Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Space Monkey Spokecard Exchange!

edit:Space Monkey Spokecard Exchange Photo Set (http://www.flickr.com/gp/75878423@N00/04QkV2)

On December 4th, 1959 a rhesus monkey named Sam was blasted 55 miles into space via a "Little Joe" rocket. He was recovered alive in the Atlantic Ocean by the USS Borie. In honor of this historic flight, Fixed-Gear and Bicycle Enthusiasts is proud to host the:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/dookski/Random/RhesusMonkeySpacesuitNASA.jpg
SPACE MONKEY SPOKECARD EXCHANGE
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 4tH

to participate in the exchange, you must complete the following:

1- create an original spokecard of any functional media
*thickness must fit in a typical wheel
*must be relatively durable (get it laminated, clear tape, be creative)
*must be within 6 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches high (postcard size)

2- snail mail me (wes) your original card (postmarked by dec. 4th)
*my address:
Space Monkey Spokecard Exchange
201 Panorama Drive
San Francisco, CA 94131

3- snail mail me a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope with your entry
*make sure this envelope will accomodate a 6 x 4.5 inch card

notes:
-Cards will be sent to participants by a random method yet to be determined.
-I will personally document all cards recieved whether they fit the criteria or not.
-There will be prizes for the best cards (catagories to be announced)
-The more people that participate, the better the exchange will be.
-We don't care if you've never made anything in your life, even homeless men find way to make cardboard signs that have their own charm- please, please, make something.

Feel free to pass this invitation to anyone who rides. mo cards, mo better!

this sounds kinda awesome.

Just to confirm:

The card must commemorate or otherwise honour SPACE MONKEY?
this sounds fun.

I'm in. I love a good spokecard exchange!

Sounds sweeeet

Great way to avoid making one and getting shafted too.

Great way to avoid making one and getting shafted too.

...that happens sometimes. The getting shafted part. In an exchange, that is.

YaYYYY.

This sounds better than last years secret santa spoke card exchange. I never got mine.

YaYYYYY

I am in.

1- create an original spokecard of any functional media


What does "any functional media" mean exactly?

What does "any functional media" mean exactly?
anything you can jam in spokes that won't cause injury, death, or any other form of humiliation for the recipient.

how about that motorcycle sound......brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I have a feeling that if Shants takes part, he will win the "Can't post that card on the forum" category.

On December 4th, 1959 a rhesus monkey named Sam was blasted 55 miles into space via a "Little Joe" rocket. He was recovered alive in the Atlantic Ocean by the USS Borie. In honor of this historic flight, Fixed-Gear and Bicycle Enthusiasts is proud to host the:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/dookski/Random/RhesusMonkeySpacesuitNASA.jpg
SPACE MONKEY SPOKECARD EXCHANGE
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 4tH

to participate in the exchange, you must complete the following:

1- create an original spokecard of any functional media
*thickness must fit in a typical wheel
*must be relatively durable (get it laminated, clear tape, be creative)
*must be within 6 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches high (postcard size)

2- snail mail me (wes) your original card (postmarked by dec. 4th)
*my address:
Space Monkey Spokecard Exchange
201 Panorama Drive
San Francisco, CA 94131

3- snail mail me a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope with your entry
*make sure this envelope will accomodate a 6 x 4.5 inch card

notes:
-Cards will be sent to participants by a random method yet to be determined.
-I will personally document all cards recieved whether they fit the criteria or not.
-There will be prizes for the best cards (catagories to be announced)
-The more people that participate, the better the exchange will be.
-We don't care if you've never made anything in your life, even homeless men find way to make cardboard signs that have their own charm- please, please, make something.

Feel free to pass this invitation to anyone who rides. mo cards, mo better!


I am the mailroom supervisor at a school....so you are going to get bombared with a bunch of my drawings
I will be working on them this weekend
YAY :D :D :D :D
THIS is the best idea next to sliced bread.......hMMMM.....:D

I'm in, but I want to get the most offensive and/or ridiculous card.

Just to confirm:

The card must commemorate or otherwise honour SPACE MONKEY?
this sounds fun.

im not clear on this, does the card have to commemorate space monkey?

Doesn't space monkey have a name? Hero animals need a name. The poor dog the Soviets fired out to space first was called "Lajka"... I still know off the top of my head.

