…that Sex, Wine and Chocolate was a huge success!!
Apparently the emcee took her top off, but Rusty and I had already left by that point.
I loved watching people throw money on stage for the burlesque troupe and the pole dancers. Heh. And it all helped us reach out goal, which meant everyone got the free panties we worked so hard to iron for y’all.
We’ll be doing it again next year!
That’s what you’ll be able to say when the night is done!
We’ll need all kinds of volunteers for this event! From set-up starting at 5pm to clean-up at 11:30pm and everything in between. It doesn’t matter if you love people or would rather work behind the scenes, there’s something for every one.
We’ll need volunteers for 2 hour shifts and you’ll receive free admission (that means more money for prize drawing tickets!) and we will give you all the information you’ll need.
Volunteer Shifts for SWC (Thursday, October 18):
If you’re interested, contact Mia at miamingus@gmail.com and we will get you hooked up with a job in no time!
Can’t make it to SWC? Join us for an early Volunteer Night from 3-7pm, Wednesday, October 17.
We will be stuffing goodie bags, assembling programs and more for Sex, Wine and Chocolate the next night. RSVP for food and drinks–walk-ins welcome, too.
Contact Mia at miamingus@gmail.com or 404-532-0022 to RSVP!
Here is a sampling of some of the prizes you can win at Sex, Wine and Chocolate:
(Fellow ATL bloggers… please re-post!)
October is always my favorite month. I can’t put my finger on exactly why (I swear it’s not just because my birthday is at the end of it), but the weather plays a huge part. October weather in Georgia is just perfect to me. The air gets a certain autumny smell that makes me feel refreshed and generally optimistic.
A lot of shit has gone down over the past month and a half, and a lot of it has been (and currently remains) un-bloggable. It’s certainly not going away with the advent of October, but things are feeling so much better overall. We’re in our new apartment in Decatur, which feels way more like home than the old place ever did, even with furniture positioned haphazardly and boxes still stacked everywhere. Our plan is to stay here for a year, and then buy a place. This is going to be a good year.
And October is going to be a good month! It’ll be a busy month, but busy with good, fun, life-affirming stuff.
Upcoming awesomeness for October:
Somewhere in there I’ve gotta find time to do mundane things like renew my driver’s license and upgrade the blog to WordPress 2.3, but that hardly warrants placement on the List of Awesomeness. Oh, and Jenny… are you still coming to visit? :)
Jenny observed today that it seems like I haven’t been blogging as much, and asked if something was going on. The short answer is, yes, something is going on. (That makes it sound like somebody’s in the hospital, or in jail, or breaking up, or something like that - none of those are the case.) Even though my bloggin’ fingers are itching to write about all of it, I know the prudent* thing to do is to wait.
However, I will say that we’re moving back to Decatur tomorrow. We’ll be living camp-out style for about a week, and then some actual movers are coming on the 22nd to bring over all the furniture and heavy boxes. We’re supposed to have internet access as of Monday; keep your fingers crossed that Comcast doesn’t screw it up.
So, yes, blogging has been and will be light. I’ve also been busy with Sex, Wine and Chocolate planning, Sex 2.0 planning, getting back at Platinum Stages for sucking, and my actual 9-to-5 job. But I kind of hate “blogging will be light” posts and “OMG I’m so busy” posts, so I’ll leave it at that.
In the meantime, there’s a new episode of Mostly ITP. Also, Ren breaks down solutions for dealing with prostitution that actually make sense. To me this seems like common sense and it boggles my mind (and irritates the hell out of me) when people don’t get it. Here’s part of what I said over there:
I didn’t mean the issue was simple as in, “Oh, just flip a switch, and that’s that.” I meant it should be a pretty basic concept that, hello, regardless of one’s job, they should be treated as a human being. And, too, that even if one has a longterm goal of abolishing something, or creating some sweeping revolution, or completely overthrowing the power structure, or whatever… well, the reality is, that goal may be admirable, but it’s not going to happen tomorrow, and grandiose plans are not going to do any good to the people who are affected TODAY.
* I can’t use that word without thinking of Dana Carvey’s impressions of George Bush on SNL in the early 90s.
If you don’t have plans for Oct. 18, be sure to mark your calendar and come to the Georgians for Choice/Generation Five Sex, Wine and Chocolate fundraiser. Hell, if you do have plans, cancel them and come to this instead, because it’s likely to be a lot more fun than whatever you’ve got scheduled.
There will be burlesque performances, spoken word, a drag show, Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, all manner of tasty desserts, a chocolate fountain, plenty of booze, awesome prizes such as a trip to St. Croix, and, of course, more.
I’m really excited about this because too often, it seems like nonprofit activist type gatherings are so somber and boring - which always struck me as a terrible way to raise money for a cause. Instead, why not have a big party that says, “This is the good stuff our organization is working for in the world!”
So come to Decatur on Oct. 18 and get yourself some sex, wine, and chocolate - or at least one of the three.
(Major props to Mel for creating the bad-ass logo. It makes me salivate.)
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