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Originally Posted by Scarf
What kind of humanitarian work are you interested in? What got you interested in it?
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We were behind rent for a long time. About five or so months, we were paying rent late. Late well past the date where it's acceptable. Each month, we faced eviction. Thankfully, the process is extremely long. We were only behind rent for a month because of a mix up with the electric company, but it was enough of a hole in my father's pocket that made it hard to catch up.
We faced eviction every month during that time. They would take my father to court, and give us until X date to move out, unless payment was processed before then. We would always make it on time, until the last time where that happened - somehow we were two months behind. I can't remember how that happened, but it did. During that time, my dad was looking for some financial services to help him out, but almost all of them were waitlisting organizations, where your name would be waitlisted and they'd help when your name came up.
My sister's friend's mom told my dad about a non profit organization, of which I can't recall the name, that helped immediately. He contacted them, and had a meeting with them about our finances, and they called a few days later telling us that they would help. It was about 3,000 out of their own funds that they would pay to help strangers in need keep their home.
That was a few months ago, but the impact it had on me inspired me to help people in similar ways.
Somehow, I've grown really fond of looking "faith in humanity" up in search engines and YouTube, and see people paying it forward by doing good deeds and helping people in need in simple ways. It makes me feel good to see people do that, and it makes me feel even better to do that myself. So the type I'm most interested in is support. Financial support and emotional support.
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Originally Posted by Toshiro.
Nick, how the heck did you ever come up with your username?
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I wanted a username that was a name.
I wanted a two word username, because I liked the idea of having a full name.
I wanted a Japanese sounding username, because those were the 'in' usernames at the time and I was interested in anime a lot more at the time, and until that point, I hadn't really had any Japanese usernames.
I wanted it to start with a P.
Patchis
ou comes from Patchou, the creator of MSN plus.
Then I decided to break apart Patch and ou from eachother by adding two letters, because I felt any more and it would be too long.
I tried so many letter combinations and decided on is because it sounded the best.
Yu
tohru comes from Tohru Honda, of Fruits Baskets (the first anime I watched
knowing it was an anime).
Then I decided Patchisou Tohru was too short and didn't ring.
I tried combinations in front of Tohru until I found one that made it sound good. Again, I wanted it to be two letters because a) one letter wouldn't do much of a difference, and b) any more and it would be too long.
I tried so many letter combinations and decided on is because it sounded the best.
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Originally Posted by Drakow
If I told you I was holding a house party in the summer and invited you, would you attend?
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Assuming I had the money for a plane ticket / didn't have to pay? Yeah.
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Originally Posted by Twilight Sky
Would you say you're a logical thinker or a person that loves to dream?
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I'm both a logical thinker and a dreamer. Its hard for me to decide between the two.