California, are you ready?

Enjoying the weather?

The big one is coming. You know it.

Californians know what I'm talking about.

I really hope you all have your earthquake survival kits ready. Sorry to sound pessimistic, but I'm just making sure that you all are prepared.

You're welcome.

That is all,

Joe

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ATTN Los Angeles: I need young professionals to help me out.

Greetings!

First of all, let me start off by thanking you for reading this kick-off message to an  awesome revolution. The response has been great, but more importantly, the amount of interest portrayed by people I encounter is even more phenomenal.

Here are the details of next week's meeting:

Coffee Bean
Wilshire Blvd. at Lincoln Blvd. | (310) 576-0560
829 Wilshire Blvd. | Santa Monica, CA 90403
Click for Map & Directions
Wednesday, March 21 @ 7:00PM

Please try your best not to be late, as we have a lot of information to cover. There is an outdoor firepit available, and the store closes at 11PM. However, after speaking to the manager (Jeffrey), there is no way they can reserve the firepit, so we'll try and make the best of stealing it when we arrive. J He did say that as long as the majority of our group purchases an item, there will be no problems with the large amount of people (hopefully) patronizing the venue.

Straight to the point: What we DON'T want is the generic non-profit mentality of "We're here to help". The whole success of this campaign depends on the ability of YOU to own a piece of this. It's not just a way to "do something in your free time" or be a part of because you "have nothing better to do". I'm going to tell you right now; this campaign is going to involve a ton of hard work, dedication, passion, and a strong desire to want to be a team member that is on the same page as other team members in BAH.

With that said, the reason for the Kick-Off meeting will be to come together and think of ways and strategies to kick off this campaign in the Los Angeles area. BAH:SD is already in full effect, and already have the launch experience. The core group of our BAH:SD team will be joining us for the March 21^st meeting, so please feel free to ask them any questions you may have (they are cc'd on this email) about their experiences.

Being a new organization, it's important that we all brainstorm to think about the longevity of the campaign, and think of ways to branch out into different cities after LA's wheels start rolling. Most importantly, we need to focus on the problem at hand; There are thousands and thousands of homeless people throughout LA, and the majority of Angelino's aren't aware of the severity of the neglect that decision-makers (don't) show them. This project will establish a collaborative effort between Blanketing these people with our resources and to bring awareness to the average Los Angelino of the problem at hand.

Ways to bring this awareness? That's exactly what we need to establish at the kick-off meeting. Some ideas include:

• Fashion Shows
• Art Exhibits
• Photoshoots
• Nightlife Events
• Benefits Concerts
• Fundraising events (Dinners, Golf Tourneys, Bowling Tourneys, etc.)
• Video Documentaries
• Video Contests

The list has the potential to get longer and longer. Let's all think of ideas to keep our events "young" and "hip" and present them at the kickoff meeting. For this first meeting, I guess my timing was just a bit off because about half of you want to get involved but have plans set for the date. I'll keep notes and send you the minutes of our meeting so we can get you caught up to speed. I'll also email you a list of scheduled meetings to attend; I'm going to try to keep them bi-weekly at first, and then monthly once everyone is familiarized with their roles. We will also have an interactive forum available for all members to register on and have access to information regarding BAH.

That's it for me, if any of you have questions, please feel free to ask away by emailing joe@blanketahuman.org. Otherwise, see you next week!

Joe Chung
Division Head | BAH:LA
joe@blanketahuman.org

Please feel free to forward this message to any and all of your friends; Let me stress the importance of having a very strong core group. The more people, the merrier. If you know of any influential people, especially through media outlets, please forward them my email address so we can touch base about furthering our abilities to get the word out.

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Los Angeles: Blanket-A-Human is FINALLY Here! Click to Help!

This is a long bulletin, and you're going to start seeing a lot more of it, but I really hope you can find it in you to at least read what I have to say.

The time is now here. I am extremely excited about this project, and if  you've been reading my bulletins, you'll know that this is a project  that I care about and have a passion for.

Blanket-A-Human Core Group Kick-off Meeting
Location: TBA in Los Angeles
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Time: 7PM - 8PM
Who: YOU & YOUR FRIENDS

If ever you've been homeless, even for a week, you already know that  homelessness is one of the most difficult things you can ever come  across. It can happen to anyone. And it does.

