Chris Walker Vs. Real Breast Cancer Awareness

I don’t know why I can’t get over the stunt a bunch of girls pulled on Facebook a few weeks back, thinking if they posted their bra colors, without any information, excluding others, it would somehow make a prolific impact on breast cancer awareness. In retrospect, it seems like such a silly thing to get upset over (and I doubt anyone remembers but me). Maybe my issues run deeper. Regardless, here’s some real breast cancer awareness: breast cancer took this beautiful woman from us on January 01, 2010:

I’m not going to write a long biography about Lhasa de Sela. We all know what Wikipedia is, and I think the video above speaks more of her vivaciousness than I’m able. I hope she’s well remembered. Her gorgeous music will undoubtedly endure. Here is my favorite Lhasa track:

If you’re concerned with breast cancer awareness put your money where your bra color is and donate (even if you’re not wearing one). Not all breast cancer victims get to make an imprint this touching before they die.

LINKS:

Lhasa de Sela.

Susan G. Komen For The Cure.

For more of that live performance by Lhasa, visit Vincent Moon on Vimeo.

Chris Walker Vs. Goldie Flashback

Although 2010 is the year of refinement, if it at some point doesn’t end up similar to this I will consider it a failure. I mean, come on, Calvin’s wearing a suit. That’s refined, right? (Not to mention, his album almost made my top ten.) I’m envisioning something similar to this video will come to fruition in Los Angeles around February 27th, 2010.

While we’re at it, you have to hear Goldie’s remix of this song. I’m aware most of you don’t know who Goldie is but he is a god (or was, in the electronic music scene). And he had a small role in The Fifth Element Snatch. Goldie is the King of Jungle, and made the most epic song of all time, (not debatable, look for it) “Mother”. I submitted “Mother” for a sophomore English project in high school, and how it affected my reading; I got an A. How Calvin Harris got Goldie to remix his track is beyond me. Nevertheless, here it is:

I’m grinning ear to ear. How is your 2010 going? By the way, I was looking for a proper place to post this picture of Goldie; looks like this is it.

Chris Walker Vs. Girls With Dumb Ideas

Photo: xcraziiibabiii1x

Women have a lot of dumb ideas; I think this one takes first place for dumbest.

Yesterday, girls took to their Facebook pages with a mission. That mission: to post but a single word, the color of their bra. Evidently, they did this to promote breast cancer awareness. But no boys allowed! That’s right; men were not to be informed of what was going on which, if you ask me, thoroughly defeats the purpose of promotion. Furthermore, they didn’t provide any links so all these girls really fostered was confusion, simultaneously providing more concrete evidence that lots of girls are stupid.

I doubt many people (aside from girls) took the time to figure out what was going on. I mean, come on, there was a college bowl game going on yesterday afternoon. Most people probably saw some girl they know posting a color, said whatever, and then went on with their lives. Not to mention, words like “teal” and “maroon” don’t make me think of breast cancer. They make me think, man, I haven’t picked up a box of Crayolas in forever, which is now something I’m thinking about doing. Along with a Spider-Man coloring book. So, thanks for that.

The good news is, in an ass-backwards way, it worked. Not as they intended, I assure you, but in a way it did because here I am, ranting about it, publicizing it. And, after working myself into such frenzy over this nonsense, I decided in order to atone for your stupidity, ladies, for every bra-color-status-update I found on my Facebook wall, I would donate five dollars to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I have made good on that decision. You’re welcome.

THIS IS HOW YOU PROMOTE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS:

Susan G. Komen For The Cure.

Also, if you’re feeling extra generous, this is a charity I like donating to:

Common Threads.