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... to help my friend Veronica De La Cruz get her brother a heart transplant, but it has pretty much consumed my life outside of work.
Q uick primer: Eric is in a fight for his life at a hospital in LA. He is the victim of a health care nightmare that prevented him from getting the proper medical attention he needed. He is currently trying to recover from emergency surgery so he can be re-listed for a heart transplant. The only reason he needed that emergency surgery is because the doctors say they were two years too late in getting him treatment. Two years that Eric was stuck in bureacratic red tape that prevented a hospital from accepting his case due to a lack of payment options. Yes, Eric was considered ineligible for a life saving medical procedure because he couldn't pay.
Read about his plight at http://www.weloveeric.com and http://www.lifegiverproject.org and you can follow the original timeline of events of the last month at http://tweet4eric.com and see how we raised a million dollors for eric in less then 30 days thanks to the generosity of people like Trent Reznor and NIN, Jane's Addiciton, Tony Hawk, and thousands upon thousands of generous human beings across the world in a dozen countries.
Today, another great supporter and benefactory of the cause for #Eric posted a blog that literally brought me close to tears. I'm not ashamed to say that a few of them did escape.
On his blog, found here, visual artist David Hoang draws a picture of Veronica De La Cruz and her brother Eric De La Cruz as the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt” plays.
He says "I had trouble holding it back while making this drawing. At some point, my tears dropped on this drawing. " Check it out here:  And one more thing before I go. Be an organ donor. Commit here: http://www.donatelife.net/ Tags: #eric, david hoang, eric de la cruz. lifegiver project, nin, veronica de la cruz
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Ok, so in the last three months... My passenger side car window was smashed in (in front of a police 'outpost' no less) Stuck in an elevator at Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, FL Gout attack 3 canceled Delta flights Flew into Dulles and bags went to Reagan moving/staying/moving/staying Wash. DC madness stuck in an elevator at the Census Bureau and had to have the fire department come and get me out! and worst of all.... I MISSED OPENING NIGHT OF THE DARK KNIGHT! .... I musta done something to the karma gods. So... I'm driving for SafeRide this weekend. anyone interested in partnering up with me? Tags: karma
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[12:28] Parag Karkhanis: are you on the tech svcs call? [12:32] me: no [12:32] Parag Karkhanis: oh man [12:32] Parag Karkhanis: you just missed it [12:32] Parag Karkhanis: doug hern [12:32] dronsayro: what i miss? [12:32] Parag Karkhanis: specially mentioned you [12:32] me: ?!?? [12:32] Parag Karkhanis: as being singled out for having received "many accolades" from customers this month [12:33] dronsayro: cool [12:33] Parag Karkhanis: right on Current Mood:  loved
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I am a self-centered being, yet my sense of self is tied to you. I want you to love me, so I never show you the real me. I tell you I will be there for you forever, but make no effort to take care of myself so that I can be. I open myself up to you, only so I can distract you from what's really on my mind. What you really have to watch out for though are my promises. Because lately that is when you know I am lying. I don't keep my promises. I am all about how I can be there for others. My sense of worth is wrapped up in how I contribute to your lives. But at the end of the day, I am a liar. I am selfish. ________________________________________ _______________ ( It's been a while, so the rest may be a bit long winded... )Tags: attempted writing, holidays
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Went to bed at a little after midnight Tuesday/Wed morn Woke up at 4am. caught flight to Cincinnati caught flight to Philadelphia cleaned air filter and changed oil bought beer loaded up 3 loads of crap from parents house. drove 13 hours unloaded everything parked car stood up the world was spinning 26 hours awake... and busy. lots of red bull. AND I CAN'T FREAKIN SLEEP! I hate caffeine. Current Location: Home
Current Mood:  annoyed
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OK, This is for those of us who once "worked together, drank together, and slept together (you know who you are)" as ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) singingarrowman put it. A little update on my life. I am currently in Bloomingdale,IL for work even though I tell everyone I'm in Chicago.. .just because it's easier. I'm actively trying to get a job in Australia. I've been avoiding Atlanta so as to 'keep myself out of trouble' or getting into another set of 'slept together' friends ;-) If you want more then that, pick up the phone and call me. I for one have stopped posting so much simply because I don't have the time to keep up with everyone elses as often as I used too, I don't visit LJ as often (pro'ly because a lot of us stopped posting so much). I have kept up with my own personal offline journal though, mainly because when I find the time to write, i'm not online... At some point maybe I'll try and move some of that online. I'm lazy though, so ignore the above statement. ... oh and I spent the weekend in Long Beach/LA, so pics of my west coast peeps coming soon.
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Lemme explain... no, istoomuch, lemmee sum up: Supposed to leave friday Philadelphia snow storms United Cancells all flights rebooked on US Air US Air finally cancells all flights US Air loses my luggage US Air finds my luggage 4 hours later Saturday 1pm flight cancelled Saturday 6:52on flight on Standbye... yeah right Leave Sunday to Denver, then to LA, then off to Sydney 1 hour from Sydney, announcement "Syndey airport is closed, we are diverting to Melbourne' Sit on plane in Melbourne 2 hours Get off plane and sit in tiny little 'quarantine area' in Melbourne because we can't go through cusoms here Get on new plane. "The number 4 engine will not start, we have to go back to the gate" Get off plane Get on plane take off. Arrive in Sydney 4:30 pm (supposed to have been there at 7am) All in all, was supposed to be here Sunday at 8am. Got here two and a half days later then supposed too. Boy did I smell funky when I finally got here. Tags: air, hell, trip
Current Location: Sydney, Australia
Current Mood: exhausted
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OK, here are the pics from Spain! There are approximately 900 of them plus videos (which I'll post later) from 4 different cameras, so I've divided them into small edible chunks. Click the link below for a selection of photos of us just having fun, drinking, partying, and general carousing and debauchery. Includes some post midnight New Years partying. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=a13o6b3.5j9zwqjn&x=1&y=riaat5 Click the link below for an insight into spending New Years Eve with Benjamin's wonderful, warm and welcoming family! http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=a13o6b3.7i2kwzib&x=1&y=-osvevyJust hanging out in and around Spain, doing our thing... IOW The Sober Pictures... or more acurately, The Hungover Pictures: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=a13o6b3.apx1m403&x=1&y=-jw86o7Almost 600 photos of buildings, landscapes, and us doing the whole general tourist spiel. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=a13o6b3.7si8az8j&x=1&y=wqi3j6If you try to look at them all at once and in a row, I think you may go blind or develop narcolepsy... so enjoy! Danny Tags: benjamin, spain, vacation
Current Location: Madrid, Spain
Current Mood: tired
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