This Blogathon stuff is just sortof eating my brain right now.
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In other linky news, check out a new impeccably designed Philly Blogger who links me: Nicole. Also, long-time linker Matt Pollard has linked me through so many of his layouts in the last two years that i’ve lost count, and i continue to be Random Girl’s only link – very flattering. Finally, i just found a referral from one of my previous Blogathon sponors, Yucca. Not only did i wrongly assume that Yucca was a girl, i never sent him his Best of 25/24 cd. So, erm… look for some special prizes this year ;p
So far four very excellent persons have come through with donations on my behalf for Blogathon. I realize that my plea for my charity may have come off as somewhat heavy-handed or offensive depending on your political viewpoint, and i apologize for that. At the time i was just trying to write what i felt in the plainest fashion possible – i suppose i feel very strongly. Anyway, much thanx to all of my sponsors so far and all of them yet to come – rest assured that i spent about a fourth of the weekend working on my 25-song setlist for this Saturday!
As poor as i am, this morning i still took the time to browse through the participant list list to single out a couple of deserving blogs with excellent charities, and so far the two i have chosen are Cakes and Ale (blogging for Autism Society Ontario (and her son)) & Temporary Insanity (blogging for Engineers Without Borders. The latter blog caught my eye because they read both Rabi and Martha, and are already sponsored by Mollie – about whom i wrote both the opening and closing song last year and am also sponsoring (she’s blogging for the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program).
Finally, if you are inclined to donate on my behalf but are reluctant to sponsor my chosen charity, i would urge you to instead donate to my charity from last year – MANNA. The Blogathon sponsor page doesn’t support donation to separate charities for a single blog, but if you would prefer to give to Manna just drop me a line.
Yes, i am doing Blogathon this year … if three people pledge a donation to my charity by Sunday.
For those of you not in the know, Blogathon is a yearly event that involves blogging through an entire twenty-four hours while your friends and readers sponsor a charity on your behalf. The longer you stay awake and keep posting, the more the donation will theoretically be – though you can pledge a flat amount: you could donate $6 for a whole 24hrs of blogging or $.25 an hour for the same result. This year during the ‘thon I’ll be posting a newly recorded song every hour on the hour in addition to blogging nearly every half hour. Take a look at the archive of my efforts from last year to get an idea of what to expect.
While Blogathon is excellent publicity for both blogs and their authors, its most important aspect is that it gets the extended blogging community aware and active in supporting hundreds of worthy charities around the country… and the world. Last year my charity was Manna, a local organization that brings meals to housebound AIDS and HIV patients. This year i wanted to choose a national charity who made donation possible through their own website; i chose Planned Parenthood.
For those of you who are under the assumption that Planned Parenthood directly conflicts with some of your political beliefs i would like to point out that, among other things, Planned Parenthood certifies and subsidizes Peer Counseling programs in high schools across America. The goals of these programs (which i was a part of) are to prevent unwanted pregnancy and the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections through frank peer to peer education. Though i cannot promise that pledge money will go directly to that purpose, i think it’s important to keep in mind that Planned Parenthood represents a lot more than the highly polarized issue of abortion. So, if your political stance includes keeping the nation’s youth in the dark about important facts that they could be learning from peers who they trust and relate to, then please refrain from pledging your support. However, if you have an open mind and think education and support are the keys to America’s youth making informed decisions about sex and sexuality, then please consider sponsoring my squawking and strumming.
Okay, enough of that, back to work i go. Oh – one last thing – i haven’t even started recording, so you still have plenty of time to request a song. No promises, though.
In other news: Alison compares bug spray to whiskey, as she discovers that one of her resident kitchen vermin has a higher tolerance than she does. I am mulling over which charity i’ll be singing for. Rabi saves a life and lives in a cave, but she seems to have forsaken permalinks (or not). We’re one step closer to living in an episode of X-Files. Just when i thought she was about to slip, she reaffirms my faith. I talked to another Philly blogger. Meg is either a Virgo or operates on the same set of brain waves as i do. Brendan won’t be back for over a year. And, um, i started writing a new song for the first time in a while.