I just wanted to thank everyone who donated. I'll be on a plane to France this time tomorrow. I'd also like to send out an honorable mention to those who got incredibly nasty in this thread, as I'm sure it likely encouraged some people who might have been on the fence otherwise to go ahead and donate.
At any rate, my donations link drew in a bit over $300 which, while being only a very small portion of the entire cost of the trip, is still a great deal of money that I don't deserve, but have nonetheless simply because I have a lot of great friends. Many of those friends are on this message board, so, thanks again! I really doubted that my request for donations would pull in more than $30 or $50. It obviously far exceeded my expectations which is really exciting. It covered my Metro/bus passes for Paris and Nice, as well as the cost of my flights between those cities. That's pretty damned cool.
So, again, thanks. Y'all are bloody great!