Charity update

[ratherastory]

Okay, everywhere in the universe is flooding, so I'm actually participating in two charity auctions. As soon as fandom_flood_ap updates, I will be offering up a podfic there, and I am ALSO offering up a fic at helpbrazil2011.

You can see all the details in my original post.

Same rules as usual apply. :)

Comments

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

Well done, kiddo.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

It doesn't feel like much, but I have to do something, you know?

[yasminke.livejournal.com]

I do understand. Your other option was to do nothing. This is far better.

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

I'm doing two for Australia -- fandom_flood_ap and qldfloodauction.

As a side note, I find it kind of hilarious there's so much flooding while I'm working my way through S5 (WOOT!)... as in I just watched HAMMER OF THE GODS and one of them (I think it was Sam) is all "Have you seen outside? The last time it rained this much, Noah was building a boat. It's the end of days..." and I'm looking out the window thinking "yeah. That pretty much sums up half the earth."

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

I sold my qldfloodauction one at $18 USD. Mostly because these two people were trying to outbid each other and then reached a mutual agreement. LOL!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Hee! Has bidding stopped there? Because the last time I did this there was a hilarious $1 bidding war for a while before bidding came to an end. :)

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

No, it goes until the 26th but there was this $1/$2 thing going on for a good two hours between two people before one of them said "I quit" and the other finished bidding for $18. But when the last person said $18, I was all *jeeze... this is why I hate auctions... Sold!* Not to mention I really really like the person who won the fic so I kind of just drew the line. LOL!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Hee!

They are kind of stressful, aren't they?

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

And it was getting close to the person's limit and I just felt kind of weird and nervous when it got close to $20 because I just don't think my fics are worth that much. And right now I'm having self-esteem issues in which I need constant validation and think I suck. Yes, I'm freakin' channeling Dean and his concept of self-worth. *groans*

It's HERE (http://community.livejournal.com/qldfloodauction/335.html?thread=265551#t265551).

But I'm still open for bid on fandom_flood_ap.

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

They are... and it just freaked me out. So the freak-out was why I was all "SOLD!" (and STFU MODS IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS!!!) LOL! But I also have two offers in two places so if someone tries to bid there, I'll just redirect them... :)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Wow, talk about issues, dude. :)

Remember, it's for charity! The more people bid, the better!

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

Yes... but I'm French Canadian. And when it comes to money, I have every single saver-to-the-point-of-stinginess gene you can imagine. Just... yeah. Not to mention I'm paying off my $15K-ish in loans... so I kind of forget.

Part of the "I suck" thing is because I can't find a job and no one wants to hire me and I just feel so worthless... so I crawl under my rock and channel Dean and write fics from his POV.

I call it "the perpetual night of I suck." It happens once in a while... and when it does, I become an eight year old child with self-esteem issues along the lines of Dean Winchester.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm French-Canadian too. If I can get over having people give money to charity for me, so can you! ;)

I just choose to have self-esteem issues outside of charity events.

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

LOL! That's fantastic! *smishes you for sharing same heritage*

I'm still working on getting over the money-to-charity thing... and for some reason my self-esteem issues are EVERYWHERE lately. The past 24 hours have been a whole lot of wibbling and feeling clingy and needing to be validated. I blame RL and the hellhole that was a job fair.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Aww! *smishes you back*

Don't worry, it happens to all of us.

My French tends to show up in the oddest places, actually... ;)

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

Same here... It's bizarre. Unfortunately my family lost a lot of its traditions and heritage over the generations (I'm something like a fifth-generation American depending which side you count), but it does crop up here and there. And it's just been weird lately. Like I see $18 for a fic and I'm all "that's ridiculous..."

[dante-s-hell.livejournal.com]

I'm glad there are charity auctions out there. There is so much that needs to be done. At least this way, people can contribute to the cause even if they can't do it monetarily.

You're awesome for doing these charities!