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About Me

Hi, I'm Frankie and I'm training for the the Florence marathong right now. Not a marathon. A marathong. I plan to wear a thong the whole 26.2 miles. Now, some of you may object to this on the grounds that an image has been put into your head that you very well could have done without. I apologize for that, and offer a business proposition. I won't wear a thong during my run if you help me with my fund raising. It's for a good cause, believe it or not... I'm training with the National AIDS Marathon, which raises funds for the AIDS foundation of Chicago. Any money you donate to sponsor me in my training will literally go toward keeping people alive and healthy. Not bad eh? To sponsor me, just go to www.aidsmarathon.com and click on "Sponsor a Runner", Chicago, then enter my name (Francisco Benavides) OR my participant number: 5120. This will take you to my personal AIDS Marathon website, which I update regularly with my training progress, pics, and anything else I can think of related to my training. Any amount will help and IS appreicated, whether it's 5 or 500 dollars! (Of course, the more the merrier, as they say...) Anyway, it's tax deductible if you care, and you can always contact me if you want to know about the program, other ways to donate besides over the internet, or where I shop for thongs. Thanks, and play safe everyone.

My Interests

improv comedy, sketch comedy, classical guitar, nature shows, cooking, Colombia, and more

I'd like to meet:

YOU!!!

Music:

Classical, Flamenco, Latin, Hip Hop, Old Country music, and other stuff I'm not thinking of right now...

Books:

the Hobbit, the Giving Tree, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Shakespeare's stuff, Ivanhoe, Self Help books (haha)

Heroes:

my family

My Blog

Poopy Head

By they way, I forgot to mention, a bird took a huge monster dump right on my head today.
Posted by Frankie on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:36:00 PST

Help me with my AIDS Marathon Fund Raising!!!

Hey everyone! I'm participating in the AIDS Marathon training program, which raises funds for the Chicago Aids Foundation. In order to participate, I've got to raise 3,900 dollars by August 17th! I've...
Posted by Frankie on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

I'm not cool.

I'm a dork. An OLD dork. Today I bought a tie rack and slippers, plus I pre-ordered myself a copy of the new Harry Potter book. All ever wanted to be when I was growing up was the ho...
Posted by Frankie on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:22:00 PST

Another Emergency Room Story

Well, I spent last night in the hospital. It all started about a month ago, when I noticed I'd occasionally get these odd pressure-like sensations in my chest. I'd only notice them for a f...
Posted by Frankie on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:02:00 PST

Anniversaries

I've had a couple of big anniversaries lately. On October 27th was the one year anniversary of when I gave my dad a kidney! It's been a smashing success, and my dad is doing great. H...
Posted by Frankie on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:16:00 PST

bronchitis

I spent all Thursday night in the emergency room. I had never had to go to the emergency room before. It's pretty sucky. Anyway, I have bronchitis, which is a possible reason I ...
Posted by Frankie on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:39:00 PST

Hiccups (and this is my first blog entry on here)

Whoah! wow. My blog. I am at work right now. I am lazy, you see. I've had the hiccups since about 9pm last night and I want to shoot myself. I keep wondering if it'...
Posted by Frankie on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:02:00 PST