Charissa Cotrill's Blog, page 213
October 7, 2011
vandesin:
"Will Zooey Deschanel find love in her new show?...
"Will Zooey Deschanel find love in her new show? She's so WEIRD and QUIRKY who would ever be attracted to that LOL. I'm sure Zooey is a real nice gal but I want Hollywood to stop telling me I will like this."
- Kate Beaton
wilwheaton:
kateoplis:
The estimated crowd for today's Occupy...
The estimated crowd for today's Occupy Portland was around 10,000. Portland police reported no arrests and said the protesters were "tremendously peaceful and very receptive of police presence." One of the officers said: "It's moving to see this large number of people expressing their views and our commitment is to do everything we can to keep them safe."
Good job, PDX!
October 6, 2011
ginamak:
ivydoor:
afunnyfeminist:
squeetothegee:
miss-educati...
I am the 99% but I don't begrudge the 1%.
LIBERTARIAN ALERT!
ASSHOLE ALERT!
(There, I fixed it for you!)
I can't even…
Someone who joined the miltary twice who thinks he never had to depend on the government and paid his way through graduate school because he "chose wisely." How cute. No, dipshit. I paid for your college. I pay for your healthcare.
I'm seeing a lot of words on that piece of paper, but all I'm reading is "I got mine. Fuck you guys."
What an asshole.
A lot of people mistake luck for their own cleverness, and a lot of people mistake those of us at the bottom of the economic rungs for lazy, prideless leeches. Quite the opposite; not everyone gets to win the lottery, and not everyone gets through life without serious setbacks such as medical issues and being able to get a usable degree. Not everyone can find that "perfect" high-paying job, either — SOMEONE has to clean the restrooms, SOMEONE has to teach the children, SOMEONE has to butcher the cows and collect the eggs and harvest the grains.
We can live without the fancy banks and hedge market racketeers. I wonder how long they'd be able to live without us.
superamit:
Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I'd...
Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I'd gone to see the day before because I'd been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn't sure why.
He was brief: "Amit, you've got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away."
I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he'd instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn't been caught, I'd have died within weeks.
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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.
A few ways to help:
If you're South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It's easy.
If you're in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point 'em to the links above. Thank you.
My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that's now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.
Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.
This is where we come in. We're going to destroy those odds.
How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.
Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you're a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It's not fun, but it's not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.
We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you're a match.
You can get a free test by mail, or, if you're in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.
We'll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you've ever been to either, you know they are always something special.
Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He's a superstar.
Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who's been tweeting and reblogging.
Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.
wearethe99percent:
Shopping locally is a great way to keep...
Shopping locally is a great way to keep money in the hands of the 99%, but make sure you use cash or good checks. Credit card companies charge stores 4% to take your plastic. 4% of your money going straight to some Delaware bank is 4% local companies can't use to hire, give raises, provide health benefits, and buy from local suppliers.
GOOD POINT. I'll start keeping that in mind.
areg:
Wernher von Braun by the F-1 engines of the Saturn V...
areg:
Wernher von Braun by the F-1 engines of the Saturn V first stage at the US Space and Rocket Center
So. Damn. Beautiful.
peppermintteaandhoney:
I do not know who this girl is, just...
I do not know who this girl is, just wow. Just wow, this actually brought me to tears.
I find this so incredibly powerful and strong, you are beautiful. I'd love to somehow find you if you had Tumblr!
This could be me. Way to encourage participation in democracy,...
This could be me. Way to encourage participation in democracy, representatives! Or was that the goal all along, to discourage anyone from even trying?
