One of my “manatees” from the Blogathon, Lauren, has a new domain and site.Â? Go see her and share the love!
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Blogathon 2007 Redux: The Good, the Bad, and What I’ll Do Differently Next Year
So I’m sort of awake still and figure I can probably redux things OK.
The Good
-raising $270 (at this point) for International Justice Mission
-getting to hang out with lovely people again who I unfortunately only get to see during the ‘thon
-meeting awesome people like Lauren (one of my monitees — I always wind up meeting at least one really excellent person every year and she’s this year’s person)
-my awesome husband Jon bringing me Subway for lunch
-cats hanging out with me
-dancing the Timewarp at 3 a.m.
-my cheerleaders
-my monitor team: the bSpies who posted lots of cat macros
-getting to go to sleep right after I finished (and not having tons of phone calls to wake me up)
-being able to help out with Potterthon
The Bad
-the flippin’ heat
-the smoke outside which means that I can’t open windows to air out my study
-some of my monitored sites breaking my browser
-feeling completely punch drunk right now
-the nastily uncomfortable chair that is my computer chair
What I’ll Do Differently Next Year
-different charity (I love IJM to pieces but I switch charities every year)
-different computer chair!!!
-not be part of multiple group weblogs (it was fun but really hard when I had multiple entries due) or if I am, I’ll have entries going in on each site and saved until they have to be posted
-put my monitored sites into a bookmark group so that I can go surf and hang out without having to deal with the surfing frame
-have a cooler up here with cold drinks so that I don’t have to walk down two floors to the kitchen (then again… it was good exercise)
-print out my schedule so I don’t have to have MS Excel open
-create my Napster playlist and find some way of saving it so I don’t have to re-create it if my Napster freezes
-have a list of artists I want to check out so I have new music during the ‘thon
-keep mIRC open more so I can participate in more of the chat (oh yes… I’ll also have instructions to give my monitees on how to get in if they ask)
I will definitely participate again and I’ll monitor again as well.Â? (Monitoring means that I get to hang out with a group of people and be a cheerleader and find out about new and wonderful sites and people.)
Blogathon Done
So I’ve been done for about 10 hours now and asleep for 8 hours of that.Â? I’m still not fully “here” as I’m mixing up consonants and not walking well.Â? (I banished the husband creature downstairs for laughing at me.)Â? My redux will be up tomorrow.
Meanwhile… if you’d still like to sponsor me, go here.
Blogathonning!!!!!
I’m over at Justice Rolling Like a River today doing the Blogathon for International Justice Mission. Come join me!!!!!
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Sponsor Jen in Blogathon 2007 on July 28th. Come join the fun at her Blogathon site as she blogs for International Justice Mission! Even a pledge of $1 makes a difference!
Final Thursday Blogathon PUSH
I’m currently at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp where Jon is one of the resident clerics for the week so I’ll probably not be getting back to any comments or emails until Friday.
This is the last whiny “SPONSOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” post until Saturday when I’ll post something for that 24 hour period that will be a reasonable facsimile of me with a message on it that I’m doing the Blogathon.Â? Having said that…
Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease sponsor me.Â? If you can’t sponsor me, at least advertise what I’m doing on your blog with the links below in the footer to this post.
If you need a Harry Potter reason to do this, I’m also helping with Potterthon.Â? (As we figure that not everyone in the world will have finished HP7 by then, there will be NO spoilers.)Â? This motley crew is blogging on behalf of First Book.Â? (You can sponsor us here.)
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Sponsor Jen in Blogathon 2007 on July 28th. Come join the fun at her Blogathon site as she blogs for International Justice Mission! Even a pledge of $1 makes a difference!
Thursday Blogathon PUSH
OK… this is how it’s going to work:
I’m going to take a well-known bible passage and translate it verse-by-verse into different languages like this. Y’all can leave guesses in the comments as to what it is and the first person to guess it gets a $10 sponsorship (if they’re a ‘thonner) or a $10 donation to the charity of their choice (if they’re not a ‘thonner). The post will be up around 10:30 am EDT (7:30 am PDT — extrapolate from there) on the day of the Blogathon.
Here are the rules:
-No putting verses through Babelfish or any translation software.
-No looking at other guesses before making yours.
-No google searches.
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Sponsor Jen in Blogathon 2007 on July 28th. Come join the fun at her Blogathon site as she blogs for International Justice Mission! Even a pledge of $1 makes a difference!
Blogathon: Being One of Jen’s Cheerleaders
I know that money is pretty tight for some of you right now and I have an offer for those who want to give but can’t:
I need cheerleaders! As one of “Jen’s cheerleaders”, you promote my Blogathon on your site. I’ll send you an awesome button that says “I am Jen’s cheerleader!” and all you need to do is link it to my Blogathon site. On the day of the Blogathon, you do an entry on your blog about what I’m doing and show your super awesome button.
Leave me a comment if you’re interested!
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Sponsor Jen in Blogathon 2007 on July 28th. Come join the fun at her Blogathon site as she blogs for International Justice Mission! Even a pledge of $1 makes a difference!