Show & Tell: Sept 03/10

I am so ready for the long weekend!  It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over and I feel like it flew by.  It was a great summer and I’m ready for Fall and the motivation that comes with the back to school energy.  I’m trying to sort out my finances so I can afford to go back to school and complete my PR Certificate, but transfering to a university course is double the cost of college.  Not sure if I’ll be able to start in September like I wanted to but I’ve still got a week til the deadline.

  • September horoscopes are up on Susan Miller’s site.  As a Capricorn this has been a year of change and I’m ready for the new challenges and opportunities that are coming my way.  I’ve also been reading the AstroTwins site for horoscopes and you should check out their daily & monthly horoscopes as well.
  • “Do You Want To Be A Mermaid Or A Whale?” was on a poster advertising a gym in Australia.  Gala posted a letter from a middle-aged woman, who responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.
  • I read “What Do You Call Yourself?” this week and it really got me thinking.  I’ve definitely outgrown the title on my business cards and am evolving my current business/career, so what do I call myself?  I’ll let you know when I figure it out!
  • I’m a Twilight fan, as you probably already know, and I realize that it is a little ridiculous.  This review of the book on GoodReads by Brian is hilarious and a must-read, especially if you can’t stand the whole thing.
  • Regretsy is a pretty funny site.  It’s amazing the crap people try to sell.  These are the most ridiculous things I’ve seen in a long time What! and mrmph
  • These treehouses are so cool and I wish I had one.  It would be so neat to have a tree house for a cottage or vacation spot.
  • These photographs by Caleb Charland are amazing.
    “Caleb Charland demonstrates lessons in physics and mathematics with his mind-blowing photography. Inspired by children’s books of science experiments, he photographs everyday objects (like matches, pens and mirrors) in ways we’ve never imagined, often using multiple exposures to tell the story. For example, in Fifteen Hours, the last photo in this set, Charland used 15 exposures to show how the flame of a dinner candle beautifully burns down.”
  • Some really interesting Gifts for the Geek Home.  I can totally see a Twitter pillow in Casie’s house :)
  • Tonight my friend Lyall Brownlee has a show at The Cannery Art Center in Peterborough and it is the opening of his “Coping Mechanisms” series.  If you’re in town you should check it out.
  • ModCloth has a new bag on their site called Mend, it is a classic army green messenger back that was handmade in Uganda by MEND : a subdivision of Invisible Children that trains women who were former abducted child soldiers to be seamstresses, thus providing them with employment, and enabling them to support themselves and their families. I have been looking for a good messenger bag all summer and am going to save up for this one.  It’s a little pricey at $85 but supporting this cause is worth it.
  • I love this girl’s tattoos.

  • My friend Carri shared this video with us last night.  I can’t believe a dog can stand on his hind legs this long!

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He got a thing for that candy

Things are happening and changing fast over here.  Feel like I haven’t been posting and updating as much as I’d like, but sometimes real life just gets in the way.  I can’t believe today is the 1st of September.  I really want to be back in school this time of year.  I’ve always felt like that come September and I wonder if it will ever go away.  Going to finish up my PR certificate this year and want to transfer my Humber credits to Ryerson.  Debating about taking a night school class or continue to do it online.

Got new hair last week.  I wanted to do something different and change my look without loosing the pink so Matt at Brennen Demelo cut bangs.  I really love having bangs and I can’t even remember the last time I had them.

Made a big decision today about my agency and it’s going to change the way my business runs.  Can’t wait to share it with you all.  Scary but exciting at the same time.

Made my 1st ever iTunes purchase today – KO’s “Let’s Blaze”.  Then got the chance to interview him for another little project I’m working on.  Been listening to his songs on YouTube since Wakestock and now have the whole album.  It’s really good and I like everything on it.  Nothing that I would skip.  Favourite songs are Kurt Cobain, Capable (the current single) and Good Man, Bad Man.  Super talented dude and was a pretty chill interview.

