASKY

Monday, August 14, 2006 3:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
This is great, guys!

The cards are piling up in my bedroom - I'll let you have a full list of where I have them from as soon as I have chance to go through them later!

Good to know you've gotten a lot more cards! I sent mine today from work so you should get it this week.

When you have them all in the book, take a pic and let us all see what it looked like?

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

SILLYLITTLEDUCK

Monday, August 14, 2006 8:07 PM

I just noticed this thread... I think I missed too much with my family in town. good thing i'll be able to send off a letter before your dead line. now i'll just have to email you for the address...

Yaay for fans of firefly making their voices heard (plus ya know... sean is sorta loaded up with the sexy)

UPDATE: just emailed you for the mailing address, if you don't get it then email me at sillylittleduck@hotmail.com and I'll email you back

Beckie

BIGDAMNTEXAN

Monday, August 14, 2006 8:36 PM

I'm in too
That's gonna be all kinds of Shiny

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Monday, August 14, 2006 8:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Leiasky:
When you have them all in the book, take a pic and let us all see what it looked like?

I absolutely will! Especially if it's as impressive as I hope it will be ... I'm holding off as long as possible to see how many I get before I buy anything to put them in because I'm not really sure the best way - any ideas?

I'm thinking something in the style of a photo album with clear sleeves, so that he can see the front and back of each card without having to take them out.

LEIASKY

Monday, August 14, 2006 9:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:

I'm thinking something in the style of a photo album with clear sleeves, so that he can see the front and back of each card without having to take them out.

That would probably be best. It's be great if you could find an album or binder that had a map of the world on it.

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Monday, August 14, 2006 9:08 PM

Oooh, good idea! Even if I can't, I can buy a small one and stick it in the inside cover or something!

JAHZARA

Monday, August 14, 2006 9:38 PM

I'm lurking, but I just thought how funny it would be if Sean Maher happened to go online and read the title of the thread.

I think its incredible what y'all are doing, but knowing how passionate us Browncoats are, I would be a little freaked out in his shoes.

Until I read the thread. I hope he enjoys the book.

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Monday, August 14, 2006 11:27 PM

Hee! Well the title was supposed to hopefully make people go "What? Huh?!" and look inside. So obviously it worked! :D

I know what you mean about freaking someone out. I'm reserving the right to hold back anything I think would make him feel uncomfortable but I've yet to receive a single one I think I'm going to have to leave out - everything has been simple and sweet and a nice way of telling him something that you may either a) be too shy to say in person or b) never get the chance to say in person.

I've really enjoyed reading the cards I've had so far and it's just continuing to prove to me how awesome browncoats are!

EXOTICK

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:11 AM

Washington D.C. is in the house <--- yeah i'm a dork...i'll stick my postcard in the mail tomorrow

kisses

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:18 AM

I got a card from Bangladesh this morning :D

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:43 AM

Well great. There goes the "I'm somewhere very far away! Notice me! Notice me!" edge I had going for me.

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EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Well great. There goes the "I'm somewhere very far away! Notice me! Notice me!" edge I had going for me.

Well, the con is in London and I already have a few cards from England, so already the American ones are from further away! *g*

I have one card from Belfast, too.

LEIASKY

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
Quote:
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Well great. There goes the "I'm somewhere very far away! Notice me! Notice me!" edge I had going for me.

Well, the con is in London and I already have a few cards from England, so already the American ones are from further away! *g*

I have one card from Belfast, too.

Thanks for telling us where all the cards are from. I've been enjoying reading about the different locations myself!

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

KANEMAN

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
Quote:
Originally posted by Leiasky:
When you have them all in the book, take a pic and let us all see what it looked like?

I absolutely will! Especially if it's as impressive as I hope it will be ... I'm holding off as long as possible to see how many I get before I buy anything to put them in because I'm not really sure the best way - any ideas?

I'm thinking something in the style of a photo album with clear sleeves, so that he can see the front and back of each card without having to take them out.

