Aloha, to share my fundraiser, copy and share the following link: https://www.LFEBridge.com/f/restart-my-graphics-projects-career My name is Adam and I've been a successful graphic designer/multimedia effects programmer for about 40 of my 50 years. I fell on some hard times and abusive/stalking situations about a decade ago and the last 7 years in particular have been a real struggle. I am trying to restart my career but I need help digging out of this hole, so I need a few items. My hugest mahalo nui e kakou (thank you, everyone) to those who have donated, if I've hit you up for help before, please share with family or friends who may be able to help. Furthermore, I live in a flood zone and hurricanes are become more common, have been through 2 floods of 2 feet of water running through my bedroom and have faced 3 more such floods recently. Some of the problems I've been facing over the last decade (but especially after the narcissistic stalker incidents from the last 7 years): Sex assault (w/ and w/o rufalin-type "date rape" drugs), romance scams, narcissistic/gangstalking abuse, four different stalkers Two separate severe floods (1-2' of polluted water flowing through my shack) Addictions Homelessness Attempted murder [4x+] Very poor medical care Financial, job & dating sabotage Massive theft (thousands of dollars) Back, colon & knee, cPTSD, AuDHD [under diagnosis] I'm looking for (in order of urgency), the following items: Weedwhacker battery ($300) so I can weed out the flood zone Toilet paper supply ($10) banana leaves are painful Spray bottle ($6) so I can clean the mildew Bags of concrete/flood prevention ($100) so I can fix my flood control measures Monitors ($240) I'm down to one monitor and it's way too small New phone ($350) need a much better phone for filming White paint ($50) my place looks dingy and depressing inside and out Shoes/boots ($46) need new tennis shoes and water boots New car window ($500) car was vandalized by a stalker Food & water & farm supplies/other essentials ($500-$1,000) for anything else for which I haven't accounted, essential online subscriptions, etc., emergencies Some of the highlights of my career: My first website was one of the first database-driven sites in history mand ran on AppleTalk/HyperCard (EcoTek Hawai'i) My first book design won an award from Martha Stewart (Vegan Fusion World Cuisine) Built several multimedia empires (101 Things to Do/Midway Limited, Akamai Graphics, Thinkingman Hawai'i, was largely cheated financially and out of intellectual property rights) Designed over 200 t-shirt designs for surf brands, local brands, international brands Designed over 200 websites of various sizes, including some for Sun Microsystems, MTV, Architecture for Humanity, etc., and numerous small businesses in Hawai'i and abroad (Japan, South America, etc) The challenges of the last few years (AI replacing many parts of my careers in coding and graphics) have caused me to upgrade my skills to include "AI wranger/trainer" on my résumé. I've actually been studying ML for about 33 years, so this field is not new to me. Mahalo for sharing/helping! - Adam "West-ish" AMP20241023
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