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Nov 3, 2013

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Nov 3, 2013

Parkinson's talk about life - with the great Alex Flynn the 10 Million Metres MAN!

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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:55 PM

alexxxxx!
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Alex Flynn · 8:55 PM

Rick!!!!!
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Alex Flynn · 8:55 PM

how are you mate?
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Alex Flynn · 8:56 PM

I hear been bruising some egos at the gym today
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:56 PM

truth is i m good but im haviving ...uh my mornings suck
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Alex Flynn · 8:57 PM

I didn't wake you up with calling you earlier? I hate mornings too
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:57 PM

yeahhh goin crazy with the boxing always doin an exrta round and
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:57 PM

onstage in so promed n precise n great but
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:57 PM

in life its messy
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Alex Flynn · 8:57 PM

so tell me about your Parkinson's? How does it affect you?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:58 PM

well first how r mornings for you ?mornings perplex me so much
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Alex Flynn · 8:59 PM

Mornings are? As to whether or not I get up and train that's why moved to the South of France, because the weather here is really good so I have no excuses
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Alex Flynn · 8:59 PM

that's why you move to LA right?
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Alex Flynn · 9:00 PM

I also have a 22-month-old baby boy so getting up is an obligation
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:00 PM

it makes me a muttering monkey on vvaliums walking backwards n then yelling or moaning or demented demon speak utterances ...etc
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Alex Flynn · 9:00 PM

I'm just grumpy first thing in the morning
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Alex Flynn · 9:00 PM

raging against Parkinson's
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Alex Flynn · 9:01 PM

and better when I've eaten. I'm a bit like a dog really
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:01 PM

no i moved to LA for a pilot n had head injury w lil amnesiasia so i had to stay then as was happily leaving i started to get work n had to stay each time i was leeeeeeving another tv gig came in
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Alex Flynn · 9:02 PM

that's because you have a great manager
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Alex Flynn · 9:02 PM

not the amnesia or the accident I mean
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:02 PM

does rgaing help it seems like ive just started realizing raging is the only way to keep going in the morrning or it fools you!im pissssedddd!!!!!!!!!
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Alex Flynn · 9:03 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“I have to say though, it would be hard to maintain this "healthy environment in the snow...”

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Alex Flynn · 9:03 PM

I hate snow. It gets me shaky
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Alex Flynn · 9:03 PM

yeah Rick, anger is an energy to quote the sex pistols
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Alex Flynn · 9:04 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“that's why they call it the Hotel California. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.”

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Alex Flynn · 9:04 PM

Jordan, I totally agree
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Alex Flynn · 9:04 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“shit, I hate the mornings and I don't have a thing to blame it on!”

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Alex Flynn · 9:05 PM

Blake., Always time for public image
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:06 PM

i love snow ,ny the change in the weather ,,,i need a car so i can just take off n go to venice beach or three comedy clubs ,but im pulling out of problem arenas and just going at slower ,bit of a slower ppace ,but ive always been addicted single min
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Alex Flynn · 9:06 PM

so Rick, when you coming over to Europe. We need your wisdom
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Alex Flynn · 9:07 PM

slower pace is a good idea. I should really subscribe to that
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:07 PM

whats wisdom in todays world with out a gun
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:07 PM

?
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Alex Flynn · 9:07 PM

★ Spotlighted from Blake Ian

“@Alex - You could be wrong... you could be right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63hWT6y7Wk”

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Alex Flynn · 9:07 PM

I was just writing about a gun in one of the chapters in my book
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:08 PM

im goin yacht hunting lookin for kerry and any politiiiiiician with extra time on their hands
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Alex Flynn · 9:08 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“t-shirts purchased to day - profits will be donated to Alex's mission... http://rickshapiro.merchtable.com/”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:08 PM

really
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Alex Flynn · 9:08 PM

that is awesome Tracy
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:08 PM

what were you writing bout? please tell me
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Alex Flynn · 9:08 PM

just the story of 10 Million Metres
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:09 PM

whats the gun part?
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Alex Flynn · 9:09 PM

running a bit climbing a bit kayaking a bit cycling a bit, broken bones, meeting the Pope, crossing America, getting lost in the Sahara, getting lost in the Amazon....
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Alex Flynn · 9:09 PM

