Ice Bucket Challenge

i won't bitch about seeing the challenge. and, honestly, if people are donating and raising money for a disease like this by having people eat jars of fleas and film it, i don't care - as long as the money's being raised.

attention whores don't bother me, especially when it's for a good cause.

 

i would like to request that the bucket challengers wear light-colored t-shirts if they're buxom young women.

 

i would have thought that this was implied in the very nature of the challenge.

 

dammit. just got nominated.

 

i've been reasonably impressed with my friends who have done it here just because it's the middle of winter. the money also appears to be largely going to the child cancer foundation in nz, so i'm not sure who decided where they money would go.

does anyone even know how this thing started?

 

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jason-s ... challenge/

 

hate to be a hipster, but i heard about this thing before all of you did. the reason why is because i went to college with the kid who started it, and it spiraled out for there. i don't remember meeting the kid, but a lot of my friends have.

http://room3606.com/q4tw/ that's his site. his name is pat quinn and his site at first was quinn 4 the win. this kid has money, his friends has money, and with the help of his family have attacked als with focused fury i haven't seen before. the school community, which is disgustingly tight knit have all jumped on board. they've had events all over their tri-state area and kicked off this ice bucket challenge.

anything helps, everything helps. don't care about the silly "attention whore" bitching. results are results.

edit: well fuck, i've gotten incorrect information, rush's article says it started before pat quinn. okay.

 

there are people on my fb page doing the challenge earlier in july than this and talking about donating money to 'their local cancer charity' ($20 if you do the challenge, $100 if you don't). the guy who carked it did so a few days before chris kennedy did it and attached it to als. not saying that any particular charity is more worthy, just interesting how the whole thing has developed.

 

i think the reason it has taken off is because it's actually fun. challenging your friends and family to something so silly and posting it online so everyone can laugh at each other, i think, is a big part of it. and it makes people feel good because it's for (insert charity). while some may be so, it doesn't necessarily mean they are attention whores.

 

i knew the ice bucket challenge when it was called neknominate.

 

and, you have lots of creative people trying to out-creative each other . . .

les claypool from primus, wore a pig mask while playing the upright bass, and called out geddy lee, who did this:



to call out ed robertson, who responded by doing this:



it's been, one week since i broke my neck . . .
go big or go home!

 

a meme that channels the inevitable vanity and narcissism of facebook to a good cause is ok by me.

also this video is surprisingly enjoyable:

 

i'm with bill burr on this one.
i cycled 50klms (31 miles) around melbourne (australia) on my rather shitty (heavy) hybrid bike to raise money for multiple sclerosis in the annual ms bike ride.

 

Fight Ice with Fire

oops. don't forget, kids, power lines are really dangerous.

shouldn't part of the firefighter's training include basic guidelines for running a ladder truck near high voltage wiring?

 

an (admittedly super hot) chick from the golf channel did it on a beach in a bikini...with a bucket of caribbean ocean water and then danced around like it was the coldest thing ever