tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25076098351340599882011-11-27T20:33:17.248-04:00Activism, philosophy, charity, politics, YouTube, the Internet community, art, and music.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-47512358606817874052011-09-30T14:46:00.001-03:002011-09-30T14:48:22.977-03:00

Came upon a great site that contains articles and videos giving you useful tips on everything from getting cheap flights, to keeping sponges clean, to creating a usb flash drive that lets you browse securely on other people's computers. Lifehacker.com is probably going to get a lot of visits from me in the future whenever I'm looking for how-to guides. The site seems focus on information

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Speaking of music.... Halifax Pop Explosion (HPX) is something I heard rave reviews about from friends so I have my mind set on going this year. For all five days of non-stop music in the exciting city of Halifax. With all-access passes for only 50$, you really can't beat that. As someone who doesn't follow music very closely I'm really not familiar with most of the artists that are going to be

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I've had an amazing summer full of music, love and laughter. Not one to get obsessive about music and follow it closely, I generally listen to what friends listen to and thus have quite a varied collection of things I like. I really have to work hard going out of my way to discover new music and stick to liking it.Braved a rainy day to go outside to Coeur de Pirate, only to find out Laval had

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A friend sent me this article from the Huffington Post in the spirit of the season and thought I would share it. Iceberg Economies and Shadow Selves: Further Adventures in the Territories of Hope -----Have been deciding what I will do with this blog, if I should keep it or not so I have not been updating. I had originally planned to blog about my experience in Japan as well but I actually was

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I've been in Japan for almost a month now, and soon to break my record for longest time away from home. For interests sake I'm constantly comparing Japanese culture to what I know in Canada. One of my favourite subjects is contradictions in Japan. For example I've realized that while the Japanese are very clean and hygienic – they take of their shoes and put on indoor shoes like Mr. Rogers in

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Project Fly Home sent me a message requesting that I spread this around. Please read. "Under federal law, anyone who contributes money to Abousfian Abdelrazik risks prosecution. Canadian regulations state that no Canadian shall "provide or collect by any means, directly or indirectly, funds with the intention that the funds be used" by someone on the 1267 list." Two years ago, on April 28th,

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Complaining moment.... [I am exhausted. I've only been to two Yosakoi practices and my legs are killing me. I biked a long way to go sightseeing with my host mom today and it was painful. I've been going to bed late and getting up early. I have to leave early to go to school and I'm in class for 3 hours every morning and then sometimes have afternoon classes. Already the novelty of being in Japan

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I recently clicked on YouTube - To John Green: The Novel in the Age of Google and found my way to this interesting article: Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Magazine - The Atlantic. I think everyone should take a look at it. The Internet vs. traditional forms of media has long been an interesting topic to me. While I adamantly defend the Internet as a revolutionary way of information sharing, we

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So it has been my first full day in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Other than sheer exhaustion and jet lag there are a few funny (to me) stories to tell. First is the actual traveling there. I barely slept in my about 24 hour trek. I had an aisle seat and a cold so it was difficult. I got up several times to blow my nose partly because of embarassment and partly not wanting to offend the Japanese

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-11862950184963980462010-03-07T23:05:00.008-04:002010-03-07T23:10:48.815-04:00

Currently I am taking a Water in World History course at my university. We are discussing the relationship of humans to water, the uses of water, and the impacts of water manipulation on societies and the environment. At first we discussed the obvious; irrigation, wells, the spiritual significance of water in different cultures... but currently we are discussing dams. Hydro-electricity is often

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When I listen to music there are a few things that I look for in order to really love it. I want to be able to do: sing a long, dance, relax, or be inspired. I want it to be pleasant on the ear, or have meaningful lyrics. The more of these rolled into one song, the better. An old amateur music-producer friend of mine rubbed off on me and also made me somewhat picky when it comes to recording

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Currently on my university's campus there is a lot of debate surrounding the sale of bottled water.* Until recently, these were not discussions I heard often. With growing interest on the issue, I have discovered several good resources for those who wish to research the environmental, social, and economic impacts of bottling water. There are many arguments against the use or sale of bottled

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-38145667165430727682010-02-17T19:19:00.002-04:002010-02-17T19:21:31.301-04:00

Well school and life caught up with me so I've slowed down my blog posts. I will pause for a moment to share with you this wonderful atheist YouTube channel, NonStampCollector. Making good points through comedy and bad animation, so great. Check it out.

