March is Fundrive month at CFUV 101.9 FM, campus radio station at the University of Victoria. From Democracy Now!, a social change chat show, to Aloha From Victoria, a fun tribute to Hawaiian music, CFUV broadcasts a range of volunteer-driven, community based programming and their annual Fundrive helps pay for the replacement, repair & acquisition of equipment. This year's target is $25,000 and after a two days of phone-in and web pledges they've crested $3,000. Why do I care? Because I like Hawaiian music. Why should you care? Because I like Hawaiian music. Donations can be as much or as little as you like but gifts of $25 or more get you a trip into the CFUV "Little Room of Big Prizes", with lots of CDs & other prizes available.
Best of all? Call in to pledge tomorrow at 250-721-8700 between 1 & 2, or Thursday, March 18 between 6 & 8pm and you'll get to speak to yours truly. That's right, you read my self-important ramblings on the internet, now you can listen to me droning in your ear.
Last spring was a difficult time to find work. My first year living in Victoria I'd earned my daily bread working for the provincial government but an ailing economy meant government work opportunities had shrank faster than a fifteen year old in ice water. Eventually my wife got sick of me staring out the window and making armpit noises so she suggested I take up volunteering again. We had both been volunteers while living here in 2007 and I had also volunteered while abroad in 2008, so I suppose it was the next logical step to take if no work was forthcoming. A few e-mails later I was accepted as door security for the “Island Open Championship”, which I incorrectly interpreted from the website as being a Mixed-Martial Arts competition. When I arrived, not entirely prepared to deal with pot-bellied failures hollering while steroid beasts tenderized one another, I was relieved to learn that the event was actually an all-ages Taekwon-Do competition. That meant the testosterone factor would be a fraction of what I’d expected and I would probably not be vomited upon.
