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I just saw this post on linked in and it is blowing my mind!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h7HnR02kJxY

New Innovations in Print.

After attending Ryerson University's Graphic Communications Management 4 year degree program I started a career in Marketing. I must say the Marketing/Advertising industry has treated me well. I do, however, still get a little tingly when I hear anything about new innovations in print. The print industry is sort of where my adult life began. I do miss learning about what is new and exciting and sometimes feel I am missing out on great insider information.

My current company is now starting a blog (will post a link once it goes live). I am planning on taking this opportunity to reseach new print technologies as they relate to traditional print media. I went on the Heidelberg wesite today and found a link to an article talking about "printed organic electronics". I need to look into this further... I have a feeling the next few days will consist of some heavy research.

Here is the link to the article: http://www.heidelberg.com/h/www/en/content/articles/press_lounge/products/print_media_academy/110503_marktforum

I hope to find some practicle uses and blog entries soon! (oh man I'm a huge nerd).

Bring Colour Update.

On March 13, 2011 I helped to put a team of 20 together to run a 5km run/walk in support of the Achilles Canada Foundation sponsored by the Running Room, Irish Spring and Steamwhistle Brewery. The great part about this particular run is that each team member was responsible for paying the $40 registration fee which went to the Achilles Foundation, but every dollar raised after that amount went towards a charity or organization of you choice. After bringing this up to a friend of mine who runs "Hope 4 Help" who started a primary school in Kenya and have been fully supporting it for a couple of years (www.hope4help.ca), we decided to create a team and split proceeds 50/50. In the end we managed to raise $700 for each organization. Bring Colour was able to donate $700 to Dzanja La Chifundo who have let me know are now providing daily meals to an additional 120 children. I am thinking the next event will be a low key band night (hopefully at the legendary Cameron House in Toronto). This will likely be in July as I am planning on tying it in with my birthday. More information is soon to come!

Bring Colour.

I think it’s time. There hasn't been a Bring Colour to Their Lives event since November 1, 2009. This is about to change.

With a new job, a new house, and re-branding in mind, it's taken forever to get to this point where planning another event is on the top of the To Do list. At this point all I can think is… holy crap I need to shorten the name of these things! I’m settling into “Bring Colour” simply because it’s way easy to say… and write.

I’ve got more bright and colourful ideas which will hopefully highlight the amazing local Toronto artists once again since that was originally a huge part of these events. Over the past year I have also formed a stronger bond to Dzanja La Chifundo which is the orphanage that started it all! My sister was able to visit the orphanage earlier this year meet all the amazing kids that live with Gordon and Lucy who run the orphanage and have done so for quite a few years now. Now that the orphanage is under new ‘management’ I guess we could call them, the kids have been given a bright, warm, and loving home. Focusing on community, Gordon and Lucy have maintained the goal of giving these kids a safe place to call home, and helping the community come together at the same time. I’d really like to help the kids with school tuitions & supplies as well as providing them with warm clothes and blankets.

The next event will be good. Watch for it.

An Education.

It's been a while, but he's managed to do it again. Nick Hornby, my all time favourite author, has come out with an amazing screenplay called "An Education". It's been years since one of Nick Hornby's blunt British humoured novels has been turned into a feature film, and even though it was not first a novel, he has knocked this one out of the park. I can easily say it is the best movie I've seen in 2009 with no question and the second it hits stores I will get my gruby hands on it and watch it on repeat for about a week.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn9IMe5jmf0

Carey Mulligan played a perfect "Jenny" and now I'm watching out for more movies that she's in because she was THAT good.
Fav Quote: "All that poetry, and all those songs... about something that lasts no time at all"

If you've never heard of Nick Hornby, I can almost garuntee you that one of these movies (which are based on two of his best selling novels) will get your attention:

High Fidelity (#1 on my personal top 5 movies)
My favourite quote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij5sKrHRlN8

About a Boy
Will: I couldn't possibly think of a worse godfather for Imogene. You know me. I'll drop her at her christening. I'll forget her birthdays until her 18th, when I'll take her out and get her drunk and possibly, let's face it, you know, try and shag her. I mean, seriously, it's a very, very bad choice.
Couple: We know, I just thought you had hidden depths.
Will: No. No. You've always had that wrong. I really am this shallow.

Beach Boys.

From their soothing melodic ballads to their vivacious up beat surf rock tunes, I will always love the Beach Boys. I am in love…



Good Vibrations


Dance, Dance, Dance


Little Duce Coupe


Wouldn’t it Be Nice


Don’t Worry Baby


I Get Around


…in love with the Beach Boys.

Music Roots.

So I'm watching Ready or Not and it's the episode where Busy decides to launch her music career. So she goes into an interview and in the background of the shot something caught my attention. It was a freaking Chixdiggit poster. I went onto you tube and watch their video "elchupacabra". Way funny. Here it is...



After watching this I decided I wanted more! After seeing this and remembering where my music taste began wayyy back in the day, I couldn't stop searching! Next came MXPX. Remeber them? They were my fav... then after a few albums their whole Christian rock vibe got a little vibrant and I couldn't deal anymore. This was one of my favs...



Now one of my ALL TIME FAVS! Saves the Day takes the cake for longest running fav band from age 10 to about 18... and they remain way up there. I have so many favs from Saves the Day but here's one I'll always love (it gives me shivers every single time)...



Now for yet another classic, Moneen. They used to play in Church basements in Caledon and Brampton were a Mayfield fav of many, these dudes are local legends. One time they even played at the Elmocombo with my brother's old band 'Dead Giveaway' former known as 'Last Man Standing' formerly known as 'ASA' (another stupid acronym)... real clever boys. I wish they had a you tube video because they were awesome too. But here's some classic Moneen for yeah...



--^ Bad sound but good song.


I think I would have passed out if I was at this show (video below)... a dream come true. I did see them together once... and it was a dream come true. To pay $50 to see Moneen seemed like such a jip at first after never having paid more than $6 to see them before but MAN was that worth it.



This post is getting long... and I bet I could go on forever and ever, but I'll leave you with one of the most classic of all. NOFX. I used to steal my brothers CDs growing up when I got tired of lying on the floor trying to listen through the wall/cracks in the baseboards between out rooms, all the while my sister was covering her head with a pillow banging on the bathroom door that connected their rooms saying shut the hell up. Oh those were the days. Best siblings ever.

This song is dedicated to my childhood best friend Allison... for whatever reason we thought it was hilarious to whisper this to eachother in the middle of class then burst out laughing... we were 9, i think it was code for "i like that boy" but I could be mistaken. Anyways... funny song.



Alright. This was a nice break from my already horrible attempt at finishing my essay on Geothermal Heat Pumps. I'm pretty sure this was more fun, just a whole lot less productive.

-S