Heather is donating blood for the very first time next Saturday, and has asked for volunteers. I’m going to go with her, because she is very cute and I am always down for having fluids withdrawn from me. In her plea for an audience, she mentions various reasons why you might want to come with her and perhaps also donate your very own blood. It’s for a good cause – people who need blood, like vampires and .. sick people, I guess – but the blood takers apparently also tell you what your blood type is.
Hot damn! I have NO IDEA what my blood type is; I’m one of those hilarious people who write “RED” on forms when asked for a blood type. So not only will this entire thing be an exercise in Doing Good, it will also give me some important information about myself and can therefore be classified as an adventure and also lots of fun.
Yes, I have have a strange idea of fun.
And in a wild tangent that will only make sense if you happen to have memorized a number of lines from horror movies you used to watch religiously instead of making out with boys or girls as a teenager, I am sort of horrified that they remade Friday the 13th. Are we really so out of ideas that we have to mess with the classics? Come on, people. I know you’ve done J-Horror and K-Horror – isn’t there some sort of Bollywood horror you can ruin?
Come to think of it, a Bollywood horror movie would be fantastically hilarious.
I’m going to go over here now.
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Giving blood is awesome! My friend who is fighting cancer has had many, many blood transfusions since she hit stage 4. I am grateful for all the nice people who gave bood and allowed her to feel better and have more energy for her family and well being. Thanks for giving.
The one time I donated blood, I came dangerously close to losing consciousness – there were 4 nurses frantically attending to me which was pretty freaky, and they all looked really concerned. They then kept me under observation for an hour once they de-needled me and all I could do was eat cookies and drink juice until they let me go. I didn’t even give a whole bag :(
Hah! Ed sucks at blood!
.. it’s a good thing you aren’t sparkly.
hmm I’d be up for giving blood, I haven’t in a while, and I have type O- which is liquid gold to the blood people. Yep I usually get pretty lightheaded, mostly due to my glucose issues I think, helps to make sure you’ve eaten that day and I usually have preemptive juice or a glucose tablet
I give blood regularly and I will say the best part of the whole experience is going into the little room with the (usually elderly) nurse and getting asked the craziest questions. It takes all my super powers to resist being a smart ass.
Suffice it to say, that part will give you some great blog material.