Thank you so much to the person who gave me paid time!

I believe that it's customary to offer fic to my anonymous benefactor, but I don't want to sprain anything or scar anyone. So instead, I would like to make a post just for you, if you give me a prompt -- maybe you'd like to hear my thoughts on yaoi (or yuri!), or write a follow-up or sequel to a previous post.

Alternately, you could take this opportunity to ask me to stop posting about _____, or commit to avoiding all comma splices and HTML errors (curse you, cut tag!) for at least a month, or get some new icons if you're sick of my simian default. It's your call, anonymous patron!

(I've never had a paid account on LJ, so I will try my best to use it responsibly here. Feel free to gently remind of this promise if I let the expanded features go to my head and start flooding your reading list with pointless polls.)

If my LJ friendslist/DW reading page is at all representative, the Dreamwidth invite code bubble peaked hours ago. But I do have five invite codes to unload, straight from the warehouse and still in mint condition.

Sadly, the invite code market has already been commoditized by everybody giving theirs away for free, no strings attached. In a bid to artificially pump up the value of my invite codes -- limited edition! luxury item! status symbol! -- I am going to buck the trend and make you earn them.

So here's the deal:

1. Watch Boom Boom Satellites' music video for "Girl" (via lo_rez aka rez_lo) -- YouTube link or embedded below.

2. Write something about the video in the comments. Feel free to be creative! For example, you could:

• tell me what you think the backstory is behind the characters & events in the video, or what happens next
• give me a brief header/summary for a hypothetical fic based on the video, as if it were a Yuletide fandom (like last year's stories for Rihanna's "Disturbia" video) -- here's a (dated) sample of what I mean by header/summary for a hypothetical fic
• treat the music video as a vid that someone made for an imaginary TV show, and share your squee about the show and why I should be watching it
• reminisce about your own days as a pole vaulter or women's track & field coach

3. Profit

And when I say "Profit!" I mean get rewarded with a personalized Dreamwidth invite code from me, plus the glow of satisfaction that comes from knowing you earned it.

Except I want everyone to play! Especially since the majority of my LJ friendslist is already on Dreamwidth. So submit your own comment about the music video, even if you don't need a code -- and let me know if there's some other way that I can reward you. Besides the "everyone's a winner!" just due to the sheer awesomeness of the vid.

Act now! This offer won't last forever!
( My girl's talkin' 'bout revolution.... )