Imagery- Island

Finally I was released from the bumpy basement of the boat and the power of the sun engulfed me. The beaming rays of the sun had never made me feel so overwhelmed before. It just kept shining down on me, punishing me with it's heat. Even though I didn't know where I was, the smell of sulphur reminded me of the vacations I had taken in my former life. I kept reliving the times I had spent on the beach, drinking tart margaritas while basking in the sun. The wind was faint, so I could hear the crashes of the waves bursting onto the island. As I listened, the calming effect they had had on me in the past was called to mind. But not anymore. Everything has changed.

http://www.frasercheam.com/2010/09/picture-of-week-fraser-river-island.html

Quickwrite- Candy

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Halloween is a time that every candy bar hopes they are able to experience. Their whole life is spent getting ready for that one day. It all begins the day they are born. They are made in a factory where they are only with the same kind of candy bar. Then one day they are separated and put into boxes with a variety of different kinds of candy. This is a sad day, because they are leaving their family, but they realize that this is a necessity so they can soon bring joy to people. They spend a lot of time in the box getting to know all the other candy bars in the box and hearing their stories. Then finally, the big day has arrived, their box gets opened and one by one each get chosen to be given out to kids going trick or treating. They are graciously put in a bag which now holds even more of a variety of candy. Oh the stories each piece of candy hears! Then after they ride in the bumpy bag for a few hours the candy finally gets placed in a home. Then, one by one the candies get picked over and are finally eaten by a person. The pieces of candy are very happy to finally have fulfilled their life long purpose to be eaten. It is a good day for all.

Quickwrites-Minions

I would love to have a set of minions for a week. I would use my minions to be the chorus in a musical I would star in. Not sure which musical, maybe The Wizard of Oz so they could be Munchkins! It would be a busy week, learning everything and then performing. When the minions and I are not rehearsing we would just hangout and have parties. My week with minions would be a fun, and busy week.

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Point of View Tweets

The Fault in our Stars

John Green

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Newspaper Blackout Poetry

A trio of poems on the theme of Deceit.

The words aren't visible, so here's what they say.

My Life Story: An eventful life is a false life.

Shift: I've lived my life ready to soak it all in. Then it was all forged.

Players: flirting with her, avoiding his wife despite its best efforts, not good enough to win her over.

WIMIUL (Personal Addition #16)

I'm not going to lie, I had some difficulties trying to think of something to talk about for this weeks personal additions. My brother Hugh, told me I should advertise his mens ultimate league he's playing in. So I decided I would do just that. 

WIMIUL (Winnipeg Invitational Mens Indoor Ultimate League) is exactly how the name describes it as. They play every Thursday night at the University of Manitoba soccer complex. Game times start anywhere from 8:45pm to 10:45pm.

If you are at all interested in Ultimate, it would be very worth your while to watch some games!

Check out WIMIUL on Facebook, Twitter, and watch the game of the week videos on Youtube!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WIMIUL
Twitter: .https://twitter.com/WIMIUL
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zk8nz25ZPbxDshPvoiNmQ/feed

Remembrance Day (Personal Addition #15)

Remembrance Day is a very important day for all citizens of Canada. This is when we remember and appreciate those who are or have served in the Canadian Forces. We thank them for risking their lives to make Canada a free country and remember them and their families. Attending a Remembrance Day service or even wearing a poppy is a great way to show that the lives of the soldiers will never be forgotten.

http://smartcanucks.ca/remembrance-day-november-11th-2012/

Lest We Forget

Improv Everywhere (Personal Addition #14)

Improv Everywhere is a group situated in New York that pulls off pranks and things in public places in  New York City. The pranks have included, movies in real life, spontaneous musicals, no pants subway rides and many more. One of my personal favourites is a prank where 80 people went into Best Buy wearing a blue polo shirt and khakis. The employees of Best Buy were so rattled and called the police to try and get them out. The reactions of the public is what makes their videos so incredibly funny!

Check out more of their pranks at: http://improveverywhere.com

Here's the video to the Best Buy prank:

WE DAY! (Personal Addition #13)

This past Wednesday I had the privilege to participate in We Day Manitoba 2013. I went actually as a volunteer, and my job was a "crowd pumper". My job as a crowd pumper was to cheer and help set the tone for each performance. It was an amazing day and was so rewarding.

Here's the promo video for We Day itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPvGuv3e4Tc

After the event was over, there was debate over Facebook and a couple of radio shows talked about if We Day is worth it. Does it actually do anything or is it just a frivolous concert that doesn't empower youth to act to create a better world? This was something I did have to consider, it is a lot of money to have We Day tour around, and it's not like youth purchase tickets. However, the more I thought about it, the more I agreed with We Day's intentions. 

First of all, just to attend the performance, everyone has to commit to doing one local and global action of good. That right there in Manitoba alone is more than 30,000 actions. 

Also, it's so overwhelming when you want to make the world a better place but don't know how and  it's such a comforting feeling when you know others are in the same position as you. We Day provides that, and shows you that there are millions of people in the world trying to do the same things you are. This also helps people realize that the impact you are making to the world, big or small adds up and can amount to a big movement. 

Another aspect I thought about, was We Day shows that volunteering and doing good things doesn't have to be a chore. It's about finding your passion and using that to help reach others to get them to do the same. It is also about helping other people; globally and locally not by only writing checks to organizations.

This year a really great concept that they have added is an app called "We365" where you can participate in challenges that help social change and you can log all of your volunteer hours. This is a way that you can continue to work with the energy that was created at We Day. 

The annual We Day in Manitoba is something I look forward to every year, it promotes such a positive energy to help make the world a better place and I truly believe is such a unique and effective way of empowering youth.

http://www.electrovoice.com/pressrelease.php?id=1379, http://umanitoba.ca/news/blogs/blog/2012/10/29/not-you-or-i-or-us-but-we/, http://www.straight.com/blogra/photos-we-day-vancouver-packs-rogers-arena-youth-and-celebrities, http://www.weday.com/what-is-we-day/our-story/

"We Day is the movement of our time"

Ultimate Frisbee (Personal addition #12)

This past weekend I participated in the 20th Annual Hold Back the Snow ultimate frisbee tournament. This was my first time playing in this particular tournament as my first season was last spring. Ultimate is a really good sport to play, and you don't need much experience if you're wanting to start. Some people play to win, but lots of people just play for fun! There are no referees in the game, its all based on the spirit of playing. If a situation occurs where a foul is called, the player can either contest or not contest this foul. The idea at the tournament is that spirit prizes (a mini disc) are given out to one player on the team for each game who demonstrates good sportsmanship. Your always moving and always socializing with lots of different people. It's a great way to make new friends and acquire some skills in a sport.

I had an amazing (and utterly exhausting) weekend and I cannot wait until the spring for the next tournaments!