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June 12 2005

Win two tickets to the June 23 Portland Serenity screening. "Entrants must "pull a Hemingway" and write a six-word "micro story" that somehow involves the "Firefly" TV series."

Caroline | Firefly&Serenity | 00:44 CET | 21 comments total | tags:

Virtually, two, theaters, on, ebay, sheesh. ;-)

TaraLivesOn | June 12, 11:09 CET

I already have tickets (and I don't live near Portland) but this sounds like fun.

The Train Job:
Steal medicine. Guilt. Reputation not solid.

Shindig:
Whore! Thief! Sharp sword? Love you.

War Stories:
Lesbians? I'll be in my bunk.

fr0g | June 12, 12:37 CET

These are fun. Here are some more:

Out of Gas:
Should’ve fixed the compression coil, Mal.

Ariel:
Jayne thinks the money’s good enough.

Trash:
From Captain Tightpants to Captain Nopants.

fr0g | June 12, 13:20 CET

There are a pair of NYC/NJ tickets going going on Ebay for $103! I have got to get my friends to commit or tell me they are not going. My brother was looking forward to going until he got a phone call that he is going to have to go out of town.

At this point I may have as many as three tickets available at cost if everybody punks out on me. I'm thinking once I know, maybe I'll go through the Wedonesque archive, see who said they needed tickets, and see if they still do. Anybody got any better ideas?

newcj | June 12, 19:30 CET

Newcj, you could post on the browncoats site asking if they want it.

eddy | June 12, 20:19 CET

Serenity (Pilot):
Curse Patience’s sudden but inevitable betrayal.

Our Mrs. Renyolds:
Married life is its own special hell.

fr0g | June 12, 21:27 CET

I entered but only put in one entry. Since I don't live in Portland, I'd send the tickets to someone who does, but I want that keychain.

I'm such a swag whore.

Willowy | June 12, 22:12 CET

River sought. Mal finds a way.

IMMORTAL | June 13, 00:24 CET

Those retro posters? Very cool indeed.

Simon | June 13, 00:41 CET

Simon, I had a shirt made from the one on the right, with the blue. Luckily snagged one off Cafe Press before they pulled it. Pretty sure there's a photo on the flickr of it. That was a while ago, though.

Since I know I can't replace it, I treat it like gold, hand washing-air drying...still, its already starting to age.

Willowy | June 13, 00:47 CET

Immortal: In case your six-word story above was meant as an actual entry in the contest -- Whedonesque isn't where you submit entries.

Per the contest rules, you can submit them in the comments section for the CulturePulp post on the contest, or e-mail your entries to me at culturepulp at gmail dot com. Or both.

Just in case that was unclear.

HudsonVC | June 13, 01:27 CET

HudsonVC: Thanks-I'm not close enough to Portland to enter but thought I'd throw one out there anyway.

IMMORTAL | June 13, 01:53 CET

Ah. I understand. I love reading these, anyway. Some of the entries thus far are really inventive. (I knew this was a bizarre challenge, but somehow knew the Browncoats would be up to it.) Picking the winners is going to be really, really tough.

[ edited by HudsonVC on 2005-06-13 00:17 ]

HudsonVC | June 13, 01:58 CET

Willowy...if you finally solve the mystery for me and tell me what the abbreve 'swag' stands for, I'll send you my Serenity keychain. I've never known and it's always bothered me...

barest_smidgen | June 13, 02:21 CET

HudsonVC, after the contest is over you should post all the entries on your site (or here, or wherever).

(sorry if you already said you were going to do that).

fr0g | June 13, 03:10 CET

By the way, I just like the phrase "I'm such a swag whore."

fr0g | June 13, 03:11 CET

I do plan to post all the entries when I announce the winners.

I've already received somewhere in the vicinity of 100 six-word stories in a little over two days. I have a feeling I'm in for a long weekend of judging.

HudsonVC | June 13, 03:13 CET

barest_smidgen, according to the urban dictionary, its not an abbreviation but a real slang word meaning promotional junk that isn't sold, just given away to please a prospective buyer/listener/viewer/customer.

That's what I thought it was, but your abbreviation question got me thinkin! Do I still get the keychain even though I cheated with the google-age? ;)

Email's in my profile...

Willowy | June 13, 03:27 CET

'course, Willowy. : )

I'd just always heard radio stations using the term for their promotional nonsense items, but I assumed it stood for something. Spent too much time in my head going "S-tuff....W-ith...A-dvertising....ah crap." Will email you. Cheers.

barest_smidgen | June 13, 14:20 CET

Jayne hot Mal hotter Inara hottest.

:D

April | June 13, 16:54 CET

Official winners announced here:

Six-word 'Serenity' contest winners!

HudsonVC | June 20, 11:19 CET

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