Suspicious Quarter

Nothing like a little more Deadpool in your life. 

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ok. I made a long-form version of Jean Ralphio’s amazing tale of clubs, ladies, dancing, police, and more. 

We’re currently in the middle of a series about a young Iraqi refugee named Aya. As many of you know, Aya’s story does not yet have a happy ending. After years of hardship, her application for resettlement in the United States was rejected. She has just begun an appeal process. As we learn the rest of the story, if you feel inclined to lend your voice in support of her appeal, I have created a petition for that purpose. It’s not a petition, actually. We’re not asking that any action be taken. It’s an invitation. It’s an invitation for President Obama to join us in saying: ‘Aya is important to us. We do not believe she is a threat. And we think she deserves to be here.’ When I read the language of our invitation to Aya last night on Skype, she began sobbing. She has been carrying her story alone for years, and she had almost given up hope. And now someone cares. Aya is sleeping now. But when she wakes up tomorrow, I hope she sees just how many of us care.

Drawing from a live model is the best way to capture the essence of a subject, even for someone like me who practices Minimalism. Btw, I also dabble in Bad-first-impressionism, Missing-the-pointillism, It’s-just-an-expressionism, and Are-you-for-realism.

Gather round kids while I explain this manipulation tactic that men perpetually try to use and why it’s bullshit.

If someone is openly showing interest in you by making disparaging or disappointed comments about your age, they’re trying to put you on the defensive. This guy wants me to try to quell his discomfort, to bring up that I’m only a month shy of 20, etc. - he wants me to try to prove myself to him, that I’m mature and adult enough for a man like him.

His goal is to establish a power imbalance right off the bat. If we were to date, I would constantly be on the defensive, constantly striving to be an equal, constantly trying to prove my “adult” credentials. Anything he says or does or wants from this point on that I object to would just be seen as a strike against my age, proof that he was right and that I’m not mature enough for him. This is how SO MANY men pressure younger individuals (primarily women and girls) into situations and relationships they aren’t comfortable with. If he truly thought I was too young for him, he wouldn’t have messaged me. This is a very calculated move, and it’s fucking gross.

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The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. It is named after the video game Tetris.

People who play Tetris for a prolonged amount of time may then find themselves thinking about ways different shapes in the real world can fit together, such as the boxes on a supermarket shelf, the buildings on a street, or hallucinating pieces being generated and falling into place on an invisible layout. In this sense, the Tetris effect is a form of habit. They might also dream about falling tetrominos when drifting off to sleep or see images of falling tetrominos at the edges of their visual fields or when they close their eyes. In this sense, the Tetris effect is a form of hypnagogic imagery.

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What’s the expression? The friend of your friend is your friend too?

Well, I have a couple of awesome friends and their friend Matthew was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in August 2014, at the age of 24, immediately upon returning from his honeymoon.

Although doctors were optimistic initially, he hasn’t responded to any of the available treatments. His last hope is the CART-19 clinical trial at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute in New York. Here’s the catch though. The cost for the treatment and medical care needs to be provided upfront, which means that he needs to raise up to $800,000 dollars ASAP.

As a Canadian citizen and a firm believer in our healthcare system, this is unfathomable to me. The major cost is the hospitalization and treatment. The clinical trial uses genetically modified T-cells to attack cancer cells. This stuff is at the forefront of cancer therapy.

Please click the picture or click here to donate.

I have a lot of followers. If each person donates 25 cents, the fundraiser will be over. Please share.

Here’s my pledge:

If by February 10, the funds are collected, I will post something new every day for a year. 

Regardless of the result, I will also create a website to sell cards and prints of APHOT posts, the proceeds of which will go to causes you pick. I’ve had this project in mind for quite some time. Now’s a good time to start.

Thank you.

Now here’s a picture of Beyoncé, Marc Jacobs and Madonna, with Donatella Versace lurking in the background.