May 22 – Memorial Cup weekend

The Giants are 2-0 so far. Lewiston can complain all they want, but the scoreboard tells the truth of the matter. Got to meet the Stanley Cup tonight; pledged my undying love, but all I got was non-committal vis-à-vis spending an upcoming summer in Vancouver.

In regards to the stall in fundraising over the last few days, it’s not entirely unexpected that donation levels have dropped off. I have sent out one massive list of emails – 250 in total. That doesn’t count singular emails sent to group lists, like the one to my fraternity brothers, the staff at my school, or to the BC Liberal Party. In addition, with the May long weekend just ending, people had other, fun things to do. It’s not that people won’t donate; it’s just that priorities were focused elsewhere the last few days.

That’s what can aggravate people about fundraising. Not the initial “Hey, I’m doing this good thing for a great cause…”, which everyone can support. It’s the feeling of “Cripes; are they gonna be pissed I’m asking them again?” which comes with the second round request and reminder emails. I don’t wish to alienate people who are going to donate but then feel pressured when an innocent prompt comes their way.

Nonetheless, to those who donated over the holiday weekend – Mark, Kevin and Yvette – thanks for keeping the momentum going. As of this morning, the total sits at $4206.74.

I’m already at 84% of the revised goal of $5000. I’m vacillating between keeping it there and raising it again. People have asked me why I underestimated the level of support I would be getting. The short answer is that I don’t know; I guess I set a low bar because I didn’t know what would happen when I sent out the requests. Remember – originally, this was supposed to be taking place at the Nat. I guess losing that opportunity, combined with a reduced sense of self-worth at the time, led me to assume that there wasn’t going to be as much of a draw to my haircut as a “shave the hawker” celebration would have been.

Now that I’m realizing that people care about the cause regardless of when or where, I’m feeling more optimistic about everything, which improves the rationale behind all decisions made about the clip.

As for hair comparisons, I don’t know which Michael I resemble more – Landon or J. Fox.










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