Friends With Benefits

02/07/2012

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The benefit this Sunday is shaping up to be an awesome party. We got a donation of excellent wine, there will be wonderful food, and my friend Terry will be serving up vodka martinis in the "speakeasy" we're setting up behind the fireplace. There were so many silent auction donations we had to start saying no more, and we're going to have a raffle for some of the more amusing items.

The response has been more than I could have hoped for- after the article in the San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F02%2F02%2FBU0U1MUBK4.DTL&)came out last Thursday, I have been receiving donations every single day. Not only the money, but also the words of encouragement have been very touching. If you are one of the many who sent money, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I'm keeping this short because the floor in the green bedroom still isn't done, and that's where we're putting the Silent Auction stuff, so I gotta keep sanding! Of course there's always time for linoleum:
 


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Brian
02/10/2012 14:51

I've really enjoyed reading your books! I hope you can resume writing again sometime soon. See you Sunday!

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Janie
02/12/2012 00:44

I actually bought several of your books and now regret having done so. Kudos to you lady for the most staggering sense of self entitlement I've ever seen. How many Oakland residents (without powerful friends at the Trib willing to shill for them) would like to be able live in ten times the house they can actually afford? Liar loans and house flipping didn't work out? You should be ashamed.

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Brian
02/13/2012 15:59

Janie,

in some ways I agree with you but the issue is a little more subtle here. For one thing, before the housing crash that led to the bad economy that was in large part caused by the banks, Jane actually did have enough enough income to support the house. Because of where it is in Oakland, the purchase price was a surprisingly good deal. Few people expected that things would go so far south so quickly. Secondly I am sure most people in a similar situation would try to do whatever they can to keep their houses, modest or not. Jane is luckier than most for A) having a house that people would actually pay to see, and B) having a lot of friends and readers that are willing to help. She is just using the resources she has been able to cultivate over the years. It would be foolish not to.

Jane doesn't deserve to own the house any more than the countless other people in similar situations... but after seeing it, I can't fault her for doing anything she can to keep it.

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