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Contest: You Feel Pretty, And Witty, And Bright

Submitted by on October 16, 2009 – 8:18 AM18 Comments

MV5BNTkyNjk5MjQwMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjIxNzQ2._V1._SX318_SY400_And you should!   You rule!   $67,656!

But juuuuust in case you would like to augment your cleverness and beauty with a little maquillage, your benevolent and chic fellow reader Jennifer W. has contributed two (2) $25 Sephora e-certificates: one will go to donors towards “I Like Big Books, And I Don’t Know Why,” and the other will go to donors towards any other project today. Just forward your receipts by 11:59 PM ET today, and you could win one — or both!

Not into makeup?   No problem: you can also win a copy of Zoolander.   Any project will do, and again, you could win twice today.

Next match at 75K; don’t make me put the baby in the tomato costume.

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18 Comments »

  • Terry says:

    But… I want to see the baby in the tomato costume.

  • charmaine says:

    quilts being made by students to be donated to Project Linus for sick kids in Raleigh hospitals $129 needed http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=297353&nocache=381413#meetthedonors

    I believe on the 14th we completed 23 projects, can me beat that today…there are almost 10 with under $100 and several more with under $200. And a Sephora GC!!! How fun is that!

  • Pegkitty says:

    Best project name EVER.

  • Rain says:

    I demand that you put the baby in the tomato costume!

  • Melina says:

    “I like big books, and I don’t know why” is possibly the awesomest project title EVER. That said, I would pay money to see a teeny tiny tomato.

  • Sarah D. Bunting says:

    I! Like! Big BOOKS and I cannot LIE! You other readers can’t de-NY!

    It’s been in my head all morning.

    Note: I’d put the baby in MY tomato outfit, for added hilarity.

  • Peach says:

    Oh, see, most of you got “Big Books” stuck in your head, but here I am singing “I Feel Pretty” and annoying not only my coworkers, but myself. Gah!!!

    …and I pitty any girl who isn’t me tonight! MAKE IT STOP!

  • Toni says:

    I have been unemployed since January, and am therefore utterly broke, but dammit, I got sucked in again. I’m a sucker for early 80’s rap.

  • Academic says:

    Hmmmmm, yes you might use the baby in a tomato outfit for another match moment. After all, still a long way to go to 210K for Tomatoes Betting Red…..

  • JeniMull says:

    I’m so excited to watch the funding add up for this project! I grew up in a similar area, so this project’s near & dear to me.

    Soooo close to singing:
    So readers (yeah!) / readers (yeah!) / Has your classroom got the books? (hell yeah!) !!

  • Vanessa says:

    If a person ever needs motivation to donate, go to the spreadsheet and sort by completed projects. The Thank You letters are amazing. Especially go to the “Baby It’s Cold Outside” Project. Mr. V’s response at the bottom is priceless.

  • Trip says:

    Y’all are lucky. I’ve been hearing the damn MASH-UP in my head all day. “A com-MITT-ee…should be ORRR-ganized to honor … BIG BUTTS and I cannot LIE!”

  • Elizabeth says:

    Put the baby in the tomato WITH THE CATS.

  • Talix says:

    The part that gets me is how quickly DC purchases and ships the materials to the schools! These people are not messing around.

  • Kristen B. says:

    I donated to this project because of 4 simple words: Baby. in. a. TOMATO.

    Also, I would like to second @Elizabeth’s suggestion for putting a baby *and* cats in the tomato. So much awesomeness.

  • Sarah D. Bunting says:

    (baby + cats) x tomato = too bloody to contemplate; not happening

    (Hobey is TERRIFIED of the baby. So weird.)

    baby + tomato = totally doable with the proper permissions; I will inquire

  • JeniMull says:

    $65 left for the Big Books! I am so excited, I am practically drooling.

  • Sarah D. Bunting says:

    Funded! Nice!

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