Policeman with a gun
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Alex Flynn · 9:10 PM

that he wasn't the one who pulled out a gun and pushed it against my head
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:10 PM

by the way how did you or i guesss when how did it you decide yuo had to do teh tenmill metre thing n tell uus please about it
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:10 PM

it days so much bout the kind of man you r n we need to
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:10 PM

hear more from a man like you the world absolutely has to hear it!
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Alex Flynn · 9:11 PM

10 Million Metres was decided upon over a cup of tea after being taken out of the first effort I made to complete the MDS in 2009. I had a heart infection and was running with 14 kg on my back for three days. Luckily the medical team identified it
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Alex Flynn · 9:12 PM

so I decided to raise $1.6 million to fund research and 10 Million Metres came up and only the races count
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Alex Flynn · 9:12 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“never underestimate what can happen over a cup of tea.”

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Alex Flynn · 9:12 PM

Jordan, armies have marched on it
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:12 PM

14 kgs? n mds whats that?
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Alex Flynn · 9:13 PM

marathon des sables. It's a race in the Sahara desert for over 150 miles and you self-sufficient which accounts for the weight. It didn't help getting lost in the Sahara too
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:13 PM

and then how did you step by step deal with the raising $ n running?
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Alex Flynn · 9:14 PM

set up just giving account and kept telling everybody to donate. I think it's fair. I get put myself through hell and people can put their money towards deserving charity
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Alex Flynn · 9:14 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“but Alex, how long after your diagnosis did you become so active, or was it always a part of life?”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:14 PM

lost in the sahara beats getting lost at fucking ralphs in glenfuckingdale!
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Alex Flynn · 9:15 PM

Tracy that's a good question. I've always been into sport. Boxing, Trail running, cycling and judo. I guess I'm slightly obsessed by it. So this was the logical step
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Alex Flynn · 9:15 PM

I get lost going round the supermarket mate
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:16 PM

i must absolutely must do soemthing like that!i mean its still hard to admit you know the parkinsons
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Alex Flynn · 9:16 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“most charities are so shady now.. can't really tell where the money is going.. its sad”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:16 PM

alex..i feel like im stuck
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Alex Flynn · 9:16 PM

admitting you have it is part of acceptance
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Alex Flynn · 9:16 PM

why?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:17 PM

the boxing n the comedy great but before i go do comedy i already feeel like its getting worsen lethrgy it can trick you into believing your sick
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Alex Flynn · 9:18 PM

To answer tracy's point, I raise money for the cure Parkinson's trust which focuses solely upon research towards a cure and in America I raise money for the Michael J Fox foundation. That's it. All monies that I raised go directly to the charity
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:18 PM

or you actually do need rest ,i cant tell!
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Alex Flynn · 9:19 PM

lethargy...I keep going until I can't go any further. This means I'm usually up late at night. Helps with writing the book!
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Alex Flynn · 9:19 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“I have been told that with the form of PD that Rick has.. activity is the first best remedy, and then rest and netrition..”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:20 PM

to be honest soemtimes im even tryin prayin to jesus n wierd religions where they actually think jesuss is from venus n they do healings wieeeeerd btu now i think i got great new story n new joke but the lethrgy or soemthing is stopping mr from writi
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Alex Flynn · 9:20 PM

you're right to mention that there are different types of Parkinson's disease. Exercise is incredibly good for neurological degenerative conditions. Rest is equally as good. Rick, your boxer so you know how important rest is
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:21 PM

what do you mean helps w writing the book please details of your llife help sooo much
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Alex Flynn · 9:21 PM

Jesus is from Venus? isn't that Scientology or something?
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Alex Flynn · 9:21 PM

I could be grossly mistaken
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:22 PM

no i dont appreciate rest ! i do it but i get mad at myself! n taking nights off suck
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Alex Flynn · 9:22 PM

