All Contests Great and Small

December 17, 2009

So i’m on this contest kick lately.

I’ve never been one to enter contests– not really. I think i’ve bought lotto tickets three times in my entire life. I rarely buy raffle tickets unless it’s for a good cause. The last thing I won was a Chippendale’s Puzzle playing gay bingo in the East Village New York.

It’s still in the box…

I remember there was a time in the late 80s and early 90s when those post-card contest scams were all the rage. I would get postcards in the mail saying there was a prize being held for me and all I had to do was call. Then when I called they told me to ship it it would cost $30 or something like that. I got fooled by it once– shame on me.

Then there was that Free I-pod contest, remember? 5 or 6 years ago. You get all of your friends to click on these links and maybe buy a magazine or sign up for Netflix or something, and you were supposed to get a free I-pod. Well, I never did that one, but I think Ted did. And, I think he might have gotten the I-pod but only after a huge hassle.

I’ve won books before, forgot about that.

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But about a month and a half ago I was reading a music blog and they were having a contest where the winner would get Rufus Wainwright’s new CD/DVD “Milwaukee At Last!” I love Rufus so I thought, why not? Plus I was going to comment anyway. Low and behold I won the CD/DVD (it’s pretty good by the way).

So, in short, ever since winning that i’ve been entering contests again.

A couple of weeks later I answered questions on a survey from one of the textbook companies that I order books from for my class and was entered into a contest to win a free Flip mino Video Camera.

Well…

I won!

I got a free Flip mino Video camera and it came yesterday!

How cool is that? However, It did come with the logo of the textbook company slapped on one side of it … kind of funny.

But now i’m feeling lucky.

I’m looking out for contests everywhere… maybe I should buy a lotto ticket?

And as soon as I learn how to use it can spend my time playing with my new camera (which, of course, I’ll be taking to Vermont with me for the month of January; oooh, maybe i’ll do podcast/blog posts?).

Speaking of luck… i’ve always loved this quote from Milton– especially the part about the fairy ladies.

Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.
~John Milton

Perhaps the fairy ladies danced upon the hearth at MY birth?