This is really good commentary from Keith Olbermann:
GOP Fearmongering
I hadn't heard of Keith Olbermann until a friend sent this video to me. I am a fan now! For one, his role model is none other than the great Edward R. Murrow, the subject of George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck. But mostly, it's because Mr. Olbermann doesn't mind doing what he is supposed to be doing as a member of the U.S. media -- criticizing and taking a serious look at the government's policies and decisions. Perhaps enough time has passed since 9/11 that we will see less and less self-censorship by the media...
Remembering "Stay the Course"
Speaking of U.S. politics....I went to see Death of a President last night. It wasn't the most thrilling movie, or documentary-style film, but it was interesting. I think the fact that the film makers may have chosen to have Bush assassinated in the film was more because it's current, it would grab attention and bring people into the theatres.
However, once you go beyond who the target was, the film delves into much more meaningful political aspects of what happens when someone of such importance is assassinated. The film makers show a scenario which isn't really that far fetched, and it falls in line with much of the U.S. and world political environment we are currently in. The film shows the role the media flurry taround such incidences plays, and it really goes into personal and political bias (even in the science of forensics.) It's a lot more about the investigation surrounding the assassination than an "I hate Bush" movie which some people seem to think it is. The characters in the film actually speak quite nicely of him... except for the protesters.
10.29.2006
[32]
I tried to actually write a long post the other day about how I was feeling and what had been happening with me the last couple of weeks, but for some reason I had trouble with blogger that day and my post was lost.
So, here's a recap.
I got sick on Thanksgiving weekend... a typical runny nose-coughing-sneezing kind of cold. By the end of the long weekend I was feeling better. However, in the last few weeks since then, I haven't really felt completely better. I'm often tired - luckily my 25-hour-a-week job means I have time to come home and nap before dinner.
Last Wednesday, however, I was writing an e-mail at work first thing in the morning when my vision went blurry. I thought, at first, that I might have something in my eye. I rubbed it, blinked, closed it tight and tried to get tears to come to wash away whatever it may be. No luck. Still blurry. I was beginning to worry. I one-eye-typed an e-mail to Theo telling him what was happening, and then Googled "blurry vision". After worrying about having diabetes, scalpal bleeding and other such symptoms, I decided it was probably best to not read the google links any more. I had to put my head down on my desk for about 20 minutes before my vision was clear. I had a massive headache -- but at least I could see.
I opened my agenda to write the symptoms down in case I ever needed to refer back. I noticed I was supposed to have had an appointment at my optomologist that afternoon, but had cancelled it.
Weird.
It's been better since then. Sleeping lots, trying to eat my vitamins etc... I find that even when I'm sick or tired, yoga always makes it better.
Last week the yoga schedule had changed because the regular Tuesday and Thursday teacher was away at a conference. The new times with the temporary teacher didn't work with my schedule, so I was only able to go to the regular class on Friday. I always feel good after yoga class, and especially the Friday Hatha class. We get to experiment more with poses in this class, and even though most of the people are also in the other yoga classes on the other days, I always feel like we bond more with the Friday class. We giggle and laugh sometimes and our teacher is just so genuine and nice -- always telling us to "Smile! Not so serious!" in her cute asian accent.
I came across this really neat blog about yoga -- there are some excellent photographs and good lyrics as well: Yoga Is Where My Heart Is
On the site there is a video of the ever important sun salutations in yoga -- as performed on a quiet, calm beach:
Namaste.
So, here's a recap.
I got sick on Thanksgiving weekend... a typical runny nose-coughing-sneezing kind of cold. By the end of the long weekend I was feeling better. However, in the last few weeks since then, I haven't really felt completely better. I'm often tired - luckily my 25-hour-a-week job means I have time to come home and nap before dinner.
Last Wednesday, however, I was writing an e-mail at work first thing in the morning when my vision went blurry. I thought, at first, that I might have something in my eye. I rubbed it, blinked, closed it tight and tried to get tears to come to wash away whatever it may be. No luck. Still blurry. I was beginning to worry. I one-eye-typed an e-mail to Theo telling him what was happening, and then Googled "blurry vision". After worrying about having diabetes, scalpal bleeding and other such symptoms, I decided it was probably best to not read the google links any more. I had to put my head down on my desk for about 20 minutes before my vision was clear. I had a massive headache -- but at least I could see.
I opened my agenda to write the symptoms down in case I ever needed to refer back. I noticed I was supposed to have had an appointment at my optomologist that afternoon, but had cancelled it.
Weird.
It's been better since then. Sleeping lots, trying to eat my vitamins etc... I find that even when I'm sick or tired, yoga always makes it better.
Last week the yoga schedule had changed because the regular Tuesday and Thursday teacher was away at a conference. The new times with the temporary teacher didn't work with my schedule, so I was only able to go to the regular class on Friday. I always feel good after yoga class, and especially the Friday Hatha class. We get to experiment more with poses in this class, and even though most of the people are also in the other yoga classes on the other days, I always feel like we bond more with the Friday class. We giggle and laugh sometimes and our teacher is just so genuine and nice -- always telling us to "Smile! Not so serious!" in her cute asian accent.
I came across this really neat blog about yoga -- there are some excellent photographs and good lyrics as well: Yoga Is Where My Heart Is
On the site there is a video of the ever important sun salutations in yoga -- as performed on a quiet, calm beach:
Namaste.
