Epic Fail: Avatar
Speaking of Avatar… This sort of post is out of character for me, but i found it really funny and wanted to share this with everone. This is a picture I found on failblog.org. It’s called”the Avatar Plot Fail.” Enjoy 🙂
Prejudice and the Movies
For the last month Avatar has been the movie virtually everyone has been talking about. In the first week since its release my Facebook news feed lit up with glowing reviews in the form of status updates. Almost everyone told me they loved it. Initially uninterested in the film, my curiosity eventually grew to the…
Do You Believe?
Olympic Fever is setting in across the country. As news stations scramble for local-athlete interviews and past medalists are remembered, we are experiencing a surge of national pride in the red & white leaf, which is now tattooed across hoodies and paraphernalia from the Bay. With only 30 days until the opening ceremonies, it might be time…
Where It’s Art: Please Do Not Taste The Artwork (2/10)
Part 2 of “Please Do Not Taste the Artwork” is here! Fast food is a sign of the commercialism of society! Of loss of creativity! Of conformity and lack of imagination! If I’m wrong I’ll eat my hat! Well, maybe it’s not… I’m not actually wearing a hat – that shoe might…
Tragedy strikes Haiti
On Tuesday afternoon, January 12th, tragedy stuck Haiti. A devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake swept across Southern Haiti, leaving it in ruins. Buildings, schools, hospitals were left destroyed causing massive chaos and panic. Many people were buried in the rubble of this disasters, dead or alive, while the survivors are left homeless. Food, water and shelter…
Recognizing Young Calgarians
When Calgarian youth get involved in their communities, we at CYFC think that it’s worth recognizing. We posted about the YMCA Calgary Peace Medals and CYFC’s own ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Awards, and now the City of Calgary is gearing up to recognize citizens with the Calgary Awards. For the awesome youth in Calgary, there…
Where It’s Art: Please Do Not Taste The Artwork (1/10)
I don’t know about everyone else, but I love carving pumpkins for halloween. The problem is, these often beautiful (or terrifying) creations are only truely festive during October. They bring connotations of fall, shortening days, spooks. Spring is just around the corner, and frankly, I wouldn’t mind if some type of carved fruit brought to…
Oatmeal… And other great online comics
We don’t get the newspaper at my house, and for a while, I was quite jealous of all those people who got to read comics every morning with breakfast. Then, along came the internet… Some of my favourite online comics are: Dinosaur Comics These ones can be slightly geeky comics, but they’re still generally funny…
Everything You Need To Know From: The Wooden Sky
Update: Check out The Wooden Sky in Calgary on February 12th at 8pm. They are playing at Broken City along with The Rural Alberta Advantage. may be a group forged in a downtown Toronto garage, but they have taken their “folk rock” sound across Canada to perform, record, write songs, collaborate, explore Canada and make…
Did you just hear this song? Yes, you did.
So I’ve been listening to Amp for the past bit, using it as background music (or background noise, whichever you would like to call it). I’ve noticed two songs that are ridiculously overplayed. Not that radios don’t overplay songs in general, but these two songs… bug me. Really bug me. Maybe I’m being picky, but seriously,…
Where It’s Art: Strange Sculptures (3/3)
Choose the best answer: Tires are for __________________. a) Driving on b) Swinging on c) Climbing on d) Sculpting with I don’t know what you chose, but the artists behind the following would clearly choose d). It looks as though animals are well-represented by an item that would never have occurred in…
Ready, set , skate!
With exams nearing, the pressure and stress that comes with them are magnified 10 times. I am sure most of us can all use a break, and what better way to get rid of stress and have some fun at the same time than ice skating? The Calgary Olympic Oval is a top notch speed skating…
Read This: Carter Finally Gets It
“Warning: This book contains lewd humor, underage drinking, illicit fantasizing and very bad decision-making”. This is actually writing on the back of the book. I can not tell whether this is to attract readers or because this warning is mandatory. The novel follows Carter, a typical freshmen boy trying to get through the year. This novel…
Where It’s Art: Strange Sculptures (2/3)
I brought you the first part of the series, which showed you how people make lint into art and if you thought that was strange, check out part 2: When you finish a roll of toilet paper, you may immediately wonder if there’s more under your sink or pray that someone else goes into the stall…
What’s Your Star Sign?
Has anyone ever asked you what your star sign is? Basically they aren’t even always referred to as “star signs.” Some people call them astrological signs, zodiac signs, and horoscope signs. If your birthday falls between the specific date and month you are that star sign. In the Calgary Herald, there is a section on…