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2008 Donors Choose Blogger Challenge

How would you like to make a difference in the life of a public school students?

For the second year in a row, Six Apart is participating in the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge. The challenge runs all throughout the month of October, and we'd love for you to participate along with us. Just as we did last year, Six Apart is sponsoring the award for the bloggers who reach the most kids.

How It Works

The Blogger Challenge is a friendly contest amongst bloggers to raise money for low-income public schools. Here's how it works: teachers from all over the country post items for which they would like funding, such as writing supplies for a journalism class, equipment for a science lab, or music instruments for a band class. Bloggers choose their favorite projects and link to their challenge page in a post or via a giving widget on their blog. The bloggers who raise the most money or reach the most kids will win an award.

Here's how you can participate:

• Go to the Donors Choose Blogger Challenge page and find a blogger's giving list you'd like to support.

or

• Set up your own challenge and let your readers know in a blog post or by installing the widget (it just takes a few clicks).

No matter which way you choose to participate, you should feel incredibly proud of yourself for helping to bring resources to students in struggling classrooms.

Donors Choose will announce the results in early November, and we'll reveal the winners of the Six Apart award for bloggers who reached the most students shortly thereafter.

Are you going to accept the Blogger Challenge? Tell us about it (and link to it) in the comments!

I have just discovered, to my extreme horror, that the door to my room doesn't lock. Well the lock locks, but it doesn't lock onto anything so all anybody has to do is push the damn door to open it.

I don't ask for much in a room. Just a window, some bars on it, and a door that locks. Good thing I'm checking out tomorrow.

To be fair, this place is pretty safe. I subscribe to the theory that there is safety in crowds. And on top of being a hostel, this place is a massage parlor, travel agency, driving school, and (unless my eyes deceive me) an OBGYN (!) all in one. There are people coming in and out all the time and everybody's scared to open any closed door for fear of what they'll see on the other side. Or is that just me?

My purified water fast went to crap today. My hung over little sister ordered a giant pizza and coke. I ate two slices and drank the coke. And now I feel just really disgusting. So I'm re-starting this 3 day purified water fast. Starting now.

My little sister's birthday is Oct. 3, and that's why I always remember the day of the OJ Simpson verdict. How weird is it that he was convicted of his latest crimes again on Oct. 3? What a troubled, troubled man.

I am feeling a little sad and disappointed about my time here. I think everybody tried their best, but things just kept going to shit. And when I think about saying goodbye to my sisters and my father and leaving for the other side of the world, it feels like my heart is getting pulled out of my chest. I wish we could all just get along together all the time, because sometimes we do.

But I guess life goes on. There is more time and more opportunities to make things better. In the meantime I have to at least do SOMETHING, instead of sitting here in this weird limbo state.

Since coming here (LA) three months ago, I've lived in the slums of Beverly Hills (technically right outside of Beverly Hills), then I stayed in Korea Town, then I spent a few nights in the VALLEY (Studio City), went near the Miracle Mile, and now I'm back in Korea Town. I got a pretty good crash course in Los Angeles geography. The buses and trains aren't that bad here. They're cheap and pretty easy to use. The only problem is you can't really expect to get anywhere fast. But that's alright.

When I lived here as a teenager, I was in the San Gabriel Valley area. Everyone was Taiwanese or Chinese American, and it felt like we were miles from anything. That's probably because we were. So I appreciate the education. Also, I really was living in outer space the whole time, so I would actually say this was the first time I really lived here.

Here's me in the pricey (for me) hotel I stayed in for two nights. What a Jewish and Japanese looking face I have.
And here's me in the cheap Korea Town hostel room I just moved into. I like it! Sorry, pictures are for neighborhood only