10.25.2006
[30]
OK, I wrote another post about being sick the last couple of weeks, and now it's gone. Instead:
Fearmongering
Fearmongering
10.22.2006
[26]
Listening to the new Brand New song "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Small world/full circle story to share:
In my second year of mass communications and sociology at Carleton, a friend of mine and I went to a PR and Communications Round Table event at Algonquin College. It was the first "networking" event we'd ever been to, and we had no idea what we were doing... We ended up being the only non-PR and non-Algonquin students there. Very intimidating.
Oddly enough this was the exact moment when I swore never to go into PR because the PR students from Algonquin scared me. Their teeth sparkled when they smiled and they all seemed very fake-nice. Plus they had business cards and were all so smooth -- made the dorky comm students look bad!
...How times change....
One of the round tables I sat in on was a PR person from a high-tech company who gave us insights about the industry, what it was like working at a tech company etc... She was really nice and honest with us, which was refreshing for a student wondering where the heck they are going in a couple of years.
I was just cleaning up some stuff at my desk and I found my notes and the business cards I got that day... and it ends up the tech company was the one where I work now, and I am in the junior position of that person's role when she was with the company.
One of my bosses used to work with her at the beginning when she began at the company, and tells me the woman moved to customer marketing shortly afterwards and then eventually left the company.
And here I am. Working in PR. Working in high-tech.
Strange...
Small world/full circle story to share:
In my second year of mass communications and sociology at Carleton, a friend of mine and I went to a PR and Communications Round Table event at Algonquin College. It was the first "networking" event we'd ever been to, and we had no idea what we were doing... We ended up being the only non-PR and non-Algonquin students there. Very intimidating.
Oddly enough this was the exact moment when I swore never to go into PR because the PR students from Algonquin scared me. Their teeth sparkled when they smiled and they all seemed very fake-nice. Plus they had business cards and were all so smooth -- made the dorky comm students look bad!
...How times change....
One of the round tables I sat in on was a PR person from a high-tech company who gave us insights about the industry, what it was like working at a tech company etc... She was really nice and honest with us, which was refreshing for a student wondering where the heck they are going in a couple of years.
I was just cleaning up some stuff at my desk and I found my notes and the business cards I got that day... and it ends up the tech company was the one where I work now, and I am in the junior position of that person's role when she was with the company.
One of my bosses used to work with her at the beginning when she began at the company, and tells me the woman moved to customer marketing shortly afterwards and then eventually left the company.
And here I am. Working in PR. Working in high-tech.
Strange...
10.16.2006
[25]
If you haven't seen Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report at the White House Correspondents Dinner, you've got to check this out. Listen to the commentary by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! at the beginning too.
[24]
Listening to: Read My Mind by The Killers
Another great performance at the MTV awards:
Great article on The Tyee with George Stroumboulopoulos:
We’re Canadian at The Hour. But I’m the kind of Canadian who doesn’t beat you with a caribou hoof to show you how Canadian I am. I’m not that kind of Canadian.
I'm always in the process of adding links to the sidebar as well, so don't forget to check it out!
Today was a frustrating day at work, where the biggest lesson I learned is: be conservative in big business. I won't discuss the details here, but let's just say I'm not speaking fiscally.
The cold I have, which I thought was nearing its end, seems to be coming back full force into my head.... Wasn't a good Monday today.
Because I wasn't feeling so hot, I skipped out on the Third Monday PR Meetup, which I was sad to do because I was looking forward to meeting Joe Thornley and seeing the guest speaker, Jon Husband.
Instead I came home after work and curled up with the cat for a bit, ordered-in some dinner because I was missing half the ingredients to make home-made pizza, which was the original plan, watched Jeopardy and now I'm listening to The Killers new album, Sam's Town, and pretending to do homework while Theo watches football.
I'm rather tired and it's hurting to look at the computer screen, so I'll keep this short. Check out the always funny, and not-so-politically correct Sabrina Jalees (who was my favorite correspondent on this summer's CBC Sounds Like Canada hosted by Jian Gomeshi during the summer) in this video. That was a really long run-on sentence.
Alright, sorry folks, but I have to stop here. My head is too foggy and sick to go on.
Another great performance at the MTV awards:
Great article on The Tyee with George Stroumboulopoulos:
We’re Canadian at The Hour. But I’m the kind of Canadian who doesn’t beat you with a caribou hoof to show you how Canadian I am. I’m not that kind of Canadian.
I'm always in the process of adding links to the sidebar as well, so don't forget to check it out!
Today was a frustrating day at work, where the biggest lesson I learned is: be conservative in big business. I won't discuss the details here, but let's just say I'm not speaking fiscally.
The cold I have, which I thought was nearing its end, seems to be coming back full force into my head.... Wasn't a good Monday today.
Because I wasn't feeling so hot, I skipped out on the Third Monday PR Meetup, which I was sad to do because I was looking forward to meeting Joe Thornley and seeing the guest speaker, Jon Husband.
Instead I came home after work and curled up with the cat for a bit, ordered-in some dinner because I was missing half the ingredients to make home-made pizza, which was the original plan, watched Jeopardy and now I'm listening to The Killers new album, Sam's Town, and pretending to do homework while Theo watches football.
I'm rather tired and it's hurting to look at the computer screen, so I'll keep this short. Check out the always funny, and not-so-politically correct Sabrina Jalees (who was my favorite correspondent on this summer's CBC Sounds Like Canada hosted by Jian Gomeshi during the summer) in this video. That was a really long run-on sentence.
Alright, sorry folks, but I have to stop here. My head is too foggy and sick to go on.
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