Hi fellow duders and dudettes! I'm doing Extra Life this weekend after missing out on it entirely last year. My original goal of $400 was already hit, so I've raised it to $800. You can visit my page and help donate by clicking this very sentence.

Here's some of the things I plan to play:

Lastly, as an incentive to get y'all to donate more #forthekids... if you donate $25 or more, I'll draw colored, cartoon portrait of yourself from the waist up (or, if you aren't a fan of yourself, then it can be whoever/whatever you want, so long as it is tasteful and not something from a Cannibal Corpse music video or something that would make an elderly person blush). Here's what these portraits will probably look like:

Each drawing will be digitally inked and colored, square, 7 inches by 7 inches, and full sized at 600 DPI in case you want to print it out at home and frame it beside the living room couch. You can also use it on any of them social media sites, like MySpace and Friendster, or even as your professional LinkedIn photo to help with getting a new job. Just remember to thank me later. Speaking of later, please assume that these portraits for will take me some time to do.

Each cartoon portrait will be based on a photo you supply to me. Send the photo to pdabbamondi@gmail.com with the subject line "Extra Life Portrait" after you make a donation. I'll take it from there.

Thanks again for reading and any support you can throw my way! I realized I'll be competing with Mr. Gerstmann this weekend for your attention. Anyone else planning to stream too?