remembering montreal

December 6, 2006

On this day seventeen years ago, Marc Lepine walked into L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and murdered fourteen female engineering students, simply because they were women. At the tender age of nine, it was a harsh reailty for me to accept and watching 'The National' with my mother that evening I had a lot of questions that could not logically be answered. Fourteen innocent lives were lost that day and countless more changed forever.

The threat of violence is something that every woman in the world deals with, thinks about and tries to avoid on a daily basis and sadly many women are unable to avoid daily violence, often from the men who are supposed to be their greatest protector. Women are the bearers of our future generations and we, as a society, must agree to end violence against women.

On this, of all days in the year, let's please take a moment to think about the gentle hands of the women who raised you and the women who've loved you, let us take a minute to think about the importance of peace for all of the world's men, women and children.




rest in peace

Anne-Marie Edward
Anne-Marie Lemay
Annie St Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Daigneault
Barbara Maria Klucznik
Genevieve Bergeron
Helene Colgan
Maryse Leclaire
Maryse Leganiere
Maud Haviernier
Michele Richard
Nathalie Croteau
Sonia Pelletier

let the insanity begin

December 1st, 2006
T.O.

I can hardly believe that it's December already, and the official start of the onslaught of commercialism that makes up a North American Christmas season. It's a strange time of year that is meant to symbolize and celebrate all the good there is in human nature and life and the world around us, and yet, often times it becomes a crazed shopping experience. Then there's the awkward family gatherings and sometimes so much stress that family blowouts can become commonplace.

For me, the one thing I can always count on come Christmas is that I'll be busy. I just simply have to many families to juggle in order to make sure I see everyone at this 'family' time of year, not to mention friends. Needless to say I think come the beginning of december we all seem to be feeling pulled in a million different directions. Which is why I so enjoy Christmas day, because every year, without fail, there is a peaceful sense of routine to that day and a wonderfully cozy, lazy feeling of well...Christmas day, and nothin to do.

Here's to everyone having the most happy and stress free holiday season possible.

xoxo

An Ongoing Post

December 1st, 2006
T.O.

This post is sort of an expansion on the last. I have had many eerily correct horoscopes in my day and a couple of them have come in the past few days, including the one in the last post. So, I've decided to post all the eerily correct ones I get. It will be something that I update whenever I read my horoscope and think to myself...no way! Nuff said, here goes...

weekly overview
11/27/2006 - 12/03/2006

You're thinking like a serious philosopher on Monday -- although you're trying not to bore anyone. You like being around people who are nothing like you, who don't see things the same way, who've had different experiences than you've had. You enjoy a fresh perspective. Tuesday and Wednesday you're itching for a change. (Some new clothes? A new career?) Thursday and Friday, put yourself in the path of your most outspoken friends. You'd like to hear their take on things. Communication is a theme this weekend, too, but it's so busy and chaotic you can barely hear a word anyone's saying.

Life can't always be a flirt-fest, and love's asking you some more serious questions now. At the beginning of the week, it's best to address (rather than ignore) a lack of clarity in your romantic situation or your own heart. A creative activity helps you collect yourself -- paint, write, act. Then sometime after Wednesday, you can collect some helpful anecdotes and advice relating to your present and your future, from both friends and random connections. The weekend shows that you've got reserves of depth and strength that might surprise even you. Transform your reality!

daily
December 01, 2006

Gather information not just from one good source, but from several of the best. The differences you find in their approaches and advice hold the key (you are also likely to get good tips out of each).

What's strange is that you don't care at all if your crush is returned -- you're just enjoying how much you like this person. Your motives are pure and your actions, direct. You're definitely on the right path.

September 10, 2007 ***NOTE***

Okay, so after I had this brilliant idea I started having issues with Blogger and getting stuff posted. So the ongoing part of this post has fallen flat at the start line. Thing is my horoscopes continue to be correct and there are plenty more for me to share so as I'm getting back online with my blog now I will try to take this post all the way throught to the end!

gemini (24 hours daily paper)
09/10/07
Neither time nor money is meant to be wasted. Every momen you don't make a move makes moving that much harder.

Okay guys this one is very interesting. It definitely adds to the eeriness of my apparent alignment with the stars. I can admit that I have a facebook page and that I enjoy a few of the available applications. No surprise then, that I get my horoscope on my page, but I also get a Tarot Card each day. I find today's draw very interesting for a few reasons. Please take note of today's date, then the card. Hmmmm...interesting no? Now take a moment to read what the card stands for. Yes, it is relevent to my life these days, as have most of my cards on my page been, cheesy as I know that sounds. More importantly, however, I really feel like the card, applies to the day upon which it has been drawn. Think about this card on a global level and the historic level of this day. Very interesting I think. I certainly would rather lives were not lost so please don't take the final sentence too literally mean the those lives. Think more about what the world lost that day and whether we can turn that loss into something positive. Something that globally we really have yet to do, though locally I see it all the time.

As a side note, take a moment to remember the tragedy of this day, may peace befall our troubled planet.

09/11/07
The Tower

As a personal card, The Tower is perfect for the revolutionary or iconoclast, or anyone who flourishes in rapidly changing environments. What The Tower brings to the mix is sudden, usually unexpected change. With that change there will be a period of disorder, and there may be loss. However, the loss is probably not yours, since you may well be the agent that created the change to begin with. Many positive things can occur from the change The Tower indicates: Truths will be laid bare, revelations and breakthroughs are not just possible but likely, and nothing spurs creativity like a good dose of chaos and confusion. In the end it is likely that what replaces what was lost in the fall of The Tower will be worth the loss.