Meet Colonel Daniel T. McIreland of the United States Marine Corps:

After a long weekend of having fun and catching up on some R&R, we closed off the weekend by hearing stories from Colonel McIreland. He's a homeless man who has some of the craziest and deepest compassions for living that I've ever seen in anyone, even for being homeless. He served our country through the United States Marine Corps and fought in Vietnam, got wounded, shipped back home, received a Purple Heart, and was forgotten about. Well, almost forgotten about. Through Blanket-A-Human, we are trying to bring awareness to you. Yes, you. We're not just here to ask you for handouts. We're here to ask for your help and compassion in helping bring awareness to an ongoing problem that involves individuals that we all see and encounter every single day.

B-A-Human started in San Diego from a simple idea. Since then, it's with great pleasure to announce that I will be heading up the Los Angeles division with Anthony D'amato, and I hope I can convey the importance of how these ground-breaking stages will affect the overall success of this program.

There's a huge lack of awareness regarding homelessness in California. Everyone knows they're there, but we often turn a deaf ear and a blind eye towards any encounter with these individuals. This is the attitude that needs to stop. As young professional individuals, I believe that B-A-Human can and will make a huge impact to the community to bring awareness.

With that said, what can you do to help? We are currently looking for active members to join this campaign and walk with us as we blanket the homeless people. Not just with blankets, but with whatever resources are available. Our first meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 21, so we need YOU.

If you are interested, please read on.

Our Vision:
Create awareness in the public eye of the harsh realities of  homelessness and to provide a collective effort of resources to  counteract the ignorance through education while benefiting those in  need.

Mission Statement:
We want to make this a "cool" and "fun" network and by using hype for a  cause that is TRULY needed, we can create a harmonious philanthropic  impact that could carry beyond the resources that the city has heavy on  its shoulders.

Our Goals include:
(to work together as a younger generation collectively getting together to tackle a severe issue in Los Angeles)

1. Provide warmth and other supplies to the homeless.
   a. Collect 1,000 blankets/sleeping bags
   b. Collect 1,000 pillows
2. To shift attention and create an awareness of the problem.
3. To provide media resources and educate the general public thereby bringing an awareness.
4. To create more available networking resources that have not been tapped into.
5. To involve young individuals and provide a way for  our generation to do something positive and make an impact in the community.
6. Documentation:
   a.    We plan to use this opportunity to document the building of this project using videos and photographs
   b.    To promote the project on TV, radio, magazine, news, and internet for future funding and sponsorship opportunities
   c. To create a documentary and set up a real time fundraiser: an art  show of the photographs and videos from this event as an element of  education of this crisis.
   d. To maintain a website (blanketahuman.org) that documents these events, lists and networks  those involved in the project (including individuals and sponsors),  and may be used as a resource.

Plan of Action:

1. Recruit and create a Los Angeles-based organization for our cause.
2. To set up several drop locations in Los Angeles County through our resources in network, radio, television, nightlife events, and internet  media outlets to promote the cause.
3. Between now and June 15th, 2007, to collect as many  blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, jackets, toiletries and other forms of charity,  including monetary gifts and toys (for children).
4. Pass out all the donations to the homeless and ultimately give  the remainder (if available) of the materials to various homeless shelters and  organizations throughout Los Angeles.

If you are interested or would like more information, please send me a message through MySpace or to joe@blanketahuman.org. I will send you details on when and where our first Core-Group meeting will be and answer any questions you may have. Please include your email address and either phone number or AIM screen name.

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PHANTOM FRIENDS BE-GONE!

So you've always asked yourself "Why does it say I have 12,208 friends, but I only see like 10,000?" Well, every time a profile was deleted without their friends and comments being deleted first, it would keep the phantom comment/friend count on your profile.