Get a plain photo album..Paint it a wonderful shade of brown...Then stencil the FireFly logo on it.

LEIASKY

Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:23 PM

Time is running out, get in your postcards . . .

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

FIREFLYGAL

Friday, August 18, 2006 12:50 AM

Hi ENC,
I would like to do the postcard thing and I noticed you'll be at DragonCon. I'll try to connect up with you.
I aim to misbehave!

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EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 18, 2006 8:00 AM

I have no idea how to arrange to meet up with people at Dragon*Con but hopefully we can manage something!

Okay, cards that I have received!

Amish Country, Pennsylvania
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Boston, Massachusetts
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kansas City, Missouri
Kaustinen, Finland
Louisville, Kentucky
Missoula, Montana
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina x2
Nyon, Switzerland
Owego, New York
Singapore
Sheffield, England
Sydney, Australia
Washington DC
Windsor, England

So that's 17 in total, I haven't done mine yet, and I have a handful of friends giving me theirs in person soon. If I get 30, I'll be happy!

Oh, and if you live in one of those places, don't let that put you off sending one anyway!

GET THOSE CARDS IN QUICK! ;)

(If you've mailed one that you don't see on the list, can you just comment here to say that it's actually on the way? So I have an idea of how many I'm still expecting!)

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 18, 2006 1:56 PM

Make that 18!

Leiasky, your card came this morning, so we can add Los Angeles, California to the list :D

(FedEx had been trying to deliver for the last two days but I was asleep, hee! Damn my working night shifts!)

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Friday, August 18, 2006 2:01 PM

I messed up the address and the postcard came right back to me! Gonna send it again on Monday.

Obviously there's nothing to be done if I miss the deadline. But if I do, maybe you could scribble a quick note in the book from me?

*hopes the card gets there in time* Stupid postal system. Stupid me not able to stupidly copy a stupid simple stupid address.

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LEIASKY

Friday, August 18, 2006 3:19 PM

Ohh, nice varied areas you've gotten cards from!

Can't wait to see how many more you get!

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 18, 2006 5:41 PM

I'm expecting (from friends that I'll be seeing in person and can harrass into giving me cards!) at least:

Tadcaster, England (that's me!)
Houston, Texas (Shirley; she's my US address for people who wanted to send cards to her, though only two people wanted her address and I don't think she's had any yet)
Leeds, England
London, England (two or three of these, I think)
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia

So hopefully I'll reach the golden 30!

FIREFLYGAL

Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:26 AM

Hi ENC,
I think you will be hearing about something very helpful for you at DragonCon

By the way my postcard will be from St. Petersburg, Florida

I aim to misbehave!

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EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by fireflygal:
Hi ENC,
I think you will be hearing about something very helpful for you at DragonCon

That sounds ominous!! :D

WICKEDWREN

Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
Quote:
Originally posted by fireflygal:
Hi ENC,
I think you will be hearing about something very helpful for you at DragonCon

That sounds ominous!! :D

I PM'd you about a set up at the fan table at DragonCon. Are PM's not getting through as well as no notification emails?

Basically...If you would like to leave a box at the table, we can collect postcards for you and then you can come pick them up at the end of each day. Figured it would be easier than trying to search everybody out in the mass of humanity that is D*C

Would that be of interest to you?

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www.southeasternbrowncoats.org
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A good friend will bail you out of jail. A true friend will be sitting next to you, saying "Damn...that was fun!"

LEIASKY

Saturday, August 19, 2006 2:51 PM

>Are PM's not getting through as well as no notification emails?

No, nothing is getting through in PM's at all. Or notification e-mails.

That box at the fan table is a great idea though!

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:14 PM

Oh, that would be awesome!

I'll post in a couple of places that people can do that if you don't mind!

WICKEDWREN

Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:18 PM

Post away! I'll put it up on the SEBC list to let all of them know, too

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Southeastern Browncoats
www.southeasternbrowncoats.org
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A good friend will bail you out of jail. A true friend will be sitting next to you, saying "Damn...that was fun!"

