Friday, November 16, 2007
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Posted by: Amelia // Category: Big Money No Whammies, Cruel Games, Failed Attempts at Looking Reputable // 4:39 pm
Above is a quote from Woody Allen, a guy we like here at the Wren’s Nest.
Not because we know him or anything, but because he’s a funny guy and we like the funny. Plus, for word nerds like ourselves, he’s a pretty great guy to quote.
Lain, for example, spent a most of a fancypants luncheon on Tuesday using Woody’s work to explain his own. You see, Lain is an awfully bashful and modest fella when it comes to the work he’s done at the Wren’s Nest. So when people commend him, his standard line is one of Woody’s: “Eighty percent of success is showing up”. Good work, right?
Well, it was.
On Tuesday afternoon a woman nonchalantly came in, handed us a check for $37,000, and told us she needed to continue with her errands. It is important to note that this occurred while Lain was at the aforementioned luncheon.
(Lain’s face when he found out, approximately 2 hours after every single other person we knew.)
Lain, as you may guess, was a little upset he missed this momentous occasion. However, we could not ignore the irony of it all, nor deny how easy it makes making fun of Lain.
Sample dialogue:
Lain: Oh my god, I can’t believe I wasn’t there. I feel so bad.
Amelia: Yeah, remember how you were telling everyone 80% of success is just showing up? When you were somewhere else? And how funny that is?
Lain: Good lord, yes. …I want to cry.
Amelia: Hilarious!
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Well, who was the nice lady that gave the money and can she come by my place?
I’ll never tell, Ida Beth, and probably not.
Also, has anyone else seen the trailer for Woody Allen’s new movie? Not exactly what you’d expect. At all.
she definitely qualifies as your best friend for life
So Lain, can that money be used towards the matching gift challenge grant thingy?? If so, that be great.
Technically, no–for reasons not worth going into here.
Is that disappointing? Nope! There’s no question in my mind that we’ll be able to raise that match without it.