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Rock Out With Your Socks Out – Part 1

Laurie Dawson — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:02:02 +0000

Remember that movie with Frankie Avalon and original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello? Beach Party? Frankie got to surf (and was known as) the Big Kahuna. Whether my memory is making a mess out of the 1963 flick or not, I seem to remember the surfers were always on the look out for a huge wave; certain that this wave would be the one to make them a local legend and get their girlfriends’ wandering eyes…

How long have you ever gone hungry?

Laurie Dawson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:31:47 +0000

I have not gone without food for longer than six hours in my entire life. Most would argue that means I have never gone hungry. And they’d be right.

My multiple six-hour stints without food include trying to do the 30 hour famine two years in a row in high school, attempting spiritual fasts, health cleanses and a sympathetic hunger strike. At about hour 6, my urge to eat outweighs any principle I’m striving…

Baking our way up one percentage point at a time

Laurie Dawson — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:12:48 +0000

In a surprise turn of fund-raising events, bake sales have been out-cashing bowling parties, community dance troop shenanigans and letters to potential corporate sponsors.

Our latest bake sale at 2025 West Broadway sold out! We raised $188.44 that day. Bumping us up to $5594 for The Arthritis Society so far!

So we’re coming back. With even more goodies. June 23rd at 2025 West Broadway, 8:30am-2pm. Sinful treats alongside ones that’ll make your colon…

Terry Fox and Eva Markvoort

Laurie Dawson — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:31:24 +0000

What Terry Fox did for Cancer research, for a nation of Canadians, for every single person ever staring down the dark, deep hole of despair is indescribable.

With one leg he ran the equivalent of a marathon every single day of the week for 143 days straight.

Because of Cancer, Terry’s country-wide marathon was stopped outside of Thunder Bay. But even though Terry had to stop running, his hope ran on. And man did it…

Meat Legs

Laurie Dawson — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:38:48 +0000

Draw by Night is forking over all the sketches and drawings, masterpieces and doodles made on May 12th to us!

Well, not exactly to us, but Jordan and I will be the safe-keepers of them until our next *big* Arthritis Society Fundraiser – Rock Out With Your Socks Out!

At this event we will divide all art sales between The Arthritis Society and

Vegan cupcakes really can take over the world

Laurie Dawson — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:11:14 +0000

I was thrilled Jordan and I could join Compassion for Animal’s worldwide project: The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale as a part of our Arthritis Society fundraising.

Now, I’m not going to lie, ok, I’ll lie a little, I didn’t think I’d be able to bake anything that could even remotely be considered delicious without eggs or butter or Betty Crocker. And even if some talented vegan bakers could, I…

Cupcakes, cookies, brownies-oh my!

Laurie Dawson — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:18:32 +0000

Three cheers for Sejuiced! Hip-hip-sejuiced! Hip-hip-sejuiced! This veggie-delicious restaurant is letting us set up shop for our next Arthritis Society fundraiser tomorrow.

And between now and then I have a lot of vegan baking to do.

We’ve hitched our little wagon to the tractor that is The 2nd annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. As a part of this worldwide 2-week event, we’re whisking up…

I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

Laurie Dawson — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:59:35 +0000

Yeah yeah oh-yeaaaaahhh.

Jordan and I are crossing our score cards in hopes that you will put on a housecoat or a tie and join us for some 5-pin fun.

Our next Arthritis Society fundraiser….(Kenny Rogers singing ohhh yeahhhh)…. The “Chuck the Stapler and Pick Up a Ball” fundraiser.

What the heck does that mean you ask?

1) We came up with the title really late at night, in a burst of creative hilarity…

Forget rock n roll our fundraiser was all about cake!

Laurie Dawson — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:01:24 +0000

First off: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Zulu Records (making us legit by helping us sell tickets); Pacific Cinematheque, (the people working & volunteering there are gods and saints); Videomatica (giving us a way cool prize pack and a much needed high-five); Jordan’s mom’s (baking supplies trip or should I say mission?) and the friends who iced cupcakes late into a Friday night, with no…

twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go, I wanna be sedated

Laurie Dawson — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:48:21 +0000

b-b-b-bam-bam b-b-b-bam-bam, I wanna be more organized.

Not sure the Ramones would have rolled a cigarette or took a shot of whiskey to that last one, but I think if I was more organized I wouldn’t want to be sedated.

I’ve got that 200-cigarettes feeling for our Arthritis Society fundraiser tomorrow. I feel like Martha Plimpton’s Monica- making cupcakes, sending out thinly veiled beseeching emails and texts to close…