3298: This Ain't No Russian Novel, Baby
MLCS starts Sunday
So, now that it's fully-funded after only 11 days[!!], I am committed to throwing down money I pledged for Poorcraft. On one hand, I'm a little embarrassed, because it's very nearly Child's Play and ALS season again, and I've pledged more for a vanity spot in a comic book* than I've donated to more "worthy" causes =(
*albeit for reasons I support--and the irony of throwing lots of money at a book about saving isn't lost on me
What I have to justify it, though, is these big causes have LOTS of donors, netting significantly more than I can ever impact, and smaller donations from more people means a little more than a lot from one person because it's more people who are aware of the cause and can help spread awareness in the future, especially when said causes may never truly cease to be a cause [that cure for cancer is deviously elusive]. Contrarily, a tiny project like Poorcraft is quickly out the door and repaid in its own way, with its profits then going towards other charities, if the creators so desire.
In my senility, I'm a big proponent of finishing small things first, especially if it's hard gearing myself up for larger things. My specific problem is finding that elusive smaller thing that would lead into larger things... that isn't playing the next Nancy Drew installment or whatever =p Yes, Nano forces me to do work, but the rest of the year is so lazy by comparison that I just can't get focused. It's a bit defeatist, but, barring a similar such hiring an artist to draw my stuff,* pledging might be the easiest way to inject myself into something that could turn out to be pretty big =/
*do this? I'm still undecided... and perhaps not rich enough but also not conceited enough to think anyone would donate to me farming things out
--but my parents are predictably generous [card came in the mail today], so I can rest easier that making people slap my mug on their book wasn't TOTAL lol insanity on my part.
I still hate money.
Though anyone dependent on prospective sales can have mine if they make something I like.
So, now that it's fully-funded after only 11 days[!!], I am committed to throwing down money I pledged for Poorcraft. On one hand, I'm a little embarrassed, because it's very nearly Child's Play and ALS season again, and I've pledged more for a vanity spot in a comic book* than I've donated to more "worthy" causes =(
*albeit for reasons I support--and the irony of throwing lots of money at a book about saving isn't lost on me
What I have to justify it, though, is these big causes have LOTS of donors, netting significantly more than I can ever impact, and smaller donations from more people means a little more than a lot from one person because it's more people who are aware of the cause and can help spread awareness in the future, especially when said causes may never truly cease to be a cause [that cure for cancer is deviously elusive]. Contrarily, a tiny project like Poorcraft is quickly out the door and repaid in its own way, with its profits then going towards other charities, if the creators so desire.
In my senility, I'm a big proponent of finishing small things first, especially if it's hard gearing myself up for larger things. My specific problem is finding that elusive smaller thing that would lead into larger things... that isn't playing the next Nancy Drew installment or whatever =p Yes, Nano forces me to do work, but the rest of the year is so lazy by comparison that I just can't get focused. It's a bit defeatist, but, barring a similar such hiring an artist to draw my stuff,* pledging might be the easiest way to inject myself into something that could turn out to be pretty big =/
*do this? I'm still undecided... and perhaps not rich enough but also not conceited enough to think anyone would donate to me farming things out
--but my parents are predictably generous [card came in the mail today], so I can rest easier that making people slap my mug on their book wasn't TOTAL lol insanity on my part.
I still hate money.
Though anyone dependent on prospective sales can have mine if they make something I like.