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10 Reasons why you should Sponsor me!

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This site is about me building a healthier me. It is about me raising enough money to be able to buy a house, get out of debt, and go through infertility treatment(If losing weight isn’t enough)…

According to doctors if I drop 200 lbs, then we have a 40% chance of having a baby el-naturale. That’s a 60% chance overall as we’re now at a 20%. It’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better, and it’s a good place to start infertility treatments at. Which is why I need to get there first. My wife, struggles everday with this. Ever since she was young our faith has pounded into her head how her ultimate goal and reason for being is to be a mother. Now that she can’t she’s devastated.

With both of us working we currently earn roughly $18/hour or $720/weekly or $2880 gross paycheck. Of which 1000 is taken out for deductions - taxes, and insurance. Leaving us with about $2080 a month.

We generally pay $65 a week for gas(car), which adds upto: $260, or leaves us with $1820.

We also have rent - which is $600 - leaving us 1220. Add to that our car payment - $300 and we’re at $920.

Now that $920 must be split up between all of our other bills: electric, gas(natural), phone, internet, Tv, medical expenses, new clothing, school loans, back bills, our mountain of debt, groceries, etc….

Now this is when things are going good - there have been a lot of times when for one reason or another one of us or both have been laid off work for a month or two even, and it takes forever to get caught back up.

On top of that we’ve gone through the process of ‘Fostering to Adopt’, just to find out after taking the classes and doing all the paperwork, etc… that we don’t even make enough right now, to do the program - talk about adding insult to injury. We can’t have our own kids, we can’t foster someone else’s and possibly adopt. We can’t go back to school because we can’t afford to. We’re pretty much stuck where we are.

What I want to do…. I want to go back to school, and become a Teacher. Namely secondary ed. I’d actually like to be a Latin Teacher if possible. Someday I’d like to do something bigger with teaching and start a Charter school… for poor families. I’d also like to run for public office someday down the road, but I figure I need control of my own life, health, and family before I can start down that path.

Now for the 10 Reasons why you should Sponsor me!

I’m cute, cuddly, and friendly and it will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing you made my day brighter(I know, sounds a little gay but might appeal to some reading this, especially if I felt out this sentence here..oh well).
ATTN: John Chow wannabes - Ahem…He is sponsoring me, so I think you should as well.
Exposure. John Chow was just the beginning I’ve got a radio station with 200,000 listeners working with me, and I might be going on a couple of different tv shows, — but that’s not yet solid. The point - this site is about to explode, even more than it already has, which means the faster you sponsor me, the more traffic you will get.
1 year + Free Advertising! Free until I am a success and can collect my money - it could take 2 years! Sponsors will receive FREE advertising rotated on this site for as long as it is up and running - You can submit a 125 X 125 banner, a text ad for inclusion on-site, and in our feed footer, Plus you’ll get a link in my ‘Sponsors’ section of my blogroll. Also there’s a good chance I’ll write a blog post about your sponsorship.
It might be tax deductible, I’m no accountant - but hey it might be, plus you’ll be helping not only me but the American Diabetes Foundation.
You will be able to feel all warm and fuzzy knowing you helped us start our family.
The Lord will certainly Bless you and Keep you. or at the very least you won’t be Smitten by God…consider it Fire - insurance. hehe…
Everybody else is doing it, or will be - instead of being pressured by your peers, why not be the first in on this and be their peer pressure, it’s always nice to be the first eh?
It’s the fad of today, and it would be a shame to not jump at the latest fad. Where would entrecard be without bloggers who jump at the latest fad…
Because I am right now…I know you can’t see me.. I will put up video footage eventually, but I am now on my knees begging … Perty Perty Perty please sponsor me? How about if I put a cherry on top - would that sweetend the deal? lol.

I’m sure I could go on and give you 20… but you might get highly annoyed and I think this is the best reason of all to Sponsor me - Because if you do - I’ll shut up about it! :smile: :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :razz: :mrgreen:

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SUComments likes me - really likes me....

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Ok, well the author over there likes me enough to include my blog / and feed in their best of RSS post.

Go on over and check it out - some other blogs featured include:

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6 to 20. My prison sentence? Nope! My elevator ratio.

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I was in the elevator today at work, because I have Bronchitis this week, so am having trouble taking the stairs because it lands me in a coughing fit, and I’d rather not cough right now, my throat is raw.

