High Noon or The Phat Conductor

It's already Saturday, and this last week was a huge blur..
Last Friday. Jesse, my middle little brother had his high school grad. He dressed up really pretty in a spiffy tux, and I pulled out the.. thing in the pocket.. napkin? whatever, it's folded really neatly and he said you're not supposed to touch it cause it's hard to fold. It can't be that hard.

My grandparents even came down, and it was really nice to see them. They came over to my apartment and my grandma wasn't even disgusted! (as she normally is when she sees where I live) My grandpa commented that my room was quite messy, and I replied by saying "A clean room is the sign of a wasted life" He was impressed I could tell.
I'm not sure if this validates my messy room or not, but either way, at least it gave him something to think about and distracted him from the messiness.
My cousin landon drove them up which was a nice surprise. He's either really shy or just can't stand my existence. He's going to school in Edmonton in the fall. I think he's one of those people that moves to a big city to go to school and then actually focuses all their energy on school. I should try that.. put school as a top priority... above all else....nah.

Ah yes, how could I forget? I work as a banquet server for some reason, which I can talk about now withoout being bitter because I have the weekend off for once. But Tuesday, the queen and her posse and the PM and the President of Alberta all came and ate a bunch of expensive food. This is the first time that I've ever:
1. seen people drink so much wine in 3hr.45 min.
2. spilt an entire bottle of wine all over the floor.. (a lady at one of the tables turned around and yelled "are you drunk already?" It made me want to stab her with her salad fork. But I didn't. I should have.

I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. The Queen E tried to speak french, but kind of butchered it, and the Prime Minister made a lame speech about nothing. I've never heard him speak before (what kind of canadian am i??) and I just assumed that he would be moderately witty/and or have a sense of humour/have a point to what he was saying or that at least his speech writers would be.. NOPE. What's the point of speeches? Are they meant to inform? entertain? give a nice amount of time for banquet servers to spill wine ont he floor? I'm confused.

Speaking of the queen.. (or am I?) I saw HOtel Rwanda. It shook me up! (in a bad way) made me cry, made me unable to sleep and made me ashamed to be white. Does that mean it's a good movie?

I say it's time for swimming.

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Urban Style in Regina,Saskatchewan

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IF tea drinkers and coffee drinkers were to battle it out, who would win???????

Jenn and I recently purchased one ticket each to Shambhala music festival which will be held in Salmo BC in August. Recruitment starts now for an extremely crazy party, complete with hippies and ravers and just regular people looking to have a good time (or weird people looking to have a good time--like us for example)
There's a hologram on the ticket, which is kind of cool and cheesy all at the same time. Hopefully before or after I'll make it out to Vancity to terrorize the locals.

107 Ave has signs on it that say "avenue of nations" and this morning, I think I finally figured out why it's called "avenue of nations" There's tons of people from all over the place! I met a lady from Eritrea, and I didn't even know that was a country. This is very exciting, it's like being in Toronto! Except for there's no H & M. And no Lake Ontario. Gay. We should have a Lake Ontario here, that would be awesome. It could be used for drinking water, sewage disposal and swimming! Okay, I thought I could slow down the the sarcastic remarks on my environmental perspectives, but I can't help myself.
Now that I've already ruined this post, I might as well go all the way. It's time for an ENVIRONMENTAL JOKE!!

What did the baby light bulb say to the mommy lightbulb? "I love you watts and watts"
Okay, it's more of an "energy" joke, but still..

Yesterday i was waiting in line at the money exchange place downtown (Krzesinski is going away, not me..) and there was a couple with a baby in front.. taking forever by the way.... Then, i was in a car crossing the bridge a little while later, and this same couple was in the car next to us...
then 2 hours later, i was in a store on whyte and we bumped into the SAME COUPLE with their baby. It was wacky wild. wacky wacky wild.

Democracy Being Held Hostage or I'm Wide Awake, it's Evening

Today, the Carbon Busters team drove down to Calgary to visit an ecohouse/sustainable blah blah I don't remember what it's called. Composting toilet, solar collectors, almost all daylighting, solar oven, LED's, a solar dryer. They use rainwater only, and just filter it a couple times...the guy that built it/lives in it/gave the tour thinks it's a bit silly that only 10% of our water needs to be drinkable, yet 100% of it is treated to be drinkable. It was very cool. In the middle of Calgary's urban sprawl, sits this little house that looks very similar to the rest of the houses. If you're even in Calgary.. I recommend it..

