Though the original deadline for finding Michelle Maykin a potential bone marrow donor has come and gone, the search continues. More bone marrow drives took place this past weekend, a good three weeks after the original “June 21st” must-find date. Efforts continue, but hope is not lost (can not, should not be). A number of “commercials” to reach out to more communities that could aid Michelle’s (and the larger) cause have been created, including a YouTube spot that features a number of Asian American icons and (major surprise here) prime endorsement on MTV via America’s Best Dance Crew.

“Are You Ready to be a Hero?” starring, in order of appearance: J-Splif, Nicole Bilderback, Brian Yang, C.S. Lee, Parry Shen, Michelle Krusiec, Prohgress, DC Wolfe, PK, Kev Nish, Steve Aoki, Arden Cho, Danny Cho, Lanny Joon, Vivian Bang, Tamlyn Tomita, Tim Chiou, Julia Nickson, and David Lee McInnis.

Thanks to Bionic of Supreme Soul, Michelle Maykin’s/Asian American’s/All Minorities’ plight got some attention on MTV. (Of all places! I’m still impressed.)

Just three days after Project Michelle passed the June 21st marker, another leukemia patient and friend of Michelle’s passed away. Other friends I worked with on the Project Michelle campaign volunteered for Vinay’s campaign, as well. That makes it tough. It’s a couple of degrees away from me, but still very real. Puts things into perspective. And just generally reminds us why we should get off our asses and at least rejoice in the fact that we can cognitively complain about things once in a while. It implies that we have more control of our situation than good people to whom truly bad things are happening. If you need some explanation on why anything from Project Michelle appears here, take a look at some of my thoughts after a day’s work of volunteering.

On a backstage politics note, remember Jabbawockeez? The second part of their schtick (The first being their masks.) was their love and dedication to the late Gary Kendell. (Does it color things more to know that Gary Kendell died from HIV? And lived the end of his life somewhat removed from those he used to spend so much time with? I’ll stop there.) Supreme Soul does varsity jackets, and now they’re backing up Michelle Maykin.

Ain’t nothing wrong with any of the above, but it sure is interesting.