I’m going to add your eta here
ok dude i just saw you got tattooed for charity. i am A MILLION TIMES SORRY. please erase my douchey response from your mind!
I knew people were going to raise this with me, because none of youse guys are silly! Nick and I pledged $50 each to the event a few weeks ago (raising money for a little girl with autism) but we had money issues that caused us to be more cautious than usual and so Nick had to drop out of donating and getting a tattoo. He encouraged me to go ahead with it though!
I feel pretty ashamed that I couldn’t afford to go to the conference with my own money, I really don’t want to go into my financial details but while we eat well and have shelter and an internet connection the extra fun things are often out of our reach. Most of the time that’s ok, that’s cool. We don’t need to spend money on disposable things (even if I really REALLY want a DSLR camera!) We live a pretty modest existence by our own choosing, unfortunately, because freelance artists have to fight to get every invoice paid. When I was accepted as a speaker I was a little taken with the moment, I didn’t realise how much it’d cost to get down there. I was about to pull out (like I did with the YFF conference) but Nick put up a donation button and help started pouring in. I couldn’t believe it.
Thank you for donating towards getting me to the conference. I can’t tell you how humble and embarrassed I feel, but I also feel a lot of love from this community. I’m going to be sending out handwritten thank yous in the mail too.