I'm Such a Sheep

Welcome to my world. I talk a lot about food, cats, and my music crushes. Is there anything else?

Sisters

One good reason to have a sister: she will go behind your back and google medical conditions that you are too scared to google yourself, casually mention it to you and tell you how most likely everything is really just fine.

thank you, sis. 

ohhleary: GPOYW. I really need a job that puts me in the Southern Hemisphere for half the year so it’s not so goddamned dark when I go to the gym in the morning. Edit: This picture was taken in better times, before I nearly went into a fit of rage over the L Train being down for the THIRD FUCKING MORNING IN A ROW. Seriously-I had to get a 7am train to Delaware and as I walked to Penn Station this morning I wasn’t 100% convinced that it wasn’t nighttime..but yay you for getting to gym before work :)

ohhleary:

GPOYW. I really need a job that puts me in the Southern Hemisphere for half the year so it’s not so goddamned dark when I go to the gym in the morning.

Edit: This picture was taken in better times, before I nearly went into a fit of rage over the L Train being down for the THIRD FUCKING MORNING IN A ROW.

Seriously-I had to get a 7am train to Delaware and as I walked to Penn Station this morning I wasn’t 100% convinced that it wasn’t nighttime..but yay you for getting to gym before work :)

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Andrew Bird

—Eyeoneye

mojomagazine:

Andrew Bird - Eyeoneye

A new track from genre-splicing multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Bird, has appeared online.

Eyeoneye is the first track to be taken from Bird’s forthcoming album, Break It Yourself - due for release on March 5. His last album, Noble Beast, was released in 2009.
 
Bird is also set to be the first act to play A Room for London. Described as “a one-bedroom architectural installation perched on top of Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on the River Thames,” this tiny venue will later in the year play host to David Byrne, Laurie Anderson and Amadou & Mariam. 

The performance will be streamed live on aroomforlondon.co.uk on January 28.

bigcrush: bryanwaterman: aquariumdrunkard: Destroyer :: Leave Me Alone (New Order) The latest Mojo compilation to hit newsstands is a disc comprised of reinterpretations of New Order’s second LP, 1983′s Power, Corruption & Lies. The covers range from the fairly catholic to wholly re-imagined versions, with the key takeaway being Destroyer’s take on the original album’s eighth and final track, “Leave Me Alone.” Was ready to be disappointed, but damn, Destroyer did a bang up job on that track. I loved this from the word go. 

bigcrush:

bryanwaterman: aquariumdrunkard:

Destroyer :: Leave Me Alone (New Order)

The latest Mojo compilation to hit newsstands is a disc comprised of reinterpretations of New Order’s second LP, 1983′s Power, Corruption & Lies. The covers range from the fairly catholic to wholly re-imagined versions, with the key takeaway being Destroyer’s take on the original album’s eighth and final track, “Leave Me Alone.”

Was ready to be disappointed, but damn, Destroyer did a bang up job on that track.

I loved this from the word go. 

My latest project

I started yet another blog-“I Used to be Fun”. I needed a place to vent about my health and eating issues. If you are interested in such things, please follow it, and tell your celiac, diabetic, health-obsessed work-out obsessed friends too!

My inner snark has been out and proud all over today. Want to be kind. Want to be good. Want to not hate people who are successful. Need to make my life what I want it to be instead of wishing everyone else’s was just as miserable. oh boo.

soupsoup: strle: superamit: Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE 8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers. Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months. Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC. Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth. 9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia! Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time. TODAY … After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor! You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.) WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks. First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed. Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world. Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own. This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening. AFTER THE TRANSPLANT Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering: My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick. Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life. Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo. Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young. THE GREAT NEWS I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan. I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck! Thank you. <3 I have tears in my eyes. Deliriously happy for Amit, now go kick cancer’s ass. Wow.

soupsoup:

strle:

superamit:

Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me.

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE

  • 8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers.
  • Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months.
  • Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC.
  • Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth.
  • 9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia!
  • Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time.

TODAY

… After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!

You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.

First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.

Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.

Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.

This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.

AFTER THE TRANSPLANT

Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering:

  • My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick.
  • Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life.
  • Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo.

Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young.

THE GREAT NEWS

I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan.

I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Thank you.

<3

I have tears in my eyes. Deliriously happy for Amit, now go kick cancer’s ass.

Wow.