Sam is the name of our Hero

Sam, the Rhesus monkey, after his ride in the Little Joe-2 (LJ-2) spacecraft. A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam after he experienced three minutes of weightlessness during the flight. Animals were often used during test flights for Project Mercury to help determine the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on humans. LJ-2 was one in a series of flights that led up to the human orbital flights of NASA's Project Mercury program. The Little Joe rocket booster was developed as a cheaper, smaller, and more functional alternative to the Redstone rockets. Little Joe could be produced at one-fifth the cost of Redstone rockets and still have enough power to carry a capsule payload. Seven unmanned Little Joe rockets were launched from Wallops Island, Virginia from August 1959 to April 1961.

thanks for the enthusiaism everyone. it will be some kinds of awesome.

clarifying-
"functional media" means it can actually fit and be ridable in a wheel
"space monkey" is the theme. you can interpret this any way you'd like, or you can go ahead and ignore the theme. the theme is supposed to help stimulate some ideas and give direction. hopefully being a test pilot can resonate with you bike folks, if not, no big.
"sam" is in fact his name. there was also a "ms. sam" that flew only 9 miles high or something like that. they were sweethearts.

when do you want these by? whats the deadline?

It's in bold in the first post.

It's in bold in the first post.

Which one's the first one?

ATTENTION ALL WASHINGTON DC INHABITANTS:

this little guy's corpse is actually on display at the Air and Space Museum. he looks peaceful.

The one before the second one!

I'm in.... sooooo IN!!....

i don't suppose the organizer(s) could arrange it so that east coast people get sent cards from the west coast and vice versa? assuming it would require minimal effort.

regardless, i'm totally into this.

its much easier to just do resend spokecards out as soon as they come in. and trying to predict who will follow through and who will not and whose cards will get lost in the mail is hard.

let me get this straight...

we can design anything we want?
and it needs to be the size of or smaller than a post card?

can we also do multiple cards? say, one card per catagory?

I have tons of designs I'd like to make into spokecards... I don't want to limit myself to one...

let me get this straight...

we can design anything we want?
and it needs to be the size of or smaller than a post card?


I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be somehow space monkey themed though....

can we also do multiple cards? say, one card per catagory?

I have tons of designs I'd like to make into spokecards... I don't want to limit myself to one...

final clarifying:

all spokecards must fit within a 6 by 4.5 inch envelope. if you make one that's bigger, it won't be included in the exchange, but will get documented and be considered for an "award."

you could send out as many as you'd like, but each entry must enclude a self addressed stamped envelope. because it is random, you could get one of your own cards back. don't go overboard, two is probably enough. will i accept three? yes. four? probably. more? ... pick out the best ones or create your own event.

there will be judging, but the categories will be created on the fly. the prizes are also yet to be determined. this is kind of a "bonus" thing that isn't to be taken all that seriously. i will have the end say in this, but there will be help. if anyone has ideas for categories, please post them. if anyone would like to donate something for an award, pm me.

if you make a dud, it doesn't matter. someone will get it, and you'll get one back. the easiest way around this problem is not to make a crappy card.

you DO NOT have to follow the theme if you don't want to.

cards will go out randomly.

deadline is december 4th.

how hard can this be? get out your photoshops, prismacolors, and rubber cements. don't forget there's a front and a back. don't be shy about sending your card in EARLY either. i can't wait.

You WILL scan all of the cards and make a flickr set or something, right? RIGHT??? At least post the best ones here. Please?

This sounds great. Let thinking commence....

im in

<---- in

Sounds Ultra Fantastic!
im in!

When is the deadline?!

Oh my gawd, why do people keep asking about the deadline?

I don't have a spoke card. I'm in! I've got some glitter glue that needs to be used up...

I am sending at least 1 super offensive one and the other ones ( total of 5) will be neat ...to say the least.
:)

making mines now.....twill be the shiznit

*Bump*

Oh my gawd, why do people keep asking about the deadline?

i like how you include your RI accent... classy

Dont mess with RI, there's like 50 of us...

--Aaron

haha I love RI, spent most of my teen years there

Oh no, I'm stalling out on my card concept. How stiff/floppy should it be?

How stiff/floppy should it be?
I'm sure it's fine, baby. It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean, generic reassurance, etc.

Generic reassurance - my favourite kind!

I am the mailroom supervisor at a school....so you are going to get bombared with a bunch of my drawings
I will be working on them this weekend
YAY :D :D :D :D
THIS is the best idea next to sliced bread.......hMMMM.....:D

Beer was the best idea since sliced bread. This, a close second.

Mr. Samsa. I'll make you a card just cause. PM/email me a snail mail. I'll send you the "fortune" card.
Few have seen it, fewer have recieved.

Is it OK to post this to the livejournal.com bikepirates community, or is it a BF only thing? I'm sure a lot of people in there would want to contribute.

On a related note, my friends and I just spent 3 hours making cards for the exchange.

done, done and done*


*well not yet, but will be.