Today is my birthday and I am now 33 years old. I figure it has to be some kind of good omen because I turn an age with lucky number 3 in it twice, and also it is 7/7/07, with 7 also being a lucky number. Er, or something like that. I’m not about to go spend every penny I have on lottery tickets or go gamble the big blackjack tables at the casino or anything, but hopefully it will just be a good year all-around.

Anyway, I am not really here right now, this post is coming to you with the magic of WordPress’ future posting capabilities. I am having some family fun for my birthday. At least I hope I’m having some fun by the time this post materializes across the internet.

If you’d like to do something nice for my birthday, I’m participating in this year’s Blogathon where basically, crazy people like me stay up for 24 hours and post every half hour for charity. I’ll be posting from 9 am Eastern on Saturday the 28th of July until 9 am Sunday. I’m raising money for The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

If you’d like to consider sponsoring me, you can go here (you need to make an account). You can sponsor me for as little or as much as you want, and all your money gets sent directly to the UNHCR, not a penny comes through me. I am very fond of this organization and it would mean a lot to me, especially since I’ll be posting every half hour to 24 hours straight (I apologize in advance for how much my posts will deteriorate after 4 am – I’ve done this before). Next week I’ll tell you more about it and why it’s important to me, but you can start sponsoring now. I’ve already gotten $20 in pledges and I’m hoping for at least $150. The first year I made over $300 for them, so if I can break that it would be even better!

Have a wonderful weekend, I’ll be back post-birthday with lots of pictures!