I donated blood today, and I got a free T-shirt. And a nasty bruise D: It's weird. The first time I donated it was a piece of cake; I didn't even feel the needle after it was in. Second time, the nurse, who was really young, took forever to find my vein and had to poke around in my arm (can you say, OWWWW!?!), but after that it was mostly painless ( Read more... )