University

[ picture source :: sketch, from luxirare? i believe it's a valentino ]

Without us

What would hapen if humans ceased to exist on planet earth? If a pandemic such as H1N1 wiped out our communities? Or a nuclear explosion caused our earth to become inhospitial? How long would it take for nature to take over? 1000 years? 100 years? 10 years? Like a unkempt yard, would we have trees uprooting our streets, taking back what was originally the forest? Would the ecosystems rebalance themselves? Eventually our over taxed and pollucted water systems would self regaulate back to normal pH levels, and the abundance of sealife would regenerate.
Why are we not working harder to clean up our earth. What ever you believe, if we just randomly came to being, or were gifted this planet, should we not take better care of our home? The thoughtlessness of humans terrifies me. I don't see any issue with having 'things'. Humans are hoarders, it's part of life to want things. But there is numerous ways to make less of an impact to the world during our never ending search for 'more'.
Decisions such as being 'green' should be absolutly simple. But it's not. Greeb washing is rampant in our consumeristic world. You think you are purchasing a ecologically viable package paper which hasn't been treated with unneccesary + toxic chemicals, but they chopped down most of the amazon in the process. If we have the technology to recycle organic waste into new products, why don't more companies use this procedure? People will pay for the opportunity to make the world better. There are some exceptions, but judging by the number of charities we have, complete oblivion is the minority.
If we were gone, would our world rejoice?

end of summer

So it's offically offical. I am now back to school, but now I'm in grade UNIVERSITY. Weird. I have today off though because labs don't start till next week (other than my calculus on thursday) It's kind of a culture shock to be not returning to my little high school of 350 students. The amount of peope taking my one calculus class is three times more than my whole highschool. Bizarre. I used to consider 30 students very large and now my classes are all over 100. But I'm fine with it really. If I need help there is a lot of programs in place to help out. There's a couple of issues I have with the campus though, first of all why do I have to lug around large amounts of books with out a locker? I mean I understand that I can get a locker but they are all so far out of my way :( And the wireless interenet is a relic. There is 23000 undergrads, and the administration is okay with the system that was set up for probably at the max 3000 users? UMSU you know what you can do for me? Bring our wireless to the new millenium. Thanks.

impossible

This is going to be my mantra for the next year. I need to slow down at every chance possible.

europe

I went to Europe in the begining of July for a Global Young Leaders Conference. I've been wanting to put them up on facebook for a long time, but it's just not working. So I had to upload them to photobucket to share them with you.

lust

I have found within an immense love for jcrew. Sure sometimes I like dressing up as a rock star, but usually I go for more romantic & soft; shilouhettes, textures & colors. These items aren't ridiculously priced, just a *little* out of my price range. I always thought that Jcrew was for elderly women, but the outfits they are presenting are all very in vogue. 

Seriously?

Dear Pervs of Winnipeg,

We the women of this cold city would very much appreciate it if you refrained from certain activites, mainly; honking, yelling and whistling at us. We understand that you find us attractive and want to express your feelings, but the manner you do it in is very unappealing. For example, you could yell out your car, "Hey hottie, call me" but all we hear is "... hoycalle ..." this makes no sense and could be mistaken as something more vulagar. Additionally, by the time your honk and/or whistle reaches us, it is too late to turn and see who did it. Therefore we assume you are a 50+ year old mega-creep. In this case assuming makes an ass out of you, but not me. What I would like you to get out of this post is that while your intentions might be good, we the women of Winnipeg do not apreciate it.

Thanks.