Back in the early 90s I lost my uncle to HIV. I’ve heard the stories about how he was treated in the hospital and the stigma that surrounded the disease. The discrimination he went through, being a gay man living with AIDS.

We have lost far too many good people to this pandemic. We have lost too many kids, who didn’t even get the chance to live. 2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV.

In the modern world, HIV is no longer a death sentence. New cases of HIV are down %17 from 2001. Although this is good news, it means more people living with HIV. As Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO, said: “We cannot let this momentum wane. Now is the time to redouble our efforts, and save many more lives.”

So today, take time out of your busy schedule, stop for a second. Check out the links below and see what you can do. I will not taunt you with pictures of children, women and men suffering, especially in Africa with this disease. Help stop the pandemic.

UNAIDS
WORLD AIDS CAMPAIGN
GLOBAL AIDS ALLIANCE
WORLD AIDS DAY
JOIN RED

So, here’s Carol’s Log:

Carol: hey
Carol: day 3 and no word from the lost Ankaranians
Carol: our search has taken us to a strange place called Skype
Carol: it was reported to our crew members that miraculous portals to far reaches of the earth could be reached through this amazing thing called skype
Carol: but still no sign of our lost loved ones
Carol: we have sent out seekers who send “mesages” of certain encription, i.e. “nbr”
Carol: but all attempts to make contact have been in vain
Carol: if all else fails we will resort to the “mother” method
Carol: it is a subtle method that brings “feelings of great guilt” to the lost ones
Carol: so in fact they contact the mother ship themselves only to be chastized
Carol: while great relief can be obtained by this method( one of the oldest and most trusted) is not particularly favored
Carol: if all else fails, the most drastic measure of all (iphoning) will be implemented!

*Ankaranians: Ankara is the capital of Turkey and me and Eren are both from there.
**”nbr” is the short version of “naber”, which is basically the turkish wassup.

Last Sunday we took a trip to Sausolito, not because I particularly wanted to go there but because I wanted a ride on a ferry.

Te weather was beautiful, and.. it rarely is in San Francisco.

So we got onto the ferry and started our trip.
(beware it’s going to be a photostory post :)

Fisherman’s Warf:

On the Ferry:

What was actually going on:

My angelic man (who will go macho when he hears I called him that:) :

We really really love crabs:

Tiburon:

These houses rocked!

All in all it was a great trip. I constantly looked like this:

We’re now looking at houses in the area. I love visiting new cities, even though they’re actually 5 minutes away.

And finally leaving the north bay:

G’day everybody.

Also, check out my flickr account.

What do you think, loldog material?

emo shiva

and winking

any ideas for captions?