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Sent to me By Tiffany Crawford of the Facebook group Getting Off the Bottle - The Toxic Footprint of Bottled Water, Vancouver Sun January 29, 2010 A few months ago Vancouver was hell bent to rid city venues and buildings of bottled water, but the momentum for that plan has fizzled in the run up to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Millions of bottles of water will be consumed during

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So over the break I got into a conversation with someone about the potential of the Internet to either destroy or bring together communities. Without much provocation I felt inclined to defend the Internet as much as I could. There are many who would argue that the Internet is something that will be the undoing of society as we know, that it degrades social skills, decreases "real" social

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-58908806109441414472009-12-17T13:33:00.002-04:002009-12-17T13:40:40.585-04:00

Today a "band of roving nerds" will attempt to take over YouTube by rating, commenting, posting videos, sharing, Tweeting, Facebooking, and more, all as part of the Project for Awesome (P4A).Dozens of people will upload videos describing their favourite charity to encourage people to donate to it. Using online networks and communities these videos hope to rise to the top to have the greatest

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Well, I haven't posted in a while because I just didn't have much to talk about. But recently I've come upon something that well... interested me. Believe it or not, climate change as a concept has come under fire again from the right and conspiracy theorists. Just when things were settling down and most were accepting this fact, [in]conveniently around the time of probably the most important

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-1821809597183733852009-12-04T12:42:00.004-04:002009-12-04T12:44:13.312-04:00

Kick-AssBlogger posts about a video debunking the supposed climate change conspiracy. Good video!Video:

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There has been a lot of mobilization around climate change lately with the Copenhagen (COP15) conference coming up fast. There has been news coverage, diplomatic visits with heads of state, protests, rallies, conferences, and more and more. The 350.org and the tcktcktck.org really got the ball rolling. Here are some of the other campaigns that are happening.BeyondTalk.net which is a "Climate

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Recently I did some research for a course in environmental economics about criticisms and alternatives to the GDP. At first seeing this made me think "huh!?" But apparently the Wise and Good institution of classical/traditional economics doesn't always know what it's talking about (see every economic recession that ever happened). Economists like Schumacher, Keynes, Cobb, and Daly all saw this

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-88807734242766245972009-11-13T09:42:00.002-04:002009-11-13T10:51:23.580-04:00

I've been meaning to do something on this for a while, I attempted at making a video but wasn't satisfied with it. So this will be a quick post on the subject.Recently I attended a lecture by Helen Lenskyj who is an outspoken opponent of the Olympics, particularly the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. She has done several lectures and interviews,and written several articles and books on the topics of

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As someone who surrounds myself with like-minded people, dedicated to social and environmental justice, it is difficult to imagine not thinking in this way. I am guilty of having preconceptions like "I could never get along with a small 'c' conservative, they're too stupid and are terrible people" and so on. It's also difficult for me to imagine things like utter faith in a deity, disbelief in

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-7915344186031969192009-10-21T08:25:00.002-03:002009-10-21T08:48:14.422-03:00

This Saturday, October 24th around the world people are joining together to speak out on climate change. This is to encourage world leaders to take affirmative action in the upcoming Copenhagen (Cop 15) talks in December. If you want to be part of a worldwide movement (it's trying to be the biggest ever with world records etc), check out 350.org to find an event near you.Why is this important?

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-42805276033948837142009-10-14T12:54:00.007-03:002010-01-09T17:43:59.751-04:00

de⋅moc⋅ra⋅cy  [di-mok-ruh-see]–noun, plural -cies.1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and

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A good friend once told me that if he wasn't going crazy from the amount of things he had taken on, he wasn't doing enough. I really took it to heart and decided to do as many things as possible. I took tango lessons, learned Latin, did yoga, played music, made new friends, traveled, and so on. Ever since I heard that, I've lived on the brink of insanity. There is a fine line between taking on

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Recently I had the honour of listening to, and filming, Abousfian Abdelrazik. Mr. Abdelrazik is a Canadian from Montreal, originally from Sudan. He was harassed by CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service), after which he went to Sudan to visit his mother, where he was detained twice and tortured. The Canadian government refused to allow him back home and didn't help him renew his passport

