We’re now past all of the easy entries, all of the entries I could just knock off without much in the way of effort. From here on out, I have to come up with things, I have to stay awake enough to write them coherently, and I must at least attempt to keep the entries interesting enough not to be a complete waste of electrons.

Well, two out of three will do nicely, wouldn’t you agree?

I’m down to three episodes of Serial Experiments Lain. Huzzah. Dawn wants me to churn through Digicharat when I’m able. Who knows, maybe I’ll be too burned out on anime by then. Then again, what else will I do with my remaining eight hours?

Two thirds of the way through my twenty-four hours. Excellent. Now for the fun part.

So what do I do, instead of finding breakfast or showering or loading bunny pictures? I get into the Blogathon IRC chat and hang out.

There’ll be plenty of time for that other stuff, right?

Okay, okay. I’m firing up the other computer now so I can hook up the camera. Sorry. There’ll be bunny pics next time, and more will be taken during the day. It’s amazing how quickly half an hour can pass you by, isn’t it?

So last night, realizing I didn’t want to roust the kids at 6am to help take bunny pictures, I snapped a couple of pics while Erica was doing her “tending the bunnies” evening routine.

Ah, how easy it is to crank out an entry. All I had to do was plan ahead, fire up another computer, offload the camera, resize the images, upload to my Gallery…

Oh, heck. This is going to be work? What the hell was I thinking?…

Okay, sorry about that last one. It was a case of Very Bad Timing. Here’s hoping the rest of the day is upbeat and enjoyable for everybody!

Oh, and I’m going to see about making the page load faster by removing some of the extraneous stuff. You know, stuff that loads off of other servers, that sort of thing. Wish me luck, eh?

So I checked my email after we got back from our trip to the coast (details and pictures to follow at some point this evening) to find that a handful of nifty people had seen fit to push my Blogathon sponsorship tally well past the $150 mark.

You know what that means, don’t you?

Cute, cuddly bunny pictures.

Proof of cuteness will appear bright and early… bright-eyed and bushy-tailed… tomorrow morning as I kick off my Blogathon run.

Thank you Sarah, Dave, and the inseparable team that is Lilith & Geoffrey! The total stands at $173… easily $100 more than I expected to generate.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention Mari! Ack! I’m so sorry! How can I make it up to you? How, I ask!

See that “sponsor me” link up there? Have you done as it asks yet? No? Well then.

Remember, starting 6am Pacific time this Saturday morning I’ll be posting at least once every half hour for a solid twenty-four hours. That’s a minimum of forty-nine journal entries. However will I fill the time, you ask?

I can think of one cute way to fill at least some of those entries. But I won’t do it for nothing. As things stand, I’ve garnered $118 in pledged donations to the World Wildlife Fund. I’m surprised and delighted at the giving nature of folks like Jenn, Wendi, Marty, Erin, and a handful of groovy folks from work who wished to remain anonymous.

This has gone better than I expected, but I’d like to break $150 before we start on Saturday, and towards that end I offer…

Cute, cuddly bunny rabbits.

You read that correctly: Cute, cuddly bunny rabbits.

The bunny we adopted recently turned out to be a Mama Bunny, so we have a passel of baby bunnies that are just cute as all get-out. I have a digital camera. I will take pictures of those bunnies for all you animal lovers out there, and post them here.

But not until there’s more than $150 in sponsorships. That’s right, I’m holding the bunny pictures hostage. It’s up to you now, Oh Generous Readership. Do the right thing. Do it for the World Wildlife Fund. Do it for me. Above all, do it for the bunnies.

Because every baby bunny should have 15 minutes of fame, don’t you think?
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