On Sunday, April 23, at 12:30pm, I went to see The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer in the heart of Calgary: VertigoTheatre. In other words, I went to see a masterpiece of animation, puppetry, acting and ukulele playing. Yes, you heard me, ukulele playing. The play ran for about fifty minutes, and it…
Here’s how to really boost your highlight collection –with advice from a teen on a major budget. Get ready to glow! I’ve rounded up cream highlighters, and powder highlighters, ranging from brands like Anastasia Beverly Hills to Benefit, Becca and Marc Jacobs. Best Highlighter: Cover FX Highlighter Drops These revolutionary drops have transformed my makeup…
1. Velcro: The story goes: Swiss engineer George de Mestral had gone on a hunting trip with his trusty dog. Out in the wilderness, Mestral kept noticing the troublesome tendency of burrs sticking to his dog’s fur (and his own socks). A scan under a microscope later on revealed what seemed to be these minuscule…
Gonna BLOW YOUR MIND.
In the new millennium one of the biggest issues we face is the rising sea levels and melting of the ice caps. Island nations are predicted to be fully submerged if sea levels continue to rise at their present rate. Global Warming a phenomenon with the average global temperature rising since the 1880; has progressively worsened…
After having waited what seemed like forever, I was finally on my way home this year. Ever since the ninth grade, I wished to go on the Vancouver band trip, the Seattle nor the California trip excited me as much as this one. The reason I call Vancouver home, is a reason that deserves its…
Need a break from listening to the same playlist over and over again? Try a podcast! Immerse yourself in history, learn something new, or just sit back and enjoy some pure, unadulterated fun.
And so they tell us, be grateful that you live in a world of freedom. But what exactly defines our freedom? And how precious is freedom, if our voices are being suppressed by the amount of money in our bank accounts or number of degrees associated with our names? What good is liberalism, if we…
A double-edged sword on the edge of our tongue.
After completing three gruelling weeks of I.B. exams, I decided to reward myself by watching the YouTube videos I’ve missed. Succumbing to BuzzFeed videos, I did, however, also stumble across a video that was going viral called, “history of the entire world, i guess.” The last thing I wanted to do was watch a 19-minute…
Woolly Mammoths In Your Backyard.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated. ~Oscar Wilde As time evolves, so do we and so does our style. I for one, no longer wear my neon pink crop top from middle school or those hippie headbands from the early 2000’s. My wardrobe tends to have a variety of subtle colours with pops of…
There are some books that are just pure art. Books that transform you into somebody better from the moment you read it to the rest of your life. Those are the books that show a part of the human spirit and what it means to be human. After reading, you are left wondering how a mere…
May you never forget, fortissimo.
At one point in each and every single one of our lives, we’ve all taken our mothers for granted. Whether it’s forgetting to say a quick, “love you!” before heading off to school or, “thanks!” for doing something, it’s happened, and none of us can deny it. Mother’s day isn’t about how you wish your mum or honouring the…