School is officially out today and that means one thing--- The Long Weekend is upon us, at least it is up here for us.
It's
Canada's Day Long Weekend-- a federal statutory holiday celebrating the
anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America
Act, 1867.
Yes, my loyal readers this great country I live in turns 147 this up~coming Tuesday. For
reasons unknown to me, Canada is one of those countries that often gets
made fun of and let's not forget about the endless stereotypes, such as......
And this....
And the most popular stereotype:
There's no way I could post a Canada Day entry without mentioning Rob Ford, after~ all he's the one person who destroyed every single Canadian stereotype. Job well done!
Jokes aside, Canada is a pretty awesome country. Our milk comes in bags, our money is colorful, we have a Tim Horton's on practically every corner and yesterday
a mass wedding took place at Toronto's Casa Loma that attracted as many
as 120 couples from around the world. (In July 2005 Canada became the fourth country in the world, and the first
country outside Europe, to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide) Congratulations and much love and
luck to you all.
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I realize this is un-related to this post but I had to mention the World Cup. Joining Spain and England is now Italy who were recently eliminated from the Cup after losing to Uruguay 0~1.
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My loyal and dear readers, it's finally Friday.
Whatever your plans are have a fantastic last week of June. ~x
When it comes to neighbood issues I've never been one to get involved. I'm that one individual that prefers to remain neutral. Our little community is surrounded by acres and acres of farm land and most of the issues revolve around: Neighborhood VS the Developers. In other words whenever a big shot property developer arrives in town it's usually because the company which he works for is looking to build something commercial on the empty lots. For instance, a little over 2 years ago a Walmart Superstore was going to built. In less than a blink of an eye a petition began to circle all the homes. 99.9% of the time the property developers always win. They always win because City Hall always sides with them. City Hall sees growth and development as a positive thing but for some reason our neighborhood doesn’t see it that way. Anyways as I was saying, I like to remain neutral........until now that is. This time I'm siding with the residents and here's why: For the past several weeks and pretty much at all hours of the day truckers have been using our little country road and words can’t express how annoying it’s become. Do you have any idea what it’s like to be sandwiched in between 2 large transport trucks? Each time I am I fear I’m going to be flattened like a pancake. If that’s not bad enough, the other day I was driving in the opposite direction when a trucker decided to overtake the car in front of him. How stupid is that?! It’s no joke when I say I could have been killed. They’ve been hogging the road causing traffic to be backed up especially during the mornings. What usually takes 5 minutes to get onto the major highway now takes 20. The quote some of the residents and I’d just like to say this is the clean short version “Why can’t these damn truckers use the main roads?!” And now for the explicit long version: “What the f*ck is wrong with these God D*mn truckers?! They need to stay the F*ck away from this area and go back to using the God D*mn main road!” Like myself, several others have come close to death. A petition was sent to City Hall this week and it’s safe to say that every person in my hood didn’t hesitate to sign it. Hopefully City Hall will side with us in not allowing the truckers to use the back road. If not, well all I can ask from you is that you say a little prayer for me. And oh yeah, if I don’t post anything next Friday it’s because a psycho truck driver flattened me and my car.
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How many have you been watching The World Cup? Can you say Holy Crap! Both Team Spain and Team England are out of the game. What a blow to the English but what’s even more shocking is Team Colombia has more points than Team Brazil. It’ll be interesting to see what other odd and unexpected things happen in the days ahead.
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Last but certainly not least, tomorrow Summer officially arrives. Ahh....
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Speaking of music, those of you who know me are well aware I LOVE music, and there are certain songs that just sound a little better during certain times of the year. When it comes to Euro & Freestyle (old school & new), there’s no better time to listen to it during those hot, summer days at full blast with the top down or on a rooftop patio with a drinkie in your hands surrounded by good friends.
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My loyal and dear readers, it's finally Friday.
Whatever your plans are have a sweet first weekend of summer.~x
****Updated: Friday The June 13th: Team Japan's Pokémon plane sadly a hoax. Click here****
****Updated Thursday June 12th 7pm: Brazil defeats Croatia 3-1****
Cocaine Princess here. Whew, I can't believe it's been 4 years since the last World Cup. Today officially marks the 20th FIFA World Cup, taking place in Brazil. Ah, what a marvelous country it is. I have such fond memories of my visit there but that's for another day.
