[20 Dec 2009|03:58am] ___patchwork [ music | I Gotta Move - Ben Kweller ] It's official. I am finally making an honest attempt at leaving Flint. Leaving Flint isn't the issue at hand here, because we all know that I love and care about this city, it's more about actually doing something for the first time in my semi-adult life. Tonight I began my application for City Year. It's a year of full-time service working with kids by mentoring, tutoring and planning after school programs. The benefits are perfect, and so is the job description. After looking through all of the cities and seeing what exactly they're all about I decided to apply for New York. Even though I wanted to go to Chicago the New York program appeals much more to me. It focuses more on literacy and creativity. I'm really, really eager to finish up the application and wait and see what happens. I really hope that this is finally the right decision, and I really hope that I get accepted. If I don't, I move along. There are many more programs like this that I could get involved it. And as we all know my hometown needs help as well. But, keep your fingers crossed or prayers a flowin' or just send some good thoughts my way, whatever it is that you all do. And hopefully in August I'll be on my way to New York City :) 4 think that's hot..

Holiday Secrets [20 Dec 2009|12:01am] postsecret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-secrets.html PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. -----Email Message----- In ev'ry job that must be done There is an element of fun you find the fun and snap! The job's a game -Mary Poppins -----Email Message----- In China, it is custom to wait until the gift-giver leaves before opening the gift -- then there's no put-on about how much you love it etc. See More Secrets. Follow PostSecret on Twitter. Order Your Copy Today Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Booksense Borders Brookline Booksmith Independent Booksellers Politics and Prose Powells Rainy Day Books Tattered Cover Book Store Watermark Books Close The December PostSecret/HopeLine fundraiser has raised $8,250, $10,995 $12,375 $17,465. 100, 72, 45, 0 signed PostSecret books remain. HopeLine Thanks for your support and for helping those who may be struggling this time of year. I received the following message from Reese Butler, Founder of HopeLine, this morning. . . Frank - This was unbelievable. What a great effort and response. The comments are so profound and caring. Some made the donation and asked that the book be sent directly to someone else as a gift. Some who lost loved ones to suicide and thought this would be a healing gesture. It is truly heart warming and amazing to read each one. -Reese ----Email Message----- Thank you so much for your support, Frank. And sincere thanks to all of the volunteers at the Hope Center! -----Email Message----- Thank you for the good work you continue to perform. You have helped me personally and I am honored to give back. -----Email Message----- I am an avid postsecret fan - checking every Sunday with my fiance, even attended a live show in Peoria - and recently saw your response to a woman's message about her feelings of sadness and helplessness. I think your hopeline is such a great thing. I am happy that both you and Frank Warren have found your calling - happy for you, but mostly happy for those lives you impact, and, ultimately save. -----Email Message----- I just saw your message on PostSecret about responding to non crises. Is there any way that I could help with this by volunteering and taking calls? I'd absolutely love to help out! Thank you! -----Email Message----- Hopeline is one of the miracles out there. This week, you can receive one of the actual 6-foot by 4-foot billboards used in the making of the most popular All-American Rejects music video by your $2,000 donation to the Kristin Brooks Hope Center. 1(800)SUICIDE 157 think that's hot..

[17 Dec 2009|02:24pm] ___patchwork 98% of the people you meet will never truly know who you are. They’ll never have an accurate depiction of the person you are, they may capture a glimpse of who you want to be, or who you pretend to be. But it takes a true friend who knows your past, present, hidden thoughts and late-night epiphanies to understand who you are at your core. They know your best, your worst and your most obscure plans. They understand the thoughts that most cast aside as insane. They support the plans that most deem out of reach. They laugh at what most would see as immature and they cry with you when most wouldn’t understand. And the rest? They absorb a skewed view of what you choose to project when you’re around them. They see the clothes you choose to wear and hear the thoughts that make it through your filter. The rest don’t quite get a feel for true opinions. The rest can’t comprehend what truly makes you happy and what hurts you the most. Image is everything and the surface is hardly ever broken. I’ll never believe anyone who says they are completely themselves at all times, because I know that’s impossible. Everyone cares about what others think at some point, and everyone changes and everyone acts out without reason. Thank God for the 2% who understand. Whether they’re a best friend, significant other or close family member, they’re what keep us, us. Because when we run around like floaters we know we’ve got that stability to rely on. We can be whoever we want when we meet new people and we can hide our past from them, but we know that we’ve got that 2% who truly know us. that's hot..

possible tagnames for myself [17 Dec 2009|12:07pm] ___patchwork [ music | Stars - The Swellers ] Jessica, taking jokes a little too far. Jessica, the really funny one. Jessica, self-proclaimed cashier queen. Jessica, lurkin' since 1990. Jessica, the official unofficial. Any other suggestions? Or possibly a few for yourself? (It's kind of fun.) that's hot..

