Long time no talk • 05.28.08
Hey guys…long time no talk:
here is a quick update:
I am now in my 9th week at UC Irvine and it has been pretty amazing and hard all at the same time. The hard part has been going from lots
of hanging around the house not doing too much to lots of reading,
taking midterms, writing papers and did I say LOTS of reading…don’t
get me started on the prospect of taking finals…oy vey. The amazing
part has been meeting new people, being on my own, embracing a new
lifestyle and being somewhat FREE from the details of cancer. Which
brings me to why I’m writing now. I’m not sure if you remember me
writing in my last blog about a documentary I was asked to participate
in called, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) but a group came to my house and
shot about 8 hours of film, compiled it into 3 minutes that documented
my fundraising efforts (our fundraising efforts). It was for a larger
project / documentary slated to air on television! I’m not sure if you
heard about it yet, but it was on the Today show yesterday. This
organization Stand Up to Cancer is HUGE! Now when I say huge, I mean
like the population of China huge. It is going to air on CBS, NBC and
ABC on September 5th all at the same time! And it has a whole agenda,
mission statement and is intended to change the way we fund, research
and share cancer dollars. This website launched today and is intended
to build up to the documentary in September. So for now the goal is to
get as many people involved in this website as possible AND my
documentary is on it! I have even created a Cuck Fancer team that I
want all of you to join. Nobody has to donate because we have already
done plenty of that, but to become a member of my team would be
awesome. It is really simple and I think it is important to be part of
something so important that may change the way we deal with cancer.
And definitely check out Larry David’s piece, he is hilarious. Go to:
1. http://www.standup2cancer.org/
2. Go to the link that says SUTV at the top
3. Go to Insight
4. Click Cuck Fancer and see ME! (I’m right under Charlie Gibson)
If you want to join my team here’s how you do it.
1. Click on Get Involved
2. The teams (They are going to ask you to register and log in. It
might be a little hectic…but it is worth it). You can join a baseball
team if you would like but you do not have to. After you register go
back to the teams.
3. It is a public team, and if you can’t find it I recommend pressing
ctrl+f and just typing in cuck fancer.
4. Then just click the join button on the bottom.
It is going to be so cool because my goal is to have the most members
on my team. Money does not matter; it’s all about the support. I want
people who do not even know me to join my team. Remember: just like
all of you have told me, it’s all about the support. I want other kids
to feel like they can relate to me.
This link might help: http://www.standup2cancer.org/mysu2c/team/view/527
Just a side note. I am in remission and consulting with several
doctors about the possibility of needing to begin radiation therapy.
Not something I’m looking forward to and a bit frustrated with the
lack of consensus amongst the doctors.
Besides that: life is peaches.
Enjoy the documentary and know that I would not have been able to do
this without you. All of you gave me the confidence to put myself out
there and this is a TEAM EFFORT!
Cuck Fancer would not be here without you.
I made it my bitch: and it always will be
I love you all.
Ben
