I Am Kind of Unique!

At this time of penning this blog the following statistics were taken from the population clock (ABS Population Clock).

 On 26 June 2013 at 04:24:27 PM (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:

23,096,105

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 31 December 2012 and assumes growth since then of:

• one birth every 1 minute and 43 seconds,
• one death every 3 minutes and 34 seconds
• a net gain of one international migration every 2 minutes and 15 seconds, leading to
• an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 20 seconds

Now, I heard on the radio yesterday that about 17,000 people will take part in Dry July (up from 15,000 in 2012).  Honestly I was amazed as I thought it would be a lot more.  It works out that the percentage of Australians taking part in Dry July is:

0.07360548456114137 % 

NOW I know I need to account for babies, children, religious beliefs, tee totallers and other parts of the Australian population that don’t drink but fair to say I was blown away at how few people participate.

So my question is, actually my statement is, I am unique!  As are the other 16,999 people who participate.

I know it gets tiring and expensive donating to every cause.  Believe me, I’ve given my fair share of death stares to bucket toting koala bears who wander the streets of the Sydney CBD (don’t you just want to kick them in the shins?) and I have listened patiently to the spiel of the “charity” collectors who ring my front door bell.  To be clear, I am not talking about The Red Cross, Salvation Army etc, you KNOW the ones I mean.

I promise I will not go on and on about Dry July, but sometimes it’s worth bringing these things to people’s attention.  You don’t know what you don’t know – and this piece of trivia (I worked out while driving to work on Tuesday after hearing an ad on the radio) proved interesting to me (obviously, I blogged about it).

I may not raise a lot, but I will be able to say I helped, in some small way, to those who need a little bit of help.  And in doing so I will help my own liver and well being along the way.

Thanks for reading.

At the time of posting this blog the population stats are:

On 26 June 2013 at 04:42:27 PM (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:

23,096,118

You've got to admit my picture to illustrate unique is kind of cool and kind of apt.

Seal - One Memorable Outburst...

You know, I used to be a Seal fan.  Sure he had one memorable hit and one mediocre hit, but I liked him. 

He split with Heidi, and back before my epiphony that he was a nutter, I thought "if they didn't last, no one can".  Then he ranted.  And ranted some more.  Some not very nice things about her and I grew to realise not all was as it seemed.

Then I saw him on The Voice.  Night after night after night..  And he wore thin.  His pompous, smarmy attitude and condescending ways made me cringe, to the point I turned off The Voice, never to turn it on again. 

And now he is ranting over Joel and the infamous 5 grams of weed (for the record, I couldn't care less about the weed..) and saying he wants to go home and we are all - well you can read it for yourself.

Seal's Twitter Rant

Can I book your ticket home Seal?  I'm sure there's a few of us who would even pitch in to pay for it. 

For the record he apologised, apparently 11 weeks away from his family is taking its toll.  You'd think with the money these people are paid they'd suck it up.  Apparently not.

Seal's Apology After Twitter Rant

The Dry July Diary.. Entry 1

So I've decided to use my blog as a Dry July Diary for the next few months...  Kinda like a Bridget Jones kinda diary me thinks...

Here we go - entry one:

So, the word is out there that we are doing Dry July (Sarah, Taryn, Deb + Allégra = Abstinence in Oatley)... Other people seem to be more concerned about us going a month without alcohol than we are.. It's weird, people actually look at you like you've just said you were abducted by aliens last night when you tell them about it.. It's made us realise how many people seem to enjoy a tipple or two regularly.. And yes, we fall into that category, but on the same token we are not freaking out about participating..  Let's see how we all feel closer to July 1st shall we!

Our local RSL (Oatley, of course!) has indicated they are keen to get behind us (Oatley RSL) which we think is fabulous (they will be losing some revenue through out July, but know they are getting behind a good cause!)!  Looking forward to some mocktails made by the fab bar staff when we frequent there is July.. 

Finally, the donations have started rolling in the door, okay, two people have so far, but two is better than none!  And it is only early days yet. 

Till next time - thanks for reading!

Dry July - Abstinence in Oatley

Dry July - Abstinence in Oatley

Some of our best (and to be fair, most hair brained) ideas and schemes have been lovingly concocted over a glass (or two..) of vino or bubbly..  Maybe even a beer on a warm day..  However; this is our best idea by far (yes, you guessed it, decided over a glass of vino).  In July, for 31 days, we will abstain from alcohol to support a great cause – cancer.  And this is where you all come in.. 

To those of you who know how stressful days can be made that little more tolerable with a tipple or two, to those of you who enjoy a drink socially on a Friday night, and to those of you who know or have known someone affected by cancer, we ask you support us as we embark on “Dry July”.  The four of us will become your designated drivers, the angel sitting on our shoulder encouraging you to have that glass of water in-between beverages (okay, we promise not to be annoying) but most of all, the four of us want to make a sizeable donation to the “Dry July” campaign; we want to make a difference, a contribution.  So, if you have a spare few $’s we’d really appreciate you digging deep.  We will keep you updated of our progress. 

There are some of you out there who think we can’t do this (and that is a fair statement, given how the four of us love our social gatherings and dinners out).  To all of you I say we can. 

SOOOOOOOOOOO........  Dig deep everyone and follow the link below to donate..   You will see the individual team members (four of us, obviously!) - click on one OR all (if you are feeling generous!) and you will be walked through how to make a donation..

Our aim is $2,000 between the four of us - that's only $500 each, and we are sure we can surpass that!

Dry July - Abstinence in Oatley