Charity of the Week: National Eating Disorders Association →
The charity of this week, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), is, as you probably can already tell, is all about helping people overcome eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. If you know someone who suffers from one of the two, a family member, a friend, yourself— or even if you don’t, feel free, absolutely free, to donate to the cause. I know how it feels to have a friend with anorexia. A friend of mine struggled with it for a year. I would never want someone to go along with life feeling the same way.
http://www.givesmehope.com/view/Random+acts+of+kindness/9111556
A Little thing to kick off what I’ll be doing for a pretty long time— posting a GMH or LGMH or whatever that goes along with the QOTD schedule (I think I’m getting the hang of this). I thought it was sweet and went along amazingly with today’s quote. So I posted it.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
ALL RIGHT. You caught me. I got lazy.
Blah. I haven’t posted anything. Like… in forever. So I think it’s about time I stop being lazy. Hold me to it. Lord knows I won’t.
Seeing as it’s Tuesday, beginning of Thanksgiving break, I’ll try spend some free time here. Try and get this blog all pretty like it used to be.
GAH. I need followers. So, what i’m gonna let you guys do is tell everyone you know that I’m SUPERFREAKINGCOOL and I deserve it. Mmkay?
Love,
August.
TW for self-harm.
I usually don’t do this kind of thing, but this is getting to a point where it’s ridiculous and I could really use your help.
Hey. My name is Dave, I’m an FTM transgender, and ever since I was about ten I’ve had problems with self-injury. The problem with it is that it just does not go away without support. Some things can help, like romance and stories and therapists, but it’s something that you really need people behind you, often a lot of people, to help you with it.
And it’s gone to show that after several years of this, that I don’t have very many people to back me up. My mom had cancer a few years ago; she feels like I rejected her by “turning trans”. My dad is just confused. Hardly any of my friends know about this.
So this is what I’m going to do, to see if it works. For every note this gets, I will go one (1) day without doing this to myself. I’m not doing it for the notes or the followers gained; I’m doing it for myself, and for my family, who I value above all. Thanks.
Little story to brighten your day #1:
- My dad and I went to Kanrocksas, this huge two-day music festival in Kansas. As the final band (Muse) finished and everyone in the stadium started to leave, I was listening to people around me.
- Guy in front of my dad and I: I just don't get it. All of this concert and nobody taught me how to dougie.