Got to see Chad last week when he played the Rockstar Uproar Festival at the Molson Ampitheatre.  He surprised me by picking me up with his manager and then telling me he had the whole next day off in T.O.  Soo happy to see him and get to hang backstage with everyone.  Got to go on the bus when the rain came.  It was cool to see, but I couldn’t live on it for months.  12 boys on a bus for 8 weeks or something like that.  This is the final song of their set.

Love having so many positive women in my life right now.  Really needed a good girl boost and Casie, Kathryn, Rhianne & Carri are the best.  Love you girls.  Oh and Lyla too – she’s been brightening the beginning of my week and it’s pretty fun to have a 3 year old around.  Funny to see her growing up and trying to use the same thing we did as kids.

Gotta keep working and will probably have a late night.  Interview to write up, proposal to start and then taking it easy and getting a good nights sleep.

Hope you’re all having a good start to September.

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2010 Wakestock Canada Day 3

Lots of photos in this post.

Got up late the last day and had to pack and get out of our loft by 11:00am.  We said goodbye to Jonathan and headed out to find some breakfast before the bands started.  Ate at the Beaver & Bulldog, which was pretty good and we all drank tons of coffee to try and get our lives back together.

After breakfast we made a pit stop at Zellers to get wellies and ended up staying there for about an hour trying things on.  Casie & Lauren got kids pajamas superhero costumes to wear and they looked hilarious.

Got to Wakecock Wakestock just in time for the shuttle to take us in.  So happy we didn’t have to walk the whole way.  It was pretty far and we were a little hung.  Love the VIP treatment.

First band we saw was called The Katacombs – a rockabilly/punk band out of Barrie and they were pretty good.  The bass player played a stand up bass and he was killing it. I’ve never really listened to much rockabilly music but I think I’m going to check out some more.

After a few songs we went over to check out the Wakeboarding finals.  These guys were crazy!  There were two walls – one higher then the other – and they were doing tricks and jumping on and off them.  I know nothing about Wakeboarding so I can’t tell you what they did, but it looked cool.  I really wanted to try it out this weekend, but maybe next year.

We walked around to check out what else was going on and Virgin Mobile had one of those carnival games where you hit something with a big hammer and see how strong you are.  I think Raymi was the strongest hitter out of all of us.  Apparently I’m a weakling, but I looked good doing it :)

One of my favourite girls, Tiffany was working the Virgin Mobile game so we got to hang with her and get some sunglasses.  She’s such a sweetheart and I really need to see more of her.  We went and checked out the Sprite Splash Mob rope swing into the water.  They wanted us to try it out but there was no way any of us were going to get wet and jump in a cold lake.  Casie’s friends took the plunge and it looked like a lot of fun.  Those boys were brave!

Got back to the stage in time to see our new friends Rebel Emergency play.  There was a smaller crowd on Sunday due to the cold, rainy weather but we danced and took a ton of pics anyway.  The band was all smiles as soon as they recognized us.  We definitely started the party on Sunday.

After Rebel Emergency was Hollerado and then my new favourite artist KO.  I have wanted to see him perform since I heard the Capable single on the radio and he didn’t disappoint.  The drummer & bass player from Rebel Emergency played with him and I was really impressed with his voice and live show.  I’ll hopefully have an interview with him to post up in the next couple of weeks.  Until then check out his Myspace page for videos/music.  I’m lovin Capable & Kurt Cobain (which is below).

I had the best time going to Wakestock with Casie, Raymi & Lauren.  It was a great experience and thank you so much to Jonathan, Zeke, Alison, Lawrence and the rest of the Wakestock team for taking care of us.  I can’t wait to come up next year and hopefully we can bring some of you guys!

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Bud Camp 2010 Video

Bud Camp was actually pretty fun.  Casie & I did it our way – which included not a lot of activities and a lot of partying.  Met some awesome new people.  Want to go on the Bud Light Caribbean Cruise.  Here’s the official Bud Camp 2010 video.  Can you pick me out?