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 21, 2009"WE'RE SCREWED": MEDIA HEIST BLANKETS CITY WITH "SPECIAL EDITION" NEW YORK POSTTabloid Tells Truth About Climate Change and How It Will Affect City, World Contact: The Yes Men tabloid@theyesmen.org, 347-254-7054, 646-220-4137 Fake New York Post: http://www.nypost-se.com/ Video News Release: http://www.nypost-se.com/video City report on climate change

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COP 15 is coming soon! I hope to god I can be there to see it happen. I've spoken to my professors and it seems even they are having trouble getting funding to go as an observer. Maybe I can get some kind of sponsorship and go as "media"? I have to look into that. It'd be really exciting if that was my winter vacation...The UN Climate Summit is starting out today with some speeches and meetings

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-22175816499057483872009-09-19T12:02:00.003-03:002009-09-19T12:33:39.029-03:00

The Harper Conservatives are pushing for a free trade agreement with Colombia. Recently I attended a rally to oppose the agreement, so I thought I'd talk a bit about that. If you want it short and sweet, here's a great flyer from the Canadian Labour Congress with cartoons. If you want something a bit denser, here's an article by the Dominion paper.The situation right now is that there are several

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Lately, I've been following the Glenn Beck/Fox News drama. A lot of bloggers/vloggers from the "left" have been pointing out his flaws and mistakes for a long time. It's quite fun actually; when you put everything he says side by side, he does sound clinically insane. At the same time, it's quite depressing that such a controversial and offensive individual can become some kind of respected news

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A friend of mine recently sent me this video (with CC) from user somegreybloke. He does various vlogs through his flash character Graham Murkett who does a bit of comedy on things you find on the Internet like porn and chain e-mails, and also about choosing your religion. This particular one is about how Facebook is a place where you can be "friends" with people you never actually talk to but you

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When I was in about grade 2, my mother was in university (she attended later on in life than is traditional) studying economics. It was at about that age that I learned about the pig and the python from her. As a baby boomer, she obviously was interested in the subject. She explained to me the population boom in the post-war period, that meant eventually there would be a population bust. This is

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I'm a hearing person, but I've recently become interested in Deaf issues and culture. I was a camp counselor at "Deaf Camp." It's a summer camp for kids in the Deaf community. So the hard of hearing, those with hearing aids, cochlear implants, and the fully deaf. I met some really interesting people, and it got me thinking. What is being deaf all about? I found a great website that helps me

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-63975931177280048542009-08-22T15:31:00.003-03:002009-08-22T15:45:40.506-03:00

One of my passions is languages. There's a lot you can tell about a culture by it's language. It's also fascinating how different things translate, especially cross-cultural stories (like myths). You get so much more meaning out of everything.Learning a new language can be really fun for expanding your mind, your resume, your friendships, and so much more. There may be some really obvious ways to

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-28043297619145187652009-08-21T15:30:00.003-03:002009-08-24T15:30:41.284-03:00

People just won't shut up about this, so I had to throw in my 2 cents, and show you others' as well.So, from what I can gather (in a few days of watching, and one afternoon of actual research. Not to mention watching Sicko...no one is calling me an expert here):There's a lot of propaganda from the opposing side through Fox News etc. Reporters and "analysts" are twisting the facts, and using

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-53603114976343821222009-08-20T16:41:00.006-03:002009-08-20T17:03:27.827-03:00

I just moved this weekend. It was probably one of the worst moves I ever experienced. Though I haven't experienced many moves, I know it can be better. What made it bad?1. I wasn't expecting to move this weekend all at once.2. I expected my mom to be there with her car, and she couldn't make it.3. I counted on some people without having a back up plan.4. I packed the day of(s).5. The moving part

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Activism is my lifeblood, Sol Guy once said the community service was "of the highest order." I believe that is true. There's really no excuse to not do something to change the world while you are in it. Everyone can do their own small, or big part. Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything. - Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.There are several ways to get involved on

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Fat Pie, David Firth, Salad Fingers. Any of these ring a bell? Fat Pie is the production company/group of David Firth who invented Spoilsbury Toastboy, and the famous Salad Fingers.Many of his videos are disturbing, amusing, and comment on aspects of modern life. Or just life in general. For example The Men From Upstairs contains some dirty humour but it's so subtle. I wish I could give some

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If there was one useless thing I would really want, it is polymer clay sculpture earrings. I found these on deviant art and people do some adorable things with them. It's totally useless but a really neat form of art, and really cute. I'd love to have some handmade earrings in the same of little cupcakes. That just gives me the urge to type =^_^= It seems you can do a lot of cool things with

