I went to MEC today, originally to get a coat but it didn’t fit (all they had were Smalls and X-Large) so I ended up getting some much needed decent shoes. I ended up being happily suprised by their bagging policy. They have so many environmentally sustainable projects going on and it makes me very happy. What doesn’t make me happy is that it seems like MEC is the only store out there making a big effort to be like this - if they were all doing this we wouldn’t be seeing some drastic effects of global warming happening in the North .

A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada’s Arctic, scientists said.

The mass of ice broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 800 kilometres south of the North Pole, but no one was present to see it in Canada’s remote north.

Scientists using satellite images later noticed that it became a newly formed ice island in just an hour and left a trail of icy boulders floating in its wake.

Of course they can’t directly link it to global warming so no one is going to care. But seriously - It’s because of global warming. There I’ve said it - thats all the proof you need. The dinosaurs took much better care of the earth than we are… I am making today nation "Bring back the dinosaurs" day. (Then the dinosaurs would eat all of us and the earth wouldn’t have to put up with all our energy wasting, polluting, consumeristic bullshit.)

I just got a "holiday message from Gloria Steinman" which started "Imagine being confined to a cell for 17 hours a day, with little or no access to reading, writing, or learning – or talks with friends." … that’s not very festive Gloria…

I was reading Feministing, and found this dandy little site. I don’t really care that they did the top 10 hot bloggers or whatever. Meh. What bothers me are some of the comments…

You’ve got to be shitting me. Jessica Cutler? She’s a skank with bad
skin. Actually, according to strict definitions, she’s a prostitute.
So, even if this were a top 10 whore list, she still wouldn’t deserve
to be here.

I wouldn’t kick any of them out of bed, but Katie Lee is the not a babe.

That’s a way to stay classy eh? Not to mention that a lot of them are saying "I’d take…so and so any day" or "I’d have …. in my bed"… Way to be respectful and not a disgusting jerk-oid. They don’t even consider the quality of blogs they produce either … I was reading one of them and I felt like my life was being wasted with every passing second.

Jess also has a Lady Sovereign video posted that I love and should definitely play on the air on Monday. Lyrics? Must read.

Yeah, It’s officially the biggest midget in the game. I dunno.
Make way for the S.O.V.

[Chorus] Love me or hate me, its still an obsession.
Love me or hate me, that is the question.
If you love me then Thank you!
If you hate me then fuck you!
Love me or hate me, its still an obsession.
Love me or hate me, that is the question.
If you love me then Thank you!
If you hate me then fuck you!

I’m fat, I need a diet.
No, in fact i’m just too light
And I ain’t got the biggest breast-s-s,
but I write all the best disses.
I got hairy armpits,
but I don’t walk around like this.
I wear a big baggy t-shirt that hides that nasty sh**.
Ugh! Never had my nails done.
Bite them down until they’re numb.
I’m the one with the non-existent bum,
Now I dont really give a….Ugh!
I’m late for my shepherd’s pie
Like a high maintenance chick missin’ her diamonds.
I’m missin’ my clippers size.
Now bow down to your royal highness.
No I dont own a corgi,
Had a hamster, it died cuz I ignored it.
Go on then, go on report me,
I’m English, try and deport me!

[Chorus]

I’m that funky little monkey with the tiniest ears.
I don’t like drinkin fancy champy,
I’ll stick wit Heineken beers.
Whoops, might burp in ya face,
A little unlady-like,
What can I say?
Well oh gosh i’m not posh, male wit odd socks.
I do what i’m doin YEAH!
So everybody’s entitled to opinions,
I open my mouth and sh** I got millions.
I’m the middle kid, the riddle kid,
I’ll make you giggle till your sick
Cuz my nose jiggles while I spit.
Yeah I do have some stories
And its true I want all the glory.
Go on then, come on support,
I’m English, try and deport me!

[Chorus]

So I cant dance and I really cant sing.
I can only do one thing,
And that’s be Lady Sovereign!
So I cant dance and I really cant sing.
I can only do one thing, And that’s be Lady Sovereign!

[Chorus]

Good stuff. I heart lady sovereign. You can listen to almost all of her music on that site under "audio/video". It reminds me of MIA a lot sometimes (whose real website has almost been up and running for about 2 years now…)

Anyway, I’m going to the station for a little while, then downtown to get a new coat. Yay coats… Then home to clean my house from corner to corner. I’m getting a little irritated by how messy it is. The kitched is disgusting and my bathroom hasn’t been cleaned in about 3 weeks. …My room is a whole other story… So I plan on spending mucho time cleaning this stink-hole.