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JOE IS SERIOUS
Current mood: aggravated
Category: MySpace

If you keep spreading bulletins about Tom deleting profiles if you don't repost a bulletin, do me a favor and follow these 10 simple steps:

1.  Go to your bulletin that you posted about Tom deleting profiles.
2.  At the bottom, you'll see a button that says "Delete Bulletin.
3.  Click on it.
4.  Take your right hand off of the mouse.
5.  Ball up your fist real tight for me.
6.  Hold your fist up about 6 inches from your face, knuckles facing you.
7.  Take your left hand and open-palm the back of your head.
8.  Using all your force with your left arm, pull forward, into your fist.  Make sure you aim square between the eyes.
9.  If you're still reading this, you didn't pull your head hard enough.
10.  Repeat.

Thanks!

If you're reading this sentence, it probably means that you woke up by now, and realized how dumb you were for spreading a bulletin about how Tom would really take time out of his busy schedule to create a chain bulletin, rather than send out a blast email.  Think about it.

Okay, here's a new one:  For every time you repost this bulletin, I'm going to let you pay me $46.00.  I'll provide my paypal email when you copy and paste this bulletin into a message and send it to www.myspace.com/joe.

After you send me the message, you'll have 3 days to credit my paypal account with $46.00 or some poor 7-year old girl with cancer is going to die in a 4th world country located on the planet Pluto.

Serious folks!!!!  I'm not lying, I heard it through a friend of a friend of my 7th grade teacher's ex-husband's coworker's gardener!!!!















Get a life.

Currently listening : Audio-Bio By FaR*eAst Movement

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2006-01-19: NEW FEATURES: SCHOOLS, VIDEO & CHAT
Current mood: cheerful

New Schools Page:
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=schools.main

New Chats Page:
http://chat.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=chat.main

New Videos Page:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids

Currently listening : Symposium By Ken Oak Band (Author) Release date: 01 October, 2005

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YOU KNOW WHAT TICKLES MY FUNNY BONE?!

So I was going through some of my old blogs.

Of course, my viewpoint still stands the same on everything, but it's so funny to read everyone's comments about why I'm wrong about the situation I was pertaining to when creating the blog.

First of all, I respect everyone's VALID points about why they don't agree with me or my opinions.  Even though it may not seem, I read EVERY single comment left for my blogs.

So let's get it started:  Those of you who try to make a point of making me look stupid by claiming how wrong I am or how right you are, well, piss me off.  Why?  Because you're calling me stupid while it's YOU that makes grammatically incorrect statements.

You know those type...

"Your so stupdi becuse you dont' no you're shit!  I'm right and your wrong!"

Yeah.  I really take you serious.

I ESPECIALLY love the fact that people use profanity to validate their statements.  Yes, I'm REALLY REALLY going to take you serious for using the word "Fuck" twice in every sentence:

Example:
"Well Guess what motherfucker, Everyone was given 2 fucking weeks to get out of fucking New Orleans. Now the only motherfuckers left are the ones who are looting, stealing, raping, and killing other people. ALSO, fucking Mississippi IS WORSE THAN NEW ORLEANS! Thats right! But you dont hear about the fucking pity-whores there do you? Know why?Because they did something about! They didnt say "Oh shit, ill let someone else come and help me." And The ONLY people I feel sorry for are the elderly and the children. THE ONLY PERSON TO FUCKING BLAME IS THE GOVERNER OF LOUISIANA! He told everyone to go to that fucking superdome, WITHOUT MAKING SURE IT WAS STOCKED WITH FOOD AND WATER
! And guess fucking what! This has nothing to do with our president! This is NOT HIS JOB! It was the fucking Governer's job! HE fucked it up. So Get your fucking facts straight before you feel so fucking sorry for the dumbasses that didnt leave."

But then there's just those comments made by a total retard.  You know, the one's that make you go "Double-You-Tee-Eff, Mate?"

Here:

"Kay well first off The state is below sea leavle to begin with!! So if you chose to live their then how smart are you???I think insted of the government investing my hard erned money in trying to reestablish the damb place it should just be scapped and called LAKE LA how simple would that be??? I mean come on when they pump all that water out back in to the gulf do you relize that it is cantaminatin one of the few HEALTHY food scorces we have?? i mean all the oil, and sewage and dead wast their is no way to perify it so insted of leaving it be and calling it A NATRAL DESASTER we are going to PALOTE all the sea life and then that will be a man mad scew up ..... make the fools from la start over in a place ABOVE sea leavle no harm no foul just alitlle more population ...or Pump up the place and paloote the sea and all of it recorces..witch will efect many genorations,"

Good job, dildo.  I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU NOW!!

