May 2013
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Tempted to search YouTube for “wild animal attacks person in wheelchair” but afraid I might never leave my house again if I do.
I would be completely fucked if a wild animal ever attacked me. Made this realization while nervously watching a squirrel approach my chair. Luckily, Shane wasn’t on his menu.
Welcome Yahoo!
My name is Shane Burcaw. I’m in a wheelchair. This is my blog.
I’m not sure if David remembered to mention it during your meeting today, but I have an arrangement with Tumblr where they send me a check for $34,000,000 at the end of every week. Just want to make sure there are no hiccups in my check deliveries now that you guys are the official owners of Tumblr. If Mr. Karp forgot to...
Shane Burcaw: Laughing at My Nightmare Documentary →
14 HOURS LEFT! Please take a minute to check out the trailer for this documentary and consider helping out. We can still reach our goal if everyone who reads this shares :D
It feels so unreal that I will be on my way to Florida with my best friends to get Shannon and start our speaking tour in one week. I love life so much.
Laughing At My Nightmare Summer LaughTour
The Laughing At My Nightmare Summer LaughTour is exactly one week away!
Together with my brother Andrew, and best friends, Andy and Shannon, we will be taking a road trip down the East Coast to spread my story and the message of approaching life’s challenges with positivity and a sense of humor.
These are the shirts that we will be selling on the tour. You can grab one at any of our...
Shane Burcaw: Laughing at My Nightmare Documentary →
We have five days left to reach our fundraising goal! If all of you donated $1, we would reach our goal seven times over. Probably 20 times over if you also shared on your networks! I promise this documentary will be the funniest thing you have ever seen.
Pee Jar Humor
Andrew: What if we forgot to take both of your pee jars on the roadtrip?
Me: I'm sure we could find something else to use.
Andrew: No, you just wouldn't pee.
Shane Burcaw: Laughing at My Nightmare Documentary →
At 20 years old, Shane Burcaw is taking a road trip away from his parents for the first time.
Posted a new video! I think it will make you laugh.
I am severely disabled because of my neuromuscular... →
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Top-secret mission?
Do you know or have contact with any celebrities, either personally or through social media? Hit me up if you do, I need to talk with you about a top-secret mission :)
Fourth Wall Destruction
The pressure to self-promote the projects I’m working on can be a little overwhelming. I’m constantly questioning whether or not I’m doing the right thing by telling all of you about my latest endeavors. Guilt consumes me whenever I haven’t posted a good story in a long time. I want nothing more than to make you guys laugh, but my life has become so crazy, so amazing, that sometimes there’s just...
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Things NOT to do when meeting someone in a...
1. Spit on them
2. Tell them how great it is for them to be out in public
3. Hit them
4. Rustle their hair affectionately
5. Kick them
6. Throw them out of their wheelchairs
7. Push them down a flight of stairs
8. Call them Buddy
9. Steal their money
10. Challenge them to a foot race
11. Throw baseballs at them
12. Run them over with your car
13. Ask...
Road Trip Documentary! →
At 20 years old, Shane Burcaw is taking a trip away from his parents for the first time.
We’ve been waiting to get all the details in order before announcing this, but I’m stoked to tell you that we are trying to have a full-length documentary made about the road trip that we’re taking at the end of the month! I’m going to give it to you straight: our ability to have this...
Birthday party for my mom tonight!
Happy birthday to the most amazingest, awesomest, bestest Mom in the world!
Laughing At My Nightmare Summer LaughTour!
On May 24th, I will be embarking on my first official speaking tour with my nonprofit, Laughing At My Nightmare, Inc! Together with my brother Andrew, and best friends, Andy and Shannon, we will be taking a road trip down the East Coast to spread my story and the message of approaching life’s challenges with positivity and a sense of humor. It is also Andrew and I’s last summer together before...
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Laughing At My Nightmare Summer LaughTour
On May 24th, I will be embarking on my first official speaking tour with my nonprofit, Laughing At My Nightmare, Inc! Together with my brother Andrew, and best friends, Andy and Shannon, we will be taking a road trip down the East Coast to spread my story and the message of approaching life’s challenges with positivity and a sense of humor. It is also Andrew and I’s last summer together before...
jeppipa asked: where can i find your tour schedule?? i live in orlando and i want to see you!
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April 2013
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A Blogger Who Laughs at Nightmares Gets a Book... →
For the last two years, 20-year-old Shane Burcaw has shared his tales of life with spinal muscular atrophy on the wildly popular Tumblr called Laughing at My Nightmare. Now he’s writing a memoir, which he just sold to Macmillan.
I had to keep this a secret for a long time, but today I can finally officially announce that I have a book deal! Honestly, this is one of the most exciting things...
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Do you know anyone who works at Disney?
I was thinking it would be really badass if I could give a speech to some employees at Disney World in Florida on our east coast speaking tour at the end of May. Does anyone out there have connections to Disney? I truly believe through through the power of the Internet we can make this happen! We have to work fast though, because we are targeting Sunday, May 26 as the day will be able to give the...
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Giving a positivity speech to open up LAMN Night Jamz tonight. You’d be crazy to miss it. Moravian College HUB. 6-9pm. See you there!
2013 Summer Speaking Tour!
I’m excited to officially announce that I will be departing on an East Coast speaking tour from May 24th-29th with my brother, and two of my best friends, Shannon and Andy (who work for LAMN, Inc.)! The four of us will be driving from Pennsylvania to Florida and back again, making stops along the way to give motivational speeches about my life and my message of using humor to overcome...
It would be ironic if I got athlete’s foot.
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I want to meet you!
It would be really super awesome if everyone could come out to this open mic night to support my nonprofit on Saturday night at Moravian College.
There will be a bunch of great musical performances. Tickets are $3 in advance (get them in the HUB this week if you attend Moravian) or $5 at the door. There will also be free snack food, and I will be there so come hang out with me and have some fun!
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If my penis is positioned at precisely the right angle in my pee jar, my stream reverberates off the walls of the jar in such a way that a magical symphony of pee music is created.
I turn 21 in about a month!
Holy Jeebus
Another thank you!
In the craziness of this past week I forgot to thank everyone who participated in the AMA that I did on Reddit this past weekend! Thank you! It was not only a fun experience, but also an eye-opening one, as many of you shared some very personal stories and asked tons of thought-provoking questions.
Thanks again!
THANK YOU!
I just want to take a minute to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in Operation Make Ellen Laugh yesterday! I am amazed and overwhelmed by the turnout that we had. It’s difficult to say exactly how many tweets were sent, but the website we asked all of you to tweet got over 30,000 hits yesterday, we got #makeellenlaugh trending in Philadelphia for a few hours, and donations were...
