I totally ad-libbed this from Jacquelyn's post!

[jackshoegazer]

My son, Ethan is doing one of those annoying fundraising projects for school, the kind that are catalog-based and where you can earn prizes depending on how much you sell. I was always awful at those, living in rural Indiana with no neighbors and having parents who didn't look at my homework let alone anything exracurricular.

It's time to make up for my prepubescent captitalist deficiencies! I'm helping Ethan pimp out his wares, because in this particular case the prize for 120 points is an Xbox 360. Ethan wants an Xbox 360 more than most things, but it's honestly out of our price range until well after Christmas, so for the hell of it we're going to try and get one the old-fashioned way: win one!

Here's how you can help: If you're interested in ordering any of the following, send me an e-mail at glacialerratic@gmail.com. For every candy item, Ethan gets one point. For every magazine subscription, he gets two. If you've been thinking about renewing a magazine, consider doing it through us- Cherokee Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, will thank you. And so will Ethan.

I'm listing items of potential interest to my reading demographic, but if there's something you don't see that you'd like, just ask! We only have two weeks to participate, so think fast!

The website is up, so you can go to www.4schoolsonline.com, enter school code 143400, and when you check out click "PARKER, EHTAN" for the student to credit (yes, his name is spelled wrong!)

Magazines

The've literally got just about everything (even the obscure hobby titles, like "Armchair General") listed, but here's a tiny sample. Ask and ye shall receive!

US News 53 Issues/$20 or 40 Issues/$15
Real Simple $29
Time 28 Issues/$20 or 56 Issues $34
Entertainment Weekly 28 Issues/$15
Cooking Light $18
Sports Illustrated $20
The Economist $129
Mac Addict $15
Wired $24
EGM $20
Bon Appetit $18
Vegetarian Times $18
Health $14
Men's Health $25
Mental Floss $22
American Photo $13
MAD $24
Organic Gardening $20
Bride's $15
GQ $15
Harper's Bazaar $15
Lucky $15
Nursing 2007 $28
Vogue $20
Atlantic Monthly $25
The New Yorker $47
Mother Jones $15
National Geographic $29
Backpacker $20
Ranger Rick $20

SNACKS

These are all $5 (usually 6-8oz)

Chocolate peanuts
Malted milk balls
Caramel corn
Gummy bears
Frosted mini cookies
Raspberry gummies
Chocoate covered pretzels
Sharp cheddar snack spread
Smokey bacon snack spread
Jalapeno snack spread
Delux mixed nuts with peanuts
Rainforest cashew halves
Cajun style beef summer sausage
Beef summer sausage
Pecan jamborees
Nonpariels
Walnut fudge clusters
Chocolate raisins
Peanut caramel clusters
Sour neon worms
Old-time caramels
Fruit jelly slices
Sweet berry mix (snack mix with nuts and banana chips)

Comments

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

psh! you stole jacquelyn's word-for-word and just changed vermont into indiana.

i'm onto you!

i already told jacquelyn but brian and i will get something. i'll talk to him about it when he gets home.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

i have no time for subject lines, apparently.

continue on with your day, for i, cap'n obvious am no longer needed here!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

HAHA! I apparently read my comments in chronological order and don't check for anything else! :D

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

it's cool, we both suck!

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

I know, he's a total thief! And it's HIS KID, no less! :P

It's dangerous that this "project" comes when I should be writing a paper. The procrastinator officially blames herself.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

heh you guys will be stuck replying to comments for DAYS. : )

it's a good problem to have.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

I know, I honestly didn't think anyone would bite this one...it's totally the "cute kid" factor. :)

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

well, that and you comment a lot so people feel like they know you well socially and want to do nice things for you when they can. and it's nice to help kids and it's nice to give a kid a cool present when things are tight and etc etc etc... it's just a good thing. and jeremy is internet famous so that helps too.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can't believe he posted to the iconomicon...heh!

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

it's smart though... that's over 800 people who he does little favors for.... if people are renewing anyway they'll spread the goodwill.

power to the people!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

about how to win friends and influence people (TM)

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

We should have posted pictures of Ethan, staring at a picture of an Xbox360 with tears running down his face ;)

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

We'll post a picture of him at the halfway mark so we can get those last-minute contributers. :)

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Whatever, I get over 100 comments to each ICONOMICON post and that only takes me like a couple hours to reply to :P

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

you don't light a candle and offer burnt offerings to the gods and pray for clarity of spirit and purity of purpose before replying to each and every beautiful unique comment?!?!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Nope. Sometimes I just copy and paste "Another satisfied customer!" But I do usually try to see what they've taken and comment appropriately.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Check out the subject of the post ;)

Thank you! (And I didn;t comment onthe painting because I hadn't seen it yet. I haven't been going through my friends list as usual, just poppoin in on specific people and I only read your most recent. I'll go take a peek at the painting and give you my 411 on dat.)

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

he's using it as his myspace icon, it makes me want to squish his face in.

[hihankara.livejournal.com]

Will try to remember to get back to this on Monday.

XBox es muy importante!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Sweet, thank you! The website is up, so you can go to www.4schoolsonline.com, enter school code 143400, and when you check out click "PARKER, EHTAN" for the student to credit (yes, his name is spelled wrong!). I'll probably post a reminder next week as well. Thanks agaiN!

[cali-nic.livejournal.com]

How would we go about paying y'all for this stuff? One of the magazines strikes me as interesting...

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

www.4schoolsonline.com

School code: 143400

When you go to check out, select "student to be credited" as PARKER, EHTAN (they spelled his name wrong).

You can also browse the full listings online, or ask and I can look it up (with price) really easily.

Thanks!

[cali-nic.livejournal.com]

I have two weeks right? Cause I can't do shit till payday (the 15th).

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

We have to turn everything in on Wed., October 18th- when you do an online order, we get a confirmation e-mail that we can print out and include. So yeah, you have plenty of time. :P

[cali-nic.livejournal.com]

Cool.

I'm in.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[scarlete.livejournal.com]

They should definitely get more points for mag subscriptions. :/

And I understand. Completely.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

I agree- when I used to do this it was all dollar values...

[scarlete.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but then you gotta ship it! That's gonna cost you with the candy. :(

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

They actually do all the shipping- we don't have to deliver anything! :)

Wine Spectator?

[pablopontificus.livejournal.com]

Could that possibly be in the list? I've been wanting that one.

Re: Wine Spectator?

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no. They have Wine Enthusiase ($30 for 14 issues), Wine Maker (6 issues/$22), and Food & Wine (12 isses for $19).

Re: Wine Spectator?

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Go to the website and check it out. There's just so many to list!

[gloomchen.livejournal.com]

Two more points from a total stranger. Or friend of a friend, whatever. Subscribers of Rolling Stone never get this good of renewal deals directly from the magazine, so I enjoy hunting down fundraising kiddies for renewals.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I really appreciate that :) I'm ordering a few mags myself, it's amazing how much cheaper these are than regular subscription prices. Thanks again! :D