I went to visit my bestest over the Christmas holidays, Samie (the chances of her killing me the next time she sees me just increased by about 439%…), and we were sitting around in her living room talking to her sister and her sister’s best friend, Jennifer and Amy. We got talking about books because Iffer was getting Samie To Kill A Mocking Bird for Christmas. We ended listing some of our favorite books… I mentioned The Handmaid’s Tale as one of mine - and Iffer stated that she really likes it too. I listed off a couple other ones that I thought she should read that are similar to that book, so I figured she would like them. She asked why she should read them, like what sort of similar theme they all had and in the explaination I used the word "utopia". Very confused she looks at me and says "What’s utopia? Is that like… The really poor country?" … … … … I laughed… SO hard. I just thought I should share that very precious moment that just came to mind.

I might as well get this over with aye?

1. Slow Moves - Jose Gonzalez
2. Blindfold - Morcheeba
3. Rise - Azure Ray
4. 10 000 Fists - Disturbed
5. Most People are DJs - The Hold Steady
6. Inside My Head - Shattersphere
7. Sad for a Da - Tilly and the Wall
8. Bluebird - Devendra Banhart
9. Cottonmouth - The Melvins
10. Answers - Quasimoto

Link’ll be easy this week, I’ve got quite a few. I may actually have to limit them! heh. First just a few news with points of interest:

• The FDA okayed cloned meat

• Prince Harry (the actual cute one…) is in Iraq! aw

• More on liquid coal. grr

This chicken is absolutely f’n hilarious. I nearly died I was laughing so hard… The best is when you put on Stayin’ Alive and use the entire middle row of buttons in order. Honestly. Its fantastic.

I found a wicked site on volcanoes… seriously. Wicked. I heart volcanoes - its got almost everything you would want to know! If you want to know anything…

This video gave me a few giggles, the guy does a suprisingly funny imitation of George W Bush. Usually I hate it when people pretend to be other people - its generally not funny at all. But this gave me a chuckle.

Check out the world without us humans… … … 200 000 years until nuclear waste starts dissapearing. Screw all ya’ll humans.

I found two differnet lists entitled "50 things we didn’t know last year". They’re both about pretty random things, one has 100 the other has 50. There are some pretty …funny/interesting points.

14. Online shoppers will only wait an average of four seconds for an internet page to load before giving up.

39. The common pigeon can memorize 1,200 pictures.

45. Cows can have regional accents, says a professor of phonetics, after studying cattle in Somerset

64. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs is the term for people who fear the number 666. (Huh… who knew. Err, why!?)

…Yeah, they’re entertaining if you’re bored.

Lastly, because I want to go watch Zoolander…

Brave New Books is one of the first brick-and-mortar bookstores in the
country to focus on the myriad of political, economic, medical and
spiritual scams that populate our mainstream media today. We are
reaching out to our next generation of leaders at the University of
Texas to encourage them to think more critically about 9-11,
genetically-modified food, apostate churches, the federal reserve and
many other critical issues that affect our daily lives.

Web-based bookstores offer books and videos on many of these
topics, but they cannot offer the immediate sensory stimulation that
comes from flipping through pages, browsing shelves and face-to-face
discussion. Find other like-minded citizens here and form alliances.
When the fight against the New World Order intensifies and the Internet
becomes more strictly controlled, our real-world friends and allies
will be in a better position to help us than our Net buddies.

I know - I said lots of links, but… I didn’t know I’d get bored so quickly. My apologies. I will point out that I added a music links list and a photography links list to the side of my blog. One of the photography ones, Stuart, I want to point out specifically… he’s one of my brother’s friends - i had no idea he was such a good photographer, you should check his stuff out. The other guy, Kyle, is my brother’s roommate. His pictures are pretty good too - but I think i like Stu’s more… I think my brother’s hand is in one of Kyle’s pictures! haha… Check em out… they’re both really cute too, if that makes a difference.

So my room is chilly eh? And I really wish all my friends weren’t back at home for christmas. I need Ashley right now! Geez. I need a hardcore bitch fest and some Sex and the City watching. THEN I’m gonna watch Zoolander and Dodgeball. Tomorrow I’m going to go to work and put together a wicked play list for New Years Day.

And as an update, Alon has got a flight for no additional cost to his original one and we don’t hate each other… but im still pissed.

The rest of his visit wasn’t as tiring. We watched Firefly, which was nice. And on Christmas morning we opened stockings with my family on webcam. I miss my family. I definitely decided to take a break next year. I’d like to travel somewhere - but work a bit first. So hopefully I still to that, and make it work some how. Then I’ll go to college. …I really want to go somewhere, so I probalby should just go. …So if anyone wants to come!!!

Anyway, tomorrow, lots of posting. I promise. And the following day. I promise again. Tonight, not so much. I need to gossip with some friends abour our deepest darkest boy secrets and watch some shitty TV. *mwah!*