Yeah, if you look closely, that's me with the bangs and white jacket in the bathroom...

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This is a product of Grace & Michael's hard work and commitment..

Get involved...Save a Life

In order of appearance:

J-Splif, Nicole Bilderback, Brian Yang, C.S. Lee, Parry Shen, Michelle Krusiec, Prohgress, DC Wolfe, PK, Kev Nish, Steve Aoki, Arden Cho, Danny Cho, Lanny Joon, Vivian Bang, Tamlyn Tomita, Tim Chiou, Julia Nickson, and David Lee McInnis

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This is borrowed from my friend Peachies who is producing a PSA to help Michelle find a donor...

I will be having a drive in the Hollywood area in the near future..

For drives, please visit: http://projectmichelle.com/upcoming-drives/

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From A3M (Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches):

Michelle, a Chinese-Vietnamese American and Berkeley alum, urgently needs our help in giving her a new chance at life. She is undergoing chemotherapy at present but needs to find a match for her bone marrow transplant by June 21st.

Fortunately, you can help.

Three Things You Can Do

1. Please get registered.

Getting registered is quick and requires a simple cheek swab and paperwork (10 minutes of your time). If you are actually a match, the donation process is VERY similar to giving blood.

We have created an organization called “Project Michelle” (www.Projectmichelle.com) to increase the number of Asians registered in the bone marrow registry. Our goal is to enroll 15,000 Asians. Her match is most likely to come from a person of Asian descent, however, very few Asians are actually in the registry and this makes it very difficult for doctors to find them a match. This is why we need your help.

We are currently organizing drives nationwide, and you can register by visiting a local drive. Please check our website for information about drives in your area (www.marrow.org).

If you’re interested in registering, please contact Jino De Castro at 213.473.1672 or jdecsatro@Ltsc.org. You can schedule an appointment to register in person at our downtown office (244 S. San Pedro St. #503 Los Angeles, CA 90012) or we can send you a home kit.

2. Organize a drive.

Organize a drive in your community (workplace, church, community center, etc.).

At a minimum, please share this email message with at least 20 people, and ask them to do the same. Please point your friends to local drives, ask them to get registered, and organize a drive in their own community.

Please use the power of your address book to spread this message – today more than ever before, we can achieve broad scale and be part of a large online movement to save lives.

3. Learn more

To learn more, please visit (www.marrow.org). The site includes more details on how to organize your own drive, valuable information about leukemia, plus FAQs on registering.

Thank you for getting registered and joining this effort to help Michelle win her fight against leukemia – and for helping others who may face blood disorders in the future.

Best,

Michelle’s family and friends

This past weekend, I ventured out to my local cinema to catch the film Iron Man directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrance Howard.

I have been a huge fan of superhero comic book film adaptions even dating back to SUPERMAN with the late Christopher Reeves. There have been some excellent adaptations (X-MEN, BATMAN, SPIDERMAN), some midrange ones (THE PUNISHER, the recent SUPERMAN,  Ang Lee's THE HULK) and some really terrible ones (The FANTASTIC FOUR, GHOST RIDER, and DAREDEVIL). I set out to see IRON MAN with optimism since it had a cast that is known for it's acting abilities and not as much for their box office $ appeal. Which if studios would recognise, that all the really good ones feature actors that can act and not necessarily their populairty, then they could probably do no wrong with their latest venture.

Sitting down in the darkened theater, I was treated to an amazing new trailer for The DARK KNIGHT which sent shivers up my spine every time HEATH LEDGER appeared in addition to fleshing out more of the HARVEY DENT character played by an always excellent AARON ECKHART. THE DARK KNIGHT is the film to see of the summer in my opinion and not the latest INDIANA JONES installment even though I love that character, he's just gotten too old for me.

IRON MAN basically is an origin story which helps if you know nothing about the character but also fairly accurately brings to life for die-hard fans. It explains TONY STARK's heart condition and the device which not only keeps him alive but the genesis of IRON MAN due to the same device. It's actually a fascinating story of a genius kid who inherits his father's legacy of being a scientific leader in weapons technology among other things. ROBERT DOWNEY Jr. brings to the role what no other actor could. Believabilty. A flawed man who doesn't take anything seriously and has numerous vices much like the actor himself. The story introduces the various conceptions of the IRON MAN armor and alludes to WAR MACHINE which is a nice touch for fans. JEFFBRIDGES is terrific as the duplicitous OBADIAH STANE, TONY STARK's business partner. GWYNETH PALTROW is subtle and cast perfectly as PEPPER POTTS as is TERRANCE HOWARD as TONY STARK's best friend JIM 'RHODEY' RHODES. My only wish is that LESLIE BIBB was used more as she is a very talented actress as well as beautiful.

This film ranks up there with CHRISTOPER NOLAN's BATMAN and here's why...Not only do you have strong actors which lends believabilty to the characters but these are superheroes who are mortal men that have flaws and create their alter ego's through physical training, science, intelligence and vengeance.

btw, stay til the end way after the credits because there is a small surprise which fans of THE AVENGERS will love...