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A little about ONE, DATA, EDUN, and RED...from an interview with Bono

coppied from http://www.one.org

Few Words From Bono
Posted by Virginia
12:00 PM Oct 13, 2006

As Product (RED) launches in America, opening a new front in the war against AIDS, a few words from Bono:

"Sometimes when I'm walking down the street a passer by will say "love your work on Africa Bono, great cause." Sometimes, they wish they hadn't. As I'm Irish, I love to talk to strangers. I love to talk about Africa. It can be hard to get away. . . Each time it makes me think we need to do much more to get the message across that this is not a 'cause,' this pandemic that we and so many others are working on. 5,500 Africans dying a day of AIDS, a preventable, treatable disease is not a cause. 5,500 Africans dying each day is an emergency.

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I had the whole weekend off! I got some writing done (4 articles for associatedcontent.com). I watched some movies with friends (Fun with Dick and Jane, which was an awesome movie...and the newest Harry Potter movie, which I got bored with). Lastnight I watched Sopranos with one of my other friends. It was a good episode.

This Friday I have an interview with a Counseling center. If I get the position, it will be my first job in psychology. woot! :) I'm also looking forward to having the same schedule each week...this rotating schedule gets confusing.

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