I have been getting an influx of emails from websites I've gone to or ordered from or events I've taken part in where I still don't remember to give a fake email address. It's a lot of "Proposed Endangered Species Bill Rescinds Sound Science" from BushGreenWatch.org and "July 20: Mobilizing Meeting to Build Sept. 24-26" from UnitedForPeace.org which are, I'm sure, worthwhile emails, but I usually end up trashing them and then feeling guilty. (Indifference is the same as doing bad, or some other mantra that was pounded into my head in sophmore year Morality class.)
Anyway, I did get this email today and I did read it and I am going to do something about it, other than get a sever case of Catholic guilt after deleting it. (This blogging thing could be better than therapy. Cheaper at least.) The Blood Center of NJ is critically low on blood supplies. Summer is bad for them because schools are closed and community groups don't meet. I think it's pretty crappy too that as a state, only 2-3% of eligible donors are donating.
Here's a link to local blood drives. There's one in Hoboken tomorrow from 4pm-8pm. If you're my neighbor in the 'hood, stop by on your way out of the Path on the walk home. There'll be a van right there, across the street from where cabs line up. If you aren't my neighbor, look to see where you can go. It takes about 15 minutes and it guarantees good karma.
And you look really tough with that bandagey stuff wrapped around your elbows. No one will f*ck with you because you look badass. If you're a guy, chicks will flock to you because we like tough guys. If you're a girl, ask for the colored stuff and make a fashion statement, ala Punky Brewster only on your arm, not your leg.
And you get a free t shirt. Doooo it.
