{"id":345,"date":"2011-05-17T18:13:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T01:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=345"},"modified":"2011-05-18T21:59:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:59:30","slug":"hi-readers-support-me-on-my-epic-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2011\/05\/hi-readers-support-me-on-my-epic-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi, Readers! Support me on my epic bike ride!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, Readers! Tomorrow, another Mark Re-Reads Harry Potter<\/em> post will go up, as promised, but I wanted to put an update about something going on in my life, in between writing, e-book composing, and my normal job. Next month, I’m embarking on a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles entirely by bicycle. This will be my fourth year participating in the AIDS\/LifeCycle, a ride that raises money and awareness for HIV\/AIDS prevention and healthcare here in California!<\/p>\n

I actually wrote about this very thing during my Deathly Hallows<\/em> read, and it’s just a few weeks before my ride starts! I’m still $1,600 short of the minimum to ride, and $7,600 from my goal. Granted, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been promoting this at all, but I have faith that the wonderful Internet community we’ve all assembled can help me raise the money rather quickly.<\/p>\n

Check out this wonderful post on my Tumblr<\/a>, which explains what the ride is in detail and includes a link to my donation page<\/a>. The minimum donation is just $5, and if you can do that or know someone who might be interested, please donate or pass it along! I know money is tight for many people, so if you can just spread the link to family and friends, I appreciate it!<\/p>\n

So, as an incentive to donate, if I reach $2,000 by this Friday, I will record and upload a video of myself to my Tumblr performing a cover of Janelle Monae’s “Cold War” that I’ve been fooling around with the past two weeks. PROMISE. I’ve gotten a lot of requests to do a video, so why not make a musical one? YOU SHOULD DONATE! OR HAVE OTHERS DONATE! You will be helping to save lives in the process!<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance and happy reading! As a gift in advance, here’s a GIF of a kitty collision:<\/p>\n

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EDIT: It took y’all 24 hours to do this. I love you. Here’s the video!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Janelle Monae – Cold War (Cover)<\/a> from Mark Oshiro<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"