PLEASE READ& KICK!!!! My friend, 'Dumbass' author Jules Carlyle NEEDS OUR HELP!

[Dammit Ann]

Our wonderful, witty friend in Canada is in dire straits. I'll let her tell you in her own words which are so much better than mine could ever be...



http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=106549574&blogID=228793459&Mytoken=8DE53AE4-4C51-4172-AF803149E0EAF1E956257099

Why Am I Not Dead?
Category: Life

I have been terribly ill with peunmonia this week....I'm writing fun stories about it and it's been a funny experience for me....I'm keeping the outlook good, I promise...



I also learned something surprising too….I joke about how I live, in poverty….and where I live, on the hooker stroll, across from the homeless shelter, 3 doors down from the methadone clinic….I let the junkies play with my dog and Big Willy an aboriginal homeless man with the biggest smile I've ever seen always rushes to help me carry my groceries home and once he got tangled up in a fire hose inside my building….He also smiled when he stole my son's bike last summer…that's just who he is and what he knows….I'm not proud that I live here…I sometimes walk fast with my eyes down so I don't have to engage with people…I sigh and roll my eyes a lot….I'm not any kind of saint or particularly generous open spirit.

But the care I got in the hospital and from the EMTs on my first visit could have killed me…from who and how the 911 call was responded to…I was wondering why I had almost a dozen people in my little room. They were there in case of "trouble"….They didn't give me privacy or dignity or O2 to go down the flights of stairs….she berated me the whole time…a friend just pointed it out…."They didn't think you were a valuable person" she said, "They thought you are a prostitute/junkie, you weren't sick….you were probably high". They gave my son a bunch of valium without telling him or me what they were or how to administer them to me and sent us home….my blood Oxygen was super-low….the dr. wouldn't actually come and see me…he kept telling them to give me 9 shots of Ventolin every 30 min. and send her home…..for 9 hours….Ventolin can kill you all by itself. I started refusing…then I started pretending to take it….if I had taken it…then gone home and followed up with the Valium (which I did) I probably would have died.



Can you believe that in the Western World…in 2007….that we do this to people still?



On the second 911 call 2 days later….the ambulance came….and one of the drivers saw my book DUMBASS on the table….He said, "I know you….you're Jules Carlysle" I heard you on the radio the other day you were hilarious….I tried to get your book but Chapters is sold out….I gave him the copy off the table….I was the same person I was 48hrs earlier….probably looking and smelling considerably worse …my hair is totally doing a new scarier thing now….



I was suddenly important enough to get oxygen and ice chips….I got a diagnosis and prescriptions. I got a plan of action for the future….



I didn't know that 2 days earlier I was supposed to say something to them so they'd know I should be ..I don't know….not killed...I just assumed that they were asking me all of the important questions.



I guess some of the unspoken questions are actually – "Are you important to anyone?" "Will anybody care if you are gone?" and "What have you done for me lately?"

If I'd known that I needed to be important to warrant actual care, then I would have made certain they knew that I mattered….



I'd like to say I wouldn't do that.



I'd like to say that I would stand on principle and expect emergency care regardless of my social standing….remember I'm writing from Canada here….



I'd like to say that I would make them change their minds or do things differently…..because it's soooooo important to everyone.

From the Strange Ways to Kick Me When I'm Down File
Category: Life

So, I'm sick…



Not "Oh I do declare, I may succumb to a frightful case of the vapors" – kind of sick…



I mean blood in the lungs…call 911 again…aspirating on blood and vomit at the bottom of the stairs – kind of sick.



But this too shall pass….



What has my attention at the moment, is this….



When the EMS responded to the first 911 call, a bunch of firefighters showed up in addition to the ambulances and police…remember it was a colossal over reaction, due to their assumption that given where I live and how I live that I was probably a drug-addicted prostitute ready to make trouble.



Bored I suppose, since we didn't need all 475 EMS respondents to attend to me…the firemen took a walk around my building and the following week brought a surprise inspection by the Fire Marshall.



I live here illegally. It's not an apartment. It's just a room in a commercial building. I'm not here because I want to be. I'm here because we have no other place to be.



