me: Do you live in NYC area? Seb: yep me: Clark has sent me your speech at the cancer event as well as the one you've written me: I'd like you to present a five-minute version of the latter at the rally me: Afterwards, you may be able to present the whole speech at a follow-up event in the park Seb: awesome me: we only have steps for an hour me: Still trying to figure out details but at any rate we'll be having a series of meetings that week and other such things me: So to the extent that you can attend everything, try to do so Seb: do you think you could give me any tips on what I should cut out? me: Yes, we'll get to that soon me: I have to go to this thing in a bit but also Clark is good with editing and he might have good suggestions me: but I'll assist as well me: I haven't written my speech yet but it will consist largely of notes I've been writing over the past year Seb: sorry one second Seb: back Seb: yeah, that sounds good Seb: sorry I haven't been able to make any of meetings, I've had a rough week.. I had a colonoscopy, then $6000K worth of fraudlent charges from paypal, and then spent the past few days in the hospital with a kidney stone me: 600k? Seb: oops Seb: 6k me: still wacky Seb: yeah it's been a pain in the butt me: I can't even imagine Seb: luckily the manager at my local BofA is a really really nice lady, but paypal has just been totally not helpful me: I feel bad about being healthy because I shouldn't be based on my past lifestyle me: got an old friend who never even spoked and is about to die of spinal cancer me: or some such thing me: uncle's about to die of lung cancer, too, which is how his father went and how I'll go unless I'm shot Seb: as much as I understand what you're saying...don't feel bad, feel awesome, you're healthy! better to at least take advantage and enjoy it than deprive yourself out of guily, I think me: I don't actually feel bad, lol Seb: *guilt me: I'm not that good of a person Seb: hahaha fair enough Seb: you're better than many, at least Seb: at least you're trying to do something to make things better me: not saying much me: useless fucking generation Seb: yeah me: we've got a 60 year old vet organizing these rallies instead the million twenty-somethings in NYC who don't give a shit Seb: there's a lot of shitty people in the older generations too me: I should have more young people and less middle-aged people in this organization me: I've noticed Seb: I mean, the one 60 year old who's helping doesn't make up for all of his peers who have been aggressively screwing us over since before we were born Seb: I agree about more young people, though Seb: (even though I don't really know anything about the ages you've already got) Seb: I think there are a lot of people in the younger generations who have just lost hope and faith that anything positive can be accomplished me: suffice to say I managed to recruit almost no one from NYC's youthful population me: no activists me: or the type who are always screaming for change me: I've got a financial guy, Scott, and a retired lawyer serving as my top guys me: Obviously I'm happy for everyone's help but I'm just very disappointed in the refusal of more than a handful of young people to get involved Seb: yeah that is disappointing Seb: I think it's in large part a matter of momentum, though me: Luckily, an efficient operation with top-notch people can tackle tremendous challenges thanks to the new environment me: yeah, we'll get them later, once we're popular Seb: right Seb: sorry if you've told me before, how old are you? me: 29 Seb: is there anyone else involved who's younger? me: yep me: Sundeep is youngest me: 16 me: tim is my age, Scott's a bit older Seb: wow, awesome! me: Campbell's a bit older me: a few others Seb: so how long have you been working on all of this? me: about a year me: I first conceived it while finishing this book on pundits after deciding that a book wasn't going to do the trick me: was originally to be a limited effort intent on coordinating bloggers in such a way as to produce critical mass of buzz on the failures of a particular pundit sufficient to provoke MSM coverage me: expanded from there Seb: pretty cool! Seb: so did you finish the book or just move on? me: finished the book, choosing an agent now, never had one before because last book was commissioned directly by old publisher me: I'll send it to you Seb: awesome! me: this is not a final edit Seb: alrighty Seb: what was the first book? Seb: that sounds like a blast