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Friday, July 20, 2007

ChhhaaAAAnnnNgggeeeeEEEE

I feel like I'm living that episode of South Park where the homeless people were zombified. They were running around saying "chaaaaannnnnggeee" instead of "braaaaiiinnnsss" and it was pretty funny.

Well, consider me one of those zombies asking for your chaaaaaaannnnngeee.

I truly am a basket case, has the world figured this out yet?

8 days until the Blogathon!

I've been neglecting this blog and neglecting this push for the ASPCA. I feel fantastic with how we're doing with the station campaign for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and I am thankful for the large amount of sponsorships there.

But I feel guilty.

Today that ASPCA commercial with Sarah McLachlan came on and I sat down on the couch and bawled my eyes out for about 15 minutes. I think I'm PMSing, I feel the world's sadness 100 times more than usual and the thought of all those cats and dogs out there who need a name gets to me. Look, I'm getting teary eyed now.

What if Darkstar had never gotten Claude? Or found Tempy? Claude would have been put down after a while and it's a safe bet that Tempy wouldn't have survived the near-death drowning. The amount of love and joy these animals have given me blows me away and I can't imagine missing out on that.

What about all those animals out there now who have no home?

The statistics are worse than a Stephen King novel, the amount of animals put down simply because people don't spay or neuter their animals and there just aren't enough kind souls to keep up with the growing population for adoption.

The ASPCA just added more to what they already do, more mobile hospitals where they provide free spays and neuters and advice. They are the animal cops we see on Animal Planet who go into the bad places and rescue the animals. They are the doctors and techs and volunteers who give their time and hearts into fixing the animals and trying to find them homes.

I wish I had the heart to volunteer. I worked briefly right out of high school at our family vet, his secretary had left to have a baby. One day I came back from lunch and went down to the kennels to say I was back and I saw this big Collie on the table. Its coat was a wreck, it had open oozing wounds and the poor dog was infested with maggots. They had to put the dog down, the owner didn't want to bother with treatment. It was too much for me, I threw up lunch and quit on the spot.

I admire the people who work with animals, I respect and admire them.

Please give me your money. I know $754 seems like a lot but it's not, it's really a tiny amount in the big picture. I really want to hit $1000, I need to hit $1000. I feel like a bit of a failure, it seemed like I was doing better last year at this time. I know times are rough, I know gas costs an arm and a leg, I know money is tight. I get all this and yet I still ask.

Tempy needs me, he's a special needs cat who has all the love in the world to give but he's the type of cat who would be difficult to place and would probably end up being put down. The thought of this is too much, the thought of the many many many Tempys out there who are totally dependent on humans for everything and who will never have the chance for a happy spoiled life with an owner who loves them more than life.

The first time I ever saw my father cry was when our white Akita Shiro died in his arms. Such is the power of love an animal can bring.

Please help me. Please sponsor me in my campaign to raise $1000 and help the ASPCA. No bells and whistles, this is a low-key but intensely heartfelt plea for your generosity. Yes, there are some awesome prizes but I'm not going to insult you with attempts at bribery. The prizes aren't bribes, they were all donated with compassion by people and they're a way to say thank you.

I'm not asking you for a lot. Just what you can spare that won't hurt when it comes time to pay in August. A few shekels for a very worthy cause.

Please?

Thank you.

ChhhHHHaaaaNNNnnggggGGGeee!

Link to register your email and sponsor Tempy and I. You are our hero.

Link to the prizes we have for all sponsors here and the station.