Oh, you know it.
How could I possibly let the Blogathon go on without prizes to give away? I could not. I would not!
I appreciate both my sponsors, my readers, and my monitor waaaaaaaaaay too much for that. ::grins::
What am I giving away? Let’s see. Journals, notecards, a bear, a layout….
And that’s just what’s planned for now.
Go see. Yes. go see!
Prizes!
How exciting! The Geeks have three sponsors so far. And so very generous they are!
Luka, the Rambler, and my dear friend Sar have pledged money to The Armed Forces Foundation in support of the Geeks. I <3 them. I do. So, visit Luka and Rambler, and leave comments of love for Sar!
Between them, the Geeks have raised $135!!
Holy Cow! Horray!
UPDATE:
Sponsor #4 has been added to my list. WOO!
But it’s an ANONYMOUS sponsor. How MYSTERIOUS. Whoever that is – I <3 them so much it hurts!
YAY!
On July 29, hundreds of bloggers from around the world will put their endurance to the test for charity, blogging every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. This is the Sixth Annual International Blogathon, an event that creates a worldwide community for a day, serves up fascinating content, and most importantly, raises tens of thousands of dollars for dozens of charities. Bloggers choose the charity and collect sponsorships. At the end of the event, those sponsors fulfill their pledges directly with the charity.
It’s not too late to sign up if you’d like to blog! You can also help by sponsoring a blogger, just check out the List of Bloggers at the site. Stay up late, make a difference.
It’s supposed to be fun, right? It’s supposed to be a way to unwind and just – allow the stress of life to seep away.
So why isn’t it fun any more?
For those of you who are completely lost, here’s the short of it.
I roleplay in an online game on IRC. Yes, I am a geek and a dork and a nerd. Whichever term applies to that particular portion. I always lose track. In any event, I’ve been doing some form of role play since college. It’s – been a while. We’ll leave it at that. I blame my brother. He made me try IRC and then I found RP groups online there. Silly boy. How could he do that to me.
But, suddenly, it’s not fun any more. I no longer log into the game with anticipation, but with dread. What new idiocy will I have to deal with today. And it’s not even the new players. New players can be taught. It’s old players, people in positions of power in the game, which make me want to just – leave the whole thing.
I don’t know. It’s a nice thing for me to do to unwind at the end of the day, but now I wonder if it is worth trying to start over. I suck at making new friends. (I do, Betty! I swear!) And breaking into another game doesn’t thrill me at all. I’ve spent a year in this one room and it’s been a fight the whole way. I think it’s sucked all the fight out of me.
Ah well. At least I’ll always have my internets. Right?
Yes, more of them. ::giggles::
Here’s what’s happened. Jenny and I finally talked and she walked me through making a new blog for the ‘Thon. Which – is great. Now I get to show off both of my design masterpieces. ::giggles::
All ‘Thon related things have been moved over to the place where Jenny and I will be blogging. We’ve named it . . .
Wait for it . . .
Geeks R Us.
Yes. We really did. We were looking for something to speak about the both of us. We went through a whole slew of names last night and this one really smacked us as both amusing and fitting.
So – there you are! Geeks R Us! (=
[Sponsor the Geeks. You know you want to….]
