I thought I’d post this on Thursday just to keep it awkward.

This week I plan to begin a relentless email campaign to get sponsors for my blog, but before I write the canned email that I will cleverly tailor for each company, I’d like to thank my current sponsors, M&D, Inc.

You may be sponsored by them too. Well, maybe not by the same franchise, but I’m sure you’ve been in touch with corporate headquarters.

Last weekend, my sponsors took me on a weekend extravaganza. Included was a delicious Red Lobster lunch, a tank of gas, entrance to “Alice in Wonderland,” an oil change and a brand new laptop that had originally been purchased for corporate use but was beginning to collect a thin line of dust.

Additionally, I’d like to thank M&D, Inc. for not calling me out when I talk about roughing it in the same sentence as an $80 hair appointment or my plan to adopt a puppy.

Thank you M&D, Inc. for being my first blog sponsor*. While I have begun to joke that financially, I am both your 2nd and 3rd child, I am sure that some lucky company, perhaps one I have supported extensively through purchases and brand endorsement (Pabst Blue Ribbon, I’m talking to you), will soon pick up the tab and sponsor my happy, blogging ass.

Or maybe Conan O’Brien will pick me as his second person to follow on Twitter. Or Ellen will finally respond to one of my messages. Hello. Can anyone hear me?

*The title “first blog sponsor” does not include my venture capitalist, Big Brother, Inc. to whom I am in debt at least one, maybe five power wheels for his first born. Proper Internet thanks will be distributed to my first venture capitalist, who happens to be 10x funnier than me, in a future Wednesday Reflections post.

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