OK guys, here is something you maybe suspected happens when you become a solid 4th tier internet celebrity: PEOPLE SEND YOU STUFF.
All sorts of stuff. So much stuff in fact that try as we might we sometimes don’t even know what to do with it. SO-now, every week, we are going to give away a gift basket of random things we got floating around – some of which will make your life better, some of which may actually make your life worse, and all of which will make your life more hilarious. We’ll let you decide which is which.
Then-we will have an intern hand deliver these to you (or, you know, you can stop by and pick it up at the office-your call)
SO-without further A DO – HERE IS WHAT IS IN THE GIFTING BASKET THIS WEEK, though we’re still deciding if you get the basket iself (one winner takes it all). Left to right:
- THE DEVIL INSIDE incense (currently available on instant netflix, natch-the movie, not the incense)
- 2 RED BULL SUGAR-FREEs (because one is never enough)
- a cranberry nut KIND bar (a primary BYT food group if there ever was one)
- some vintage BENTZEN BALL Comedy Festival programs-commemorating the 3 year anniversary of the best thing we never did again
- A DVD with some of the best music videos from Polyvinyl Records (this is LEGITIMATELY cool)
- some vintage BYT stickers
- A mini champagne bottle from FNO Georgetown (so handy for solo pre-partying)
- a POWER C vitaminwater (so handy for hangovers after solo pre-partying)
- complete first season of ABC’s super soapy, Hamptons-is-a-scary-place show REVENGE (hell yeah!)
- a WOLF Parade CD
- some BYT Branded 3D Glasses
- and a URSUS flavored vodka (fruit punch is the flavor in question, and yes, we’d like for you to be 21+ to win this)
PRETTY SWEET, right?
Now for some glamour shot close ups of the goods! (courtesy of our very talented assistant editor Stephanie Breijo and semi-professional hand model Andrew Bucket)
NOW! I know what you ask- HOW DO I WIN THESE? HOW!???????!!??!?!!!
SIMPLE: leave us a comment telling us why you love or hate BYT (hard, we know) and we will notify the winner by COB Friday. Cool? Cool.
(ALSO-brands, individuals… have random stuff you want to send us for these giveaways: send us an email at info@brightestyoungthings.com – and entitle it “RANDOM STUFF I WANT TO GIVE” and we can arrange for exhanging of hands)
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I hate you because your party pictures remind what I wasn’t doing that night.
I think you have some of the coolest giveaways out there. You carry evertything from movie screenings to shot glasses you can’t find anywhere else. Even some of the alcohol in this giveaway is new to me.
I love you because you made a urine-filled pool in the ghetto the place to be.
I hate BYT because you guys won’t send me this basket.
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I love you because you throw some of the best parties in DC. I hate you because I always have a Paris Hilton wonk eye in the drunk pictures from them though.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Y’ALL MAKE SURE THAT (AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE) I WILL NOT BE CAUGHT DEAD IN A MID-LIFE CRISIS REGRETTING THAT I DID NOT LIVE AN…ADVENTUROUS…EXISTENCE!!!
I hate BYT (or, more appropriately, am jealous of) because your job is basically to party, eat great food, and go to concerts, and you get paid (handsomely?) for it, while I drone away every day in my government contractor’s office in the suburbs.
I hate that you show me all the awesome stuff that’s going on in this city. My FOMO is crippling!
BYT rocks for those “oh shit I forgot to make plans tonight… let’s see what BYT says is going on” type of days
I hate you because I love you
hate. not hip enough.
I hate that the only BYT contest I have won so far is for a concert I ultimately could not attend.
I hate byt because you throw The awesomest parties in DC but they are mostly attended by NOVA douchebags.
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i love byt because you make my rising and shining so much more enjoyable with the internet told me so.
You guys are amazing because one of your interns found my lookbook and said my style stood out from others in the DC area. Self-esteem boost on rocket-launch status? F*@& YEAHHHH.
I love you for your catchy name. And your body.
you guys always have the best posts and help keep me from sitting at home on a friday night. rock on byt!!
I love byt because they throw the awesomest parties for us nova douchebags to attend @ILIKEBEER
I love you guys for your Best Weekend Bets emails, that always tell me what I should be doing, plus have hilarious gifs that make my day a little bit better. Props to whoever picked Zoolander this week, and especially for including ASkars.
I hate BYT because I wasn’t in town for Kaki King.
I love guys because after moving to DC from Seattle, I was able to find awesome parties and activities to go participate in, making my transition into the DC area smooth. Plus, the Rise & Shine gets my morning going.
I love you for Rise and Shine.
What do I have to do to get the creepy zombie baby
I hate you because every rise and shine morning, you show me delicious breakfast foodthings, but you never serve those delicious breakfast foodthings in my mouth for free, because you are THE ABSOLUTE WORST.
I HATE you guys because reading your posts make me LOL (sometimes ROFL) but then feel sad and depressed because I realize I don’t have the ‘flair’ and I get jealous… HATE youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!! Now give me some sh**!!
I love you b/c you are my one-stop shopping for all things interesting in DC.
I hate you b/c I spend so much time trying to figure out what I should do and how I can cram it all in to my limited free time. c’est la vie.
I love BYT because I only have to check one website to stay on top of all the cool stuff happening in the DC area! You rock!