Closing Ceremony

I was at work all day today so I only caught part of the gold medal game, but even at work you could feel that the win was in the air, and then Crosby made it a reality scoring the winning (gold) goal after seven minutes of over time. I love this country!

I came home exhausted but I'm enjoying myself watching the Closing Ceremonies. It's a gigantic party in BC tonight, wish I was there!

The Sochi presentation was amazing! It got me pumped for 2014 for sure! The zorbs were mesmerizing!

The parade of athletes was so cool, just watching everyone march with their medals hanging proudly around their necks, Canada is so kick ass!

We have awesome celebrities that call Canada home, Shatner, M.J. Fox and Catherine O' Hara were great at reinforcing our pride and spirit, and then there were the musicians.

I think he followed Neil Young but, who better to kick it off than the beautiful Michael Buble? If he doesn't make anyone not Canadian jealous of us, I don't know who would? Maybe Avril Lavigne? How about Alanis? Or would it be K-Os? Great performances by all! Though I think Alanis was 'singing' over a track....

And if you didn't know the typical Canadian stereotypes before tonight, you sure do now! haha... Giant beaver anyone?

Oh, and didn't you looove the Olympic knit sweaters!!! And I also have to say I was in love with the CTV set, too! So gorgeous, what a view! 

After the 17 days of Olympics, I believe, I am a damn proud Canadian!

L.A. Ink Season 5 Premiere tonight!

I'm not sure if anyone in CreComm knows this about me, but I looove tattoos! I only have one so far, but I plan on getting more when I have the money. I've been thinking up ideas and have a few in mind at the moment.

I'm really excited that L.A. Ink is starting its new season tonight! Can't wait to see what's going on with Kat Von D! She's rad. (Yes, I said rad! I've also been throwing around the word gnarly lately, haha) I wish I could go visit her shop and get her to tattoo me! She has amazing talent.

Some ideas I have for some ink are:

An elephant with cherry blossoms around it. I collect elephant figurines. Elephants are supposed to symbolize luck, wisdom and strength. And they're just so cute!

I also want to get the female symbol with the words "forte femme" around it. Forte femme means 'strong woman' in french. I feel this is fitting for me!

Another idea is to get the Metis symbol- the infinity sign- somewhere as well. Maybe my ubber back below my neck.Did you guys know that Megan Fox is Irish, French, and Native American? I'm pretty sure that qualifies as Metis! Woohoo! We really are beautiful people!

A shooting star would be cool too, just because!

To friend or follow? That is the question

When asked to compare Facebook and Twitter, the first thing I thought of was how opposed to both of them I was at first. Before Facebook, I was an avid Myspace junkie, always writing meaningless blog posts about how bored I was on any given day. Now, I realize the purpose of social media, though at first I was stubborn in signing up for a Facebook account and didn't understand Twitter's purpose.

Facebook                                                                                               

• A good way to stay in touch with friends and family
• Option to write 'notes' as blogs
• Status updates longer than 140 characters
• Information about events (Ie. birthday parties, fundraisers)
• I actually know most of the people I'm friends with
• Facebook chat allows for quick conversations with out a direct message

Twitter

• Great source to find out what unreachable people are up to (Ie.George Stromboulopoulos)
• Access to newsworthy information- tweets from the Globe and Mail
• No blog format means no long form writing like this nifty blog here
• Trending topics keep you informed about what people are talking about

 I would say there is a lot more direct communication on Facebook, with friends and family, having conversations, commenting on statuses, or sending messages. There's also room for tons of picturse on Facebook which gives people a real sense of who you are and what you're up to.

In terms of what Facebook and Twitter do for PR, it's all about who your audience is and what you're intending to communicate. Both sites are good for getting out a general message about something, but if you want to make an event page with lots of pertinent information attached, Facebook is the way to go. If you just want to publicize someone's website a tweet would work. No matter what you use these social media sites for, they're both great tools for communication.

Living The Kind Life

One of my new year's resolutions was to stop eating meat, and so far it's been going okay. There have a been a couple lapses, but nothing major. I've found some really great information from various sites, and one of my favourites is a website called The Kind Life, a forum by Alicia Silverstone where she posts reipes, health information, new products and creates forums for people who sign up to chat about healthy, green, eco-friendly living. So far, I have fouund some great products and awesome recipes.

I've always been a fan of Silverstone, and her website The Kind Life is an extension of her book The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight and Saving the Planet. The book just came out in October of 2009. Here's a synopsis of the book from PETA and the reasons why Alicia switched to the Kind Diet.

Before stumbling upon her book one day at Chapters, I had no idea that Silverstone was an author and was glad to have found a resource that explains things so well. I haven't actually bought the book, but the website is really useful. She also tweets about the website and things she's doing in terms of activism, and even her play, which she gave away free tickets to kindlife members who live in the NYC area.

I'm thinking of buying the book in time for reading week so I can actually read something useful and significant.

If anyone is interested in making some lifestyle changes, The Kind Life is a great place to start.