Upon checking my email this morning (I was unable to check yesterday…), I found this email from a friend of mine:

Hey, guys. I’ve called a few Buffalonians about this, but if you need a little Karma Help, there’s a little girl going into surgery on Tuesday in need of O-negative blood.

Even if you don’t donate for the Red Cross, this is obviously different and direct donations can be made in her name by calling Roswell directly at 845-8275.

Jen(nifer) also posted, with more info on the little girl’s story. If you want more information, send me an email.

I stayed up too late last night.

See, I decided to pick up Douglas Coupland’s “Girlfriend in a Coma”, which Rand had recommended and given me a copy of. “You will eat this up,” he’d said.

Oh, how right he was.

I’m not quite finished. I read until I was so tired that I couldn’t keep my eyes
open anymore. I’ve only got a very little bit left to go. How long until lunchtime?

🙂

I have an interview!

No, not with either of the schools I’ve been waiting to hear from, but
a completely different school. Catholic elementary school in
Williamsville, grades 6-8 English and grade 8 Lit, with some
technology classes thrown in as well. Er, okay, I’ll give it a go!

Wish me luck…

🙂

A year ago today, something interesting happened to me.

I received a response to an “icebreaker” I sent to an intriguing man i found on an online dating site. Fortunately for me, he included his email address…as I was not a paying member of this site. A few days of emailing and one phone call
later, we decided to meet in person. (More on that in a few days… 🙂 )

For today, I just wanted to say publicly how glad I am for taking that chance…

Not that I feel I have to defend myself against Thomas ;), but I
wanted to share a bit of the history of my Harry Potter love.

Sometime back in the late 90s, I was browsing a Waldenbooks. There was
a huge display of Harry Potter items, including a sign that said
something along these lines:

If you like The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and A
Wrinkle in Time, you’ll love Harry Potter!

Well, I thought, that certainly sounds like me…

Book 1 was already in paperback, so I picked it up and utterly
devoured it. I then headed to the public library, where I checked out
books 2 and 3…and then I had to play the waiting game with everyone
else. I’ve been a die-hard fan ever since. 🙂

That marketing person at Waldenbooks was a genius.

I’m not one bit ashamed to admit it. I know I’m in good
company…plenty of smart, literate adults in my immediate and
extended circles are fans as well.

Who else is with me? 🙂

The office where I’m working on temp assignment is in a sketchy area
of Buffalo. Right next door, there is a Tops market. Yesterday, I
didn’t have anything to eat for lunch, so I decided to walk over to
Tops.

“Be careful,” one of the ladies warned me as I left.

“Yeah, yeah,” I thought. “Big scary store in the big scary city…”

When I got back, the warning was explained in further detail. Seems
that in recent months, people have been robbed *at gunpoint* in this
store and the dollar store next to it.

“If you have to go over there, just don’t take your purse. And
preferably bring a big burly man with you.”

Well, I guess it was a good thing they didn’t tell me *before* I went. 😉

It’s still too bleeping hot.

I’m tired. I want to be sleeping. My allergies have been absolutely
horrible this week. Ugh.

Anything else I can complain about?

Hey everyone…I’m trying to help Thomas get his new Bike Taxi Co. into Artvoice’s Best of Buffalo. In his own words:

You can make your opinion known on �the best of Buffalo� in the Artvoice Best of Buffalo opinion poll.

If you should think that any of the questions are best answered with the phrase �The Buffalo Bike Taxi Co.�, that would make me happy.

So if you like me, if you like Thomas, or if you just think bike taxis are really, really cool, help us all out. 🙂

Rick Santorum is a raving lunatic. Please, oh please, shut him up.