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Jul 19 2006

hooray for boobies, part two

Why is there a picture of a bra at the top of this post? Well, because I have bras, and I also have a camera, too much free time and a Flickr account, so these things happen sometimes. But as you may be aware, I am going to be blogging like a blogging fool for this year’s Blogathon. From 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 29 through 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, I will be writing a blog post every half an hour to raise pledges for The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which is cool, because we all love healthy boobies. While I’m certain that you want to support healthy boobies like a veritable underwire bra and would be happy to give of your hard-earned dollars to do so even without incentives, I thought I would go ahead and offer incentives because I’m wacky that way. Yes. And really, what’s a -thon without pledging incentives? Exactly. Anyway, since this year I’m blogathon-ing to honor Stacy, I’ll be posting memories, reflections and ways she changed my life throughout the day. (I promise this won’t be as serious as it may sound… one thing Stacy and I brought out in each other was total, unabashed craziness. Also lots of maniacal laughter. So I’m going to honor that tradition.) I’ll also be posting updates on what’s going on in my own personal Blogathon headquarters, photographs (including at least one embarrassingly ridiculous self-portrait), perhaps some audio posts, some random observations and more! What more? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see, won’t we?

So, it’s like this. If you pledge at any level, you will of course have my undying love and admiration, or at least my love and admiration for a really really long time. But what else? Well…

$1-$10: Undying love and admiration, and you can choose one of the following: I’ll answer a question you ask me, or I’ll ask my Magic 8 Ball to answer a question for you. I don’t know if I can properly explain how completely hilarious this can be… especially if I don’t get to your questions until, like, 4 a.m.
$11-$20: Undying love and admiration, me or Magic 8 Ball answering a question, plus I’ll write you a sarcastic haiku, because sarcastic haiku is hot.
$21-30: Undying love and admiration, the question thing, sarcastic haiku, and I will call you (even if you live in a foreign country!). On the phone. We will chat*. For a little while. Not too long, you know, because we’re all busy people. I promise not to call you in the middle of the night while I’m Blogathon-ing, unless you want me to, because hey, it’s not like I won’t be awake.
$31-$50: Undying love and admiration, the question thing, sarcastic haiku, a phone call, and a mix CD that I guarantee will not contain any songs by Nelly Furtado, because Jamelah Jams and N.Fu do not mix.
$51-$99: Undying love and admiration, the question thing, sarcastic haiku, a phone call, a mix CD, and a handwritten letter about current affairs that you can treasure always.
$100+: Undying love and admiration, the question thing, sarcastic haiku, a phone call, a mix CD, a handwritten letter about current affairs that you can treasure always, and, uh, I’ll make you some cookies. Provided that you don’t live overseas, because if I were to send cookies overseas, they’d just be hard as rocks by the time they got to you. So if you actually pledge at this level and live overseas, then I’ll include a fabulous mystery gift that will be both entertaining and worthwhile, and also probably pretty random. Because it’s from me.

Of course, all of these things are dependent on you sending me the pertinent information so that I can hold up my end of the deal. With phone calls and mix CDs, I promise that you have nothing to worry about when it comes to sending me your address and/or phone number — I guarantee I’ll forget it as soon as it’s over. Hell, I forget my work phone number at least once a week, and I’ve been working there for over 2 years. Just so you know.

Okay, so there you go. Now go forth and sponsor me!

*Do you have any idea how funny I am on the phone? Unless you’ve ever talked to me on the phone, I guarantee that you have no idea how funny I am on the phone.

12 Responses to “hooray for boobies, part two”

1. # Tonyon 20 Jul 2006 at 2:21 am

   As I perused the incentive levels, I was certain I’d find one at the tip-top saying you’d send out an autographed brassiere. Oh well, maybe next year.

2. # jamelahon 20 Jul 2006 at 9:28 am

   Maybe that’s the mystery gift for people overseas.

3. # Carynon 20 Jul 2006 at 9:36 am

   Hooray! These are great incentives … I can’t wait to see some sarcastic haiku…

4. # Daleon 20 Jul 2006 at 11:12 am

   So you’re funny on the phone hunh? Ok, bring on the funny.

5. # Waterhoton 20 Jul 2006 at 2:26 pm

   Darn it ! I so wanted cookies !!!

   I’m very excited about the rest, though.

6. # piphon 20 Jul 2006 at 8:00 pm

   oh yes… she’s funny on the phone. not as funny as drunken emails but still pretty darn hillarious.

   as for her cookies, well they’re to die for. in a good way.

7. # Heatheron 20 Jul 2006 at 8:31 pm

   I don’t know about the phone call. That would be kinda weird. Let me think about it.

8. # fishlampon 21 Jul 2006 at 2:45 pm

   So… um, going forth with the bra theme… are you aware of this site?

9. # jamelah.net » 2006 » July » 26on 26 Jul 2006 at 6:32 pm

   […] Today, my Canadian co-worker donated a bunch of CDs and a copy of America (The Book) for my Blogathon effort. So I’m gonna raffle stuff off to donors of $10 or more. Other stuff mentioned previously still works as listed, but some lucky winners will also get some extra stuff! From a Canadian! Woohoo! […]

10. # jamelah.net » one more post about the blogathon before the, uh, blogathonon 28 Jul 2006 at 4:55 pm

    […] Yo, sponsors (who bring the awesome).  Tomorrow is the Blogathon.  How about that?  Once it’s over, will I have anything to write about ever again?  To be honest, I don’t know.  But here’s the thing.  Remember when I wrote about the fun and prizes you get for sponsoring me?  Well… if you’d like me to write your sarcastic haiku/answer a question/consult my Magic 8 Ball on your behalf*, then would you be a dear and at some point comment your requests? (Have an idea for good sarcastic haiku subject matter? Or do you want something general?  What question would you like to have answered? By me or by the plastic oracle?  I need to know.)  I’ll get to them tomorrow, promise.  Cross my heart and all that.  Because, well, I’ll have plenty of time. […]

11. # jamelah.net » i bet you thought this wouldn’t be about the blogathonon 31 Jul 2006 at 12:09 pm

    […] I’m awake now, at least slightly, and I thought I’d take care of some final housekeeping things while I’m coherent enough to think of them.  So.  If, based on your pledge amount, I owe you a phone call or a mix cd or something, please get in touch with me with your phone number and/or mailing address so I can follow through (provided you want to claim these prizes… and if you don’t want to claim them, well, that’s up to you).  Also, there are a few unclaimed questions/haiku, so if you want those, be sure to send your requests and I will get to them. I think that was all I forgot to mention yesterday.  If I think of something later… well, let’s just hope I don’t think of something later.  I promse to catch up on e-mails and stuff soon enough.  Until then, I’m going to go lay on the couch and nap through film adaptations of Jane Austen novels.  Because I know how to party. […]

12. # canduaceon 02 Aug 2006 at 8:33 am

    so this is the kind of stuff you get up to on the weekends when you take a vacation day on monday.

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