Back to the elevator - I was reading the weight limits, according to the sign in the elevator it says 3000 lbs or 20 people, and I’m thinking woah, wait a second. Which is it? Because 6 people my size equal 3000 lbs. In fact — the 20 people in the elevator would each have to weigh 150 lbs or less. So that’s how I came up with the 6:20 ratio. It’s pretty sad, but I’m happy that this will be the last year of that, I’d be happy with a 12:20 or better.

Now I’m thinking holy "insert profanity"(remember I’m an innocent Mormon boy).

Seriously - Americans are fat and getting fatter. I highly doubt the average American weighs 150 lbs. Maybe 200. Which brings the weight limit down to 2000.

Luckily, most people at work take the stairs and I’ve never seen more than 2-3 people in the elevator at any one time, but it sure does make you think…what if?

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6 to 20. My prison sentence? Nope! My elevator ratio.

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I was in the elevator today at work, because I have Bronchitis this week, so am having trouble taking the stairs because it lands me in a coughing fit, and I’d rather not cough right now, my throat is raw.

Back to the elevator - I was reading the weight limits, according to the sign in the elevator it says 3000 lbs or 20 people, and I’m thinking woah, wait a second. Which is it? Because 6 people my size equal 3000 lbs. In fact — the 20 people in the elevator would each have to weigh 150 lbs or less. So that’s how I came up with the 6:20 ratio. It’s pretty sad, but I’m happy that this will be the last year of that, I’d be happy with a 12:20 or better.

Now I’m thinking holy "insert profanity"(remember I’m an innocent Mormon boy).

Seriously - Americans are fat and getting fatter. I highly doubt the average American weighs 150 lbs. Maybe 200. Which brings the weight limit down to 2000.

Luckily, most people at work take the stairs and I’ve never seen more than 2-3 people in the elevator at any one time, but it sure does make you think…what if?

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tat coldworking metal fatigue ...huh? you say? An seo experiment...

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Huh!? is what I said when I first heard of the keyword phrase “tat coldworking metal fatigue”.

How did I come up with this keyword?

I was using WebCeo’s cool Keyword tools, and did a search for weight loss related keywords, I further clicked on fat and chose ‘get suggestions’, and it found that the keyword: tat coldworking metal fatigue is actually an awesome keyword to use - here is why.

First, there are 6,065 daily world searches for “tat coldworking metal fatigue”.

Second, there are roughly only 483 competitors, which means those sites could each share 12 visitors per day, or 4,380 per year, but of course we know that the top 5-10 sites get 90% of the clicks.

Thirdly the KEI(I’m new to this but that means how valuable it is…) is like 76,157,816.

I did a search myself for Tat coldworking metal fatigue and the quality of sites listed was hardly good at all - I couldn’t even really find out what the term meant from the search, except that metal fatigue, relates to metal wearing down, and “fatiguing” coldworking I’m assuming is something you do to metal(I’m not a metal worker, sue me… ) and Tat? well, I have no Idea - but still it was definitely an interesting find, and who knows, after this blog post my site might be ranked #1 for Tat coldworking metal fatigue, and for those who are really interested in that keyword phrase –

Why not take this opportunity to read over my site and sponsor my weight loss experiment and watch me lose weight and earn money for myself and the American Diabetes Foundation.

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It's scary sometimes...to realize how fragile this life is.

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I have issues where I get dizzy, it happens frequently when I’ve been sitting for awhile and begin to stretch. I get light headed, and at times I feel if I continue stretching that I might just pass out.

Sometimes it happens when I get up too fast. But what’s scary, is when it first happened a few years back, I thought it was something serious, and even though I’ve been told its nothing super serious, it is poor circulation which isn’t a great thing, but it’s not going to kill me today, (most likely, you never know what else is going on…)

Each time it happens, it truly freaks me out, I think what happens if I do pass out, will I wake back up? What would my family do? It makes me think of the fragileness of life, I am by no means afraid to die, I believe I’ve done what I need to, to at least go to a ‘good place’, per my beliefs, but I want to live a long, full life, and I have a lot more to learn, and many more experiences to experience.

I’m excited about the proposition of finally being able to go back to all the amusement parks I went to when I was young, and being able to fit in the rides again. To just be able to drive a car and feel ’safe’ (be able to fasten the seat belt. Most of all I long to be able to buy clothes - cheap clothes, and many of them from Walmart, Target, etc… Big and tall prices are outrageous.

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Sponsor me and Sponsor the American Diabetes Foundation - Per JohnChow.com

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Either as a suggestion or criticism of my plight, Mike Panic, suggested I’d be better off raising money for a Charity like the American Diabetes Foundation.

You can read about that in the comments of John Chow’s endorsement / sponsorship of my Weight Loss plan.

