enthusiasm unbridled

thingsorganizedneatly:

Martin Creed

(Source: maneman)

This movie makes people move. We’re headed out to Seattle, PDX, SF and LA next. C’mon out to one of our screening events. 

girlwalkallday:

This is a glimpse of the magic that happened tonight: hundreds of people — including at least a handful of priests and nuns — dancing to Like A Prayer at St. Paul’s Chapel during John Doyle’s dance class. Thanks to all who came out. This is the greatest. More photos soon! 

sldistin:

New York
November 10, 1958

Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light…

braiker:

Great pics from the Guardian: “On the eve of the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death, 485 boys dressed up as Gandhi at a peace rally in Calcutta, in a bid to create a new Guinness World Record and promote non-violent protest”

dream house. 

(Source: aurevoirshana, via oldwaystonowhere)

girlwalkallday:

Hey Seattle! Come on out to the best Valentine’s Day date in town: dinner, dancing and a screening of Girl Walk // All Day at Delancey in Ballard. 

$75 per person / $140 per couple. 

We’ll have a 5+ course meal with drinks provided by guest chef, Matt Costello. Only 8 seats left (!). 

*If you can’t make it on the 14th, then come out to our big Seattle premiere at Neumos on February 11th! [tickets here]

Thank god for the power of the Internet to do this. Go, Amit, go. #stopSOPA #stopleukemia

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.

Come out to see our film! 

girlwalkallday:

We’re very excited to announce a West Coast tour of live screenings + dance parties that’ll bring us to Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles (and more) in just a few short weeks! We’ve got some incredibly special events planned, and hope you’ll join us.  We’re also continuing to show the film in the NYC area, and have partnered with Skillshare and the co-working space, Grind, for a screening and conversation this Friday, January 20th. You can get tickets to this Friday’s event over on Skillshare. 

Tickets are now also available for the following West Coast screenings: 

 2/11:  We’ll be kicking off our tour with a Seattle Premiere at the one and only Neumos on Capitol Hill with DJs Tigerbeat and Radjaw. DANCE PARTY! [Tickets + info]
 2/14: On Valentine’s Day we’ve got a one-night-only 20-person screening at the gorgeous restaurant, Delancey. Guest Chef Matt Costello will prepare a 5+ course meal with drink pairings, to be followed by a screening of the film. [Tickets + info]
 2/15 + 2/16: We’ll spend two nights in the gorgeous event space, The Cleaners at Ace Hotelfor our Portland Premiere. These shows are ALL AGES and we’ll be gettin’ truly down + dance-y. [Tix for 2/15 + Tix for 2/16]
2/19: Next, we head to the Bay Area to close out the 14th Annual SF Indie Fest with a screening + big party at Public Works. [Tickets + info]
• 2/23: Later that week, we’ll be screening the film at the legendary Roxie Theater in the Mission. [Tickets + info]
2/25: Last but not least, we’ll work our way down south for our Los Angeles Premiere at Space15Twenty. Courtyard dancing + palm trees! [Tickets + info]

Additional shows + venues TBA!

zachklein:

Yancey Strickler posted an item yesterday about the wane of conspicuous consumption among wealthy people in Silicon Valley. But, as it turns out, conspicuousness hasn’t vanished. The post suggests that the Startup is the new conspicuous. Look at What I’ve Done.

The first comment on that…

girlwalkallday:

As of today, all twelve chapters of Girl Walk // All Day are live and available for free on Gothamist. We can’t thank you enough for your supportive and encouraging emails, tweets, comments and words of all kinds along the way. 

Many people have emailed to ask where they can purchase the film, or how they can see it in full, rather than in chapters. We agree: seeing the film in full on big screen with loud music and space for dancing is the best way to experience it. THIS IS NOT A MOVIE MADE FOR THE WEB!! To that: we’re working on providing the full non-serialized version of the film online (either for sale or for digital streaming) as soon as possible but want to ensure we’re taking all legal matters into consideration due to the nature of the soundtrack. Please be patient as we work through this! 

So, how can you see Girl Walk // All Day in full?

1. We’re taking the film ON TOUR and doing a series of live, interactive screenings (+ dance parties!) that are all about making your film-watching experience a fully immersive experience. We’ll be announcing some screening dates later this week on the west coast and in the northeast. The best way to learn about these is to subscribe to our mailing list (in the site footer), follow us on twitter, or check in on facebook. We’ll also be posting information to our events page. Come out and see us at one of these events. 

2. Request a screening in your area. Our request-a-screening map helps us know where our biggest audiences are, so make a mark and tell all your friends to make a mark on the map too. 

3. Let us know if you have a venue that can host us for a screening by sending an email to hi@girlwalkallday.com. Our very broad criteria for a screening space includes:

— Fits anywhere from 50 to 500 people

— Has an AV and projector setup

— Could be a concert venue, photo studio, cool bar, movie theater, art space, your ad agency, co-working space, restaurant, loft, boat or barn.  It’s definitely preferable if there’s open seating or no seats, but theaters are okay too.

— Has a bar or would allow a bar setup

Let us know where you are, how you can help us market the event, and if you can offer our team (of 2-4 people) a place to stay for the night. 

4. You can offer a financial contribution to the film. If you’ve enjoyed Girl Walk // All Day for any period of time, or if it has made you smile, dance, laugh or cry, please consider supporting us in an amount that makes sense to you. All funds will go towards helping us show this film in more venues and additional villages, towns and cities around the world. 

Thank you for all your support + we hope to see you at an upcoming screening!