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| | 'My memory will retain what is worthwhile. My memory knows more about me than I do; it doesn't lose what deserves to be saved'--Eduardo Galeano | comments: Leave a comment   |
| valentine's day is coming up!!
i kind of don't care that it's a commercial 'holiday', i still like it. yay the romance! yay the discount chocolate the day after!
what i love the most is crying over sad movies about love. what's your favourite sad movie about love? mine is 'happy together' by wong kar wai.
the best is of course friday the 13th!!! shitttttt, i so wanna dress up, but as what???? | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| The fact that I
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don't belong to english
though I belong nowhere else
-Gustavo Perez Firmat | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | my kitten just developed a new habit of dragging her water bowl until it spills all over the floor! we just don't know how to stop her. i tried changing her bowl several times, she would just start doing it again. the water is really bad for the wood floor it is on. anybody knows how to deal w/ this? | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| so, i just finally ran out of my coffee again,
and since i now have a chance to buy a half-a-pound of ground coffee beans, i might as well try buying new kinds, if i ended up getting the chance. i usually buy the standard organic, shade-grown, fair-trade, yadda yadda coffee, which in ottawa means bridgehead. lately, 'tho, i've come across new coffee shops that claim that they buy straight from the source, as opposed to having a middle-person, which supposedly means even better than the standard fair-trade because the coffee growers get all the profit. what i don't understand is the standard that regulate this practice. i mean, w/ organic stuff, for instance, u could rely just how organic a produce is by who is giving them the stamps of approval. obviously there are still some more nuances behind it than that, but that's a simplest way of thinking about it. with 'buying straight from the coffee-grower', how would i know that a)they actually did that b) who is setting the pricing c) that they are also actually 'organic' and 'shade-grown'. i mean, w/ bridgehead for instance, they may be using a middle-person, but at least they are under fair-trade certification process that consumers could potentially hold accountable if needs be.
i realize that this ramblings/questions can seem so stupid and pretentious, but i guess if i am going to actually buy the whole fair-trade stuff, i might as well know all of the implications too. plus, ottawa is so fucking dismal that when a new coffee shop opens, it kind of warms my heart a little. i am just confused about the whole new 'better than fairtrade' concept, and wants to clarify it a little. plus, i don't exactly want to ask these questions to the coffee shops ppl themselves, 'cuz they could potentially think that i think that they're lying to me, which is bad, right? | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| wow, it's getting warmer and warmer, slowly but steadily!
-i haven't heard from the cat lady yet....which may mean it's a good thing (i.e. nobody's taken my babygirl yet!). i will totally throw a party for her if she is coming along! everyone is invited, even if u secretly hates me!
-i went to see dizzee rascal last nite w/ caitlyn, which had been my dream for a long while. it was sooo good and fun! | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| -u know those heartbreak songs that u would listen to shortly after a failed romance/when u get yr heart broken somehow, and u would sob into yr pillow while u listen to these songs? lately, when i listen to these songs, i find them really ridiculous, as if i cried myself to sleep w/ the aid of these songs! the only thing that still have emotional resonance is whitney houston, but maybe it's more b/c of its sentimental value.
-i like the sound of my horoscope this week. it reads:
Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
In her book Waiting for God, French mystic and political activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) wrote a passage I'd love for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks: "When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen have this fine expression: 'It is the trade entering his body.' Each time that we have some pain to go through, we can say to ourselves quite truly that it is the order and beauty of the world that are entering our body." I encourage you, Scorpio, to adopt this redemptive attitude about the suffering you have been experiencing.
-u know how they would sometime say 'only my cat understands me'? well, uh, i think i need to get a cat! | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| this article made me mad at the world for not letting me to be able to go to oakland take the job offer to work w/ environmental justice and climate change initiative. i would've worked w/ poor communities of colour on environmental issues. that would've made me sooooooo happy!
Who Gains from the Green Economy?
By Preeti Mangala Shekar and Tram Nguyen
Last year, the Oakland-based Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, with a minuscule staff and budget, worked relentlessly to pass the Green Jobs Act in Congress–a bill that if authorized will direct $125 million to green the nation’s workforce and train 35,000 people each year for "green-collar jobs." That summer, Ella Baker Center and the Oakland Alliance also secured $250,000 from the city to build the Oakland Green Jobs Corp, a training program that promises to explicitly serve what is probably the most underutilized resource of Oakland: young workingclass men and women of color.
In these efforts lay a hopeful vision–that the crises-ridden worlds of economics and environmentalism would converge to address the other huge crisis–racism in the United States. It is what some of its advocates call a potential paradigm shift that, necessitated by the earth’s climate crisis, can point the way out of "gray capitalism" and into a green, more equitable economy. The engine of this model is driven by the young and proactive leadership of people of color who intend to build a different solution for communities of color.