I responded that it was a good idea, and that I would now be giving 25% of my sponsorship money to the American Diabetes Foundation.

I know a number of people with Diabetes, my wife’s best friend is one, and I know that IF I keep living the same way I’ve been living then I have an 80% chance or better of becoming Diabetic myself.

I have a big thing against needles, shots, and pricking parts of my body. In other words: a low pain tolerance. As I mentioned this on John Chow, in a comment, this is my Official post to make everyone aware of this, and perhaps give you a better reason to sponsor me.

Recap: 25% of ALL sponsorships, including advertisers of this site will go to the American Diabetes Foundation.

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Thanks for the shoutout from MoriTherapy.com

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Isabella Mori, over at MoriTherapy, gave my project a good write up today. Her blog is about change, and she herself is a Psychotherapist, from Vancouver.

Read what she had to say here: “3 interactive health projects: weight loss, women’s health and body image“

I’ve also been somewhat interested in Psychology for a long time, and lately especially I’ve been interested in the Emotional Freedom Technique(EFT), which might not be traditional form of psychotherapy, but I’ve seen it work some amazing results. I was sold though, because it uses Acupressure, which I’m a fan / practitioner of as a Massage Therapist.

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What is this blog about?

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This blog is about: Patrick Curl’s struggle against weight all his life. This is his one chance to make it all change.

(Written in the 3rd person…) If you are reading this on myspace, xanga, facebook, etc - please go to my blog @ http://www.patrickcurl.com

How he is going to lose: Sponsors like John Chow, will pay him an ‘amount’ per pound that he loses, or when he reaches special goals. In the case of John Chow, Patrick will earn $1/pound for the first 100 pounds, $2/pound for the second 100 pounds, and $3 per pound for the third 100 pounds. Also just people paying attention to, and offering words of encouragement can help. At the basic level, it’s about both creating motivation, but also building a support network, of friends who want him to succeed.

How you can help: Link it. Link to Patrick, and you will be helping him. Sponsor him and he will give you free advertising in return.

About Patrick: He loves music, especially Linkin’ Park and Evanescence. He’s a big Heroes fan, also likes the Office, My Name is Earl. He loves just about all movies, but Lord of the Rings will never be topped.

He is Mormon/LDS, but not voting for Mitt Romney, he is more of a Kucinich fan, followed by Edwards, but since they’re both out, Obama will have to do - there’s no way he would ever vote for Hillary.

He is married to a beautiful wife, and they have been trying to have a baby for 2 years, but that hasn’t happened as they’d like it, they are currently getting licensed for foster care, and going to adopt via fostering. They are still hoping for their Miracle baby - the doctor seems to believe highly that losing 200 lbs may solve their fertility issues.

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BETA TEST: NOW HIRING! My other webfront Properties.... BlogContestSite.com, Theresabloginmysoup.com, Aboutbodywork.com, etc...

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In my efforts over the past year or so, I have acquired a number of web properties, my biggest and best is probably BlogContestSite.com, a contest site that due to time constrictions, is only kept up-to-date every now and again, which is actually quite a bummer, because it could be really big. I’d like to turn Theresabloginmysoup.com into something like Triond only with a better payout - I’d be willing to payout 80%, I just need to figure out the programming/design.

So I am looking for help - currently I’ve made approximately $35 off all my sites in the past year. Not a whole lot - and of course Adsense won’t even pay you till you reach $100. I’m looking for people to help me build daily active content on these sites - your job should you take it - is Create an account and post original online contests. Articles on marketing and blog promotion are also welcome. As are 1 post introducing yourself, and 1 post as a review of your own blog(you can review EACH blog that you own, but they better be decent blogs, and not made for adsense via wordpress blogs).

I am going to be sharing my monthly revenue like so: For each article you post you will gain 1 point or share, for each comment you post you will gain .25 shares.

Each check that I receive, I will be taking 35% for myself & site up-keep, and put 65% into a pool, your points will expire and be reset every 3 months, to make way for new bloggers, however you could go a whole month without blogging and still make money.

This ensures everyone who writes something will get paid. The minimum payout is only $10. I will announce each payment I receive. This makes it easier to track across multiple affiliate programs including linkshare, cj, adsense, and widgetbux.

Let me know if you’d like to be a member - Please note this is a BETA test of the program, so I am only going to allow 5-10 people to start. I’m

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also looking for a programmer who would like a 50% share of the "admin’s" cut. Please Let me know by commenting on this post. Or email me: yourstruly AT patrickcurl DOT com.

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