thefourthvine | My List of Wishes

Do I really need to explain the meme that started this? I do? OK, you can find it here, along with a bunch of memoried wish lists from around fandom.

My List

Anything from my list of bunnies or involving my bullet-proof kinks.
Anything from my Amazon wish list.
A gift of graphics - a custom LJ layout, for example, or an icon, anything along those lines - from someone more visually talented than I am. Which is everyone. I especially wish for graphics things that aren't built around actors or faces. Some things I like that might make good graphics fodder: wombats, dogs, and fish. Astronomy, molecules, and fractals. Sex, smut, and erotica. Old prints, maps, and illustrated manuscripts. Books, words, and grammar. Shades of gray, earth tones, and dark, murky colors.
A donation to Labmed, to help rescued Labrador Retrievers get medical care so they can be adopted. You can make it in your name, in mine ("thefourthvine" is find), or - and this is what I would like best - on behalf of any dog you've loved, Lab or otherwise.
A donation to the Malibu Public Library or any other public library, specifically for the materials budget. This year especially, libraries are in desperate need of money for books, magazines, DVDs, and other materials, and MPL is no exception; MPL is in a wealthy area, but the library itself isn't wealthy. Even small donations translate into books that will be read many times, by all kinds of people.
An extension of my LJ paid user time or pictures.
Slash for the book I, Robot (Powell/Donovan), the movie The Sting (Hooker/Gondorff), the comic book Planetary (Elijah Snow/The Drummer), or the Nero Wolfe series (Panzer/Goodwin). Yes, I hope to be getting one of those for Yuletide, but these are my dream rare fandoms, so I thought I'd mention them again. Know of any stories that already exist for those pairings? Please, please tell me.
Socks. Because I love socks. I have two drawers full, and yet I covet more socks. I have a sock fixation.
Queen-sized sheets and standard pillowcases that are really, really soft. This may actually be an impossible wish - I never seem to be able to find sheets that are truly soft and inviting and comfy - but the whole point of this list is that dreams can come true, right? And I often dream of perfect sheets, so I'm putting it here.
A package sent to me in the mail. It could contain strange local items, mutant (meatless, because I have Meat Issues) foods, a random collection of crap you found around your house, a bunch of CDs you burned for me, stuff from your favorite fandom, wind-up penises and pornographic stationery, whatever. I just like opening packages. A lot.

If you want my address, comment or email me (deepbluesea at postmark dot net). I'll be putting it in a friends-locked post later, but I'm way behind in my friending, so lots of people won't be able to see it there.

Oh, and the list of bunnies and kinks? Is a post that LJ apparently ate, so it will be re-posted soon. It's back-dated, but I'll put a link here.

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You have no idea how tempted I am to send you a tiny package of a tiny packet of Vegemite *g*. No idea if it'd make customs, though-- the US is funny about food packages. Not that Vegemite really qualifies as 'food', per se. I mean, I'd never suggest that you eat it (god forbid)... it's more like decoration for your pantry, so people can ask, "What on earth is that black stuff in that lovely, colourful jar?" To which, if feeling evil, you could respond: "Here, why don't you try some?"

I have come to two conclusions about Vegemite.

1) It is the Earth equivelant of dwarf bread.

2) The US customs service just likes to very quietly set it aside and let it through without touching it at all.

Although if they were to open it, might they not class it as a chemical weapon of sorts? I mean, you let that stuff touch your exposed skin-- I swear, you'll get a eating-through-your-flesh type salt burn.

OK. You're Australian, you'd know - what IS Vegemite? I mean, I know the cover story, yes, but...there's just no way Earth foods could combine to produce something that looks like that. None. So, is it like a secret Australian potion? A practical joke? Some kind of facial scrub? I've been a very good girl this year, relatively speaking, so couldn't I be let in on the secret?

And I would love a teeny package containing a teeny packet of Vegemite. It would be loads of fun. And I'd get mail from Australia!

I've never really bought into the Vegemite schtick, mainly because I'm a naturalised Australian-- and, trust me, it makes all the difference. You have to be brought up eating the stuff. Still, Vegemite belongs to a proud tradition of such... foods: Bovril, Marmite. Scrape the stuff off the bottom of a beer barrel, package, and voila!

I find the best way to approach Vegemite is to think of it as just adding salt to one's food. It's a flavour-enhancer, like. Have it with cheese on bread, and it makes the cheese taste better! -- Although, that could just be a comparative thing.

Email me your address (ineke@livejournal.com) and I'll see if I have time to find a little packet (might have to raid the local McDonalds) and send it to you. If not, I'll bring a regular jar over to the US and mail it to you from there :)

I have known our dear author for quite some time, and while she knows me as corrupt, she knows I would never lead her astray. That being said, my breakfast usually consists of a bagel split and toasted, half with salmon schmear and capers, and half with vegemite. I love vegemite. Especially when my facial hair is shaggy enough that I can still taste hints of it.

Now, it should be noted that I've long been a fan of the strong flavors, such as vinegar, salt, olives, and anchovies. So when people ask me what Vegemite is like, I say it's got a peculiar flavor that you'll either like or not, and it's perfectly natural not to. And, if you don't like it, that's just more for me.

I actually like Marmite (the UK version) a bit more than Vegemite, but it costs about twice as much.

Crap. I was going to go to bed, but now I have to eat something. Something with yeast extract smeared on it.

Oh, forgot to mention, the 'mites go really well with peanut butter, which sounds really gross, I'm aware. My partner told me to try that, which isn't surprising, since I think he loves peanut butter more than hand-crafted ales, life itself, or even me. But I tried it, and he's right.

Dahlink, make the tiny packet into a barette or a fridge magnet, but get yourself a full jar of yeast extract and start smearing it with wild abandon.

My snack that was inspired by this evil thread is a bagel, half with Vegemite and peanut butter, and half with Vegemite and guacamole.

Oh, and beer. Too bad there's not a good way to get Vegemite in the beer. But I guess that would be really silly, since that's where it came from, no?

Given that someone successfully sent me a jar of vegemite, you can certainly do it. I'm saving my jar in case of apocolypse, when I can throw it at the zombies.

Yes, I use mine to crush garlic with. It's such a lovely, heavy jar *g*.

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