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:20 PM

Fantastic!

I'll tell the people I'm staying with to make sure they have a shoebox or something I can give you :D

WICKEDWREN

Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:31 PM

Cool! If you're getting in Thursday, we'll be having a trivia contest at the table that night at 9. You can drop it by then. Or just show up Friday morning and give it to someone that looks less confused than everyone else :lol:

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Southeastern Browncoats
www.southeasternbrowncoats.org
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A good friend will bail you out of jail. A true friend will be sitting next to you, saying "Damn...that was fun!"

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Saturday, August 19, 2006 3:38 PM

I'm pretty sure we're getting in on Thursday - being English and a non-driver, I have to rely on my hosts and whatever time they want to do everything, but we're booked into the hotel for Thursday, planning on arriving late afternoon, I think.

:D

FIREFLYGAL

Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:40 PM

That wasn't so ominous after all, now was it, ENC?

I aim to misbehave!

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EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:00 AM

Not ominous at all! :D

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 1:05 PM

I got six more cards this morning!

Stuttgart, Germany (2 in the same envelope)
Goch, Germany
Turtle Bay, Northern California
Kettering, England
Washington DC

That's 24 in total, plus my own, and my friend Shirley's... I think we'll hit the magic 30 - and hopefully more!

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:17 PM

*looks around*

Did somebody email me about the project today?

It went into my junk box and that got emptied before I spotted there was an actual email in there and could stop it!

I think it might have come from here as it went to the hotmail address I use here rather than the address I have linked in the project's livejournal!

FIREFLYGAL

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:37 PM

Bumping

I aim to misbehave!

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MAGDALENA

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:58 PM

Hi there - I finally remembered to post my card this week - I am hoping it reaches you by next Monday but if not... (I was carrying the card around but didn't know what to write)

Well - that means you could add one from Melbourne' Australia to your collection... if it gets there in time!

Thanks for a good work!! - Love - Magdalena x x x

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Friday, August 25, 2006 3:35 AM

Hopefully it will arrive by the 28th, but it wouldn't be a huge huge disaster if it didn't, as the con isn't til the 15th of Sept. I just need time to put it together - but I'm out of the country til the 6th!

PATIENCE

Friday, August 25, 2006 11:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
I'm putting together a scrapbook, of sorts, to give to Sean at Serenity Cubed in September.

Is Serenity Cubed another word for Dragon*Con?

_______________________________
You do that, and you'd best make peace with your dear and fluffy lord.

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Monday, August 28, 2006 3:41 AM

No - Serenity Cubed is the name of a con in London (Sept 15-17). Having people send their postcards to my address in England with a deadline of tomorrow when I'm already in the US for D*C would be a bit silly :D

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 1:25 AM

I'm up to 36 cards after Dragon*Con. I get home Wednesday morning so I'll give you all a full list of locations!

Thanks so much to the SEBC people for letting me leave my envelope there - and I fully expected to return to an empty envelope, so thanks to the people who left cards there!

LEIASKY

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 1:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
I'm up to 36 cards after Dragon*Con. I get home Wednesday morning so I'll give you all a full list of locations!

That's so excellent! Maybe there will be some waiting for you at home as well!

"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 9:56 PM

Hopefully there will be!

My flights got screwed around because of weather so I won't be back til Thursday lunchtime now - boooo :(

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:54 PM

Should have posted in this thread ages ago, sorry! :D

In brief - it went down so, so well. Sean loved it! For more detail, check under the cut! I'm sorry I didn't make a final list of locations before the event - I just had no time! I also didn't get chance to take any photos, because by the time I remembered I hadn't, I was in the Meet & Greet room with no photography allowed! The final postcard count was 47. I was aiming for 30, so I was so pleased!

If anybody wants to know if their postcard arrived, let me know where it was from and hopefully I'll be able to remember!

There's a more detailed report on exactly what he said here:

http://community.livejournal.com/youngtobeadoc/3281.html#cutid1

I figured I'd link it rather than post the whole thing!