amplificathon | two quick notes and a crown (kind of like four weddings and a funeral except not)

'lo, my

amplificathon peeps. it's a hot and humid day in at least two-thirds of podmod's neck of the woods, and this third of podmod is fighting some serious torpor to bring you a quick update. first, the two notes:

1) your recs! keep posting them. post them as new posts or as comments to previous rec posts, it's up to you. remember to leave feedback for the readers on their posts as well.

2) the final standings are coming soon. we're finalizing some of the prizes and doing other stuff that seems all mysterious right now but will have a cool payoff, we promise.

and now for the crown...

one prize everyone gets and no one has to wait for is the official

amplificathon crown! yes, you all rock hard and deserve the adornment to show it. if you'd like to make an

amplificathon crown, download the two pdfs (part one, part two; mirrors if the other links don't work: part one, part two) & follow the included instructions (or do your own thing. we dig that kind of thing around here). once you've made it, if you so choose, we invite you to take a photo of yourself wearing your crown and post said photo as a comment to this post. we look forward to seeing you :-D

eta: if you're not comfortable posting of a photo with you in it, consider posting a photo of your crown.

eta: when i said everyone gets this prize, i meant *everyone*. if you recorded, listened, thought about recording but didn't have the time, helped promote the community, filled out the poll, had generally positive thoughts towards the challenge, and/or whatever, please feel free to jump in on the crown party. also,

general_jinjur made the excellent suggestion of another alternative to posting a photo of people wearing crowns for those who aren't comfortable with that: creating self-portraits in other media, such as ms paint. i am a personally a fan of crayons and construction paper (without irony), though i do not have any construction paper immediately available. i think the general theme here is creativity, so have at it :-D

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rustydog.livejournal.com

Y'all rock hard! I love the crown. :)

raz0rgirl.livejournal.com

Thanks! I hope you make one (and post a photo ;-)

I'm planning to! I just wish I had my glitter with me... :)

podmod.livejournal.com

also, your icon makes me gleeful, what with the crown in it and all.

Gotta love icon serendipity!

general-jinjur.livejournal.com

dear podmod,

can listeners and downloaders and promoters of the amplificathon make crowns too? can they post photos as well? i would like it if that happened. i have drunk a lot of sidecars, and yet i am not making very many typos! perhaps that means sidecars are healthy.

you know what i think is awesome for an alternative to photos for people who don't like photos? self-portrait drawings made in mspaint or similar, of people wearing crowns. ymmv, of course.

i'm happy i work tomorrow so that i can print out my crown.

that wasn't the ico i thought i picked! but i will let it stand, for the integrity of the record, &c.

dude. didn't even notice. torpor, remember?

yes to all of the above. also, i am jealous of your sidecars (just run-of-the mill jealousy. i do not covet them), even though rodney mckay would disapprove of your they are healthy supposition as sidecars would poison him.

oh. now you've made me sad. he would also have been displeased by the margarita i had ith dinner. :/

damn.

well. probably he eats a lot of potatoes. so there.

actually, i've been wracking my brain, and i don't think there's actually any canon potato action. god, it's a sad day when i have to yield the moral high ground to r mckay without even putting up a fight.

triedunture.livejournal.com

Aw, I'd love to make a crown, but my printer is AWOL amidst moving madness. Cute template, though!

draw it freehand?

fish-echo.livejournal.com

I lack a camera, but I made a loverly crown! There were markers and stickers (lots of stickers) and even a flower I picked!

yay! (i am picturing it in my head!)

Okay! Here is my crown, modeled by my bear Beatrice, who has listened to me recording podfic. Her head is smaller than mine, so the band had to be temporarily adjusted. (Click thumbnails for bigger versions.)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/littledoglaughd/RL/projects/projects2008/DSCF7100.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/littledoglaughd/RL/projects/projects2008/DSCF7098.jpg)

I wore my crown this morning over breakfast. It felt good. :)

Edited Date: 2008-06-09 10:17 pm (UTC)

it's beautiful!

Thank you! Such a fun project to celebrate a great event.

this overwhelms me with joy. *overwhelms*.

Yay!

twasadark.livejournal.com

Awwwww, so cute!!

Thanks! :) And congratulations to you!

brewsternorth.livejournal.com

Cute crown indeed!

...and is that a 'Doctor Who' scarf Beatrice is wearing?

Thank you! Having a fun project was just what I needed, so I'm indebted to the mods!

That is indeed a Doctor Who scarf. She's a fan. *g*

paraka

Heh, on the bear, the crown kind of looks like those hats that bishops and popes wear :p

Ha, it totally does. I was thinking it looked like a nurse's cap, but it looks more like a bishop's.

So, I made a crown. It was going to be all sparkly, but I couldn't find where my mom hoards the glitter, so instead there are stamps all over it. As a bonus there is a picture of my cat wearing it. I'm to lazy to resize, so here's a link to my webpage.

it's AWESOME. your cat is also awesome. CROWN PHOTOS FTW.

Thanks :)

Oh, that's so much fun. Yay!

It was actually kind of funny making it because, as I said, I couldn't find the glitter. My dad actually went on a big hunt for it but finally I told him to just stop because I wasn't making the crown for anything serious, and he just stopped and asked "When would you *ever* be making a paper crown in a serious situation?" I have to admit, he had a point :P

Yay crown! And yay kitty for being tolerant. Hee!

Heh, my dad was actually scratching her head, that's the only reason she allowed it.

oh kitty does not look happy! Good luck on finding the glitter eventually. :)

The only way we could get her to stay still was to have the crown resting on my dad's hand and he scratched her :P

Good luck on finding the glitter eventually. :)
Oh, I'm sure it's just at my mom's work, I only ever see it when she's getting ready for story time and setting up crafts, so she probably doesn't keep it at home.