32 teams will be playing and to say South America and Europe is crazy about soccer would be an understatement. The countdown clocks have clicked down towards zero. The air force is on alert. Navy frigates patrol the coastline and an army of 147,000 police and soldiers has been mobilized. Roads usually choked with traffic are emptying of cars. Schools have been closed. Offices are finishing early. Hundreds of millions of TV sets are being tuned in to the same event.
While Pitbull, Claudia Leitte and Jennifer Lopez perform the official song, "We are One," demonstrators on the streets are planning to chant a discordant message about inequality, forced evictions and overspending on the $11.5 billon event. Graffiti in many cities asks "Copa pra quem?"("Who is this cup for?") and several giant murals have appeared in recent weeks depicting the suffering caused by the tournament.
Graffiti by Brazilian street artist Paulo Ito depicting a starving child with nothing to eat but a football. Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP
A piece by the Brazilian artist Cranio depicting a man flushing money down a toilet bowl. Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP
If you recall the 2010 World Cup was filled with not just controversy (mostly centering around refereeing) but also conspiracy theories. It'll be interesting to see what controversies and conspiracies plague the 2014 game.
How cool is this?!Japan's national team flew in a Pokemon-themed plane to Rio.
So my Lovely Ones, what team are you rooting for? Me? Hmm, I always feel torn having to choose between Team England (my birthplace) or Team Colombia (my background) Oh, who am I kidding! When it comes to soccer, there's only one team that rules supreme. The team that will take home the 2014 World Cup.....
GO BRAZIL!!
Today's opening match: Brazil vs. Croatia.
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Tomorrow is not only Friday the 13th but there's also a Full Moon and it will be the last full moon on Friday the 13th until 2049, so go and get your howl on!!
I love reading the Daily Mailmainly because it has an awesome source of entertainment news but once in awhile I'll come across an article so funny that I think, this is something straight out of a comedy film! That's exactly what I said after I stumbled across this news piece.
A zookeeper was hospitalized after a vet shot him with a tranquillizer dart as they took part in a gorilla escape drill.
Hmm, a gorilla escape drill? I wasn't aware that such a thing existed in zoos but then again it only makes sense they one have, right? One never knows when a primate might escape in the middle of the night for a little rendezvous in town.
Chaos broke out when the 35-year-old was struck in the leg with the sedative at the Tenerife park located in the Canary Islands. The drama happened as staff at Loro Parque Zoo on Monday took part in a drill to test emergency procedures if a great ape ever broke free. The measure is designed to improve security, emergency procedures, and to train staff who work in these enclosures.
I'm curious if the emergency drills are only limited to gorillas? Do they have a giraffe escape drill? What about those fiesty lions? Are zoos not concerned a hungry lioness may run rampant in the streets during broad daylight?
Unfortunately the operation ended in complete disaster. As part of the simulation which took place in the security zone of the area and was attended only by authorized personnel, the zoo set off the emergency alarm. The on-duty vet who didn't know it was nothing but a training exercise and fearing there was an actual gorilla on the loose accidentally discharged the powerful dart into the zoo employee.
Well I wonder which zoo employee forgot to send the vet that particular memo?! What will happen to this employee? Will he or she get fired? Or will they just be written up? Perhaps the memo was sent and the vet just forgot to read it. Maybe next time the memo should come with the word 'URGENT!' typed in the subject line.
The stricken man was discovered in his underwear having suffered an allergic reaction to the powerful dart.
I realize being shot is no laughing matter but I can't stop giggling over this whole incident.
Emergency
services were called and he was taken to Hospital Universitari de
Canarias, where he was treated with an antitode to combat the tranquiler. The employee has recovered and is now in good health.
Sheesh, talk about a case of extreme mistaken identity.
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I realize this next piece has nothing to do with my entry but I wanted to mention that today marks The 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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My loyal and dear readers, it's finally Friday.
Whatever your plans are have a brilliant weekend. ~x
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