think pink.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

It's estimated that, before the year is over, 182,460 women will be diagnosed with the disease. 40,480 will die from it (Source).

The National Cancer Institute estimates that, based on current rates, 12.7% of American women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer (Source).

70% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease. However, if you have a first-degree relative (parent, sibling or child) who has had, your risk for being diagnosed doubles (Source).

A woman’s chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer is about 1 in 233 when she's in her 30s and rises to 1 in 8 by the time she’s reached 85 (Source).

Where to find more information:

• BreastCancer.org
  
• NCI - Breast Cancer
  
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
  
• Click To Give
  
  
  Get educated and get checked!

"who gives a shit about terrorism?"

I know this video is already spreading through Livejournal Land like an STD, but I have to post it here, if only to remind myself that Jonah Hill has the ability to make me laugh (Something I once thought impossible). Also, it's a clever video addressing the apathy that one too many Americans seems to be displaying.

PLEASE VOTE. I know it's your choice, but it's one of the most important choices you can make. Life is not a spectator sport. Get in the fucking game.

DICAPRIO/MYPANTS 08.

today was an awesome day.

Tina Fey, my imaginary Wife Inside My Head, is writing a book!

However, the book will not be a memoir - the publication claims it's been pitched as "non-fiction humour, more in the style of author, screenwriter and film director Nora Ephron".

Squee! I've got Nora Ephron's Crazy Salad laying abandoned in my car, thanks to my modern lit class. I cannot wait to have Tina Fey's book forgotten next to it, lol.

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