The charity auction on Tuesday raised over two-hundred thousand dollars ALONE - not counting independent giving and other fundraisers (such as the Guitar Hero Funde Razor, which just raised ~$10k, and this year's Desert Bus for Hope, which raised $70k(!!). It just goes to show you that, though once-reviled, geeks are now a powerful, unstoppable force that cannot be rivaled!
Or maybe only the rich ones. This was parked near us in the lot. It's a Lotus with the license plate "PWNED":
We only pretended to be rich while schmoozing with internet celebrities. I embarrassed myself in front of Wil Wheaton. He wanted to talk to his pals about D&D and I wanted a photo. Bad Kat, bad...
We also witnessed some guy bid $10k easy to be featured in a Penny Arcade strip, and then another $4300 for drinks with the guys and Scott Kurtz from PVP. Makes me think we got a damn good deal. Hm, perhaps we should donate one of those comics we have signed by Scott and all the Deadliest Catch captains for auction next year.
All of the live-auction goodies were quickly bid out of our budget, but we had a fun time bidding them up with everyone else. This "mystery microwave" from the Harmonix kitchen was stuffed full of sweet goodies:
And the Harmonix folks donated 30 grand!
I scored Rock Band for the Wii for only slightly over retail (and it's tax-deductible). Now all I need is a Wii. Hrrm...
Also, head crabs and Herve Leger? I think this will be very fashionable next season...
Posted on December 11, 2008 @ 4:39 PM | 4 comments
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4million in 4 years? That is fantastic. I remember when they started it as a "fuck you" to Jack Thompson's allegations that gamers were social deviants.
By 
Monk, at
5:33 PM, December 11, 2008
HOTTTT dress!
By Allie, at
6:10 PM, December 11, 2008
And now Jack Thompson is disbarred and Child's Play has donated 4 million...see how well things turn out?
By Justin, at
7:21 PM, December 11, 2008
That red Lotus belongs to Wil Shipley of Seattle's Delicious Monster.
http://wilshipley.com/blog/2005/12/5p3ll1ng-b33-category-drivel.html
By 
, at
10:11 PM, December 26, 2008
- Married in Montana: Informals of the Formals - Guest photos of our "formal" portraits
- Married in Montana: Dinner Time! - Delicious Polebridge-made buffalo, trout, salad, bread, and cakes!
- Post-Wedding CHOP, CHOP, CHOP - My hair is all gone... hurrah!
- Married in Montana: The Little Things - Guest photos of all the details from the big day
- Married in Montana: Music and Dancing - We get down to Montana bluegrass from Good Wood
Posted on December 08, 2008 @ 11:30 AM | 7 comments
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omg. you were married over 3 months ago. no professional photos yet? those picnic people sux! j.k
By , at
8:16 PM, December 08, 2008
Well, there were over 2000 pics, and we did a "first edit" with Nicole so we know they're beautiful! She just told us they're almost ready. We're aiming for publication, so I appreciate all the extra time and effort she's putting in!
By Kat, at
9:25 PM, December 08, 2008
publication? are you writing a wedding book? because i TOTALLY think you could. it would totally sell. eco-conscious busy urban young people planning an earth-friendly family/friends-friendly etc etc!
By , at
11:30 AM, December 09, 2008
No books for me. :) We're submitting photos and copy to wedding magazines (like Seattle Bride, Bride & Bloom, Modern Bride, etc) to see if we can get featured.
By Kat, at
11:37 AM, December 09, 2008
This is random and slightly personal, but since I read about it on your blog....
I'm thinking of getting an IUD put in, and I'm trying to get as much info as I can. It's so hard to find people to tell about their experience with it. Can you post the link to the entry you wrote about the IUD being put in? I remember reading it, but I have no clue what the date or title was.
I understand if you don't wanna, but if you wouldn't mind, that would be great. Beautiful wedding photos, by the way.
By , at
2:49 PM, December 09, 2008
Here's my link to the original post: http://www.numine.com/2006/10/vaginaphone.html
I had my copper IUD removed after the wedding, and started on pills again just before that. I didn't like the crampy, heavy cycles and the bad skin that my hormones gave me monthly. Overall, it was making me feel very unsexy. But it worked great for birth control.
I know other women who have good luck with it, and good luck with the hormonal IUD (it releases a very low dose of hormones directly to the uterus so you don't feel the effect systemically). My side effects were par for the course, but unpleasant, and I am happily on Yaz at the moment.
By Kat, at
2:56 PM, December 09, 2008
Anon #1 - Check out this post for a good idea why it can take photos so long with wedding pics. [We've got about 2,000 coming... eep!]
http://www.weddingbeepro.com/2008/12/09/why-do-wedding-photos-take-so-long/
By Kat, at
3:57 PM, December 09, 2008
Ironically, I don't think the subtext was intentionally. Most of the people who run these booths are non-native English speaking immigrants who I imagine don't have the knowledge of US cultural history required to make a "joke" like this.
More Photos from this year's DC Turkey Trip are in the gallery. Most pics are of the monuments.
Posted on @ 11:06 AM | 0 comments
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I started taking Yaz a few months before the wedding because I wanted to see if it would fix my monthly breakouts. After 2 years with the copper IUD I was tired of nasty cycles and bad skin - feeling gross and self-conscious took up the better part of my month and I definitely didn't want bad skin at the wedding.
But I didn't want to take out the IUD without being sure I had an alternate solution that worked for me, so I doubled up for a while. And the Yaz did work, so after about three months, I had the IUD removed.
The following month, I had one negligible period and then completely missed the next one. I'd always been regular with all the other pills I'd taken (Lo-Ovral, Ortho-Cyclen) for years. I hadn't missed any of the Yaz to my knowledge, but we were still freaking out.
We aren't trying to conceive, despite all of our good friends' ribbing that I'll be pregnant within 6 months of the wedding. It's just not a good time - Justin starts his new job in the new year, we're paying off some accrued debt, and we just want to focus on our LIVES for a while.
So when I missed my period, we were forced to acknowledge that there never really IS a good time, and now is as good a time as any. To be honest, my greatest fear was not that I was pregnant, it was that we weren't TRYING to conceive and so I'd been drinking/drunk quite recently.
But, two weeks and three evenly spaced tests later, there was no positive result and no period. So I guess this is just my lot while on Yaz. I can't really complain... it's a welcome reprieve after two hellish years with that IUD, but it will take some getting used to.
I'm not pregnant. But after thinking I might be, it's not such a scary concept any more.
***
Tomorrow morning we leave on an early flight to spend Thanksgiving with Justin's family. Back Monday!
Back Monday.
Posted on November 25, 2008 @ 10:36 PM | 3 comments
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Choosing to de-lurk on this one. Been there. I'm on Zovia. Right about the time my bf and I decided to stop having sex (long-ish story) I stopped getting my period.It's not a good feeling to wonder about that-- but thank goodness we have over the counter tests now. Quick answers are a definite good thing in my book.
Plus, now that you know it's "normal" on Yaz-- isn't not getting a period a nice perk? Hm, unless it makes you wonder every month.
By ka1t_lyn, at
8:15 PM, November 26, 2008
pregnant!!
yay!
i get worried about how much birth-defect risks go up as we women age. i'm 27 and single, so, yeah. worried.
By , at
9:47 PM, November 28, 2008
I think you might recall I had a similar scare a while back. Glad to hear youre not carrying at this time... it is weird mix of scary and exciting right? Stupid hormones!
