December 2009
10 posts
another adventure.
So here I go again. Well… not really again, this is a whole new kind of adventure, but I’m just as excited as I have been for any others! I am off to Calgary for Christmas Eve (truly just the eve part) and day with my family, then bright and early on the 26th it’s up up and away to Copenhagen—not before a stop over in Chicago… and Stockholm. Ew. I should...
love actually.
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed. But I don’t see that. Seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it’s not particularily dignified or newsworthy… But it’s always there—Fathers and sons, mothers and...
That'll teach you to read beyond the headlines.
I loaded up my internet explorer at work and finally got angry with the conservative government.
Headlining the yahoo.ca homepage was:
“Harper snubs world leaders —Cdn Prime Minister skips a climate speech with world leaders to attend another function.”
Enraged I went on to read about his other plans where I discovered he was attending a dinner “hosted by the Queen of...
Hali falls in love.
Saturday night I experienced a show like no other.
Devon told me about this artist coming to Vancouver and he said he thought I would really like her. I trust he understands my musical preferences and planned to go to the show.
I googled both artists of the evening, Coco Love Alcorn and Matt Epp, and browsed their sites, but decided to remain in the dark for what they sound like.
Saturday...
Headphones are the new tshirt. →
My favourite headphones in every colour?! It’s almost too much to handle. AIAIAI is also up to something fabulous when it comes to headphones.
Vancouver waves.
So the other day I was doing one of my sporadic checks on what’s up on Vancouver is Awesome. As I was scrolling through the blog I noticed an entry titled THE WAVE! with an image of a person in the drivers seat of a car giving ‘the wave’—you know, the courtesy wave one generally gives when a stranger is kind enough to let you in.
I have complained a lot about the lack of...
Our bright future. →
Beautiful website. You don’t even have to be a fan of Tracy Chapman to appreciate this masterpiece.
Hopenhagen. It's time for a change. →
Sign the petition which will be shown to the delegates attending COP15 in a couple days!