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Thursday, July 23, 2009

i'm going to paris for my birthday!
on account of the kindness of friends.

i've been waffling about it for months. i decided to go, and then my bank (not unreasonably) capped my home equity line of credit at, essentially, what i owe them now. the house's market value, like everybody else's, has dropped precipitously. it makes perfectly good sense.

but that was my cushion, my permission to do something not entirely fiscally sound. so then i wasn't going to go. and then my inner children (not to mention the inner pirate crew) sulked for weeks.

every single person i mentioned it to said "no, but of course you have to go, a way will be found." and then a couple of them said "i'd chip in. it's a worthwhile cause." and then i thought, "huh. i have a hundred facebook friends. if each of them gave me $20, i could totally do it." not that i expected each of them to do that, mind you. but it was possible that it would average out.

best housemate evar[tm] sat me down and said: "let's just assume that the money can be found. i think this is important."

with the help of friends (hey, dani! hey, philip!), i made a fundraising page.

and look: because of the extravagant kindness of some, i'm a quarter of the way to my goal. here's the eiffelometer for today:

posted by Jean Sirius # 7/23/2009 12:55:00 PM

Comments:

In one of your Facebook status updates, you said you'd pick an arrondissement each morning and take the Métro there. It keeps me happy remembering the day that I decided to get to all of the extant barrier pavilions, by Métro of course. I love that late 18th century-early 19th century classicism. I do so hope that your trip is magnificent but realize it will just have to be. And happy birthday too.

# posted by

Sherman Clarke : September 2, 2009 9:54 AM

oooh! that sounds like fun! how can i find them? (google's failing me on "barrier pavilions paris.")

i am so excited! thank you for getting the ball rolling.

# posted by

Jean Sirius : September 2, 2009 10:17 AM

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