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Saturday, April 22, 2006
An Idea Is Born
In May of 2005, Claire was sleeping in a hotel in Beijing. That night, she had put on the t-shirt of a recently departed ex to sleep in. It was soft, and probably special to him, and she liked sleeping in it. Or so she thought.

In the middle of the night, she woke up sweating, and was confused because although Beijing is hot in May, it is not hot when your room air conditioner is set at 61 degrees.

She began to think about what was making her hot, and determined it was the shirt, as that and the bedsheet were the only two viable options. But then she started thinking more deeply, and realized that it was more than the thin cotton fabric of the white and red Math Masters t-shirt that was stiffling her. Indeed, it was the concept of wearing something of her ex´s.

She then threw the t-shirt on the floor, found a cooler tank top with no negative associations, and then went back to sleep. In the morning, the project had begun.

On May 24, 2005, Claire gave away this white and red Math Masters t-shirt to a man with a messed up leg begging outside a museum of something or other in Beijing (not Peking), China.

The HateToHelp karma project had begun.
 
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