After what happened in Nice, I see the usual messages of sympathy posted in FB, then it's right back to business and that bothers me. These people are so quickly forgotten. Now these type of tragedies are going on all over the world, but we as individuals can only do so much and I'm much more inclined to do something for or feel much more deeply about, people or places I've experienced first hand. You add the fact that Alizee has done so much to change my life, that when it's something close to her, it affects me.
With the killings in Paris, I attended a mass for the victims here in Boston and on my last trip to Paris, stopped in at Notre Dame to say some prayers. I also said prayers for the victims in Brussels on my recent trip there. Now we have the attack in Nice. Again I feel a closeness here to these people because I spent a few days there. I was there during Carnival, in fact I got the music for one of my videos from that carnival. I was on that avenue where the attacks took place and the fact that it's just a ferry ride away, a ferry ride I've taken from someone who's so important to me, means a lot.
So I wanted to do something extra, then in a seperate thread, I saw where someone on FB was selling what at the time said photos of the ActuAlizee magazines. I thought that they were just selling photos of the covers at the time which bothered me but found out through Lucas they were selling the whole magazine.
But that gave me the idea that I have about 6 of Alizee's 5 cds that she autographed for us left over. I had more and I usually offer to sell them at cost to new members who come along. I also have some cds of her that I picked up over there; some new, some used, but I will sell these on E Bay and donate the money for the victims in Nice. I have no idea if these will raise much money, but it's something and I'm not looking for help with this. I've hit this forum up too many times as with the wedding gift, from people who are not in a very good position to donate.
I wish with that Facebook post about the ActuAlizee pictures that I had realized, they were selling the magazine and not just the pictures. I would've offered to buy them so I could sell them too on E bay for the same reason. That post disappeared so I think they are sold, but I sent the woman a message just in case.
I will also donate to funds for the families of the police officers who were killed in Dallas and in Baton Rouge because I care about what goes on in this country as much as I do elsewhere.
A picture I took in Nice from a hill on one side of the town that overlooks the avenue along which took place what happened there.
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