[15 Dec 2009|11:18pm] ___patchwork raise your hand if sometimes you wish you could be alicia keys. 2 think that's hot..

Sunday Secrets [13 Dec 2009|11:27am] postsecret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2009/12/sunday-secrets_13.html A wedding band came inside this envelope. PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. -----Email Message----- She was pretty, she used to climb trees. She made jewelry for her family for Christmas. She was the single mother of a son she loved. She tried her hardest, but just like the rest of us, she made mistakes. And we forgave her for them, just like we forgive you.  -----Email Message----- I'm a Firefighter/First Responder, and I google their names because I couldn't save them. -----Email Message----- I work in the ICU and Google almost all of my patients. I found out one patient adored her granddaughters more than anything, so I made sure that her granddaughters were allowed in before anyone else. -----Email Message----- I baked Christmas cookies with my friend the other day and I'm really scared he's going to think that I sent this in. -----Email Message----- I stood right where this picture was taken on the only hill in Paris this weekend and that's when I decided that I wasn't going to just accept who I've become, but instead work to make myself a better person--the one I always wanted to be, but never quite had the courage to achieve. -----Email Message----- The Basilica of the Sacred Heart has been the destination for my future pilgrimage ever since my dad played the John Denver song "A Country Girl in Paris". I know for certain that something amazing is waiting for me up upon Montmartre, and I hope - more than anything - that what I find there is self-acceptance. "For even in her sorrow, there's something in her eyes.." -----Email Message----- I use my wheelchair in my dreams. It took a long time. I think it means I have finally fully accepted myself.. And I am happy. -----Email Message----- My boyfriend makes me use a wheelchair. He says it's the only way he's attracted to me. I wish I could fly away. See More Secrets. Follow PostSecret on Twitter. PostSecret Events for 2010 are being arranged now. Enter your email below for a full schedule of dates, schools and performance centers. 207 think that's hot..

Wall Street Journal PostSecret Video Story [13 Dec 2009|09:28am] postsecret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2009/12/wall-street-journal-postsecret-video.html During the book tour PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Thank you. Order Your Copy Today Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Booksense Borders Brookline Booksmith Independent Booksellers Politics and Prose Powells Rainy Day Books Tattered Cover Book Store Watermark Books Close -----Email Message----- Frank, I sometimes feel depressed, though thankfully never to the point where I consider suicide. Sometimes I want to call the Suicide Hotline to talk to someone that can help me, but I am worried that I will be occupying someone, and preventing another more desperate caller from getting the help they need. Is there a different number to call that more suits my situation? -----Email Response----- Dear Sara, Frank forwarded your request onto to me. We created 1-800-442-HOPE (4673) to serve as a warm line for those that were not suicidal but still wanting to talk with someone who could offer a empathetic ear. The only caveat is if the crisis line worker gets a crisis call they will have to end the call with the non crisis caller. I hope this answers your question and provides the support you are looking for. If it does not please let me know and I will provide other referrals for you. Best always, Reese Butler President and Founder Kristin Brooks Hope Center National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE 784-2433 202-536-3200 202-536-3206 fax 1250 24th Street NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20037 www.hopeline.com reese@hopeline.com that's hot..

Sunday Secrets Coming Later Today [13 Dec 2009|01:35am] postsecret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2009/12/sunday-secrets-coming-later-today.html I just returned home from a long book tour and am going through a week's worth of postcards now. Sunday Secrets will be up later today. The 2009 PostSecret Event tour is also over. PostSecret Events for 2010 are being arranged now. Enter your email below for a full schedule of dates and locations. 2010 PostSecret Events Follow PostSecret for Updates Today & More News Twitter. During the book tour PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Thank you. Order Your Copy Today Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Booksense Borders Brookline Booksmith Independent Booksellers Politics and Prose Powells Rainy Day Books Tattered Cover Book Store Watermark Books Close 7 think that's hot..

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