Thursday, June 28, 2007

c'est tellement cool l'été

La meilleure façon d'apprécier l'été, est vraiment de rester ouvert à toutes possibilités. Ce soir j'ai pris une petite bière avec Véro en rentrant du bureau, ensuite nous avons partagé un sandwich ensemble assises sur un banc dehors. Et pis après, une crème glacée dans un cornet.

Tout le long, nous avons parlé de synchronicité, de destin, et de faire confiance à la vie. Il faut laisser les choses nous arriver et les prendre comme elles sont.

Une soirée parfaite.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

buying back your greenhouse gas

So as most of us, I've been increasingly preoccupied with the environment. The most pessimist among us will say that it's too late so why bother, but I can't resign myself to it. I have to do my best to try to save this planet. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an environmentalist and I used to cry when watching the discovery channel (until my parents thought it was enough and forbade me to watch it).

So I recycle, I compost, I try to ride my bike as much as I can, I use a diva cup, I try not to buy bottled water, I use natural cleaning products...etc. But the real problem is greenhouse gas, as we all know. So how to reduce our emissions more efficiently? Well, I found this fantastic website called sustainable travel international. It allows you to buy back your greenhouse gas emissions when you travel. So for example, my plane trip to Ethiopia will produce 5.2581 tons of CO2. I can buy it back though by investing in carbon offset projects that verifiably reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It will cost $80,19 (US). You can calculate and donate through the World Wildlife Fund site.

So is anyone taking a plane this summer? Think about doing this, please. I'm doing it and I think it's worth it when you think what's at stake, no?

Monday, June 11, 2007

choses à faire

J'ai été parti tout le weekend et il me semble que ça fait des semaines que je n'ai pas le temps de faire que que j'ai à faire. Donc, ma liste pour aujourd'hui:

- répondre aux courriels de mes ami(e)s
- lire les blogs de mes ami(e)s
- remplir un peu mon réfrigérateur---y'a rien en ce moment
- défaire mon sac de trucs que j'ai amené à Toronto
- acheter de la litière bio pour Ernest
- écrire mes idées de scénario dans un p'tit livre en attendant d'avoir le temps d'écrire les scénarios pour vrai
- arroser les fleurs
- appeler mes parents
- faire un liste de choses à faire pour mon tournage en fin de semaine
- écrire un email à Jean-Louis
- finir mon compte de dépenses pour pouvoir être remboursée
- écrire à ma propriétaire
- passer l'aspirateur
- payer mon compte VISA
- payer mon compte Gaz Métro

Voilà. Je suis sûre que je pourrais en rajouter...mais au moins c'est un début.

Bonne semaine.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

gorillas



I'm totally obssessed with gorillas these days. Ever since we shot a scene with gorillas at the Granby Zoo for the show I work on. They're so intelligent, so like us in their mannerisms, in the look in their eyes. It's amazing to see them up close and spend a whole afternoon with them.

Gorillas actually use tools in the wild. And I even witnessed them do it in the zoo. They make tools out of branches and rocks. They fish with them, or find food, or check the depth of water. They also laugh when tickled or when play-fighting. One gorilla in captivity even learned sign language. Their DNA is 97-98% identical to that of a human.

And unfortunately, like so many species, they're seriously endangered. It makes me so sad to think that they may be wiped off the planet one day. It always makes me sad to think that they have been poached for hundreds of years. They're such a pacifist animal. And we humans are such horrible predators.

I think I might adopt a gorilla.