Laugh Factor - Failing the Breathalyzer test

Toronto, Ontario - May 23, 2009 - This enlightened my day quite a bit! I thought I should share this with all of you.

Take a look! *also, take notes! haha

In case you missed HOT DOCS

Toronto, Ontario - May 17, 2009 - I had just been referred to this beautiful website dedicated to the documentary "Water Life" in this year's Hot Docs Festival. It is quite the informative website which made me feel like i watched the movie through the website. Beautifully put together, with great footage, interviews, music and interactiveness!

Please do take a look at it, and get educated on WATER LIFE.
http://waterlife.nfb.ca/

Website built by:
http://www.jam3media.com

Real Life Twitter!

Toronto, Ontario - May 14, 2009 - Something to clear your minds of that horrible monster from earlier..... check it out.

Montauk Monster

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Toronto, Ontario - May 14, 2009 - Since I haven't written in a few days, I figured it was time to post something. I came across this story today that has been lurking around the news for almost a year now. It's the case of the Montauk Monster. This unidentified monster was allegedly washed ashore new the Montauk (which is a resort) in New York's Business district in July 2008.

Speculation in published reports included theories that the Montauk Monster might have been a turtle without its shell—even though a turtle's shell cannot be removed without damaging the spine nor do they have teeth as appear in the photograph —a dog, a raccoon,or maybe a science experiment from the nearby government animal testing facility, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. The creature's appearance was believed to have been altered through immersion in water for an extended period before coming to rest on the shore, making it difficult to identify.

On August 1st, Gawker published pictures and X-ray images of a water rat, an Australian rodent with many similarities to the Montauk Monster, like the beak, tail, feet, and size. On the same day, Jeff Corwin appeared on Fox News and claimed that upon close inspection of the photograph, he feels sure the monster is merely a raccoon or dog that has decomposed slightly. This was backed up by Darren Naish, a British paleontologist, who examined the images and agreed that, if real, the creature was a raccoon.

Take a look at the video posted and you decide for yourself.

The Great Canadian Tune

Toronto, Ontario - May 9, 2009 - The city of Toronto will have many celebrations this year in honour of it's 175th anniversary. Events paying tribute to the City's heritage with unity and diversity include historical art exhibits, discussion panels, photo contests, historical tours and one more thing...

This year's Luminato Festival Team has decided to launch a public event to celebrate Canadian musicians. Hoping to set the Guinness world record of the largest-ever guitar ensemble, people will vote for their favourite canadian song out of ten choices chosen by Luminato employees.

Take a look at the songs chosen, then vote for you fav on the list of 10. On JUNE 6th, anyone and everyone with a guitar is invited to join the live jam session at Yonge-Dundas Square to play the chosen song. Be a part of what will be the largest ever guitar ensemble!



For more info and to vote click below:

http://www.luminato.com/2009/events/44

Continuation of High Fashion Wildlife

Toronto, Ontario - May 4, 2009 - Here's a continuation of the High Fashion Wildlife series I've been working on... Take a look.

iNSPIRATION FRIDAY - HOT DOCS - dissapointing start

Toronto, Ontario - May 2, 2009 - I wanted to wave goodbye from the minute the lights dimmed and the reel started rolling. Our first documentary from the Hot Docs Festival we went to see was a film by a Canadian writter, producer and director, Don Owen called Nobody Waved Goodbye. A 1964 film that was actually the only FICTION film in the Hot Docs festival which I found very strange. Black and White, this film was mostly improve folling the lives of a very young couple, and a boy in particular that was in his time called a "rebel".

In my eyes, this boy was not a rebel, just another dumb teenager, stealing his father's car, followed by running away from home, knocking up his girlfriend, ripping off customers, stealing cash from the register and trying to get away in a stolen car to start "the good life".

All in all, this was a true dissapointment from having very high expectations of this festival. The only reason we stumbled across this film is because we had originally wanted to see "Ghost Bird" which we found out later that day that we had screwed up the screening times. (we're going to see it for iNSPIRATION FRIDAY next Friday.)

*To see and make your own Hot Docs Schedule, visit: http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/

I still believe that Hot Docs is an amazing festival, but I think for an opener, having an out of date FICTION film with no climax was a true mistake.