Black Friday

Wouldn’t it be great if “Black Friday” was about raising melanoma awareness rather than about searching for bargain prices on stuff we don’t really need? Or what if one of the big retailers like Walmart agreed to donate .1% of today’s sales revenues to melanoma research? Personally, I’d rather have another round of biochemo than go anywhere near my local Walmart or the like on this Black Friday. But knowing that I’m (in a lot of ways) out there on the fruitcake fringe of American society, perhaps there’s a way we at the Hotel Melanoma can co-opt this annual day of shopping frenzy for the benefit of our cause?

I’ll leave you with a new version of “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas and The Papas…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3GbF9Bx6E


All my moles are brown
(All my moles are brown)
And my skin is gray.
(And my skin is gray).
I refuse to shop
(I refuse to shop)
On this Black Friday.
(On this Black Friday).

I'll be safe and warm
(I'll be safe and warm)
Since I’m not in this craze
(Since I’m not in this craze)
Melanoma dreamin'
(Melanoma dreamin') on such a Black Friday.

Stopped in to big box I passed along the way.
Well I got down on my knees
(got down on my knees)
And I began to pray.
(I began to pray).
You know we’d love to share in sales.
(love to share in sales).
’Til then I’ll stay away.
(yes I'’ll stay away).
Melanoma dreamin'
(Melanoma dreamin') on one more Black Friday.

All my moles are brown
(All my moles are brown)
And my skin is gray.
(And my skin is gray).
I ain’t goin’ to shop
(I ain’t goin’ to shop)
On this Black Friday.
(On this Black Friday).

If we do some pleadin’
(If we do some pleadin’)
This could be our day.
(This could be our day.)
Melanoma dreamin' (Melanoma dreamin') on one more Black Friday,
Melanoma dreamin' on one more Black Friday,
Melanoma dreamin' on one more Black Friday.