madeupofstars:

This is my cat.

His name is Bart. He’s named after the Flash. He’s the smartest cat I’ve ever had; he knows how to play fetch and loves it (with hair ties!) He talks back when I tell him to get off things.  He was the runt of his litter, and I’ve had him since he could fit in a teacup, four and a half years ago. He’s always been curious, and I think it may be why he ended up eating something he shouldn’t.

Bart’s in the hospital as of today, because he hasn’t eaten anything in four days. I took him in Monday, and they gave him fluids and a shot of anti-nausea meds, but they admitted him tonight. Already, the bill’s approaching $1000 - and he’s likely to need surgery, which is going to add on another $2500 to the bill, and that’s not including the hospital stay. I’ve always tried to help out people when I can; if I have and someone else needs, it’s better to help and just tell them to pay it forward. I’d rather someone help someone else, than pay me back. But right now, I need help. First, and the most important thing: If you need some sort of graphic or webdesign work, I’m a professional web designer. I’ve been doing it in some form for nearly a decade. I do business cards, websites, email, logos, resumes, stationary, you name it. Please, if you have any work you need, I’ll do it. I’m desperate. I’m calling my student loan company in the morning and begging them to refund what I’ve paid them and put my loans in deferment so I can pay for this.

Second - I need help. If you don’t have work, but you do what I do (helping those in need, and either would like to be repaid OR want it just paid forward), I’m seriously asking. I’m terrified, and he’s still a baby to me - he’s only four and a half, and he’s so full of life and loves everybody. 

So, yeah. Please, please, consider either hiring me, or if you have it in your heart and money to spare, donating. My donation address is asoehnlen@gmail.com on either Amazon Payments or Paypal. I will either pay you back (if you want!) or pay it forward. I promise. If you are potentially looking to hire, message me and I’ll send you my portfolio website, and believe me, you’ll get a deal of a lifetime. (Edited to add: I’ve maxed out my Care Credit— the 516$ I had free as well as the 200$ from monday are now in my vet’s hands, and if I can get them to refund my student loan payment that’s another $503. I’m doing what I can and grasping at straws, but I just figured I’d ask. <3)

Thanks again,

Amanda

thedailywhat:

Snuggie Kid’s Guide To The VMAs of the Day: MTV asked Snuggie Kid for a preview of tonight’sVMAs, and he was more than happy to deliver. 

If the show producers have any sense at all, they’ll put him onstage. 

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Ahahaha.

Just Perfect.

thedailywhat:

Morning Fluff: Wakko + Skrillex — some things are just meant to be.

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newsflick:

Splendid, has to be the best tumblr on this. Follow Mo Farah Running Away From Things.

He looks terrified. He should be.

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Brother just left his job and is talking about visiting mom in Somalia. Must be something in the genes, all us Moham’s running to The Dark Continent after leaving out respective careers. If he does it soon, he’ll beat me by one year. Travel changes perspective, it’ll be good for him to see the world. He must take footage for me.

Sent scripts to an agency yesterday. Felt mild panic and fear after submitting them but also felt this calming prescence tell me, “don’t worry. This is it. They’re gonna love it.” The panic went away and I’m just in this moment of zen. For weeks, I’ve played the numbers game, how to pay bills, what to sacrifice but looking at my life as a whole, I realized that despite moments of adversity, it always works out really well for me. I dont know what lies in store for me but whatever happens with these scripts, my bills, etc. Its just good to be reminded, it always works out.

soobaxblog:

Here’s a fun but important fact: Did you know that the world’s first black military pilot in aviation history was from Somalia? Ahmet Ali Çelikten also known as Arap Ahmet Ali, born in 1883 – 1969 was one of only two known black combat pilots in World War I, the other being Eugene Jacques Bullard. Ahmet’s grandparents had moved from Somaliland to Basra, Iraq. Born by a Romani mother and Somali father, he decided to become a naval officer enrolling in Naval studies both in Somalia and in Germany. After receiving his “wings” in 1914-15, Ahmet achieved notoriety during World War 1, where in November 1916 he went into the record books! This is way before the “Tuskegee Airmen” who flew in World War II. How’s that for a fun but important fact! Read more. 

Amazing!

thedailywhat:

Letter Of Note of the Day: In 1939, William Patrick Hitler fled Nazi Germany to join relatives in the U.S. He attempted to enlist with the U.S. Armed Forces, but was rejected because of his uncle — Adolf Hitler.

Finally, in 1942, he penned an eloquent plea to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to let him join the Allied cause. Here’s an excerpt:

I am the nephew and only descendant of the ill-famed Chancellor and Leader of Germany who today so despotically seeks to enslave the free and Christian peoples of the globe. …

I am one of many, but I can render service to this great cause and I have a life to give that it may, with the help of all, triumph in the end. …

As to my integrity, Mr. President, I can only say that it is a matter of record and it compares somewhat to the foresighted spirit with which you, by every ingenuity known to statecraft, wrested from the American Congress those weapons which are today the Nation’s great defense in this crisis. I can also reflect that in a time of great complacency and ignorance I tried to do those things which as a Christian I knew to be right. As a fugitive from the Gestapo I warned France through the press that Hitler would invade her that year. The people of England I warned by the same means that the so-called “solution” of Munich was a myth that would bring terrible consequences. On my arrival in America I at once informed the press that Hitler would loose his Frankenstein on civilization that year. Although nobody paid any attention to what I said, I continued to lecture and write in America. Now the time for writing and talking has passed and I am mindful only of the great debt my mother and I owe to the United States. More than anything else I would like to see active combat as soon as possible and thereby be accepted by my friends and comrades as one of them in this great struggle for liberty.

The rest of the letter is equally stunning.

The letter, by the way, made it to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who eventually cleared Hitler for service. He joined the Navy in 1944 and was discharged after an injury in 1947. He died in 1987.

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You are more than your circumstances, you are the whole of your experiences and those before you…

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A moment of appreciation.