Uploading a gazillion photos and will get a full post done asap.  Hope you’re having a good Monday :)

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Weekly TwitterTalk for 2010-08-22

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Show & Tell: Aug 20/10

I’m writing this from the lobby of the Best Western in Napanee.  Got up at 5:30am to go to Bud Camp with Casie.  Apparently we are “party girls”.  Interesting.  Not too sure what we’ve gotten ourselves into but I hope it’s a lot of fun.  We traveled up on a Greyhound bus with 30 Bud Girls and two Mosaic reps.  Glad we’re here for fun and not to work this weekend.  Not sure if I’ll partake in all the extreme sports going on – definitely NOT gonna do paintball.

Had a mishap with my blog yesterday and mistakenly deleted the whole thing.  Luckily I back it up religiously and I didn’t lose anything.  Which leads me to my first link on Show & Tell this week.

  • I’ve posted this before and thankfully have been backing up my computer contents & blog on a weekly basis.  ProBlogger’s article How to back up your WordPress blog in 3 easy steps.  I recommend doing this NOW.
  • Enbridge Inc wants to bring the first ever crude oil supertankers to Canada’s Pacific north coast, home of the Great Bear Rainforest. These supertankers would bring with them the risk of a catastrophic oil spill, such as is unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico and has already occurred with the Exxon Valdez.  As Canadian’s we cannot let this happen. Please, signing this petition for a legislated oil tanker ban. It will be submitted to Parliament, which has a real and realistic opportunity to move legislation before the next election. SHARE THIS LINK WITH EVERYONE!
  • An incredible article on Adbusters called American Psychosis – that asks “What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?”
  • This was really funny – an email exchange between a non religious Australian parent and a Christian volunteer – from Gala
  • Bad Yearbook Photos is hilarious!  I love seeing ridiculous photos of people.  It’s right up there with Awkward Family Photos
  • Author Greta Christina has written an interesting article called 5 Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men and to be honest I never really thought about it until now.
  • I had never heard of The Great Blue Hold of Belize and it’s pretty amazing.  It is believed to be the world’s largest sea hole and is a perfect circle

OK I’ve got to get back on the bus and head to Bud Camp.  Wish me luck!

Love this girls work

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2010 Wakestock Canada Day 2

Woke up to Jonathan making us breakfast.  A little tired from the night before but didn’t drink too much so after a tea I was good to go.  Took 4 girls a while to get ready – I don’t think Jonathan was prepared for how ridiculous we are.  We were tweeting, taking photos, changing outfits, taking more photos…  Finally got out of the house and made it to Wakestock by 2:00pm.  The line up was huge but luckily we had media passes to bypass it.

First stop was to check out the skatepark and there were some sick skaters & bmx bikers doing tricks.  I tried to catch the guys doing backflips on the bike’s but they were too fast for me.

Our media passes allowed us to stand in the photo pit for the first 3 songs of each artist and we took full advantage.  Got tons of photos, videos and danced our asses off.  Didn’t make it in time to see The Set or King Cobra so the first band we saw was USS.  I’ve met the guys a few times with Kyle but hadn’t seen a live show yet.  They were so awesome!  Jay aka Human Kebob the DJ wore a blue warm up suit with white stars all over it.  He danced his ass off, crowd surfed, and got everyone screaming.  Ash Boo-Schultz was killing in on guitar and vocals while making a smoothie throughout the set.

They were joined on stage by their friends Edward & Jacob and then finally a guest performance by Maestro Fresh Wes.   I was so excited to hear Wes perform.  I’ve known him through my sister Kristin for a few years now, they were in Metropia & Instant Star together.

