I put another $50 in my Kiva account and sent it off to a café owner in Armenia and an antiquities dealer in Bolivia. So, except for reloaning money when it comes back, my Kiva goal is met. Yay!

…i probably should have done this, oh, any other week ever. I’ve already spent a bit too much this week (hello, shiny new computer, shiny new external hard drive, and shiny pile of books…) and i’m wanting to start saving up for a folding bike so i can use public transit without being limited to the ridiculous only-twice-a-day route i actually live near. But as i’m going to be spending the Kiva-money eventually anyway… well, why not now. Karmacilly offset half a hard drive or something.

Ha – so much for reloaning my Kiva funds every time my account gets $25. It reached $50 without me noticing. Ah well.

Also the easiest time i ever had choosing loans – there were only two up when i logged in (probably because it’s 12:30 Sunday morning, and whoever normally adds new loans to the site isn’t up to replenish whatever gets fully funded.) Rather than wait for new loans to be added (and completely forget about them, again) i just funded both the remaining ones – both Iraqis who sell women’s clothing. I’ve looked for Iraqis to loan money to the last few times i was on Kiva anyway, so i’m happy with this.

Something which amuses me more than it should: The #1 lending team on Kiva is, as it has been every time i look, the atheist group. It’s currently lent out $1,498,925.00. The #2 team is a Christian group, at $886,325.00. Maybe i just spent too much time as a kid being told how awesome we Christians are for our generosity, but this makes me outright giddy.