The Underwear Affair

I have signed up for The Underwear Affair! I will run 10km in my underwear through the streets of Vancouver to help raise money for cancers below the waist. a fun and awesome cause. I need to raise a minimum of $300.00 to reach my goal. I would really appreciate ANY donations of ANY size to help me reach my goal. You can visit my Facebook page (Renee Reeve) and there will be a big orange box on the left hand side. You can click on it to donate to me online. You can also go to my personal Underwear Affair page at http://va09.uncoverthecure.org/site/TRC/Events/Vancouver2009?pg=peditor&fr_id=1140&px=1535515

If you want to meet with me in person that is fine as well. Thank you to anyone who helps me in my fundraising.

-Renee

Beyond My Control

There are things that are beyond my control. I wish I could change them, it would make my life a lot easier. So far, I’ve realized I can’t. I have to let things run their course. I will hurt, I will cry, I will laugh about it later. Or maybe I won’t.

I’ll miss it, I hate it, It excites me, hurts me, scares me. And I can’t be the change I want to be.

So it comes to this, and I’ll let things run their course.

Free Rice

Here’s an awesome cause and I encourage everyone to do it at least once. Many of you may have already heard of a website called Freerice.com. You go there, you play a little vocabulary trivia, and for every word you define correctly the website and it’s sponsers donate 10 grains of rice for starving people all over the world.

 Now tell me you don’t have the time to save a life with one click.

http://freerice.com/index.php

Rememberance.

You were there. And you fought for us. So we’ll remember. Thank you. And in similiar words as in the movie V for Vendetta: “Though I never knew you and even though I never met you, laughed with you, cryed with you, or kissed you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you.”

Books to Read

Books I intend to read.

• The Picture of Dorian Grey-Oscar Wilde (Currently Reading)
• Tess of D’ubervilles-Thomas Hardy
• The Scarlet Letter-Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Canterbury Tales-Geoffrey Chaucer (Partially Read)
• Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories (Partially Read)
• The Importance of Being Earnest-Oscar Wilde
• Nineteen Eighty-Four-George Orwell
• Brave New World-Aldous Huxley
• 1984-George Orwell
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-Douglas Adams
• The DaVinci Code-Dan Brown

If anyone has any good books to read, leave me a comment and I’ll add ‘em to my list

You Belong in the Stars

You Belong in the Stars

Don’t chase him girl,
 that’s a race you’ll never win.
Even if you do
 he’ll take that medal from around
your neck
 and wear it like it was his.

No one’s cheering you on anymore,
 you’re left standing still
on the ground
 that will crumble beneath your shoes
leaving a hole that can’t be fixed.

He’ll be front page news
 you’re last week’s fling
pivot your point of view
 and they’ll watch You from the stars,
him from the tiny cubicle that is
Earth,
 compared to the Universe you are worth
that he never saw
 until now.

And when he shows up on your doorstep,
 to begin the chase,
shut the door in his face,
 he’ll realize he’s lost the most
important race.

~Renee, April 7, 2007

Is the United States’ war in Iraq Justified?

The only moral justification I see to the argument of “Yes, it is” would be the fact that yes, Saddam is a bad bad dude who did possess at one time Weapon’s of Mass Destruction (WMDs). He did, in fact, use such WMDs as mustard gas to attack the Kurds, and kill innocent people. However, I believe that was quite awhile ago. As in 1988. But to this day they have found no biological or chemical agents or even buildings for research/development of such weapons. In my eyes, the U.S. is presently in Iraq for their own political, strategical, and economic reasons/benefits.

The U.S. says they are in Iraq to ‘liberate’ the people. They wish to create a democratic form of rule in Iraq. Except that if they succeeded in doing so, I could assure you that the U.S. would most likely have a say in who would be the leader, and that leader would most likely have policies very similiar to the U.S. That is no democracy. That is what I like to call a Puppet Government, my friends. This would also give the U.S. a prescence in the Middle East so that they could keep an eye on other threatening nations such as Iran. What the U.S. also fails to realize is the fact that perhaps the people of Iraq do not want a democracy. They may appreciate some type of reform, but they are used to their type of governing system. How would we like it if Iraq came over, invaded us because they said the way we live and what we believe is wrong, we should be muslim, and proceeded to kill our people whether intentional or not to “free us”. Sounds downright crappy to me.

