I Heart My Canadian Olympians

Yesterday I went to the Green Living Show with a friend and LET ME TELL YOU INTERNETS, good times were had. Why? OH I'LL SHOW YOU WHY. :D

The show itself was lots of fun; tons of free food to sample, free swag to score, and coupons to snag. But there were a surprising amount of events going on too.




The had a test kitchen set up out of nowhere, which was cool. And they cooked up all sorts of stuff there, mostly of the organic and vegan variety since this was the Green Living Show and all.


There was also a bit of a mayoral debate there. Bored me to tears, these uninspiring men. I have no clue who I'm going to vote for.

Anyway, the best part of the show? I got to see and meet Clara Hughes! (For you unpatriotic plebeians, she's pretty much Canada's best female athlete. She's won multiple Olympics medals in both cycling AND speed skating.)






In that last picture, she's totally holding all of her Olympic medals ever, hahaha! She gave a lovely speech about finding balance in her life and career through humanitarian efforts, it was quite nice. After the speech it was time to line up for her autograph and get a picture with her. There were a couple of families right in front of us with young and aspiring speed skater children and it was cool to see Clara praise them and give them encouragement.


Then it was our chance!




DUDE I TOTALLY HELD HER BRONZE MEDAL FROM VANCOUVER. :DDDDDDDDD


This is going right inside my MacClean's with Virtue & Moir in the cover, yes indeed. :)

It's Music Time!

More new music, coming at ya!

First off is a cute little ditty I've seen on Much More Music a couple times by Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen called Tug of War. She's adorable, her video boyfriend is too, her voice is sweet, and the song is catchy.



Next up, a remix of The Temper Trap's song Sweet Disposition. I've known about the original for over a year now (acquired it as a free Starbucks download, of all things) and then I heard this version on the commute home. Fabulous!



Last but not least, another remix. This time of that song Use Somebody by Kings of Leon. The original is pretty good too but remixes are where it's at for me. :)

Say Non To Bill 94

Today's headline: Niqab gets 2nd Quebec student expelled. Okay, this is getting fricking ridiculous. To paraphrase someone else, forcing a woman to reveal part of her body is no different from forcing her to be covered.

*headdesk* QUEBEC, YOU'RE ON NOTICE. >:(

Oldie But A Goodie

(This is an old post I wanted to make back in mid-March that I never got around to. I was going to scrap it, but it's about music, and I love talking about new songs I discover, so away we go!)

An unfortunate fate has befallen me: my computer has died. I am in the midst of backing up all my vital files, then I'll have to... format it. :( There are no words for how disappointed I am over this development.

But before this calamity arose, I downloaded a lot of new music that I simply must share with the intertubes.

Of particular note is a band called Hail The Villian from Oshawa. How did I discover them? It's so convoluted. Because I'm interested in figure skating, I watch interviews with figure skaters on YouTube. In one such interview, ice dancer Scott Moir was asked what music was on his iPod at the moment, and he replied with the above band. Considering Durham is my hometown, my interest was piqued. They're more on the heavy rock side, think Alexisonfire or Billy Talent, which isn't my usual thing. But wow, their music really grows on your after a few listens.

Unfortunately, their first and only album hasn't been released yet. But you can listen to it on their MySpace page or buy it on iTunes. :)

I Really Need To Hit Up A Dancefloor

You know that episode of Family Guy where Stewie is trying to watch Mr. Belvedere in the living room but his family keeps having conversations right there so he gets frustrated and starts screaming-singing the theme song? Sometimes I love a song so much that I feel like doing just that, without caring about the tune or how utterly insane I would look, hahaha!

Speaking of songs I love, the radio has been providing as of late. My latest find is the song 'You And I' by Medina. The song is originally in Danish, but then an English version was released, and then Deadmau5 did a remix. SOLD! :D



Oh my god, Deadmau5 can do no wrong, I swear.

But while Deadmau5 is right up my alley, the other song I'm in love with right now is patently not. Because it's country. :O Pop-country, but still. You may have heard it on the radio or on a music channel: it's 'Need You Now' by Lady Antebellum.



My love for this song pretty much revolves around how lovely it is to sing, and the way it's just infused with so much emotion. I love it. I may have to look up more Lady Antebellum if all their songs are like this.