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Most of you are aware now that Bird – also known as @thulimo – is having a major surgery on October 12th, to remove an 11 inch tumor and possibly an entire hysterectomy. It’s scary, mostly because we don’t know yet if it’s cancerous or not, and the oncologist is gong to have to take the tumor to pathology during the surgery to find out.

Because of the ongoing uphill battle with our insurance, the only place that would accept our plan was in a different city, so the medical bills and expenses are piling up fast.

As a result. I have set up a GoFundMe.

This is to help with the expenses and bills from the surgery as well as knock out some of the older bills that are still hanging over our heads. Every time I think we have it paid down, a new bill arrives for bloodwork or tests or another appointment copay. The GoFundMe will probably not cover the cost of the surgery, with our deductible, but it is a start.

Bird deserves a chance to get better without having to live in a constant and perpetual state of stress because of money. She’s going to be out of work for a week before surgery and six weeks after. I’m going to be taking off a few days to be there for her surgery, and for a few days after to make sure she’s got everything she needs to recover. An 11 inch tumor is nothing to sneeze at; it’s attached itself to her uterus and her bowel. This is a major surgery, and the recovery process is going to be rough. There is also waiting to hear if it’s cancerous or not, and dealing with that answer when it comes.

So yes, I am asking for help. I don’t like asking for help. I know we all need help in one way or another, and like Bird, I prefer to be the one helping. But here I am, begging you to help me take care of my wife. She deserves a chance to get better, to feel better, to recover from this and go back to being the beautiful, bouncy, lively Bird we all know and love. This entire ordeal is taking a serious toll on her. She’s going to need 24 hour constant care during the weeks after her surgery, and every single cent helps me to provide that care for her.

If you want options other than GoFundMe, I have a ko-fi, and we have a shared Paypal that you can contribute to, if you’re not crazy about GoFundMe.

I’m also offering tarot readings from my Marigold Tarot deck (with pictures!) if you donate $10 or more. I’m open for fic commissions as well, $1 per 100 words.

Look, everything helps. If you can kick in $1, that helps, and I am immensely grateful that you’ve bothered to even read this far. If you can’t help, consider reblogging this. You can read more about Bird on the GoFundMe page, and maybe consider sharing it on twitter if you have one (or FB, I won’t judge).

JASON TODD for @thegodkiller​

FROM THE EDITOR:

JACKCOWBOYHERO’S SEIZE THE DAY GIVEAWAY!!!!

To celebrate

four years on tumblr

my last day at the print shop

the people who came in and asked if these were “the same kind of presses used in the movie Newsies”

OUR MAN DENTON’S LOVE OF THE PLATEN PRESS,

I’m giving away FOUR Seize the Day signs made with hand-set type on an AUTHENTIC 1879 PLATEN PRESS!

The signs are printed on light grey 8-1/2″ x 11″ cardstock, and each one was made exactly like you see in the video above!  (Actually, they were made a little more gracefully, because it’s hard to operate a press with one hand while filming with the other.)

RULES:

To enter, REBLOG this post!  (Limit of one entry per blog.)

You don’t have to be following me to enter–although if you want to join us we’d love to have you along!  @jackcowboyhero is a movie!Newsies storytelling/art/ask blog that picked up in October 1901 and moves in real time–we’re currently set in 1905.

Winners will be chosen on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th.

Favorite Show Aesthetics →  Welcome to Night Vale  (podcast)

Happy Friday 💫💪✨

(This in no way conflicts with him being Latino, it’s very possible he could be both and I personally adore that headcanon)

his last name is biologically either Kelly or Sullivan, both of which are very popular West Irish surnames

Jack’s grandparents almost certainly emigrated in the late 40s because of the Great Famine; he’s third-generation

they probably initially lived in Five Points and his grandad could’ve been a member of the Dead Rabbits gang (i really hope he’s related to Hell Cat Maggie)

the Irish don’t have a lot of respect for rules because of the whole colonization thing, so that’s where Jack gets it from

Not Jack specifically but… fancy footwork on barrels/tables (like in KONY?) Yeah, that’s an Irish thing

he’d have really confused vague memories of Gaeilge, mostly just prayers and phrases and the occasional endearment

he definitely lived in an Irish heavy community as a kid though, so he’s got a lock on greetings and insults

His dad took him to church every Sunday, but also lit candles at Bealtaine and hung cloth on the fire escape at St. Brigid’s Eve. Jack’s got memories of scrambling along the East river finding grasses to twist into brideogs and crosses. 

they lived with his grandparents, but they died when he was really young

Mo Proinsín 

Seoithín seó as a hazy memory from his Nana

He actually is not? a fan of potatoes? (there was a huge change over to wheat products in the years after the famine). He’ll eat them because *food* but he was raised to prefer bread

He calls Kath “mo chuisle” when he gets drunk and just nestles into the crook of her neck like a weirdo

he doesnt join in the St. Patrick’s day parades. Race likes them though, anything for free beer right? Even if he’s only half Irish.

Mush chucks bits of apple at Jack’s head when he forgets séimhiú when pronouncing things

the first time he met Spot, he heard the last name “Conlon” and was like “ah yes a Meath kid” and cheerfully tried out “dia dhuit”. Spot just cracked his knuckles menacingly.

he hasn’t spoken Gaeilge to the man since (which is good bc Spot doesn’t know a word and thought Jack was insulting him)