give until it hurts

please check these out. give money if you have it, time if you don't. show your support!! it's important!

first we'll start with new orleans charities. my fovorite is save nola now. they raise money to build new homes by selling super cool clothes. buy clothes and help build a house for someone who needs it (all the clothes say things like, 'save nola now' and 'saving nola since 29 august 2005'. they have shirts and sweatshirts, all kinds of goodies!

http://www.savenolanow.com/

i also like dirty coast. some of the money goes to rebuilding but mostly it's about getting the message out there that new orleans is STILL HERE. they have shirts, stickers, etc that say things like 'i am new orleans' and 'be a new orleanian wherever you are'. i really like their clothes and i think that it's important to remind people about our plight. don't let them forget!!

http://www.dirtycoast.com/product_view.php?id=10

and now to other charities that i love...

Carbon Neutral-- will all of the talk about global warming these days what better way to help than to offset the carbon that you use in your daily life (from driving, flying, running air conditioners, etc). offset it by donating money so that trees can be planted that will consume the carbon and give off oxygen!! it also helps that they plant things like mango trees in india so that it creates jobs as well. they also sell all kinds of eco-friendly things like this light bulb (and many more things besides!). you can't go wrong with this one!

http://www.carbonneutral.com/

oxfam-- we all know about make trade fair (i hope). we need to support this organization so that farmers in the third world can earn a living wage! it's not just about us, people. we have to take care of the whole world. it IS within your power! go to the site to see celebs like colin firth, minnie driver, damon albarn, gael garcia bernal, chris martin, and antonion bandaras get drenched with everything from corn to coffee to rice to cotton. who can resist colin all wet and dripping in coffee? not me!!

http://www.oxfam.org/

the moritorium campaign-- the death penalty is wrong. need i say more? we need to put a stop to this horror.

http://moratoriumcampaign.org/

amnesty international-- helps those worldwide who cannot help themselves. a great org that fights against injustice and for freedom the world over. get invloved in any way you can!

http://www.amnesty.org/

those are my charities for the day. please do what you can to help. give money, buy clothes and stickers, hand out flyers, make phone calls, sign petitions. any little bit helps!! thank you. stay cool

still reading the gun seller
last song i listened to: like dylan in the movies by belle and sebastian
days until i have to go to work: 4 hours
days until my birthday: 8
my level of frustration at my wifi connection: off the charts
money that i spent on a signal seeker: $100
where i am now because that piece of crap doesn't really work all that well: on the front porch being eaten by mosquitoes