Home Again

Back in sunny Canada. Vacation was much fun, the heat was difficult, but want to go back again. Locals were big into getting your money and hassled us a bit to buy this or that, either by being aggressive or trying to invoke our pity at their poverty. It really got annoying. The ocean was beautiful, probably what i'll miss the most, and the jungle. And suntanning. And not having to work--although surprisingly i missed all my coworkers. You get used to talking to a couple people every day for 7 straight hours about everything under the stars and when they're not around its like something's missing.

I have to start writing letters and stuff to government people. While we were away, we often saw police or army people in big trucks with their FX-05 Xiuhcoatl's. Now, maybe it's a northern North American thing, but that is really freakin scary. When I was in Paris there were army men walking around with AK's under the Eiffel Tower. What?! There is no reason to be carrying around guns that big off base. People were telling us stories too, in Mexico, about the regular police and how corrupt they are. And we don't really have that here either. Of course there;s always corrupt officers but it's not standard, and it's not accepted. I guess the thing is that since everything looks so peaceful on the surface here, we don't really bother protesting things or voicing our opinions. Everyone is completely apathetic about new laws and political changes. At least in the USA the republicans try and make everyone do things through fear, of terrorism, of losing their rights, of injustice, of war. But even still, no one even votes anymore. Does our army have to start carrying AK's around before we wake up a little? Does the fear tactic that's spreading north of our border mean we'll wake up, or just fall in the trap too? Really, we don't even need to write letters these days, just emails. It takes 3 seconds. So from now on, whenever something happens in the government that I think infringes on my rights or freedoms or general good sense, I will send a line off to my MP or whoever else might read it, so that at least I'm being heard. Because we have it really good here, but that doesn't mean it's good enough.

Eco-terrorism in Canada

To my young Canadian friends, our rights to free speech are shrinking. If we try to protest the pipeline, we can now be CHARGED AS TERRORISTS in an act that groups us with WHITE SUPREMACY. In my head, terrorism means threatening to and actually harming or killing people in the name of a cause. Apparently, eco-extremists (or whoever the harper gov. labels as such) also plan attacks to kill people. So, my friends, we can shut our mouths and behave, or act according to our age and protest such infringements to our rights and harm being dealt the first nations territories and the environment we will inherit. But this time, WE ARE THE TERRORISTS, because harper really really wants his PIPELINE.

Vacation

6 days from now, i will not be sitting at my computer in Canada, but on a warm sandy beach in Mexico. I just wanted to rub that in.

Chemtrails

Oh, you guys, this is incredible! People actually believe that contrails, or exhaust from planes, has chemicals put there by the government to brainwash people! Jamie and I were talking about it at work, the wacky things people believe. Do people not understand that as a single person, they are one in millions, and really too insignificant for anyone to care about? For example, the government doesn't care about me or really know that i exist (as long as i don't owe them money) so i'm confident that neither they or big corporations are putting brainwashing juice in, say, my breakfast cereal.

conspiracy theories are the greatest! How exciting! I need to come up with one! it needs to be complex, crazy, be based on actual occurrences , and completely viable at the same time. See if it catches on, you know? any ideas?

World Ends 2012

81 Dolphins die at Cape Cod in January. Dolphins stranded yearly on average are 120.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/01/us/massachusetts-dead-dolphins/index.html

Cold Weather Front hits Eastern Europe plaguing Russia with heavy snows and stretching all the way to Greece and Hungary.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/01/extreme-cold-weather-eastern-europe?newsfeed=true

Meanwhile, temperatures are still above 0c in Southern Ontario where we have no snow, and Texas and Florida have no water. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/cloud-spike.html. Parts of S Africa (Kruger Park) washed away in heavy rains.

Cyclone Funso hit Mozambique recently, after cyclone thane devastated parts of india.

The sounds of the Apocalypse have been heard from space. This is the End of the World. Are you convinced yet? are ya? are ya? huh? well check out http://endtimesrevelations.wordpress.com/ for other super fantastic theories including the end of the world, what all these natural disasters mean, conspiracies, ufo news, information about what satan is up to, and most of all, how to find salvation in the face of our upcoming doom as a species. it is really really a funny way to look at all the facts.

If you're actually concerned about the weather, allow me to direct you to some more educated responses:
El nina:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/lanina20120118.html

Global Warming/Greenhouse Effect:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html

Oceans storing heat:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/news/missing-energy.html

But really now, which is more fun, huh? Doomsday theories or nasa facts? I'll pick the end of times revelations any day! sometimes you just need a laugh, like watching fox news!