Joshua's Journal

05/07/2010 19:54 #51521

Obama's Visit

I sent this to the White House today - I really hope that something happens for Zilly Rosen.

Hello White House -

President Barack Obama is visiting my home city of Buffalo, New York on Thursday, May 13 and many citizens here in Buffalo are excited. The purpose for my message to the White House today is twofold; first, to send a warm welcome from a city with a lot of heart, and secondly to remind the right person within the White House of a particular Buffalo citizen with a particularly big heart.

Although I'm sure these plans are made in advance and can be a pain to adjust, I think it would be appropriate to pay a visit to Zillycakes and Zilly Rosen, the creator of the Obama cupcake image, as well as the cupcake image of Presidents Obama and Lincoln that were installed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

For reference:

Zilly is a very humble lady and is the owner of one amazing bakery here in Buffalo. I promise that it will be a highlight in the President's short trip to the city and for people from DC that wants a taste of some fantastic sweets. Anyone who gets to tag along will love it. Please let the President come get a custom cupcake!

People have put a lot of faith into President Obama as a politician and a person, but would you deny somebody who would go so far as to create the cupcake art that you have seen?

Sincerely,
Joshua Larson
Buffalo, NY

joshua - 05/09/10 18:41
Thank you for the positive feedback! For me this is very simple - she deserves it and I feel very strongly about that. I hope somebody is listening, or at least didn't need my reminder. I know the people in the WH have the brains to see this one.

metalpeter - 05/08/10 15:58
What a great letter and a great idea. I hope they listen. I also hope that you aren't the only one who thought of this place and sugested it, if that is the case it will help the odds. At the very worst they could send some one to get stuff and try the stuff out. I hope it works out well for Zilly Cakes.

james - 05/08/10 10:04
A+!

mrmike - 05/08/10 08:53
Nice Josh, I've known Zilly since before her days with Dolci and that would be great. I read Buffalo Rising's story about where he should eat and if that is what we are truly concerned about here this region is forever screwed. The forum argument is one for the ages. You'd think the White House would love the photo op, a rising successful small business that got its start right around the same time the President did and they've had the better year

paul - 05/07/10 23:02
that's so freaking awesome. I hope he visits.

janelle - 05/07/10 20:22
Very nice Joshua~!

03/20/2010 20:32 #51233

Paul's Chat Roulette Adventures

First of all, hi, it's been a while -

I've got a question - which is better, playing chat roulette and finding a gross dude with a huge erection in his hand, or is it better to find a dude with a huge rifle in his hand?

metalpeter - 03/21/10 10:22
Well I guess you couldn't find both at the same time well maybe if they had that speak software you could.

terry - 03/21/10 00:30
I prefer the cute one.

02/03/2010 00:37 #50959

Whoops!

C'mon. You know me well enough to understand that if I saw this I would do exactly as follows -

Josh

PS - loving my time out west.

joshua - 02/03/10 18:42
Story pulled that would make Barry look bad (hi Alex!). Barru's tentacles reach far and wide IMO!

jenks - 02/03/10 16:34
bahahahahhaha I just can't not laugh every time I hear you call him Barry.

jim - 02/03/10 13:03
Link: :::link:::

james - 02/03/10 08:43
I can't read the small text that Barry does not approve of. But is a backdoor tax an anal sex joke?

If it isn't, I say no taxation without copulation! I've got a tea bag for you right here, Mr.President.

I've got dozens of them.

01/21/2010 19:52 #50876

Inspiration

Inspiration is seeing a friend, who was confined to a wheelchair, standing on his own two feet. There's no words to express how I feel right now - it's enough to make you weep. If that doesn't make the voice in your head scream "NEVER GIVE UP!" then nothing will.

What, you don't have a voice in your head?

mrmike - 01/21/10 21:54
I got a whole chorus and wow do they argue

lilho - 01/21/10 21:33
If I ever revealed what went on inside my head I would be out away for good.

chico - 01/21/10 20:57
The voices in my head are rarely positive. But what you described is really astonishing. Definitely grounds for an inner "never give up!". Cheers.

01/20/2010 22:31 #50870

My Health

For the past 6 weeks or so I've noticed chest pains whenever I get overwhelmed with stress. It's really weird - kind of like a rock the size of a softball has been planted where your heart should be.

Today my heart seemed to be throbbing quite a bit and I started to feel the pain again, so I went home from work early and laid down. It seems that once the weird stuff starts, it has a hard time letting it go... kind of like yours truly and grudges.

In other words, I'm having trouble facing up to the fact that I should see a doctor. I worry about hearing bad news, although I know that one has got to gulp down the bad news whole and face the facts. What do you suppose a doctor is going to do to me when I tell them that I'm a 31 year old guy that has a medical history of on and off treatment for hypertension (160/100) diagnosed since age 18, and that here and there I'm getting chest pain?

Bleh.

metalpeter - 01/22/10 20:14
(serious and messing with you a bit). See if you worry about going to the doctor and get all upset then your heart will pound and then that will worry you and it will never end so I say find something that mellows you out it is natural and every thing will be fine, ha. Seriously though that idea is from the fact that people who get panic attacks sometimes give them selves panic attacks. They think what if I go out some place and something freaks me out, then the thought that might happen causes a Panic Attack. I say find I doctor and just say something like "I'm young and so I never really go to the doctor like I should" I'm sure I good doctor will get that, and ad "I'm only here cause this is freaking me out". Hey get it checked out if it is a heart problem it is better to know and be able to deal with it, and if it isn't maybe they have something that will help make you better.

jenks - 01/21/10 16:20
Josh, just go get checked out. Statistically, the chances of you having some serious cardiac issue are slim. Not none, but slim. I.e. chances are he will not have any horrible news for you. Lots of things can cause chest pain, including indigestion and anxiety/stress.

If you find out it's nothing bad- that in itself will probably make you feel better. And if, god forbid, it is bad- well then you can start taking care of it.

But really. Just go get it off your chest.

(har har, couldn't resist)

paul - 01/20/10 23:33
Hope you get better, heart problems are so scary. I was obsessed with my blood pressure for a while. You should get one of those home blood pressure measurers, then you can see what affects it and try and compensate.

jim - 01/20/10 22:59
I had similar symptoms, and it turned out to be just gas in my stomach compressing my lungs. Then I'd feel anxious over thinking something was wrong with my heart and get weird palpitations and feel faint.

Not that I am you, or that you shouldn't go to the doctor -- you totally should -- but in my case I just had to stop eating sugary food in big quantities. No more gassy lung pressure ^_^ or pseudo heart attack / anxiety attacks.

Hope you feel better :)