Ogapeskather! Ahoy! 1. Register as an organ donor….

….Why not?  God forbid I die anytime soon, I’m super stoked to grow old, but just in case  (knock on wood), I registered as an organ donor!  Its pretty easy, just go to this site (if you live in BC): http://transplant.bc.ca/index.asp# and follow the links, fill out the info, voila! One day you may in fact directly save a life! It literally takes less than a minute.

I have also, starting today, resolved to become a vegetarian… or at least, peskatarian.  I always feel gross eating meat anyway.  Whenever I go to the market and see amputated parts everywhere its so disgusting… sometimes they look so… human.  And factory farming? Don’t even get me started.  Why I waited this long is beyond me. 

And I’m a Godfather now!  That’s insane!  I would never associate me with Father…. God, maybe.  Anyhow, even though she says nothing, and does nothing, and rarely even moves, my Goddaughter rocks ass.  I am going to get that tatooed on to her, “rocks ass.” Its a birthmark!

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. -T. S. Eliot            

Oh, and here are some things I am looking into volunteering for.  If anyone knows of anything else, please do email me.

• Food bank @ East Van http://cityreach.org/home.html - self explanatory.
• Kidstart mentoring program – helping children who are experiencing difficulties in their lives www.kidstart.ca  
• Red Cross http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=014574&tid=078 
• making friends with a 13 year old autistic girl in North Van (someone just forwarded me this).
• SHARE Crisis Line http://www.sharesociety.ca/volunteerism.htm

As well, this summer I was planning to travel a bit, but for certain other reasons those initial plans are now moot.  I am still looking to travel though!  But now I am excited at the prospect of volunteering and traveling instead.  If anyone knows of anything going on that you think I may be interested in, or are doing something themselves and wouldn’t mind an extra body, please do tell!  Right now I’m just checking out sites like http://www.cadip.org/ and asking around.  I’m looking to do it in May or whenever school ends.      

ipod update: its funny, absolutely no one contacted me about my ipod.  That is, no one contacted me about my ipod for a good cause.  I posted more ads simply just selling the ipod, and within literally an hour, I’ve gotten 20 replies…. though that may be just because my first ad was unclear, in fact, most probably so (I was in a rush). Oh well, I’ll try posting some more articulate ads, but it looks like I’m just going to have to sell it and pick the first person myself (rather than the buyer doing it).  

Here are some games I am looking at maybe getting them to play. It might be neat if I could document the whole thing on video.

• consequences - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences
• charades - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charades
• eat poop you cat - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_Poop_You_Cat