Last Chance to Win a Dharma Beer Koozie: The January Contest (Part 1)

UPDATE: 1/12/10 10:06 AM CT. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

OK, this is gonna be quick because there's not much to say except that I only have a handful of Dharma Beer koozies left, and I want them off my hands. The Twitter contest for them is over and another Twitter-based contest (for a different prize) will start in a few days, so I'm giving Long Live Locke readers one last chance to be the proud owner of a can holder that will transform any drink into a Dharma Beer. These are fun little party favors that my husband designed and, since I've been asked this a lot, no, I have no intention of selling them. I'm almost out and I want them to find a happy home with some deserving LOST fans.

To win one, all you have to do is give me a short toast for the final season of LOST. And do it quickly -- by 10 AM Central Time tomorrow (Tuesday, January 12), to be exact. One entry per person, and anyone from any country can enter, as long as I'm allowed to mail to you from the U.S. ONLY entries here on Long Live Locke will be counted -- no tweets, Facebook messages or replies to the emailed posts, please. In addition, if you include spoilers I will not publish your entry.

I'll still draw winners (eight of them) randomly, but you must submit a toast in order to be considered. It could be something as simple as "Here's to the end of the love triangle!" or more involved, like "Final Season of LOST: May your answers be many, and your Nikki and Paulo scenes be few, if any."

Good luck and have fun! I will post the eight winners tomorrow afternoon or evening.

- e

UPDATE: 1/12/10 10:06 AM CT. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

Win a Dharma Beer Can Koozie... If You're on Twitter

Hello yet again -

As many of you know, back in Season Four, my Long Live Locke posts began to be republished on DarkUFO, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) LOST fan sites. (I was going to add "on the web" -- but is there really any other kind of fan site than one that's online? I think not.) In order to get our readers even more excited about the so-close-we-can-almost-taste-the-imaginary-peanut-butter Season Six premiere, we're joining forces to host a Twitter-based contest.

Here's what you have to do:

1) Follow both @erikaolson and @DarkUFO on Twitter. (You must have a Twitter account in order to follow someone.) Andy (who runs DarkUFO) has several spoilerphobes following him -- including myself -- and therefore you can rest assured that he does not tweet any spoilers. He will write something like "SPOILER -- Episode 6.11 Centricity" and then include a link if you want to know more, but that's it. You must be following both of us in order to be eligible to win.

2) At some point before 10PM EST on Friday 1/8/10, tweet:

I'm following @erikaolson & @DarkUFO in order to win a #DharmaBeer can koozie to help ring in the final season of LOST http://bit.ly/5gqWry

(It'll probably work best just to cut and paste the previous sentence exactly as it is -- it's exactly 140 characters.)

3) Um, that's it. Anyone can enter from anywhere, as long as we can mail to you from the U.S. We will only accept one entry per Twitter ID. Andy will randomly select TEN winners on 1/9/10 and we'll announce them shortly thereafter.

The Dharma Beer can koozies were created by my husband as little party favors for this past fall's Zap2Locke Con, as well as for any LOST shindigs we host in the coming season (meaning, they're not available for purchase anywhere). They are collapsible white foam can holders that make any canned or bottled beverage look like a Dharma Beer. They even fit around some plastic and glass cups. You will be the envy of all your other Lostie friends (and Sawyer) if you have one, trust me.

At some point after we close this Twitter contest I will run a blog-based contest in order to give away ten more koozies to Long Live Locke readers, so if you are not on Twitter, just hang tight.

If you are on Twitter, then good luck!

- e

The "Things I Noticed" Winners Are...

Hello once again -

Thanks to everyone who entered to win an inscribed copy of Vozzek's new book, "Things You Never Noticed About LOST." It was extremely hard for us to pick our three favorite submissions, so we ended up with one he liked the best, one I liked the best, and one we both agreed on. However, I'm not going to tell you which is which. (Sorry.)

So here are the three new owners (well, after they leave me a comment with their email and mailing addresses) of Vozzek's labor of love:

LESLIE'S A BITCHIN NAME, who so astutely observed: "I've noticed the two fastest and easiest ways to get off the Island are: 1) The Submarine, and 2) getting a DUI."

and

SHELER412, who kept it real with: "I've noticed that on LOST night I act like my mother did in the '80s when it was FAME night."

and

STACEY, who declared: "I've noticed that life for the survivors (and the viewers) would be a lot less frustrating if they would just talk about things when they happen." Ain't that the truth!


Congrats to our winners... leave me a comment with your email address and your mailing address (I won't publish them, of course) and then I'll email you and we can go from there.

To everyone else:
1) Remember that you can buy "Things You Never Noticed About LOST" on Vozzek's site and he'll sign it with whatever inscription you'd like. Or if Amazon's your thing, you can buy it from that site here (but no autograph option is available). I'm about halfway through it and I can't believe how many theories Vozzek discusses that I haven't really considered before. And I call myself a LOST blogger! For shame. Also, my husband, who is nowhere near the LOST nerd I am, has been reading it and enjoying it as well -- I mention this in case anyone is wondering if it might be over the head of a "normal person." No, it's not. If you've watched the past five seasons of LOST, this book is for you, no matter your level of fandom.

2) Check back soon, because within the next few days I will post the first of two official January contests here on Long Live Locke... and I'm going to close them within 24 to 48 hours after they launch in order to ensure everyone gets their prizes before the February 2 premiere. The Twitter-based contest will launch shortly, too.

Oh, and Happy 2010!

- e