I keep a pen and paper with me to note things down. I have an iPhone as well but it's a pain in the ass to tap out something that I can have noted down in two seconds. However I will invariably lose the piece of paper
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:22 PM

i wasnt a jock anymore when i startded comedy o20 yrs ago n i stopped sports when i started drugs 5o years agop
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Alex Flynn · 9:23 PM

all about balance mate. Balance is key.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:23 PM

seriously i was aburnout n a non filter a pierogi a day chaimsmoker
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:24 PM

ok! so! what does alex flunnn mean by balance ! please!
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:24 PM

i dont understand when others tell me!
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Alex Flynn · 9:24 PM

I wasn't always the nicest bloke around. I'm trying to rectify that
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Alex Flynn · 9:24 PM

good point about balance! I'm buggered if I know
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:25 PM

hmmm what do u mean by that exactly....im excited to hear !
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Alex Flynn · 9:25 PM

which one?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:25 PM

"not the nicest bloke around...
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Alex Flynn · 9:25 PM

I was an angry kid who had an alcoholic father who died early and I was pissed off
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Alex Flynn · 9:26 PM

I worked my way through it
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Alex Flynn · 9:26 PM

you the work your way through it or you don't
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Alex Flynn · 9:26 PM

I did and I think I did an okay job
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Alex Flynn · 9:26 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“did you go to therapy, @alex?”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:26 PM

tell me all and lil or big details images that come to mind anythingbout working your way thru it
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Alex Flynn · 9:27 PM

Jordan if I told you that I ran 400 miles across Europe with a busted leg do you think I did therapy
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:27 PM

n what do you mean you dont know what balance is ...
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:27 PM

every one who reccommends balance to me always says they dont know know what- it -is!!1
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Alex Flynn · 9:27 PM

balance is not running over 500 km in the space of less than three months
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Alex Flynn · 9:28 PM

then again balance is what I strive for.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:28 PM

but isnt that what made you a champion in so many different ways the lack of balance?? seriously
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Alex Flynn · 9:28 PM

Most people with advanced Parkinson's disease have balance either lol
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:28 PM

ha!
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Alex Flynn · 9:29 PM

I could say the same thing about your comedy. A lack of balance produced your genius
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Alex Flynn · 9:29 PM

fact
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Alex Flynn · 9:30 PM

I think the question of balance has to be tempered against the need to achieve your goals. And you're a driven man. You do drive right?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:30 PM

i think i know what you mean but if tracy wasnt in my life i would be the old me who always wanted to die of a heart attack onstage ...n call it a fucking dayyyyy...
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:30 PM

no,im driven
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Alex Flynn · 9:30 PM

Do a Tommy Cooper?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:31 PM

i cant seem or wont write enuff
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Alex Flynn · 9:31 PM

I get writer's block. It's the first time I've experienced it and am writing my first book. So guess that's going to be a problem
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:31 PM

but im finnnnnnallllyyy reading again i stopped reading n now reading is helping me w live performance even tho i dont need help w it ahhh fuck it!...
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Alex Flynn · 9:32 PM

reading is fundamentally important
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Alex Flynn · 9:32 PM

knowledge is power
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Alex Flynn · 9:32 PM

Power gives freedom
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Alex Flynn · 9:32 PM

Freedom
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Alex Flynn · 9:32 PM

gives us choice
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:32 PM

om not writing my back hurs i go thru self pity i cant believe it! i go thru fukking self pity!im sosad i guess sad ,bored n angry unless im performing
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Alex Flynn · 9:32 PM

and that's what we working for right?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:33 PM

nut im dealing with being tired or actually needing rest not sure!
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Alex Flynn · 9:33 PM

Do you prepare your script or is this spontaneous free-flowing thought when you're on stage
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:33 PM

you said you keeep pushing
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Alex Flynn · 9:33 PM

I said keep moving
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Alex Flynn · 9:33 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“but who defines enough.. even with your running Alex, weren't you always "increasing your endurance"..”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:34 PM

thats an important vital point i want to get to what does that look like in ur day?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:34 PM

now ill answer your qwestion
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Alex Flynn · 9:35 PM

I get tired but I eat like a horse and I exercise like Demon and with everything else I'm doing I don't have time to be tired. Keeping myself distracted. Motivated. Keeping moving
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Alex Flynn · 9:36 PM

Tracy, personally I think everybody should have a goal at any point in time but I don't advocate running across continents or deserts. It's whatever takes you out of your comfort zone
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Alex Flynn · 9:36 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“http://rickshapiro.merchtable.com/”

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Alex Flynn · 9:36 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“alexflynn.co.uk”

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Alex Flynn · 9:36 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“so what are we saying? balance sucks?”