Van Jones, president of the Ella Baker Center, talks about how earlier waves of economic flourishes didn’t much impact Black communities. "When the dotcom boom went bust, you didn’t see no Black man lose his shirt," he points out, only half joking. "Black people were the least invested in it."
Climate change is the 21st century’s wake-up call to not just rethink but radically redo our economies. Ninety percent of scientists agree that we are headed toward a climate crisis, and that, indeed, it has already started. With the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, the clean energy economy is poised to grow enormously. This sector includes anything that meets our energy needs without contributing to carbon emissions or that reduces carbon emissions; it encompasses building retrofitting, horticulture infrastructure (tree pruning and urban gardening), food security, biofuels and other renewable energy sources, and more.
It’s becoming clear that investing in clean energy has the potential to create good jobs, many of them located in urban areas as state and city governments are increasingly adopting public policies designed to improve urban environmental quality in areas such as solar energy, waste reduction, materials reuse, public transit infrastructures, green building, energy and water efficiency, and alternative fuels.
According to recent research by Raquel Pinderhughes, a professor of urban studies at San Francisco State University, green jobs have an enormous potential to reverse the decades-long trend of unemployment rates that are higher for people of color than whites. In Berkeley, California, for example, unemployment of people of color is between 1.5 and 3.5 times that of white people, and the per capita income of people of color is once again between 40 to 70 percent of that of white people.
(read more on http://www.colorlines.com/article.php?ID=276 | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Who wants to go on a date w/ me tonite, @ 4:45pm to see a film at bytowne called 'caramel'? please come! | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
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| does anyone have any articles relating feminism, women of colour, and environmentalism? i am doing a 1.5 hrs workshop (short, i know!) on feminism and environmentalism. i have few articles on aboriginal women and women of colour and their experiences w/ forced sterilization, as well as several articles on aboriginal ppl being over-represented on the hiv/aids epidemic. i need few more articles along the same veins as those....maybe women of colour & vegetarianism? i have an article but it's painfully academic.
thanx if anyone could help! | | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment |
| i think it's been awhile since i feel like this, but,
i feel pretty happy w/ myself. it's true that i haven't accomplished all of the things that i want to, but i was thinking earlier 2day that when they say '...at least u have yr health!', it's so completely true. when i was young, i used to be so sickly that i would be in the hospital pretty often, so i never did school all that well 'cuz of it. i am happy about my body image, i am happy that i am (mostly) healthy, and i actually like how i look lately, even w/o my usual parade of hats. lately, i even liked the way i look in my only pair of grey jeans, which is pretty cool considering i hate jeans!
i'm glad that i feel like this at the start of 2008. i feel pretty confident that this year will be so much better than 2007, the shit year of my life.
also, i've been reading 'half of a yellow sun', and i really like it so far! | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| fuck, the ottawa winter is really getting to me, in particular regarding to my battle w/ my boots. i know i've complained about it in my last post, but i am totally aggravated/crushed by what the winter is doing to my boots. i used to be so impractical about winter even 'tho i've lived in ottawa for close to twelve yrs (fuck, i need to get outta here!), b/c i've always hated how ugly winter boots were. vain, i know, but it was true. not to mention that most of them were made w/ leathers. i generally don't like to buy leathers unless they r second hand. so when i bought my boots 3 yrs ago, i totally fell in love @ first sight. it was warm, practical, water-proof, vegetarian, and pretty. now the fucking salt is killing my baby! fuck, supposedly even winnipeg uses sand to prevent slippery ice instead of salt, and if winnipeg can do that, why can't ottawa?! if my boots died on me, then i doubt i could really replace it anymore. it's made by a small swedish company, and i couldn't find my boots in their catalogue anymore. even if i leave ottawa, if i still live in canada, i would always need a good pair of winter boots, so what ottawa winter is doing is like chopping my right hand.
fuuuuuuccckkkkkkkk.
in other news, i am totally addicted w/ another television show, this time dexter. i am almost caught up w/ season 2 and i kept worrying about what would happen to dexter. i even had nightmare about it last nite!
i know that u may think that i have nothing going on for me except my boots and television shows, and lately it's been kinda true, but not always! i am still keeping up w/ my violin lessons.... | | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment |
| INSIDE OUT
BOX OFFICES NOW OPEN !
Ottawa-Gatineau LGBT Film and Video Festival
October 25 – 28, 2007
www.insideout.ca
Get your tickets and plan your outfits, Inside Out is ready to make a
Capital splash! You’ve waited long enough for the best of queer cinema, so
get your tickets fast for the sure-to-sell-out opening night presentations:
Sugar Rush (UK) and Shelter (USA). With your opening night ticket, you get a
special invitation to a VIP Reception, sponsored by FIDO, OutTV, Jer’s
Vision, Mexicali Rosa’s and Capital Xtra.
