This is going to be HUGE.

CA Walk It Out 2009 is this walk that is going to begin on September 26, 2009 and the walk begins in San Fransisco and ends in San Diego--approximately 3 months.

Art4TH is one of the online sponsors and created some banners for YOU to put on YOUR blogs and sites. If YOU do this Art4TH will also promote YOU in the Art4TH Blog Art4TH Community and Art4TH Zine :) My way of saying thanks for helping me promote CA Walk It out 09.

The banners/ flyers are in the blog post below so if you want the code to one, if you are a NUTANG member, message me for one. If you are NOT a nutang member, you can reach me on Myspace or Twitter both user names are Art4TheHomeless

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Yeah I check my inbox and there were two messages from FedExOnline saying that I had a package. So curious, I opened up the email. This is what it said:


You have a bank draft deposit of$800,000.00.

Awaiting the outstanding payment of $180.00USD.

Contact:[email protected].

So I did hehehe.

I changed the subject line from "Package Delivery Notification" to "Homeland Security Auto-Response" and wrote them:

Thank you for contacting Homeland Security. You have reached our helpdesk which is open Monday through Friday from nine am to five pm. We will get back to you in the order you were received in. If this is an emergency please dial 911.


Sincerely,

Auto Response


OMG I hope I don't get arrested for that LOL but I couldn't resist.

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Art4TH has received a few donations.

Author Donna Maria Scaglione has donated a copy of her book, A Unique Bunny for Art4TH to sell on the Elegance Boutique Etsy Store site.

Roz Hannibal donated to beautifully hand made Composition Journals for Art4TH to sell also in the Elegance Boutique Etsy Store if there is no room in the Elegance Boutique store front in Little 5 Points.

Also, Hester, aka Stardust Love, has created some beautiful jewelry to help raise money for Art4TH.

You can view these lovely pieces here

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=27645458

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=27656141

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27656776

The donated book by Donna will be up on Etsy real soon :)

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a thousand sunsets have passed
a million seconds ticked away
as the collapse of our friendship
finalized with your stab of betrayal
time has lapsed since I last thought of you
one memory surfaced and haunted me
we once laughed together
but I wasn't good enough
you left for a while on a trip
a stranger came back
slaughtered what had
become a strong friendship
your lies still mock me
and i cringe when I think of you
yet you were the coward who lied
your kind eyes were masked by evil
the angel who was ceased to exist
the girl you knew grew up
still haunted by you

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Walk-It-Out Fundraisers has been selected as one of three finalists for the Myspace Impact Awards!

VOTE FOR US

Pens For Peace and Walk-It-Out Fundraisers founders Timothy Pina and Danielle Pierre will be walking from San Francisco to San Diego (approx 530 mi) beginning 9/26 to raise funds and awareness for victims of abuse and homelessness. This is the first walk event of many that we will do annually, in various states, to raise funds and awareness for social needs.

Winners receive a $10,000 donation to the cause and are featured on Myspace Impact for a one month period, plus more!

We are honored and excited to have been nominated and selected as a finalist.

Click on the "VOTE FOR US" link above, add Myspace Impact Awards as a friend - you will be added instantly. Vote for Walk-It-Out Fundraisers in the finalists box!

Your vote will make a difference! Thank you!
href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3cud2Fsa2l0b3V0ZnVuZHJhaXNlcnMuY29t">ww.walkitoutfundraisers.com

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Art4TH is a proud sponsor of the Walk It Out Fundraisers.


Click here to go vote for us in the Myspace Impact Awards!! You can vote for us daily, but you have until Friday to VOTE

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I was talking with one of the security guards that guard my apartment building the other day. You see, I was confronted by a drug addict who wanted sex while I was on my way to the grocery store. This is why I rant about crackheads.

Anyway the guy grabbed my arm and demanded to know if I had a ring on it. I reacted by jerking away and pulling a punch. I managed not to hit the guy but said in a loud clear voice that if he didn't leave me alone then I would kill him.

I see him all the time begging for money on the streets. He went ahead of me into the store and bought booze. I told the security guard at the store what happened.

Anyway, I was talking to the guard at my apartment and he told me that once you have that first taste of crack, then you were lost.

Having lived on the streets myself and seeing addicts, I have become hateful toward them. They leach from society. Make people feel sorry for them because they are homeless and use the money given to them to get the next high. And people think God is going to bless them for wasting their money. He might since they have good intentions. Who am I to judge?

This is where I sit back and look at myself in a critical light--constructively.

Joe, the guard, pointed out that they were once like me and him and maybe fell on hard times. I saw the human in them--not the lusty men who chase down women and harass them or the women who would do anything for a hit. I saw the human who were once like me--young, ambitious, and dreaming of changing the world.

Thanks, Joe, I needed that.

How can I help the homeless and judge them a the same time? And who am I to judge? I am going to go get a taser with my next paycheck though. These men around will don't bother me much anymore since I am a bit on the crazy side, but the bold ones may get tasered.

I live right by the Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and usually there are some new faces I see, but for the most part, there are the same guys who live on the streets, deal the drugs, and then there are the usual addicts. A lot of people blame the Task Force for helping them. I can't because the Task Force helped me once--and they have probably helped millions more.

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When I mentioned we, I meant Walk It Out Fundraisers who has selected Art4TH to receive 10% of their proceeds for when they raise money for the walk. Tim and Dani leave September 26th 2009 from San Fransisco to walk to San Diego to raise money for homelessness, domestic violence and child abuse victims.

Art4TH will use the donated funds to establish a non profit status, get a business license and get all the legalities straight and go from there. I can't wait!

I do want to give the group I Love Evelyn, who won the Myspace Impact Award, a shout out and congratulate them. They are a wonderful homeless advocacy group based out of Texarkana, AR or TX not sure which side of the border they are on--but its like an hour away from my hometown of Shreveport, LA.

Anyways, Chad and his wife--along with their supporters--go to different homeless people around the US, befriend them and just do what they can to make a difference in their lives by showing love.

That is a fabulous cause and here is their Myspace URL go add them and congratulate them!

http://www.myspace.com/lovingevelyn

Also, the Art4TH Website is up with a totally fresh look. http://art4thehomeless.webs.com

Oh, ya, hope you love the new look!

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