Which brings me to my next favorite annoyance.  The SHOUTER.

"DUDE WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH IS THE BLAH BLAH BLAH OF THE BLAH BLAH BLAH"

Yay, I can really hear you now!  And I'm going to take you even MORE serious because you're yelling at me!

Okay, I'll stop here.

Soooo, what's your favorite color, people?  And why?

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5 SPOKESMODELS WANTED

Looking for a few attractive, outgoing girls to help promote an online gambling site. Spokesmodels will pass out materials at events in an effort to get traffic to the site. Looking pretty is only half the job, the other half is enticing possible members to join. Hourly wage plus possible commission. This is the first of several events in the year; a job well done will lead to many more opportunities

This first event is a college football game at the Rose Bowl, so we're looking for girls who will appeal to the college football fan.

A few requirements:
• Must be a resident of or have easy access to Southern California
• Great Social Skills
• Height of 5'7" a PLUS

If interested, please send a message to myspace.com/joe for more details

Friends, PLEASE REPOST for me!!

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My current host just expanded and got new servers, so I thought I'd share a GREAT deal with you guys that need hosting...

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Okay, no more words, just click if you want, or feel free to message me if you have questions.

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CONFESSIONS: IN THE SEARCH OF THE PERFECT FIX

We were on a mission to find it.

It's been a good year or so since I had my last fix, and possibly six months since my roommate did.  But just yesterday, the craving hit us both.  Possibly due to the pain and grief we felt after the funeral service for a beloved car guy/master mechanic/awesome hockey player.  And the craving hit us hard.

Now, what we were looking for won't necessarily kill us as fast as others would, so we figured it would be okay to treat ourselves to it every once in a while. Or maybe even every day.

Anyone that has ever been addicted to any sort of substance will agree with me that when you need it, you'll take extreme measures to get what you're looking for.

So we wasted a third of a tank of gas just searching for anyone with any information as to where we could find what we were looking for.  We made numerous phone calls asking for any information.  We passed through some of the worst neighborhoods in the area.  We almost died from my erratic driving in search of the only thing that would suppress my craving to this horrible addiction.

We drove for miles and miles.  An hour and a quarter, to be exact, the whole while screaming at passer-byers and pedestrians, getting even more crazy by every passing second.

Finally, that golden phone call had enlightened us as to where we could find what we set out to find.

We drove the long 2 miles in the opposite direction that we had set out.

When we pulled into the driveway, we looked at each other, and couldn't WAIT to park and run towards our source of happiness that would provide us with satisfaction momentarily.

We ran through the door, and by this time, I had to take the maddest piss I could ever imagine.  But I didn't care.  I wanted my fix.

We fought our way to the front and just stared at her.  We had reached our fate.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"You don't know this, but you just saved my life." I replied.

She laughed a hearty laugh and just smiled.

"I'd like a number 4, regular size, and 4 regular Roast Beef Sandwiches.  EXTRA Arby's sauce and EXTRA Horsey sauce."

And our mission was complete.  We had found our destiny.

As we were sitting there gobbling down our prize, it hit us:

If Crack were a fast food, it would be Arby's.

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ALL YOU PEOPLE ASKING ME IF I DONATED...

If it's one thing I'm not, it's a hypocrite.

Yes, I donated.

My time and my money.  I signed up for American Red Cross to volunteer my time for 7-9 days, along with one of my friends.

Unfortunately, I didn't qualify for being sent to LA because of my medical conditions, but I did my part.

I donated to a canned food drive.

I donated to Red Cross and Salvation Army.

So please don't email me and let me know some shit like "You talk all the talk, but do you walk the walk" or "Oh, but did YOU donate, considering you're ranting"

Seriously, shut up.

That is all.

Have a great week, people!

2:13 PM - 89 Comments - 29 Kudos - Add Comment

IF EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF MYSPACE DONATED JUST ONE DOLLAR
Current mood: irritated

to the American Red Cross, that would be 27 million dollars.

Here we are in a national crisis over an event that we had no control over, and you have the audacity to say "These people were given a chance to evacuate their homes. They deserve to die if they didn't leave." ?!?

