this thanksgiving, i went ahead and made dinner for the rentals and a couple of their friends.
well lets take a step back.
so the yelpers and a small army of volunteers put together another fund raiser for halloween. we had a fried chicken competition, live date auction, a bbq…. yeah a grand old time by all…… and in the end, what was the result, besides way too many incriminating photos of half naked people and drunken madness, we raised over $6,000 for the sf food bank…. and it couldnt have come at a better time. a DAY before another organizer and myself were gonna go drop off the money, a reporter from sfgate.com wrote that the sf food bank was desperately short on turkeys. they needed about 400 more to meet their MINIMUM for the amounts of turkey they needed to give out. the article stated each turkey could be purchased for about $15 each…..
6000/15= 400. yes.. the drunks that saved thanksgiving. of course the people at the food bank was very happy….. more so, because in response to the article, the good folks of bay area donated $20,000 in less than a day…. so i guess our 6,000 didnt actually save thanksgiving, but yeah, bite me.
the day of thanksgiving, a bunch of us volunteered at the food bank, helping to prepare food to be distributed. a few hours by a few people…. the people that benefitted from our LITTLE sacrifice? come on no brainer. and sf residents, you can pay of parking and traffic violations with your volunteer work.
so im having lunch with a bunch of yelpers that volunteered at the food bank on turkey day. i get a call.
what!?!??!? more guests? and theyre coming at 4!?!?!??!?!? but mom, its 1pm!!!!!!?!?!?
i grabbed a couple buddies and we went at it. roasted turkey, mashed taters, cumin lamb chops, arugula spinach salad, antipasto plate…… it was definitely a show.
now why do i mention all this….. it might be a bit late coming, but i just might jump into something ive wanted to do but for some reason or another, have talked myself out of it.
yes
im working out the details. i might be wearing a white hat very soon. grey stone application deadline for 08 is dec 15th, i probably wont make that deadline, but early fall semester, holy crap. i better be chasing a dream.
if not, day job better be more productive. somethings gotta change.
living your life, just spinning wheels aint a life. its just being.
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