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Alex Flynn · 9:37 PM

balance is important. Obsessive sport or any activity can be brilliant but may be destructive. However it's worked for me
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Alex Flynn · 9:38 PM

I meant the sport
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Alex Flynn · 9:38 PM

Birgitt is online
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Alex Flynn · 9:39 PM

she works for the Parkinson's Institute. They are amazing people who work there
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Alex Flynn · 9:39 PM

they grow brains!
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:39 PM

im sooo tired ...i believe it but then i have a late spot at a club n i guess the adrenaline or the OBLIGATION wakes me up but im tired o bein tired n truth is ive always been a late sleepin tired mofo
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Alex Flynn · 9:39 PM

Rick you think we can get ourselves new brains?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:39 PM

but noe i dont like sleepin to late
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:40 PM

thats ano brainer-couldnt resist
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:40 PM

new brains,you cant even steal a new brin there arent any!
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Alex Flynn · 9:40 PM

interestingly would it come with a new consciousness? You have the same fun of learning everything again. Would you do everything the same?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:41 PM

un less a newborns brain ...but im alrady an infant ,welll
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:41 PM

actually
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:41 PM

a newborns brain would be extremely refreshing
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Alex Flynn · 9:41 PM

you say that like it's a beer
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:42 PM

they have no rules yet but they cry like a man whenever they drop their pcifier
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:42 PM

or when mama isnt around
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Alex Flynn · 9:42 PM

there can be the new brand for beer. Newborn beer. Helps grow your brain and makes you cry
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:42 PM

that sounds too much like a normal old brainer
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Alex Flynn · 9:42 PM

Damn you're right
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:42 PM

a sbottle o new born please
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:43 PM

newbor bourbon
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Alex Flynn · 9:43 PM

and a bag of crisps
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Alex Flynn · 9:43 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“does a grown brain have a soul?”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:43 PM

a shot o new born
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:43 PM

n big mama chaser
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Alex Flynn · 9:43 PM

with a soul is 21 g… The amount of cells I've lost my brain mean that I'm soulless
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Alex Flynn · 9:44 PM

I can be soulless. If I was I wouldn't do what I do.
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Alex Flynn · 9:44 PM

I mean I can't be soulless
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:45 PM

maybe thats the ideano soul no brain no nothin just showin up meaning who cares fukk it go do comedy or run round mountains ....now im losing my mind i feel something buddhist coming on
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Alex Flynn · 9:45 PM

voice recognition software. Love it. Never use it when you e-mailing a sponsor and you have a phone call to your girlfriend at the same time. It avoids that phone call with your sponsor telling him that you don't love him
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Alex Flynn · 9:46 PM

those Buddhist monks are violent. So r nuns
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:46 PM

haaa! ive had sponsors in the past thats where i learned to fake hug
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:46 PM

n also to hug n mean it like theres no fuking tomorrow!
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Alex Flynn · 9:46 PM

is that like faking an orgasm but instead you shake someone else's hand
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:47 PM

i love your laffter bout all this
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:47 PM

i love your laffter bout all this!--had to say it again
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Alex Flynn · 9:48 PM

positivity is essential with Parkinson's. Learning to laugh at points when it's tough to laugh becomes second nature for some. There needs to be more laughter. More comedy
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:48 PM

but durimg the day i long for soemone to answer all the questions in my head bout parkinsons it gets so stupid n wierd ,im tired what do you do alex what do you do???
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Alex Flynn · 9:48 PM

talking of comedy, when you coming to Europe?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:50 PM

thats another disturbing question n parkinsonian(maybe) question n fucked up thing about my life...
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:50 PM

not til 2014!!!
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:50 PM

i get jealous of all my freinds or ex freinds traveling,getting a lil bitter,so
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Alex Flynn · 9:50 PM

