Blogging for charity!

As I'm sure most of you know, because you belong to the same comms as I do, Studio 60 fans both here and at other message boards and fora have generously donated in excess of $3,200 to Tipitina's Foundation, which is working to restore and preserve the musical heritage of New Orleans.

As a way to continue our fundraising efforts, hooloovoo_42 has signed up for this year's 24 hour blogathon, which is taking place on 28/29 July. She - assisted by myself and teresadivicenzo - will be blogging once every half-hour over at 24hrs_of_sorkin about (mostly) Sorkin-related matters, and everyone's invited to come and play!



Clicking on the banner (designed by the obscenely talented coloneljack) will take you to the blogathon pledge page, where you can pledge a few quid or dollars - you don't have to pay anything now, but at the end of the 'thon', you'll be told how to send your money to Tipitina's. (see note below.)

So come over and join the community 24hrs_of_sorkin. You'll be able to comment even if you're not a member, but joining will mean you can keep up with all the posts. You don't have to pledge to join in either, but it would be nice if you can.

hooloovoo_42's got a list of things planned - there'll be picspams, discussions, competitions and even, yes, PRIZES! Because that's how we do it in England, baby! :)

So click on the banner to make your pledge, and then come over and join us on 28/29 July.

Please feel free to pimp this on your own LJs and tell all your friends - the more the merrier! More fun, and hopefully, more money for Tipitina's.

See you there!

ETA: from hooloovoo_42. It seems that you have to log in to the blogathon site in order to sponsor people. This is so that the nice Blogathon organisers can send you emails so you know it's all legit and I'm not running off with all your dosh. Once you sign up, there is a list of all the people who are taking part. You can sort this alphabetically by blog or by charity and search for either 24hrs_of_sorkin or Tipitina's Foundation. But the easiest way to do it should be to sign in, then go back and click on the link above again, which should take you direct to my pledge page. Sorry it's such a faff. I really don't remember it being like this when I sponsored people last year.

Random Stuff...

In the absence of anything much to watch on the telly (the few shows I've been watching have all finished for the summer and Studio 60 doesn't start here for a couple of weeks), I've found myself turning to the radio a bit more...

The Now Show really should be required listening for anyone with a sense of humour and a brain - last week's item featuring Chewbacca singing Nessun Dorma made me laugh so much it hurt. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is still hilarious and I'm really enjoying the afternoon series on The Making of Music, which I usually manage to catch on the drive home from school. That's followed by an hour of music over on Radio 3 by the composers featured in the programme. Makes me realise how little I listen to these days and how much I miss it. *goes to dig out some CDs*

Oh - and I know that many of you aren't reading any Studio 60 fic (and with good reason - most of it's crap) - but here's a good one - Jumping out of Windows by imperviousness. I beta'ed it, but I'm not biased :)