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speaking of Alexis's forthcoming bday, girl is asking friends, family, internets, etc to step up to the plate to sponsor her in this year's AIDS Walk New York - please to helps!

this is frankly a banner year for having friends participate in epic AIDS research-related charity feats - maybe we are growing older, stronger, more generous? I also highly recommend donations to the AIDS Walk of BEN KOPIT as well as the epic extra plus AIDS bike ride from Los Angeles to fucking San Francisco over 7 days and 545 miles (!!!) by DEAN BEIN, both of whom may also be known and notoriously warm-hearted spirits to many of you -

I am certainly bout to break off a chunk of change for each of these noble efforts, wtf, join me if you will

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sorry about the continued absence of TUSK posts but it is hard to post about "Storms" with this kind of weather - besides, there are other noteworthy aspects of the internet that are also worth your attention -

* NATE aka UNCHAINED née KNIFESTORM et al has taken the plunge into video artistry, and the results, predictably, are great - please introduce your youtube to NUMUW for video and audio remixes of typically well-chosen source material alchemized into typically compelling and uncanny pieces d'art - check out the unsettling kuduro remix and chill, epic prog vibes of his video for Wingdings' "Return to Earth Part IV" -



* LEV and WHITNEY aka BALL DEEP, no strangers to distinctive video sensibilities and unique syntheses of disparate elements, have recently dropped a frankly groundbreaking video of their fan-fiction, "new gaze" remix of globetrotting superstars Vampire Weekend's originary myth, "Walcott" - reimagined as a slow, blissily tragic swim in one of Cape Cod's (?) monster-infested lakes:

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Andrea's new blog, cake time, check it out!

srsly heartfelt and wise words on pressing topics like personal finance, food, important things, and, yes, yes, yes, kittens - last night I got to kind of hang out with Andrea and Grace's five (5!) mind-bendingly adorable new kittens for the first time, it is really too much to even process at once but read the blog and feel the vibe etc

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luckily for us, alexis, easily one of the most astute users of the internet I know, has resurrected teen jeoparty, now blogcasting from maggie's philly-phasion site and featuring a new pro-looking layout -

- in addition to reminding me as always that there is this awesome thing called dancing that I never do enough of, the site has already clued me into the amazing slice of web reality that is Jorge Garcia's blog. I don't think the LOST power hour is gonna get done in time for season 3 folks, which I feel is kind of incredibly tragic, but I definitely gotta at least make time to rewatch some eps in the weeks ahead -