I have rediscovered Oceanship ! ! ! Yay ! ! !

I think its funny that I haven’t really listened to their stuff in a longtime (not since I was sick, I think), but I can put their album on and instantly remember the melody, the lyrics and the emotion that their music conjured up inside of me a result of that time that I was sick.

I am looking forward to purchasing their first full length, self-titled album and seeing how much the duo (Carly and Brad) have grown as musicians. The above vid. is a single off their new album, called “Hotblack”.

You can find their website at: http://www.oceanshipmusic.com
Oceanship on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/oceanship

BTW, I was messaging Brad the other day on Myspace about my screenname and he seemed super nice and down to earth.

I just put a link to Erica’s blog in my side bar. Check it out. Very funny.

Here is a link to the show’s web page at the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/beingerica/

Click here if you want to see full episode(s) of the show.

Can you tell I’ve gone Erica crazed!! lol

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The last five years have taught me a lot about who I am and what really matters the most and I feel fortunate that I have learned these lessons already. Now I just to have figure out how to continue to move in a forward and (more importantly) upward direction.

Does that make sense?

Below is the trailer for the for the show.

Enjoy!!

1. I like Diet Cranberry soda.
2. Can I have another?
3. Is anyone out there reading this?
4. Does our sexuality preference matter?
5. Does the colour of our skin really matter?
6. I’m bored.
7. If my family is GMT+13 and I’m not, does that mean I’m stuck in the past?
8. I wonder what my relatives are doing right now around the world?
9. Why do my logitech earphones say “customizable colour preferences”, but they have only given me three extra colour choices for one out of two ears in the box?
10. I like chocolate, but I don’t love it.
11. I should have salad for lunch today.
12. I need another tea or coffee to help me wake up.
13. Whatever.
14. The hot and sour soup I ended up having was a fail.
15. I love my dog.
16. I love my family and friends for encouraging and giving me guidance when I needed it.
17. Haven’t we finished this list, yet?
18. “Look to the future and be done with the past”…. words to live by.
19. My life has been forever changed since I was first introduced to  YouTube and blogTV.
20. Stale cookie ftw… mmm
21. FINALLY done.

Sound like its been done before?

Wrong. This show is completely interactive for fans. It is the fans that decide what the contestants will eat, what rewards will be given, what plot twists will be put in play and even how the contestants will eventually be voted off, but that’s not all. Check out the Interactive Polls in the forums for a complete list of each poll.

I was bummed last week when I missed the first “recorded” episode, but I have to say that I was very impressed with what I saw tonight of Episode 2. It seemed to be well structured and beautifully editted. There is also a cliffhanger for next weeks episode… I hope my schedule is such that I can watch it live with everyone else.

BTW: The Escape seems to be airing Tuesdays between 9 and 9:30 PM EST. Click here to go directly to the show.

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So, I recently splurged and bought myself a copy of Wall.E on DVD. It is a movie that I did go see in the theatre, but, unfortunately, I ended up falling asleep. Since purchasing it, however, I have seen it 3x and have come to love it. Its funny and sweet and extremely sentimental in its depiction of love and the human spirit.

It got me thinkng though. Have you ever had a Wall.E moment? A brief moment in time when you discovered how truly nuts people on planet Earth are when it comes to the conveniences of modern day technology? I have when I think about emailing a co-worker who is right down the hall from your office or shopping online for things like clothes and groceries. Can you think of more examples?

“Wonder Tory, Lady Liberal and the New Democratic Princess … – who will get your support?”

Not sure who to vote for?

• The Green Party of Canada

• The New Democratic Party

• Liberal Party of Canada

• Conservative Party of Canada

Its a Canadian-made electric car which like the name states has been tested to ensure zero emissions and is completely silent while running. Only the click as you turn the key tells you that the car is actually running and operational… very cool…. very weird…. and totally Canadian, but there is, however, a catch for Canadian wannabe owners… this car has not been fully legalized in Canada.

At the time that the this story was made the only province that had legalized this car was British Columbia. This is because the ruling of legalizing this car is up to the individual provincial governments and not at the federal level. To me this is a shame. I would have thought that this would be a worthwhile environmental initiative for Harper to jump on board with.

For more information on the Zenn car: http://www.zenncars.com/

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By definition “haptics” is the enhanced world of virtual reality. What this means to you, as the potential user, is that the computer generated world of VR is experienced not only by the user’s hearing and sight, but by the use of all the user’s senses. Can you imagine being in a virtual bakery and smelling fresh bread wafting from the oven? Mmmm. Yum!!

There are all kinds of people exploring VR technology and the Nintendo Wii has brought us all one step closer.

Video Titled: Future Thought’s Haptics

Editors Note: I will try to make these entries a little more in-depth from now on, but bare with me as I try to come out of my writer’s block.

On other juice related matters: the so called “experts” now say you should minimize your intake of juice because of all the added sugar that may or may not be in there. When I was a kid, I grew up on the stuff (as I’m sure many of you did too). I would have apple or orange juices instead of pop, on a regular basis, completely unaware of the so called high sugar content that was found in both the natural sugars and those pesky added ones. It tasted good. That was all that mattered.

Now that I am living in the real world and more aware of what I am putting into my body, I do consciously try to limit my intake of juice, but have you ever tried to find “no added sugar” and/or “aspertaine free” juice in the supermarket. It is next to impossible. One is much better off buying, yet another appliance to store in the back of the kitchen cubard and making ones own juice.