A good friend of mine sends me fantastic medical explanations and information on Parkinson's and new treatments. That's why reading is essential. It's criminal that most people who are diagnosed with Parkinson's are not given the support from
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Alex Flynn · 9:51 PM

diagnosis and have to find it themselves
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:51 PM

you ever get bitter or did you early on what did you do about it/
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Alex Flynn · 9:52 PM

bitter? I'm still fucking angry. It was the realisation that if I stayed that way, depressed, I wouldn't amount to much in the eyes of my kids. So I take all the negativity and anger and create positive outcomes
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:52 PM

can you please please direct me to soem websites ?i really mean send me all info u ca ?like ur friend does
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:53 PM

not always tho right ?you got better n better at it?
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Alex Flynn · 9:53 PM

I'll certainly send you whatever I can. And my next blog on my website will contain details of where people can get information. It would be cool if you could share
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:53 PM

ofcourse!!! definitely
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Alex Flynn · 9:53 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“@Alex, I love your response about channeling your anger and bitter... love it”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:54 PM

n i should read your blogs!i didnt know ,r they on ur fbook? where r they???
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Alex Flynn · 9:54 PM

if you don't channel more bugs you and deal with it will eat you from the inside
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Alex Flynn · 9:55 PM

I have to admit I haven't blogged for a bit. But I will after this. You can find them on my website www.alexflynn.co.uk
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Alex Flynn · 9:55 PM

you should blog as well
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Alex Flynn · 9:55 PM

you'd be brilliant make
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:55 PM

thats what im dealing with durrently ..i guess...thats what tracy says,,,
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:55 PM

what is your website??
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Alex Flynn · 9:55 PM

well you were diagnosed earlier this year, right? Of course you can be pissed off
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Alex Flynn · 9:56 PM

www.,alexflynn
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Alex Flynn · 9:56 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“www.alexflynn.co.uk”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:56 PM

the tirednesss shoot!
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Alex Flynn · 9:56 PM

See Tracy got to it before me
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Alex Flynn · 9:56 PM

someone told me about coenzyme Q 10
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Alex Flynn · 9:57 PM

good for powering your mitochondria in yourselves apparently
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:57 PM

oh well if i gotta rest thats all that is but i miss being more social
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Alex Flynn · 9:57 PM

I need to fly to LA
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:57 PM

where can i get it??
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Alex Flynn · 9:57 PM

we can talk about guns, comedy and medication
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:58 PM

yessss it should take you twenty min cause your alexflynnnnn man!
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Alex Flynn · 9:58 PM

20 min sums me up
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Alex Flynn · 9:58 PM

lol
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:58 PM

guns!!!! comedy n dark alleys!
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Alex Flynn · 9:58 PM

★ Spotlighted from tracy demarzo

“support the cause.. http://rickshapiro.merchtable.com/ and www.alexflynnco.uk”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:59 PM

script two"perkysonian bamkrobbers!!!!!!!!!!!9fuck parkinsons!)
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Alex Flynn · 9:59 PM

laughter is always good. Thank you mate for inviting me today
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:59 PM

9 meant (
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Alex Flynn · 10:00 PM

be a bank robber then you get to wear knickers on your head or is that tights
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Alex Flynn · 10:00 PM

you can like fucking Parkinson's
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RICK SHAPIRO · 10:00 PM

alex youre a walkim talkin super amazement thNS FOR YOUR ...EVERYTHING! N THANKS TO THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT FOR THIS !
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RICK SHAPIRO · 10:01 PM

YOU MEAN SO MUCH ALEX TO ME AND ERYONE!
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Alex Flynn · 10:01 PM

thanks Rick you are a star. Thank you so much keep the comedy coming
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Alex Flynn · 10:01 PM

Cheers
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RICK SHAPIRO · 10:02 PM

WHt do you mean you can like fucking parkinsons"
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RICK SHAPIRO · 10:03 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“Alex -that's what Rick calls "the trifecta."”

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RICK SHAPIRO · 10:04 PM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“this is a two-way blog”

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Alex Flynn · 10:04 PM

I'll phone you mate but it has nothing to do with sex