GAY BASH: BENEFIT TO RAISE MONEY FOR BARIE SHORTELL

I've been reading about the horrendous gay bashing incident that took place on Feb 22nd in Williamsburg to local resident Barie Shortell...and the whole thing makes me wanna fucking puke.

From Queerty:

"At left is what Williamsburg resident Barie Shortell usually looks like. At right is what he looked like after his Feb. 22 neighborhood gay bashing, which left him with a broken nose, jaw, eye sockets, and facial bones -- and 9.5 hours of corrective surgery. Shortell, writes a friend, was "attacked and on the way home one evening. He was not robbed, but the people attacking him did mock him with anti-gay taunts before they attacked him…breaking his nose, jaw and eye socket. The attack has been deemed a hate crime."

Sadly, Shortell does not have any health insurance, and needless to say, he now has a gigantic friggin hospital bill to deal with. So, some friends of his have organized a benefit to help raise money to pay for his health care and his legal bills, and they're cleverly calling it The Gay Bash.

This shit goes down on Wednesday, March 23 at the Blackout Bar, and admission is $35.

I'm bummed that I can't make it, but I just made a donation here. And yep: It would be totally rad if you could do the same. There's also a Facebook page that's been set up here. And here's more info about the event here.

Thanks to Miss Heather from NY Shitty for sending this our way.

FIPS CARES: Can Someone Pls Adopt This Cat?

Come on!? PLEEEZE? I don't even like cats, and I think this dude is cute!

Someone dumped the poor guy in a box in front of the animal clinic. Yep, on one of the coldest nights of the year. And now the poor guy is just stuck there in a cage. His eyes are so pretty! And his nose is pink! You can adopt him for a $51 fee.

Someone? Anyone??

Prospect Park Animal Clinic
105 prospect park west
718-768-6125

(via Grace from Fearless Cooking)

FIPS CARES: Moustache Tattoos Need To Happen

Ok, no need to start emailing me about all your fucking kickstarters, cause I mostly don't give a rat's ass, but this one I couldn't resist: The Moustache Tattoo Project!

Some dude wants to make moustache tattoos, and I for one think we should support him!

Pledge $8 or more: For 8 measly greenbacks, you recieve THREE AWESOME tattoos to your house, cave, apartment, or tent, each featuring the "Tyrant", the "Mystery", and the mindmelting "BEAST"...

Come on people...watch the vid. This moustache maestro suggests that we put moustaches on our babies!...do you really need to know ANYTHING else about this project?

FIPS CARES: LOST DOBERMAN

From FIPS reader Arthur:

Just found a really nice Doberman freezing and crying outside my door. 311 isn't really of any assistance in finding his owner, so hopefully Brooklynian will be.

He's young, got a spiked collar on (no tags) wearing a gray and orange/red vest. Super well behaved, seems to like Cheerios.

Please respond if you know who lost this good guy.

HELP!

He found the dog on Eastern Parkway near Franklin Ave in Crown Heights.

And then this update after he went to the vet this morn:

An update, Dobby (as we've taken to calling him) has no RFID chip. I'm making some contacts with more sources for help but if anyone out there happens to be hankering to foster this big guy, it would be a huge help. This time of year is crazy busy, and having a stray dog to look after isn't exactly what my apartment is capable of right now.

Anyone have any info? Recognize the dog? Have room/desire/ability to foster?

This is obviously someone's dog...he's wearing a coat and seems well cared for. Let's get this guy home!

Here's a thread on Brooklynian as well.

Email me at effedinparkslope at gmail dot com if you have any scoop.

UPDATE: Dobby is Mello! And he was reunited with his owner last night!

From Arthur:

"The dog (Mello) was playing with his owner at a tennis court but managed to slip out of the fence.  In the process, his tags became disconnected from him collar and off he went.  His owner was a really nice guy and Mello recognized him immediately... great to see him get so excited to be reunited with his owner.  His owner, Shawn, was very appreciative for everyones help.  Turns out his girlfriend saw the posting on the FIDO site and tracked me down that way.

Thanks again for the help with all of this... great to see the results of combined online efforts!"

Indeed...nice work, team!

WHO GIVES A SHIT: WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?

Listen up, party people.  We know that regular FIPS readers are a special, self-righteous type of animal.  But we want to dig deeper.  Past the self-importance, past the delusions, and right into your sensitive, insecure little hearts (we know you have them).  

So why don't you take a few minutes and fill out our reader survey?  Basically, we want to assign a percentage to how many of you are BALLER, BR-ALLERS, and BREEDERS and other ish. Oh yeah, and find out all the shit you like and all the shit you don't. 

So yeah: we included some scary free-form boxes where you can tell us EXACTLY how you feel about FIPS, free of multiple choice qualifiers. This is your chance to personally tell us to fuck off OUTSIDE of anonymous comments!  Shit's gonna get ugly. We'll probz even post the funny ones at a later date (though, we'll of course still protect your identity).

And to encourage you to give us valuable demographic information your deets, we're giving away an 8G iPod Touch to one lucky random FIPS survey taker.  Think of it as a mini-iPad.  One that's probably less likely to get jacked on the subway.  

You know you wanna do this!

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