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-77328594966344575982009-08-11T15:30:00.010-03:002009-08-11T16:22:24.615-03:00

So as I wrote below I went to the Global Youth Assembly. Here is the saga of my trip, taken from memory and notes scribbled in a Mead horizontal notepad. Somewhat gonzo:Day 1It seems that every airport that I go to is the same. Expensive food, shiny floors, frightening toilet flushes, airplanes. You know. I was lucky to get my flight paid for by the conference organizers. But I was not so lucky

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-2754419196184105072009-08-10T22:41:00.002-03:002009-08-10T22:49:16.295-03:00

So I walked by this sign and it was spelled wrong. I called the number and told them in a message. They called back and said I had no life. I hung up. They called back twice. Who has no life? Anyway, both of us.I've been getting my creative juices flowing. I was inspired by the Global Youth Assembly and a few other things. I've started thinking about music I want to do, poetry I want to

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Well..... since Canada is a great place to live (for so many reasons) please enjoy this song while you surf/read/whatever.So as I talk about a little in my vlog and video summary on YouTube, I was at the Global Youth Assembly 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta from July 29th to August 2nd. It was amazing, there were speakers such as Dev Aulja from DreamNow, Mike Sheehan from Beatboard, Dr. Lloyd Axworthy,

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-3950746656889629252009-07-27T15:14:00.006-03:002009-08-09T16:06:28.369-03:00

Because I am one of those oh so cool and hip people, I got right into spoken word and "slam" poetry in high school. I haven't really gotten out of it. My [sometimes] crappy poetry derives from the spoken word style.One of the first weird poems I ever heard was Primiti Too Ta excerpted from A Sonata in Primitive Sounds. I saw it one late night on Zed and fell in love. While Zed may be dead [haha],

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No seriously. Irshad Manji, journalist, author, Muslim, and open lesbian. She's hot too.She wrote the book The Trouble with Islam which was a New York Times best seller. My roommate lent it to me, it was an excellent read. I've always found Islam to be a fascinating religion in it's rich culture, history, highly developed morals, and it's paradoxical unpopularity. I say paradoxical because it is

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The blogger that really got me into blogging (especially about important stuff) is No Impact Man. No Impact Man decided to have net zero impact for a year as an experiment. He blogged about his experience day to day in this lifestyle. I started following the blog around the beginning of journey. It was really great hearing about his little simple ideas to make big changes in his life. His blog is

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If there's one thing I watch on YouTube a lot, it's sign language interpretations of my favourite songs. I find it's a great way to learn sign language, they're beautiful, and entertaining. I also love Manson's song This Is the New Sh*t. Here this guy has done a really amazing job dressing up, acting out, and interpreting the song: This is the New Sh#t. Sign language is all about use of space

Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259506632127629364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507609835134059988.post-49608255053283515992009-07-17T10:03:00.002-03:002009-07-17T10:12:09.029-03:00

So I can't exactly remember how I found this guy. But he is a pianist from Eastern Europe. Bulgaria or Turkey or something, I can't remember. All I know is I was blown away and I rushed to find his other stuff. He did an amazing version of "Flight of the Bumblebee." (Which, sadly I first heard in the movie "Drumline.")I really like how much he puts into his performances. If you watch videos of

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A few days ago I found this video: Sonos - I want you back on YouTube. I heard it once, and couldn't get it out of my head. I've probably watched it 20 times since. I even tried to make a video of myself singing....it's kind of hard to do since it's a capella with six people singing. The lyrics don't match up with the Jackson 5 original. I did hear this version first, which makes me biased, but I

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YouTuber C0ct0pusPrime likes taking clips of Fox news, somewhat in the same way that Auto Tune the News does, and commenting on what they say. I find him pretty entertaining. He makes a lot of good points, and he has no problem being a [bit of a] jerk. His video: F*ck Fox "News" 26: Attacking Text Books makes fun of a fox news piece "The Trouble with Textbooks."Pretty relevant to the book I'm

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So I have attempted to blog before. When I was young. And it was one of those emo-ish live journals. It was bad. Now I think I might talk about something kind of interesting to people. Part of the reason I started this blog was because I currently post a lot of stuff on face book that nobody looks at. It's stuff I REALLY want people to look at, so this seemed a better way. I'll also probably talk

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