Momentum of the Muse

So, I haven’t yet posted about our first fund raising event for MJP. This is obviously me doing that.

Last minute, we decided to sell water at the last fireworks. We raised $400 in less than 3 hours. The water was sold by donation – some assholes paid 25 cents for a bottle, and others were very generous. We actually picked up a number of random volunteers over the course of the night. Brock Pennie stormed in near the end, a tour de force, like America at the end of both world wars.

Kudos to us for hustling water in the country that has the most fresh water in the world. Next year we plan to take the event to the desert, to be even more successful. Or the middle of the Grouse Grind which is nearly the same thing, but with scenery.

Anyways, since then, there have been many generous donations made through www.tweettoremember.com – please stop by and donate a dollar, or 15$ if you want a tax receipt e-mailed to you. Or $1000 if you’re loaded and swayed by my unparalleled charm. Don’t leave your name, either. Just sign the donation “One of Erin’s Many Suitors”. Don’t be shy. I know you’re lining up around the block – I can smell your money from a mile away.

We’re also looking for silent auction prizes if you have awesome stuff lying around in boxes that you’re too bored to even open. Or services. Maybe you’re a masseuse who can’t get enough of massaging.

If anyone donates a $500 or more, I’ll get a shirt made up advertising your business and wear it in my twitter profile for a minimum of 6 months. Ok, I’ll be loose with this. Vy for my attention and the winner gets the (semi)permanent place in my twitter profile. And in my heart. I’m easy like that. $10,000 and I’ll get a full back piece tattoo. We can get creative. You’re the high roller, you call the shots.

Ahem.

It’s been awhile, but a worthy cause brings me back to my trusty old blog.

My man, Michael-James Pennie, is hiking up Mt Kilimanjaro in September. Now, he wouldn’t bring his Brioni clad butt into unknown and potentially treacherous territory for any old reason. He’s making the climb to raise monies ($10,000) and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C. It’s a cause that’s close to his heart since his Dad has been living with Alzheimer’s for nearly a decade.

Over the next month I’m helping him conduct a fund raising blitz. We’re going to raise $10,000 in one month. The kicker? Michael won’t just be fighting his way up African mountains. He’s going to make his way up our own local ass-blasting trail, the Grouse Grind, carrying the $10,000 in loonies with him.

How much does 10,000 loonies weigh, anyways?

Somewhere around 150 pounds.

I wonder what gave him that crazy idea! Or, rather WHO gave him that crazy idea. It’s rather amusing so it seems to have muse written all over it. Evil, evil muse…

Anyways, we’re going to be running a myriad of events this month, both online and in Vancouver. So, head over to his site and keep up with the campaign.

Post, link, tweet, stumble, digg your support and feel the good karma rushing in, ladies and gents.