Title: hey, 22. See you in 30minutes. I have nothing more profound for you than this smile. However, straight out of the gate, this got me through my Sittoo’s sudden illness and subsequent death, humiliating myself during callbacks, 2 V-Day’s, (trying) relearning how to ride a bike, adventure-times, Ireland, Seagull, my first and second round of TML, and this here bloggie blog art project. I feel kind of fail-tastic about it. I really planned on involving more video and visual art, but hey, life happens. I should’ve stuck to my guns more. I’m sorry I have nothing more profound than this here face sans makeup, but it’s how I’ve been hanging for the past year. I think I’m/it’s pretty resilient and pretty pretty. So, haters, back off, I’m Aliee F*cking Chan and I’ll always be 21.

don’t overthink
just keep going
tomorrow’s it
then you’re 22 -
then what?

just keep going.

Title: let it be known that starting today (otherwise known as heinous monsoon day), that weather.com decided it would be significantly colder and wetter on my birthday than previously predicted.

Title: from ms ensler and myself - love your tree.

Biggest thing I learned today: the bad wedding singer from The Hangover is the same awful wedding singer from Old School.

Title: who i am, or could be, according to the actors access breakdowns.

DON’T JUDGE A GIRL BASED ON HER SEXUAL PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE - YOU DON’T KNOW.

Title: if you’re wondering if i want you to, i want you to.

Notes: change pronouns, apply. facebook is dumb.

1. Go here.
2. Google their organization and read up on their protests of military funerals, Elizabeth Edwards, Matthew Shepard, and other generalized un-biased hatred based on a severe misreading of the Bible and its subsequent inappropriate use as an instruction manual rather than it’s more common use: 50% sacred scripture, 50% periodical.
3. Evaluate whether hate speech falls under the category of free speech (*spoiler alert, it does). Evaluate based on several posts whether this falls under the category of harassment or bullying on their part. Protest is technically civil disobedience, but consider the un-anonymous targeted responses to joke posts submitted by Tumblr users, the language the Westboro Baptist Church elects to use, then evaluate whether this is OK (*spoiler alert, it’s not).
4. Receive power. john@tumblr.com - that’s John Maloney’s e-mail address. He’s the president of tumblr. Have little faith in online communication? (678) 439-886257 or “HEY-TUMBLR) - that’s HQ’s phone number. Really ticked: their address is 35 East 21st Street, 9th Floor New York, NY. I didn’t hack this information. It’s available on Tumblr’s about page. http://wearewestborobaptistchurch.tumblr.com/ask is the WBC’s ask page, if you have something to say to them directly.
5. Formulate a response, positive or negative and please submit it to the previously mentioned head of the public blogging site the WBC is using.
6. Know this: your speech is free, too. If you’re pissed off, your rights are equally as protected. Just because the psycho minority is hopped up on enough bullshit to be way dramatic about their delusion doesn’t give them the right to be louder. I’m e-mailing John after hitting "create post” - I invite you to join me (or call during normal business hours).
7. If you really wanna stick it to them, go out and hug someone without asking about their sexual orientation, religion, military status, age, race, or economic status. Just go blindly love your fellow human as a direct counter attack to their blind hatred.
8. Enjoy. Love yourself.