My blog has become an ode to Environmentalism.. but really, anybody who lives in the environment and breaths in stuff like air for example and drinks stuff like water for example..should really consider these things.. but then again, I am an arts student, so what do I know? I only took one science class and considered jumping out of the window of 7th floor Tory, just cause the brief flight to the ground would have been less painful than a lab about rocks, dirt or weather.

Rebellion (Lies) or Cascades of Colour

yesterday i was lucky enough to see dj david suzuki live!!
he did some great remixes and even played some of his old stuff..

no really though, it was serious stuff. my favourite part was when he explained how it's ridiculous to think that the economy is more important than the environment. cause .. you can't buy nature.. and if you could it wouuld be worth like 33 trillion dollars, which is alot more than the GDP of.. Canada for example.
He made his point (for me anyways) quite well when he said if the Darlington nuclear power plant, (which is apparantly really massive and near Canada's largest city) were to release any of radioactive materials, then that would be awesome for the economy! The GDP would go through the roof. People would be sick and they would need ambulances, doctors, nurses, new hospitals, band-aids, drugs.. and also people would die, would would be great for funeral homes, flower shops, gravediggers, lawyers and .. the list goes on. So, really, if Canada wants the GDP to go UP, we just have to have plant operators be a little bit less careful, have tests done a little less frequently and have staff that's a little less qualified, maybe summer students? (They'll work for next to nothing.. again, an opportunity to save some cash)

He swore alot, too, which I wasn't expecting. It's not like he had to use harsh language to preach to the converted crowd who payed $30 to see him blab on about the extinction of humanity. Chuck D did the same thing, they must have read the same "how to talk like an activist" guide. Or maybe, Edmonton just makes people wanna swear.

Also, check out Anna’s artwork on Das picture page which is linked at like 2 o'clock.

....LEFT BEHIND.....

Saturday night 2:40am. Amy is sleeping in her comfortable bed after many days without a good nights rest. She hears sounds outside, like drunks yelling, hitting something metal, climbing. She ignores it.. probably it will stop soon, she thinks. Ten minutes later, she can no longer ignore the souds. They are nearer and nearer, it almost sounds like they are right outside her window. She lays awake panicking, wondering what to do. She wishes she had been more proactive in getting herself a phone. Alas, she wasn't, and is phoneless and terrified. She is too frightened to go and look out the window, but suddenly, the voices are no longer outside, but rather inside. She peeks out her window and sees some legs, hanging out her roomates window.. followed by another body climbing inside. All she knows now is that there are several people within the confines of her apartment, and they were not invited. The roomate is at work still, and she can only hear the intruder voices yelling to hurry.

I got dressed and went out to see what the commotion was in my state of shock and fear, and.. it was my brother and 6 of his friends. I went into the bathroom and couldn't control myself from sobbing. My heart was in my throat, and I wanted to vomit.

So, when Descartes said "I think, therefore I am," do you think there was any chance that this also meant "If you don't think, you don't exist?" Cause in that case, I'm sorry to say it, but my oldest little brother doesn't exist.

They turn on music (my music at least, so it was good music) and ordered pizza. Amy's place is the party place?!? My brother did used to live in this apartment, and his friend (who wasn't home) does live here. I used to live in alot of places too, but that old sweet suite on 76th ave and my big old white house on 114th street don't come to mind when I need somewhere to crash after a quality night at the bar.

I guess occasions like these are good, because they make you feel very alive. It's good to experience a full range of emotion as often as possible, just so all your reactions are well exercised..

Moon is the Oldest Television

just a quick update from the office of the flying daggers. i found this really funny thing on the internet.
i'm not sure if IT is serious or not, but either way, IT is lustig lustig tralalalala.. (lustig = funny)

speaking of awesome, This is making me cry.. and by cry i mean laugh so hard i cry, so I have to share it. SNOop doooooooog ooooooooooohhhhhyeeeaaaaahhhh you've probably all seen it before.. but just in case..

jessie you would love it