So:
politically correct
adj. Abbr. PC
1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
2. Being or perceived as being overconcerned with such change, often to the exclusion of other matters.
One is inclusive and the other is exclusive. Interesting!
Not as interesting as this little blog:
http://vocabuli.blogspot.com/2005/05/politically-correct-exceptions.html
Apparently it's politically correct to poke fun at us Canadians AND Hispanics.
Canadians = Nationality.
Hispanic = Race
I believe it is universally understood that making jokes at the expense of someone's race is a no no. That, I believe, IS politically incorrect.
What is missing from that list:
Non- Religious based Public Figures (in General)
Belinda Stronach (In a class all her own!)
And...
Americans (Anything to do with)
Poke Fun of Canadians, please, we invite you to. We have a pretty well defined Comedy Culture in this country. We're used to being inwardly jovial!
puns anyone?
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
I went on my semi frequent Blog-Hunt. You know, get to know who's out there, make my internet world seem small and cozy.
Blogs are dying.
I came across - A Hoover Vaccuum Blog, a Discount Golf Supply Blog and Where to Find Fire Stations.
Blogs about the self are passe.
Blogs about the goods are in.
dig it.
I thought it was 8 and I have an 8:30am. So it's 7:25am, I've dressed, moisterized, pinned back my hair and prematurely brushed my teeth.
Miss World Canada Pageant Week, I'm going to talk to the girls about leadership and giving back to your community even after pageant week. I feel that, within the pageant realm, I have some authority to speak on that since giving back is a career path of sorts.
No desire to write anything pollitical at all... although, a friend of mine does have a crush on a pollitical figure. Her blog assures me that no intervention is required, but, I'm standing on guard non-the-less.
Sunday, Mum and Sister are going to Stillwater Spa for a day of primping and relaxing. However, I doubt I will go. One treatment is equiv. to the cost of my living room... I'm all about luxery, but, that, in my mind, is NOT value for service offered! I'm going to pass! Besides I need treatments they don't offer there... eyebrow waxing, body scrub and tan.
Aren't you glad I told you!
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Summer 2005 arrived on its own schedule. For weeks, the low tempature spurned annoyed Torontonians to furrow their brows & reluctantly button up their lightest winter jackets with hopes Mother Nature would take notice. Ah, she did, and how that matriarch of earth and druidism delivered summer with a vengence hotter than hell.
June 10, 2005 - Toronto enjoying, one of it's near 14 smog warnings, simultaneously basques in the perceived outdoor temperature of over 41 degree centigrate. Emergency cooling stations sprung up across the city while volunteers handed out bottles of water to passers by.
Hydrate, Cool Off, Strip down.
While the city was busy reacting to the present need to help save the homeless, the elderly and the underaged from wilting. Many annoyed Torontonians were wiping the sweat from their furrowed brows, cursing the unprecidented heat and wondering why they must suffer while the rest of Canada is comfortable.
Well, call me crazy, call me aware of my surroundings, but, I'll tell you why the heat is so high in the bubble we call the "Big Smoke"
Years of coal burning plants, car emissions, and lack of sufficient green space has eroded the natural presence of seasons in Toronto to the blot that is its own disgusting weather patterns.
The solution is so simple, but, the apathy of Torontonians makes it unfashionable to indulge in.
Car pool, public transit, bicycle or heaven forbid WALK! Plant trees, make roof top gardens and make change.
If you're not prepared to take accountability and make change then stop complaining! In this sweltering heat your negativity is really making me grumpy, so please, shut up.