Festy goodness, and random acts of kindness

[delphipsmith]

Prompting is open at mini_fest! Signups are still open at sshg_giftfest!! hp_goldenage is going to have an anonymous promptfest this fall!!!

So much fun, so little time...

Borrowed from toblass and savine_snape:

After all the recent terrible tragedies that have and are happening it's time for some positivity and kindness to happen.

So, I'm going to grab the pay-it-forward idea and put a little twist on it. The first twelve people to comment will get a surprise from me at some random point during the next twelve months.

All I ask is that in your comment, you share something with me about yourself that I may not know otherwise. This might be a good opportunity for me to get to know my friends better as well.

Ooh, I can't wait to see what I learn ::rubs hands in anticipation::

Comments

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

I adore this idea!! How cool!

Hmm, something about me that you don't know? *ponders* You've got lots of nice things- have a bit of childhood angst :D

I am haunted by cruel things I did when I was a child (like 1st-3rd grade), mostly by asserting power over others when I felt I could. But the one I feel worst about is punishing a stray kitten that showed up at my house for scratching me by dropping it in the pond. He was fine- he was able to swim to shore, and we later rounded him and his littermate up and dropped them off at the pound, but to this day I feel awful for terrorizing the poor thing, for all that the cruelty was borne of frustration that the cat wouldn't accept my affection the way dogs did.

Between occasionally getting caught and later being on the receiving end of cruelty from others (thanks, middle school...), I figured out the empathy thing, made amends where I could, and in the process of doing so, figured out that being cruel was ultimately destructive and way less satisfying than making others feel good. It's also why I will always take time to pet a cat who doesn't run from me.

[delphipsmith]

It's funny the things that stick with us. I have a couple of very vivid memories of mean things I did as a kid, too. But 's kind of nice that it became a reason for you to cherish random cats that wander through your life -- an example of lots of good coming out of a small bad.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Putting it that way is a gift in itself! *scritches pups for good measure*

And for something less sad that you don't know about me, my best friend and I once defied our parents by sneaking out of a parentally-mandated event and driving to the next state because there was a Taco Bell. Yes, I grew up in a small town in the midwest- how did you guess? :D

[delphipsmith]

Ha!! I feel your pain. nursedarry and I once drove from our own (then-)smallish town to a VERY small town to see a high school performance of Camelot (I'm mad for that show, I would see it anywhere). We planned to arrive early so we could have a drinky or two beforehand (because high school musical). We drove around looking in vain for a bar; finally we stopped a passerby and queried. "Oh, you can't have a bar within 500 yards of a church," they said, "and there's nine churches in this town. So no bars." We may have cried a bit...