i'm pleased that i've had 13 straight days of donations. i'm up to $820 in donations, and i'm thisclose to upping my goal to $3000.
tomorrow is the hour and a half long phone conference, where we review, apparently, everything. it'll be interesting to see how heavily we'll have to rely on our pdf handbook they emailed out, cause i'm going to be in the car, in traffic, during the call (using a headset! relax!).
i'm also interested to see if they'll be asking people if they've started fundraising, and if so, how it is going. i just want to gauge what other people's goals are, because, to be honest, i'm not sure where mine fits, if it's too high or too low. all of the promo materials for the 3-day cheerily say something along the lines of most participants earn more than the $2300 required, usually on average around $3000. i think it's $3000. maybe i'm wrong. but i just kind of want to know what other people are doing. and adjust accordingly. yeah, i'm a sheep. whatever.
also, i was writing an email today, preparing to send it to 50 people, telling them about my super awesome oscar betting pool, which, had everyone participated, would have given $500 to my fundraising and $500 to the winner(s). and just as i was about to hit "send", i decided to google something like "betting pools illegal california". yeah, they're illegal. which i think i already knew. but the law turns a big ol' blind eye to the little ones in offices and stuff. of course, the bigger they get, the more likely someone will say something or something will get discovered. still, i don't think 50 people is that "big". but what i didn't know was that had i sent the email, i would've engaged in interstate gambling/something. i can't remember the technical terms. because i would've been engaging in betting across state lines, using the telephone and/or internet.
thank you, google, for saving me from possible jail time and fines. :)
(uh, and, just to be clear, i DID NOT send that email!! no oscar pools for me!!)
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i say do the oscar pool anyway. maybe you can downplay the number of people in it, or the amount of cash (not raising as much money, but still, it's something). yes, lots of things are illegal, but no one's going to bust you for an oscar-betting pool to raise money for a breast cancer walk. and if they do, i'll pay for your legal fees, b/c that's bullsh*t.
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