As a special Halloween treat, we bring you the Canadian Premiere of
Poltergay from France starring Julie Depardieu and French heartthrob Clovis
Cornillac. And let’s not forget all the prize-winning features and shorts
from Sundance, Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals and, of
course, Inside Out’s 2007 Toronto edition! Keep your eyes out for the
special pull-out festival guide in the upcoming issue of Capital Xtra.
There are three convenient ways to purchase your tickets and support this
new queer cultural event!
ADVANCE BOX OFFICES
Arts Court
2 Daly Avenue / (613) 564-7240 / Open until 11PM everyday!
Venus Envy
320 Lisgar Street / (613) 789-4646
Online
www.insideout.ca
THANK YOU / MERCI
Capital XTRA (Founding Media Sponsor / Commanditaire fondateur) and FIDO
(Lead Sponsor / Commanditaire principal)
Pink Triangle Services, Jer’s Vision, Ottawa Art Gallery, Artengine, SAW
Video, Venus Envy, The Lookout Bar, AIDS Committee of Ottawa, Buzz
Restaurant, Agitate! Queer Women of Color Collective, Divergence Movie
Night, Industry Images, Here TV, OutTV, Rideau Inn, Mexicali Rosa’s and
McAuslan Breweries
Presented in association with the Canadian Film Institute / Présenté en
association avec L’Institut canadien du film
( Festival Schedule ) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| 's too bad u were too busy w/ all of yr friends
last nite
i wanted to ask u to give me my heart back
u never returned it
along w/ all of my things i left in yr house | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Whooo, it's that time of the year again! Take back the night! all of my female-identified friends who will be in Ottawa on Thursday sept. 20th should try to come, if they could. all of my male-identified friends should also come if they could, except that they really need to respect the march and march behind all of the women, or watch the march on the sideline and cheer us on!! read for the deets below!
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4th, 2007
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF ALL GENERATIONS
Ottawa, Ontario. Take Back The Night is on September 20th, 2007. This
year will mark the 29th Anniversary of this event.
This year's commemoration will start with a rally at 6:30 PM at the Women's
Monument (Elgin and Gilmour) where, at least four keynote speakers will
speak up against violence against women. This will be followed by a march
in the streets, and an interactive info fair at Ottawa City Hall at 7:45 PM.
Women and their supporters are invited to come out in numbers and
participate in this event. There will be accessible transportation
available for those who have need for it. Refreshments will be served at
City Hall following the rally, and march. The info fair will feature Ottawa
community service providers-a great opportunity for community members to
learn about various services in Ottawa. There will also be a lot of
entertainment at the rally and at the info fair, so come out and enjoy this
event.
The first Take Back The Night events in Canada took place in Ottawa,
Vancouver, and Halifax in 1978. Since then, Canadian women have joined the
marches as a way of experiencing, for at least one night, the freedom of
women walking together without the threat or fear of violence. These events
celebrate women's diversity, visibility and strength. As Diana, a twenty one
year old Ottawa woman comments, "I have come to these marches since I was
five years old, it gives me hope that one day, women will not live in the
fear of violence. "
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For further information contact:
Valerie Collicot, Women's Events Network, 613-230-6700,
valeriecollicott@wiseottawa.ca
Concillia Muonde, Public Education Coordinator, Sexual Assault Support
Centre of Ottawa, 613-725-2160 ext 233, publiced@istar.ca | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| hey people,
please help me! i bought a final fantasy ticket for the show on thursday, april 12th at black sheeps inn, and now my work is sending me to bc for a week to do work, so i can no longer go to this show. would anyone want it?? it's selling for $12, but u could have it for $8 if u want. heck, as long as this ticket isn't getting wasted, u could even make me an offer on the price.
ok, if u have any question at all, or if u want to buy the ticket, let me know! | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | crying is sometime the best way to realize all of the good things that are going on in yer life. don't u think? i mean, it doesn't have to be about someone dying or whatnot, u could just cry 'cuz u haven't had a good cry in awhile, or maybe 'cuz yer old friend didn't msn u even 'tho she was online when u were online, or maybe 'cuz u couldn't find a job yet, or whatever. or maybe 'cuz u read a particularly mushy romantic femmeslash fanfiction, 'n u were in agony of the fact that u could never tell this secret to anyone else. honestly. just a good 'ole cry. like patsy cline always did before she goes to sleep. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!!!!
OMGOMGOMGOMG!
I wish y'all much happiness on this day, and may u have the time today (as well as any other day too!) the struggles that women have faced, and are still continually facing. Solidarity, sisters! our solidarity is perhaps the only tool we have in working for something better.
there ya go! my cheese for the day!
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