I figured I'd make a quick post about Worldbuilders. Worldbuilders is a charity that I give to, at least last year and this year. The charity supports Heifer International, which specializes in giving poor familys all the things that they need. Like it won't just give them free food, it gives them a goat so they can get milk, and cheese, and other such things they need to sustain themselves. Anyways, I think it is a good charity.
Worldbuilders then is a raffle. For every $10 you donate, you get a raffle ticket. I donated $50 and so I get 5 raffle tickets. What you win are rare books, dvd collections, lots of signed stuff. The main genre are fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, and a lot of other such things. Basically a lot of what I read, as well as what a lot of you, my family reads as well. There are lots and lots of items in the raffle, so there is a very good chance you will actually win something. That is what I really like about it. Last year I won a book autographed by like 20 authors. Pretty cool I think.
Anyways, So I encourage everyone to donate. If you win a book that you don't like, I"m sure we can share them around. And honestly if you don't win anything at all, then you are still giving to a great cause. So a win win all around.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Update
As Sara so eloquently pointed out, it too has been a month since my last post, and that one not being too exciting
But this last weekend was a fun one. I managed to test for my 3rd degree Brown Belt on Friday night. It was a very fun test, it was a great group. Though it lasted from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. For those keeping track, this is the penultimate belt before black. Next time I test it will be for black. Which, will at the earliest be at least 3 months away most likely. But I don't know for sure when they will think me to be ready.
After the belt test I managed to get about 4 hours of sleep before having to wake up for the Hot Chocolate 15 k race. It was a very cold morning, and they ended up delaying the race for an hour... But I finished! And this on little sleep and when I was already physically tired from the test the previous night lol. After the race there was some chocolate fondue and some Hot Chocolate provided by Ghiradelli. Talk about a fun way to end a race lol. For those interested the results are here if you look at the list Rachel did an amazing job running an 8:23 mile, and placing overall 1659. Myself I didn't do quite as well, running a 10:04 minute mile and coming in 6061 place overall. Don't hold it against me, I'm convinced I could have been solidly under a ten minute mile had I, you know not started the race sleep deprived and tired lol.
Update:
Some pictures from the Run HERE
But this last weekend was a fun one. I managed to test for my 3rd degree Brown Belt on Friday night. It was a very fun test, it was a great group. Though it lasted from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. For those keeping track, this is the penultimate belt before black. Next time I test it will be for black. Which, will at the earliest be at least 3 months away most likely. But I don't know for sure when they will think me to be ready.
After the belt test I managed to get about 4 hours of sleep before having to wake up for the Hot Chocolate 15 k race. It was a very cold morning, and they ended up delaying the race for an hour... But I finished! And this on little sleep and when I was already physically tired from the test the previous night lol. After the race there was some chocolate fondue and some Hot Chocolate provided by Ghiradelli. Talk about a fun way to end a race lol. For those interested the results are here if you look at the list Rachel did an amazing job running an 8:23 mile, and placing overall 1659. Myself I didn't do quite as well, running a 10:04 minute mile and coming in 6061 place overall. Don't hold it against me, I'm convinced I could have been solidly under a ten minute mile had I, you know not started the race sleep deprived and tired lol.
Update:
Some pictures from the Run HERE
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