Firefly Marathon and Letter Campaign - Let's get the job done!

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QTRONICS

Monday, July 17, 2006 9:56 PM

I have been checking out the message boards here for a little while now and this thread prompted me to finally sign up with you guys just so I could say that I think it's amazing and a testament to the greatness of Firefly that it still has so many dedicated fans. Keep up the great work!

Oh and I emailed SciFi to say thanks for the Friday airings too! w00t!

GUYWHOWANTSAFIREFLYOFHISOWN

Monday, July 17, 2006 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by Morwen112:
Just a suggestion- if you can't find brown paper (or the only brown paper you can find is the heavy construction paper kind) you can always put a Browncoat/Firefly/Serenity watermark on regular printer paper in Word and print it out for stationary. That's what I plan to do and I'll send out the letter as soon as I can!

Huzzah for Browncoat activism!!!

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

what's a watermark?

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
-try it out, I dare you

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, July 17, 2006 10:19 PM

Hey, Qtronics...thank you so much for participating! We love having new folk join us too!

How did you get introduced to Firefly? We love to hear the stories!

Since you're new you need your browncoat....

*hands Qtronics a browncoat fresh from a new box in the storeroom*

Welcome home!
Talk often, we love to talk about the 'verse.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, July 17, 2006 10:21 PM

Yes, Morwen, please share your idea about the watermark. We'll be doing more letter writing campaigns...

I might want to go with the watermark idea this next time.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

HERA

Monday, July 17, 2006 10:26 PM

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Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:
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what's a watermark?

Here's the traditional meaning:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermark
http://www.neenahpaper.com/privatewatermarks/

In the desktop printer age, it could mean printing a ghosted-back image onto your paper BEHIND the letter that you're printing on it. The "watermark" and text can either be done at the same time, depending on your layout program, or the "watermark" can be printed first, then the letter text printed later. Or you can just have your "watermarked" paper printed out and then write on it longhand.

Our new currency sports true watermarks now, following in the footsteps of currency overseas.

Hope this helps!

-Hera

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

HERA

Monday, July 17, 2006 10:50 PM

Here's the email I sent, hopefully light and fluffy and not to fan-crazy:

Hey there SciFi Channel,

I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for the Firefly marathon you broadcast Friday, July 14th. I was off from work and immediately DVRed the whole run.

Firefly, IMHO, is one of the great unsung heroes of television, so thank you for airing it.

After watching the episodes off and on over the weekend, I was intrigued by the Stargate: Atlantis teaser ads and am probably on my way to an addiction, as I’m now trying to catch up on the first two seasons. Your teasers for your shows are a cut above the rest. Did you do ones for Firefly? I would have loved to have seen them if you did. You folks are darned creative, and I appreciate your hard work.

Again, thank you for giving this gem of a show another chance to be seen. May you re-broadcast it often in future, or perhaps entertain the idea of bringing it back as a mini-series or SciFi series!

Best wishes,
me

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, July 17, 2006 11:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hera:
Here's the email I sent, hopefully light and fluffy and not to fan-crazy:

Hey there SciFi Channel,

I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for the Firefly marathon you broadcast Friday, July 14th. I was off from work and immediately DVRed the whole run.

Firefly, IMHO, is one of the great unsung heroes of television, so thank you for airing it.

After watching the episodes off and on over the weekend, I was intrigued by the Stargate: Atlantis teaser ads and am probably on my way to an addiction, as I’m now trying to catch up on the first two seasons. Your teasers for your shows are a cut above the rest. Did you do ones for Firefly? I would have loved to have seen them if you did. You folks are darned creative, and I appreciate your hard work.

Again, thank you for giving this gem of a show another chance to be seen. May you re-broadcast it often in future, or perhaps entertain the idea of bringing it back as a mini-series or SciFi series!

Best wishes,
me

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

Shiny!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

QTRONICS

Monday, July 17, 2006 11:30 PM

Thanks FollowMal!

I had seen trailers for Serenity and had wanted to go see it but missed my opportunity to see it in theaters so I netflixed it a few months back. I liked what I saw so I decided to check out the series and after watching the first disc I was hooked. I bought the complete series and Serenity shortly thereafter and have considered myself a fan ever since.

I've never really participated in a forum like this before but this is a really great series and I want to see some more episodes damn it! Plus I figured every additional voice helps, right?

FOLLOWMAL

Monday, July 17, 2006 11:36 PM

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Originally posted by Qtronics:
I want to see some more episodes damn it! Plus I figured every additional voice helps, right?

My sentiments exactly!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

MORWEN112

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:05 AM

Welcome, Qtronics! Glad to have you aboard!

Hera explained about watermarks pretty well. (Thanks! ) I've got Word XP, but I'm pretty sure that the method for making them is pretty much the same in most Word programs. Here's how to do it:

1) Go online and get the image you want. I'm probably going to use the Serenity logo, as its pretty much the symbol for our cause.

2) Save your image somewhere where you'll find it easily. (I've lost pictures myself simply by not paying attention, but then again that could just be me.)

3) Open a Word document.

4) In the File, Edit, ect list, pull down Format.

5) In Format, go down to Background.

6) In Format, go down to Printed Watermark. That'll get you to a box with all the options for a watermark. Click on the Picture box and Select Picture and once you do, it should pop onto the document.

7) Once you've typed whatever you want on there or leave it blank or whatever you want to do with it, just print it.

And voila! Custom Browncoat stationary!

It feels so good to be helping out Firefly!! I'm working on my converts too and I've already got one friend almost through the show and the BDM and another still coming along!! I'll see if I can get them on here.

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

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