{"id":2697,"date":"2009-01-28T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2009-01-28T20:41:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T20:41:23","slug":"popping_my_cher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/popping_my_cher\/","title":{"rendered":"popping my cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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i know i tweeted<\/a> about this earlier today, but i don’t think y’all took me seriously.
\non Saturday, February 7th, i want to go lose my blood donation virginity and i want ALL of my geographically-compatible friends and acquaintances to do it with me.
\ni also know that this will take more wrangling than a Project Runway premiere\/sushi-making party, but this… this is all for the greater good.
\nplus, there is all the juice and cookies you can stand to consume! and a pin! and knowing you’re saving up to THREE LIVES! and, if you don’t already know it, your blood type (so you can finally fill in that “blood type” box found, oddly, on lots of Japanese paper products marketed to teens).
\nand, you can hold my hand because, frankly, i’m scared to death.
\nnot of the needle (thank goodness i’m finally over that teenage phobia). or the blood (c’mon, i have a uterus). what i’m really afraid of is passing out in front of all those strangers. i’m fairly certain, intellectually, that won’t happen; but, my own issues with public humiliation are still great enough to insist on my nervous system quivering at the mere thought. will you be my security blanket?
\ntoday, i got the skinny on how the whole blood donation thing goes by a lovely lady from Canadian Blood Services<\/a>. it’s all very thorough and medical with lots of questions about where you’ve been and who you’ve slept with, but it’s also entirely confidential and safe.
\ni’ve been wanting to give blood for years and years, but my ignorance of the procedure combined with that nagging fear mentioned above kept me away. i feel like it’s my duty to carry on the family practice of being a prolific blood donor. my dad donated regularly for decades (until he got cancer (he’s fine now, thanks!) and they took him off the list).
\nso, my awesome grand plan is for us all to gather in North Vancouver for a nice big brunch (they want you to be well fed & hydrated), then head over to St. Andrew’s United Church and get our blood drawn together! afterwards, who knows? the sky’s the limit!
\nwho’s with me? who wants to save some lives?! if you’re reading this and can get to North Van without aid of a plane ticket or passport, i really hope you will consider joining me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

i know i tweeted about this earlier today, but i don’t think y’all took me seriously. on Saturday, February 7th, i want to go lose my blood donation virginity and i want ALL of my geographically-compatible friends and acquaintances to do it with me. i also know that this will take more wrangling than a …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}