What a screwed up comment that only an uneducated ignorant imbecile would make.

Let's say even if these people DID evacuate. Where would they go? 80% of New Orleans is underwater. You think they could have afforded to buy their families plane tickets out of the south? Even if they could, where would they stay? Where would they be able to afford to stay?

Would YOU really leave everything behind? Your home, your friends, your memories, your belongings, your pictures, your EVERYTHING?

Not only that, some of the people that died were the ones too weak to leave their homes. Too elderly to gain control above and beyond this level 5 hurricane... Not level 1, level 2, level 3, or even a level 4... But a LEVEL 5. I REALLY don't think a lot of you truly understand the severity of this situation...

Take a step back to realize that if this affected someone you cared about, or even worse, YOU, you'd think twice about making such stupid ass comments. Grow up.

I'm sure you've all heard the stories and have been watching the news...

A man jumped 50 feet from the top deck of the superdome to his own death. Why? Because he lost everything. He had nothing to live for.

A man killed his OWN sister over what? A freaking bag of ice. THAT'S how much of an effect this crisis has on people... It makes them delusional to the point where they murder their own sister. Sick.

WHOLE families have died from this storm and it's after effects.

Can you imagine being a victim of this flood/storm? Yeah, you might be able to battle out the hunger or the heat... But can you imagine the sound of your baby brother or sister or your child crying because of hunger? Can you imagine them getting sick, and not even being able to give them TYLENOL?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE donate to help the victims and their families and the cities to help rebuild. And when we're talking about rebuilding, we're not talking about the homes... We're talking about rebuilding their lives. About buying them food and water. Can you imagine being stranded in 95 degree weather with no food or water? No tv or internet? No dry or clean clothes? No electricity or phone? Not only that, but in a sea of polluted contaminated water, filled with dead bodies floating by you?

Every dollar counts. There's plenty of places around the city, let alone, the NATION where you could go drop off money, even if it IS only one dollar... And not for the recognition, not for the boasting right, and not for knowing that you have oh-so much money so you decided to donate some of it... But rather that you know you did something right, and simply because that extra 4 bucks you were gonna spend on that latte is SO important to you... Even just ONE dollar will buy a gallon of water and a loaf of bread.

And if you're lazy, just go to www.redcross.org. There's plenty of ways to send your donation there.

Okay, that's that. Don't even get me started about where I stand politically about the way that our government/president has been handling this catastrophe...

DONATE!

P.S. show some compassion every once in a while. Comments for your pictures and journals aren't really THAT important...

12:38 PM - 89 Comments - 73 Kudos - Add Comment

TO ALL THE HATERS THAT SAY I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE INTERNET
Current mood: annoyed

MySpace really IS my life.

I mean, I spend at LEAST half of my day on MySpace, and I'm always working with people on MySpace, and honestly, I couldn't live without MySpace...  I get recognized from people that I know on MySpace...  lol that's the weirdest part...

But then again, I WORK for MySpace...  So before you go off and tell me that I spend way too much time on the intarw3b, stop to actually read my profile, or at least my "Companies" section before you make such an ignorant comment such as "You have too much time on your hands" or "Dude get a life"

And FYI, I actually DO have a social life outside of MySpace: I'm always heading out to car shows and night clubs, restaurants and movies, pool halls and bowling alleys, cafe's and shopping malls, and trust me...  You'll see me with some of the hottest chicks that you'll ever see in your life. =)

Just thought I'd rub that in to all you losers that take this thing called the "Internet" seriously...  Then this is for you:  I, MySpace Joe, have the biggest e-balls that anyone on this World Wide Web has seen. =)  Because I said so on the internet...  OOoooh, if it's on the internet, it MUST be true!

Stop hating, biatches!  Just kick back and enjoy the ride!

12:07 AM - 89 Comments - 48 Kudos - Add Comment

I LOST 4,000 FRIENDS =(

And all I did was change my name from "HTML Master" to "Joe"

Thanks, guys!  Didn't wanna be your friend, either!

lol

12:58 AM - 89 Comments - 74 Kudos - Add Comment

ENTER THE FEATURED PROFILE CONTEST

In order to become a Featured Profile on the HTML Masters Group Main Page, you must meet the following requirements:

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