Religion & Science...

Upon reflecting back on older blog posts I've noticed that I like to complain.
And bitch
. A Lot.
I will try to limit this in the future ... oh who am I kidding?! We all bitch and rant about seemingly pointless events/people everyday! I just post it online- for ya'll to enjoy and understand the sheer stupidity that I encounter on a weekly basis!


In other news... a touchy topic

Genetic Research/Therapy.
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/628722
Go TORONTO!
but I can't help but think about the potential advancements that could arise from Stem Cell Research...
I was watching Michael J. Fox on The View earlier Today and he was discussing his battle with Parkinson's disease and his hopes for future stem cell research.
He brought up a very valid point that warrants some discussion:
do you think that religion should prohibit the needs of scientific research?
Fox referenced In-Vitro fertilization -- citing it as a scientific advancement that also toys with religion ... & yet the outcry is not as severe.

Thoughts?

Simplify your life

I'm a notorious shit collector.
That is ... I hoard and collect junk. I never throw anything out because I almost always find a reason to keep something
This is inherited from my mothers side of the family - the gypsies.

But this year has been different.
After seeing the home furnishings in some of my friend's living arrangements -- I recognized my problem. ANNND fixed it
HERE'S HOW:
1. Donated 6+ bags of clothing/accessories/purses to Value Village.
2. Gave 2+ bags of clothes to my sisters.
3. Threw crap out!
4. Organized my paper work and placed it into plastic containers hidden underneath my bed!
5. Sold tons of dvds/books/c.d's to the BMV (made $100!)
6. Sold shit on craigslist!
7. Downsized some of my furniture by selling it and then buying a smaller version.
8. Got rid of extra glasses/furniture/knick knacks
9. Recycled ALL my old magazines. (This was hard to do... I had 4+ years of In Style/Vogue magazines I was saving for no reason AT ALL.)


It was actually hilarious to see how much shit I held on to. I had plane tickets sitting around from 3 years ago when I went to Florida. Why? I don't know! WHY NOT? The stuff I had a hard time parting with - I gave to my sisters.

I also have some wisdom to share with the blogger-universe:
Every season go through your closet at the beginning and end of it. Look at what you wore and what you really didn't. If something is hanging up there that you haven't put on since 2004 GET RID OF IT! (Unless of course it's something of sentimental value or a timeless/expensive piece).
It may be hard to part with that amazing Bebe top you saved up for 3 years ago, but it's just clothing. AND if you're not wearing it, you're wasting it. Donate it to someone who could really use it. A shelter somewhere perhaps? A thrift store?
You'd be surprised how much you can shrink your closet size by doing this. Every season I have a bag of clothes to donate.
So go in your room and take a hard look at all the shit you're holding on to ... & do something about it!

Who is that?

So last week was the T.I. Film Festival & films were screening all over the city.
I had heard that a certain academy award winning actress was going to be gracing a cinema near my hood and decided to try and meet her....
WELL here's the pics... try & figure out who she is............ THIS is what she looks like
http://z.about.com/d/jewelry/1/7/2/8/rachel_weisz.jpg








That is Rachel Weisz ... academy award winner for The Constant Gardener ..

3 hours

so this weekend i headed up north with a friend to check out some great wooded canadian areas.


that we did- water, trees, bugs, sun - it was a glorious trip.


we stayed in the sketchiest motel of life, and it cost $80! I think bc we were in the rich area of this one city.
This was the bathroom door in the motel. I wasn't sure if it was semen or blood. either way, i didn't really want to think about it and slept with pants, socks & a hoodie covering my head. Now this just made me laugh. TOWN OF MONO! *IF you look close on top of these rocks, people build little tiny rock men. Kinda like the 2010 Winter Olypmics emblem .. apparently it's a Aboriginal tradition. But the whole time I saw them along the highways I kept thinking ... How did they get up there?*


sometimes i love nature. but i truly think that I am a bonafide city gal.

NOW!

Yes, I want to talk to somebody....


NOW!


well since you asked so nicely, and politely...
Seriously. What is happening with this nation? Why aren't parents teaching their children common manners and courtesy? A please or thank you?

Or am I just one of the few left? One of the lucky ones whose parents drilled into their brains how to be courteous and treat people with respect.

I do find it quite hilarious how when people are trying to get something from somebody, they act in a rude and inconsiderate manner. People are more inclined to help someone if they are polite and nice.

And also- "NOW" girl ... FYI: the only person who can speak to me like that is my mother, and chances are she's only speaking to me like that because i'm being a dink and/or ignoring her. And that hasn't happened in about ... 3 years.
don't worry, I gave the "NOW" girl a nice and polite response, where I descibed to her how I didn't appreciate the way she was speaking to me.
and then she hung up on me.

Am I ambitious? Or Just a dreamer...

I've always had low self esteem.
That is something I've come to terms with over the past few years.
Meeting me, one would probably never know it.
I don't really talk too much about it.
But it's there.
I think it's due to a majority of things:
growing up being the tall awkward kid with glasses that none of the guys ever talked to, my brother & his friends making fun of me at school, having beautiful friends that always drove the guys crazy.
As a teenager, I let it get in the way of making decisions.
I had to be pushed by people to do things.
I didn't even want to apply to university because I thought I had a terds luck of getting in. Only 150 kids accepted into the program I wanted. Why would they pick me?
"Just try and see ..." my mother would say.
And i did.
And i got it.
But since then some things have changed.
I have this whole new mentality if ... If you never try, you'll never know.
And that's what I did for my internship.
I sent out oodles of applications across the US hoping one would bite. One did, but I didn't want it. And the one I wanted the most, The Today Show, never even acknowledged me. I sent two applications. I e-mailed the coordinator.
Nada.
And it's not like I don't have the experience or capability. Because I do. I think it's the whole "she goes to a school in another country that we've never heard of" that scared them off.
it just sucks.
when you want something so bad and you don't get it.
I can't even begin to explain how much I wanted this.
And I was initially afraid to send off my resume because of this.
BUT I have no regrets. I think it would have bothered me even more if I didn't ship it out.
Thoughts racing around my mind .. well what if I had...?
Because if you never try, then you'll never know.

And Everything does happen for a reason.
Good and bad, it does.
To teach us a lesson, to shape us, to show us, to help us grow.
This just wasn't meant to be.
But the good news is, I did get an internship.
One considered amazing over here in my country.
So perhaps someday I'll work my way up to The Today Show and that internship -- just wasn't meant to be.

Forget the olympics...

It's all about the Cannonball Championships!

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=1e50aa29-f91b-4cf2-ba92-b80cc678b08a