For hungry people in a world with plenty of food for all
For women still not being paid an equal wage to men in the so-called best country in the whole damn world
For Toby Keith, ignorance, and over-zealous fear-mongering
For Homelessness
For corporate corruption + executives that don’t respect the infantry (or the middle class)
For Monsanto + Cargill
For racism
For global warming that is sure to cause a hurricane as big, if not bigger than Katrina to hit our shores
For Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Mylie Cyrus and any other crappy pop celebrity who makes men expect women to be drama queen, selfish Barbie dolls with no brains
For Aids
For Hitler
For Mao, Stalin, Kim Jong-Il and every insecure dictator who feels the need to oppress millions to support his (their are no hers that I can think of…yet) own ego
For drug wars and unfair trade
For rape and genocide
For people who think they’re better than you (their not)
For Fox News
And Glenn Beck. And Nancy Grace too.
For deforestation and desertification
For Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan—and any other big shot who think fame entitles them to cheat on a woman and have it be OK
For really bad car dealership commercials and really bad drivers
For every incredible book that Hollywood ruined with a mediocre movie
For my alarm going off at 7:00am when I’d like it to say 9:00
For my Christmas tree coming down tomorrow and my house no longer smelling like sweet, spicy fir.
Whew! That felt good. Drew, I hope you feel better after that ass-kicking I just unleashed on your cancer. If not, I’m sure I can round up some help and we can give it another go!
If you haven’t checked out Drew Olanoff’s story—it’s incredible. Social media for social good and kicking some cancer bootie at the same time. Please, please, please go visit his site, follow @DrewFromTV and @Livestrong and blame Drew’s Cancer for something on Twitter. Drew Carey is donating $1 Million when @DrewFromTV and @Livestrong collectively reach 1,000,000 followers. And Drew Olanoff (@ThatDrew) is working to donate $1 to Livestrong for every tweet that blames his cancer for something whack as well! We’ve all been touched by this disease somehow and it’s up to us to make a cure happen. Here also is video of Drew Carey + Drew Olanoff on CNN together (evidently you can’t grab the code from a CNN vid to embed—a bit anti-journalistic to me, but whatev! I blame Drew’s cancer for that too!)
P.S. Drew, I totally have a flying monkey! Funniest thing EVER.


This is what I’m talking about people!
Things that get me going—this is one of them. Intelligent, educated, deserving citizens struggling under the oppressive weight of poverty. The weakening of the American Middle Class is a disturbing and growing trend. Since moving to Portland and seeing the vast array of people struggling with homelessness and poverty (among others–drug use, abuse, etc.) I’ve been meaning to revisit the issue. It seems especially relevant now in light of a 

Evidently the
The New Green Fashion Scene
Have I mentioned I love Portland? I mean, what’s not to love about a city who centers its fashion week around green and sustainable digs? Now, I know it might seem kind of silly to some that Portland would even attempt to hold a fashion week. To you I say: Get your noses out of the air. Portland isn’t Milan or Paris. It never has been. Never tried to be. Doesn’t want to be.
What Portland does want is to be known for being a sophisticated, sexy, banging Green metropolis (ranked number one again, what?!?!!?). And we’ve got our own brand of style that goes right along with that. An eco-focused fashion week is well within the branding model. Add to that: proceeds go to the Children’s Cancer Association, emphasizing another Portland creedo–giving back to the community. Totally legit mega bang for your buck.
The only downside that I can see right now is that the seventh annual Portland Fashion Week is still six months away. I don’t want to wait that long, damn it!!! However, since the world most decidedly does not revolve around me, I suppose I’ll have to delight myself with getting to know the organizers–Tito Chowdhury and Chris Cone–in hopes of landing an interview come runway time. I’ve already had the pleasure of meeting Tito (who told me all about the event and got me super revved up about it–GOOD PR SKILLS!!!) and I just want to end this post by plugging a cause he’s championing.
You see Tito understands that first lady Michelle Obama has got it going on and that she’s smart cookie as well. She gets the importance of organic nutrition and gave supporters of that movement the nod by planting an organic victory garden on the White House front lawn (which I took obvious pleasure in, seeing as I posted twice about it). Tito wants her to take her commitment (and presumably the Obama Administration’s commitment) to the next level. FASHION. Check his Facebook cause page and join the campaign (he’s trying to get 200 members! Don’t you want to be the magic No.200???)
The First Lady has long been a symbol of style for American women. Michelle Obama has the potential to be a new-age Jackie O. with the kind of coverage she gets for her designer choices. Tito just wants her to make conscious choices and throw in designers who are creating sustainable and responsible clothing that is also hot to trot. Can you pick out which of the clothing items below are “green?”
Unless you picked all of them, you won’t be winning any door prizes tonight. But that’s OK. I just wanted to make a point. Green fashion isn’t synonomous with yoga wear and nuetral colors anymore (not that any of that is bad! I love me some Lucy yoga apparel! I’m just saying that we’ve broadened the artistic landscape with positive results). Now we can have bright colors, edgy design and you would never know that the inner workings–the fabrics, the dyes and the labor are all eco-friendly and responsible. Damn. We’ve come a long way, haven’t we!
So check out Portland Fashion Week. And if you live in the area, make sure you come and support our local scene, designers and the Children’s Cancer Association. You know I’ll be there, in all my Green Glory!