Donate Blood!
I donated blood yesterday and was shocked to find out that only about 5% of the US population donates blood - ever. That's counting all those people who donate once and then never go back. That really blew my mind. I know that there are a lot of people who don't weigh enough (*sigh* I remember when that included me...), but most of the US adult population does weigh enough. I know a lot of people are afraid of needles, but suck it up and try to donate blood. You don't have to watch them. Tell them you're scared and they'll take really good care of you.
I donate whenever I can and I'm lucky, since the blood drives on campus are right by my building, but I used to drive pretty far to donate, since I think it's important. Just think about what would happen if you were in a major car accident or something. Wouldn't you want them to have your blood type on hand? I would.
Okay, enough of my badgering people to donate blood.
I can actually post blogs directly on Eklund's Hockey Buzz now, which is cool. Granted, my opinions of Garon not being a good goalie and LaBarbera being better than him, even, aren't very popular with the masses. Not many people commenting agree with that. Oh well, most of the season ticket holders I know see the same things I do, so at least I'm not alone in thinking this. I'm glad that the hockey pre-season is only two months away. I just hope that the Kings can do okay this year. I worry about some of the choices they've made.
Today is my sister's birthday and she loved the Ipod Nano we got her (along with my dad - we got a the most important accessories she wanted, too). Lots of future gift ideas to go with it, which is nice, too. She really loves it and she was beyond excited about the gift, which is cool. It's always nice to be able to do that. The second she mentioned that she was interested in one, I told her to be sure not to buy it (which is definitely a sign that I would work on it), but apparently she was still a little surprised.
My boss (the one I report to, not the one I end up doing work for) is leaving to go down the hall to work for the person I used to do work for. It's nice that she'll still be really close in case there are questions, but we have such a great work environment now that I worry about what it will become. What if the person they hire for Robin's job is difficult to get along with or not as easy going as Robin? We've had it great since I've been here (vacation is easy to get off as long as the other two people who support the office aren't off at the same time) and I would hate to see that change. Wish us luck!
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