After the set we got backstage passes from Allison (thank you so much!) and I went to Wes to see if he remembered me.  He gave me a huge hug and said he just talked to my sister and asked if I had a camera.  I said yes and he grabbed my hand and took me to a tour bus.  Knocked on the door and a HUGE security guard answered, Wes said “she’s with me” and we walk onto the bus and who is sitting at the table CHUCK D!!!  Wes introduced me and I shook his hand and then took photos of Wes and Chuck with a copy of Wes’ book Stick To Your Vision.  That was the highlight of my Wakestock weekend.

After USS we walked around the main area and made some friends in the crowd.  Took lots of photos and signed a couple t-shirts.  Ran into friends of Casie‘s from New Zealand and they were super nice.  Also saw my friend Tiffany – she’s such a babe.

We headed back to the photo pit for Alexisonfire – it was my first time seeing them live as well and they were really good.  After the first 3 songs we went to stand sidestage to watch the rest of the set and that was pretty cool.

Ran into some friends from the Edge, Dean & Todd and hung out in the Virgin Mobile tent backstage with Paul & Amber.  So good to see you guys!

Got to hang out with some of the Public Enemy crew while they were waiting for their KFC to show up.  Too funny.  Said hi to Flavor Flav but didn’t get a photo with him.  Michie Mee did a special guest appearance before Public Enemy and it was my first time seeing her as well.

Flavor Flav came out next and did a drum solo – which was pretty interesting.  He has so much energy and I can’t believe he’s 61!  So crazy that he is still performing and he was just as good as someone half his age.  Did the photo pit for Public Enemy’s first three songs and then we got to stand side stage again!  It was so awesome to watch them and we were really lucky to stand side stage, thanks to Raymi‘s friend Lawrence.

After Public Enemy we got a golf cart limo back to our car.  So nice not to walk after walking around all day.  Boys kept jumping on the back and we had to yell at them to get off.  Stupid boys.

Wewent back to the loft with Jonathan to eat and get ready for the after party.  We didn’t take as long as before and all 4 of us were ready – photos taken – and out the door in 2 hours.

Went to the crew hotel first to meet up with them and have some drinks and then took a shuttle over to the afterparty.  Such a fun time with these girls.  Always laughing, taking photos and tweeting :)

We walked in just in time for the bikini contest.  I’ve never been in one, and I don’t ever want to be.  It just isn’t me to stand up in front of a crowd, oiled up, shaking my ass in a bikini.  Ugh.  Todd was hosting and after they picked the winner Wes & Human Kebob performed.   Jonathan took us home around 1am and I crashed right away  Such a blast!

Check out my Picasa for all the photos and Casie, Lauren & Raymi‘s sites for their Wakestock blogs

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Silversun Pickups Substitution

Going through 300 photos from Wakestock and trying to get the rest of the posts up.  Here’s a video from the secret Silversun Pickups show at Tattoo in June to tide you over.  They were so good live.

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Weekly TwitterTalk for 2010-08-15

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Show & Tell: Aug 13, 2010

Today is Friday the 13th and it’s my favourite day.  I’ve probably said this before, but my brother was born on Friday the 13th and it’s a lucky day for our family.  I’ve been kinda stuck in the house the past 2 days because I bruised my tailbone and it’s really difficult to sit, walk, stand, among other things.  I’m not 100% sure how I hurt it but I think it was sitting on a hard chair with my knees up against the table at Murphy’s.  Bruising your tailbone is a real pain in the ass…

Another short one this week.  Hope you like the links.

  • This article “Letting Go” in The New Yorker was such an important thing for me to read and though talking about terminal illness is hard I think that you should read it and share it with your family.  It really is something that needs to be discussed and I plan to do it with mine.
  • I love reading Danielle LaPorte’s site White Hot Truth is a favourite of mine and her posts are inspiring.  Start by reading The Manifesto of Encouragement and The Secret To Success.
  • More positive reading from Yes & Yes, How To Show Your Friends You Love Them
  • Another positive article of really good advice from some of the world’s top bloggers about Creating the Life You Want.
  • The Vampire of Venice – is it real?  National Geographic sheds light on a 16th Century plauge victim, thought to be a real vampire.

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