Iraq has also become a huge money maker for private businesses in the U.S. such as Halliburton. And of course there is the age old controversy that the U.S. is in Iraq to ensure the stability of the oil supply. And I wouldn’t argue that one either. Of course they are! Why wouldn’t they be? Oil is pretty much essential to life on earth out here in the West. And having it would extremely benefit the U.S. economically. So while troops in Iraq are out fighting, big corporate leaders are sitting at home making a killing. No pun intended

And this so called “war on terrorism”? Yeah, try “the war that has created even MORE terrorists”. And the fact of the matter is, it has. This war has created the perfect breeding ground for terrorists to train and test out their armaments. Not only that, but it has created civil war between the two main religious groups: the Sunni’s and the Shiites. There has always been tension between these groups, but I believe this war has given them that extra incentive to take their frustration into waging a full-out war with each other. And just like any other war, hundreds of innocent civilians have died, and will die. That may just be one of the reasons why this war is so accurately compared to the Vietnam War. That, and the fact that the U.S. is making no progress against the ever diligent insurgency, who have the factor of nationalism on their side.

So whatever your thoughts may be on this war, these are mine. And I seriously believe the U.S. is in Iraq for no more than their own personal benefit.

Dane Cook on Cheating. MUST SEE!!

Ok. Lemme just say right now, that this is hilarious. You have to watch it from start to finish, I swear even if you don’t like Dane Cook, you will laugh.

A Little Nostalgia

Thanks to a group on facebook called “You know you grew up in the 90s when…” , I started to become a little nostalgic over it all. I remember things like Tamagotchi’s, and how I actually brought it to school in my backpack just to check on it at recess and lunch and make sure my little, virtual, alien friend had not yet perished. I even had a kitty one.

I remember I Spy books, and how they could amuse me and my schoolmates for days on end, and how I always got a little distraught when someone found the object in the picture before I did. I remember Robert Munsch books. Especially Murmel Murmel Murmel and The Paper Bag Princess. I remember how his books had the ability to make me tear up.

I remember getting up on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons when there were still decent cartoons on the air. Some favorites: Animaniacs, Pinky & the Brain, I Am Weasel/I.R. Baboon, Sailor Moon, Cow and Chicken and LOTS more.

The theme song Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego got stuck in my head. I can sing, word for word the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. At school I would play Oregon Trail, Lemmings, and Cross-Country Canada and have the time of my life. Super Mario was, still is, and will always be the best video game ever made. That and Donkey Kong (all for Super Nintendo).

The Spice Girls will live on in my memory for life. I remember my friends fighting over who would be Baby Spice; I was always Sporty.

I remember when Red Rover got banned from our school. As did Pokemon cards. I remember crying when my sister got a Holographic Charizard card and I didn’t. I’m embarrassed of that to say the least. Remember A-Speza or however you spell it? The little clapping hand games we used to play. Guys did it too!

And I remember when the scooter came out. Everyone wanted them, seemed like everyone HAD them but me. Glad I didn’t get one. It woulda been in the garage after 3 weeks.

Lastly, Furbies. That’s one thing I’m glad the 21st century DOES NOT significantly have anymore hahaha. 

So there you have it. My little blast from the past. How I miss the 90’s! When getting chased by boys meant you literally got chased by the boy, when recess still reigned supreme, when you wrote in pencil not pen, when looks didn’t matter and drugs didn’t exist. I miss that innocence.

Sonnet

The Defeat

  We got to the pitch feeling confident

Yet the butterflies beat at our chests

Everyone on our team knew what this meant

It was time to put our skills to the test

The skies had no mercy this afternoon

As the clouds pelted us all with the rain

All the teammates were singing the very same tune

For this win it was pain or no gain

The second the whistle blew things got rough

We were out there for one thing: the Win

Sadly, in the end it wasn’t enough

So we put our strengths to lifting our chins

And although we left that day in defeat

The fun we had getting there, nothing can beat.