I have been assessed several fire code violations and am required to move or have them corrected by February 28.

Not only can I not move my residence by then…I simply have no money to do so…but I can barely move my body. My son has to wheel me the equivalent of ½ a city block to the bathrooms…



Although the chair my son uses to wheel me around is broken in two pieces, the seat comes off the legs entirely…so it has yielded some hysterical material for my writings about this illness….this will wind up being the funniest book I've ever written…if I don't die in the process.



The only hope I have is to do a public appeal to sell off the returned copies of Dumbass and make some money.



But I can't wrap my head around this at the moment…I don't want to be that person…that victim.



I believe in the biggest sense of the idea, that we create our lives….I attract what has come to me. If it's lessons to learn or mistakes to relive…I am ultimately responsible. I say often that if I want different results that I must make different choices….so I refuse most help, opting to find my way through this mess on my own.



My son, however….says that for me….asking for help IS making a different decision so I must learn to do that to move past this trouble…



I know…I should totally send that kid to military school….bastard!

She has a website with a link to buy her book.


http://www.julescarlysle.com/index.html


PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE buy as many copies as you can afford, you will not be disappointed and your money will go to a wonderful person. While you are there, take the time to read her stuff, it's wonderful. She's an important asset in our progressive cause. Let's help her.

[ninkasi]

1. K&R

I'm going to check out the website, thanks. How sad, that society values only money and celebrity.

[Dammit Ann]

2. Thank you! Donations will be accepted, also!

She is such a great person. I emailed her to tell her about the thread and told her to put up a donation button, also, so if you can't afford the book, you'll be able to give as little as a dollar to the cause. Or whatever you can afford. Hopefully, she will be able to get that done sometime today, so, if you'd rather wait to donate, please do.

[ninkasi]

5. Keeping kicked

Thanks for spreading the word!:hi: :hi: :hi:

[Dammit Ann]

6. Thanks for this.

I'm working on a video now, maybe that will get more attention.

[ninkasi]

7. This deserves more attention

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Dammit Ann]

8. You are the best!

I'm finishing up the video in about an hour. I'll post it in political videos. Maybe that will help. Thank you so much for keeping an eye out, together, we can hopefully get this done.

[ninkasi]

9. Now I know the meaning of

"Stubborn as a mule." Kicking yet Again! :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[againes]

3. I just went and bought the book :)

[Dammit Ann]

4. Love you!!!

:bounce: :yourock:

And welcome to DU!!!!

[More Than A Feeling]

10. Kick and recommended!

[Dammit Ann]

25. Thank you...

belated, I'm sorry, long day. :pals: :blush:

[Mojorabbit]

11. Donated!

It isn't a lot but the best I can do this week.

[Dammit Ann]

13. Thank you!

You are SO appreciated! Sincerely, I thank you. People like you make it all worthwhile, we stick together in our enforced squalor, ya know? Much love. :loveya: :pals: :yourock:

[quiet.american]

12. Thanks for posting -- my copy from Buzzflash just arrived this week.n/t

[Dammit Ann]

16. Buzzflash is the best.

They offered to appeal on behalf of Jules, so, that may yet happen.
What a GREAT book, huh?

[quiet.american]

18. Yes -- she is truly a MAJOR hoot -- so funny. I love it.

So sorry to hear what she's going through now....

[Cabcere]

14. K&R.

What an awful situation for her to be in...she sounds like such a strong person, though, and I will try to buy a copy of the book (I'm a little short on $$ at the moment). :kick:

[Dammit Ann]

20. Totally understand, been there...

Send all your wealthier friends! Just kiddin', baby, thanks for your support! :headbang:

[Straight Shooter]

15. Could you repost this on Monday where more people will see it?

Saturday night is tough to get a lot of people's attention.

Part of the reason I'm replying is to remind myself to check on My DU tomorrow so I can order the book. A friend of mine gave me one of those stupid things bush says type of books, and I need to return the favor :)

Please tell Jules to hang on, that she has not attracted what has come to her. You know, sometimes sh*t just happens.

