8 of 12: JDRF Walk To Cure diabetes

Last Saturday, October 30, 2010 I helped out at the 2010 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes that was held at the Tempe Town Lake.  I got to help sell tickets for a raffle they were doing. It was a huge event, lots of people and companies, great turnout.

7 of 12: Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes

This past Saturday, September 25, 2010 I helped out at the Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes event. This was a two part event as there was a rally for the event on the Thursday of the previous week. In that rally some of the volunteers had the opportunity to meet, share their story/reason for volunteering, and go through the assigned responsibilities for the day of the event. I was assigned to the Food & Beverage tent.

On the day of the event, I arrived at around 6:30am, signed in, and headed to the Food & Beverage tent. Responsibilities for this included, pre-walk food and beverage set up, prepare food, set up cold drink area, keep supplies replenished, post-walk food and beverage set up, and cleaning the food area after the event.

And almost as quickly as it began it seemed to end. It was a fun event. Check out the Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes website for event dates,  volunteer opportunities, how to donate, etc.

6 of 12: Mission Sack Meals

This past month, mid-August or so, we had a volunteer event at work to prepare 400 sack lunch meals that were donated to the Phoenix Rescue Mission. I had but only a few minutes to help out, however in those 15-20 minutes, I helped put together maybe 70 or so sandwiches to be included in the sacks. Bonus was that I encouraged at least 2 people to go with me to help. It truly only takes a few minutes to make a difference.

Pizza Hut Dine-In

I grew up in small town in Texas where we had 2 dine in Pizza-Huts. They were always great. I even had one of my b-day parties at one of them as it had an arcade section in it. I think it was my 12th or 13th year b-day. Pizza and arcade games, what else could a young guy want at that age right.

Anyways, I am much older now of course and although prefer to support the local Pizza places, I still on occasion order from Pizza hut and the likes. I had not seen a dine-in Pizza hut in Phoenix in the longest time. So when I drove by this one, I made note to stop by in the next time the mood for Pizza would strike.  So visited this dine-in Pizza hut yesterday.

Although our waitress was nice, she wiped off our table from whoever ate before us with just a wet paper towel, rather than with something that would sanitize the table. The crumbs she wiped off went onto the carpet/floor and left them there. There were only 2 other parties at the time, yet the all the remaining booths hadn't been cleaned and the menus were sticky.

The restroom was a bit unkept, by this I mean there was urine left from whoever used it prior and a dirty toilet brush with no holder towards one corner. I did like the self shutting off faucets, they save on water, however I would prefer if both the faucets and soap dispenser were on sensors.

It is clear that this dine in is in need of repairs as the booth seats were deeply torn, almost like they had been slashed open.

On the bright bright side the pizza that we ordered was good, hopefully the kitchen does a better job cleaning.

If you want to know the location of the Pizza Hut that this speaks to, look over to my yelp review of this.

5 of 12: Supplies 4 Students

This past Friday, I got off work early so I could go help Communities in Schools Arizona sort and stuff backpacks. We did not get to the stuffing as the supplies got stuck in the freeway because there was an accident. So our volunteering time was reduced however, we did get a whole lot of sorting done.

4 of 12: PBS Pledges

Haven't done a PBS Pledge since 2008. Today, I'm going to be a telephone operator from 11:30am - 4:30pm AZ Time. It'll be my first time in their new studio at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus. Tune in and you may see me taking pledges. It should be fun.

Casual wear, business wear, what to wear...

Although I have enough clothes to go around, I tend to stick to the same tops and bottoms. I even have multiples of the same tops and bottoms so even if I am using different pieces they are essentially the same. Like superheroes who have the same repeated outfit to wear everyday.

So I started thinking the other day, maybe I should write down what I am wearing with the hopes of being more conscience of what I am wearing to change it up a bit now and then.

Also, I seem to be missing the "gay fashion gene" so I do not pay much attention to clothing labels and do not get the urge to buy the latest and greatest. This means the brand names will range from the Discount Stores to Department Stores to On-line stores to Outlets and so on...For now I'm sticking to the top and bottom. Maybe later I'll expand to shoes and what not. :) Also most days I have a wardrobe change from my day outfit which is usually work outfit to my afternoon/evening/after-work/home outfit. For now this will be for my day outfit. :)

2010/06/01 - Top: George Long Sleeve Shirt Bottom: Concepts by Claiborne Black Slacks

2010/06//02 - Top: Ten West Short Sleeve Shirt Bottom: Concepts by Claiborne Black Slacks

2010/06/03 - Top: Eighty Eight USA Short Sleeve Shirt Bottom: Concepts by Claiborne Black Slacks

2010/06/04 - Top: Champion Black Polo Shirt Bottom: WRG Blue Jeans

Hmmm...  see a pattern here... Should try to wear my other brands of slacks, Friday's are always casual... No work today so of course it was a jean day. Really if it were up to me it would always be a jean day... so...

2010/06/07 - Top: Cherokee Short Sleeve Shirt Bottom: Lee Dungarees Jeans