Thanks for letting us know. :hi:

[Dammit Ann]

19. Absolutely.

I plan on keeping this up until I know she is O.K... or at least has enough to keep the wolves from the door. From then on, I guess, we will figure it out. Thanks soooo much for your support, it's amazing.

[Dammit Ann]

37. Need advice, please.

Although, the response was great, I was afraid to be too pushy about this. Turns out my efforts only raised $188 and all of that happened within the first 24 hours. Then the whole CUnt hijacking occurred and I just didn't want to risk putting Jules through too much more of that crap. Today was her deadline, though, and she is still in desperate straits. Any advice? Thank you, ANN

[tblue37]

17. K & R

[Dammit Ann]

21. Thank you.

What a team, what a team. Now it's happnin'! :toast:

[tblue37]

34. kick again

[Dammit Ann]

22. You know what's effin' hilarious?

I posted this earlier and by the time I realized I had spelled her name wrong, it was too late to edit. So, embarrassed, I emailed her. This was our exchange...



On Feb 24, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Jules Carlysle wrote:

Oh Hell I rarely spell my name right. I don't even notice. What's
the video
of?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 3:53 PM
To: Jules Carlysle
Subject: Re: Democratic Underground - PLEASE READ!!!! My friend,
'Dumbass'
author Jules Carlyle NEEDS OUR HELP!


Oh, please, I was in such a hurry I didn't even spell your name
right! That thread doesn't seem to be getting a whole lot of
attention but I'm halfway thru making the video and it's looking
good. I'll keep you posted!
On Feb 24, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Jules Carlysle wrote:

You are a blessed soul.






And this is her dull side.

[Dammit Ann]

24. BTW, when I posted this, I was exhausted.

Please excuse the silliness.

[Dammit Ann]

23. Finally, got the video done.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x17720


It's on YouTube and LiveVideo, also, so, it would be awesome if it became viral, at least in our (dark? no. shallow? nooo! small? (maybe, but growing, pond!). Please, spread the word, I think things like this go unnoticed. Somebody... us, maybe, must stand up and try to make a difference, however small. What the hell, right? We can try.

[Dammit Ann]

26. My other post was locked, but I wanted to say this.

This is all I said, with the link to this thread. I just wanted to acknowledge everyone who responded to/or read that thread.


'I posted this earlier in activist hq and got great, yet, very little response. I'm in the agonizing process of uploading the video I spent all day making about this, although, as squirrely as YouTube has been lately, it could take all night. Not to mention, I'd like to show it to Jules before I make it public. She is having a hard time with this. It's not easy having to ask for help. This was my bright idea. So, please, if you have a buck or two to spare, check out the link. It really is a good cause. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.'


This is from earlier, I just wanted everyone who posted to know I noticed. Thank you again.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=283814&mesg_id=283814

[livvy]

27. I just ordered a copy, and can't wait to read it!

Send my well-wishes for a speedy recovery along.

[Dammit Ann]

28. Will do!

You are awesome! You will love the book, I promise. Thank you so...

[bonito]

29. K&R

[Dammit Ann]

30. YAY!

Thanks, baby. You always make my day. LOVE your posts.

[Dammit Ann]

31. I must, at last, pretend to go to bed.

I have a most traumatic bridal shower to attend tomorrow. ugh. anyway, to all you, you know who are, people... please keep this going. thank you, very tired now. jules will have your baby, if you do, i promise... wait... did i just say that? must sleep..........

:hug:
:grouphug:


:toast:



:evilgrin: SHE IS TOTALLY GONNA KILL ME!

[diddlysquat]

32. I'm so sorry

Her website says she has now passed away.

[Dammit Ann]

33. She's kidding!!!

Satire, my love. Read past the first sentence. Oh, wait, are you kidding with me? Not funny at all!:evilgrin: :-)

[tblue37]

35. Kick

Back to the top with you!

[Dammit Ann]

39. You rule!

Today is the deadline and all is not well, please let's try to give one last push!

[seriousstan]

36. This can't be true with Canada's excellent health care.

[Dammit Ann]

38. Unfortunately, it is.

Sad to say.