An eye for an eye...

It seems everytime I log into facebook I've got a new reason to vote anything but Conservative. Today it was the University of Guelph. They were the ones that kicked of the vote mobs, challenging other Universities to do the same and it seems now for the third time they've held pre-election polling booth via special ballots.

Check out their original vote mob video:  

So the Conservatives are trying to mark 700+ student votes as illegal in a battleground riding. Read more about it here: Guelph Mercury: Campus Votes and here's what you can do about it: Sign a this petition to tell Conservatives where to go and how to get there!!

If you're wondering what other shit Harper's done... there's a website for that which has hit viral status in no time. That's www.shitharperdid.com Love their videos too: 

 

And finally... If you're in a battleground riding like the students at Guelph or for a host of other reasons outlined in this last video then you should check out votepair.ca

What use to be the carrot patch...

After work today I went straight to work on these carrots... they were at risk of going bad, having being plucked from the earth last fall (we ate a ton before now). So I went to work on a double batch of the following recipe;

Carrot Cake Recipe

1 1/4 cups corn oil
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
4 tbsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs (I used half actual eggs and half vegan egg replacer)
4 cups grated carrots
(Optional: Nuts!)

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans pan. In a large bowl mix together corn oil and sugar. In a different bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add half the flour mixture to the oil-sugar mixture and blend well. Add the remaining dry ingredients with the eggs, one at a time. Mix well. Add the carrots and mix.

Pour the cake batter into the tube pan. Bake for 50 minutes, or until done. Cool and frost.

This was a variation from www.muchmenus.com/Carrot_Cake_Recipe.htm

The election

So I've got to come clean... I'm doing a horrible job of following the election. Why? Cause I'm in the eye of the storm. I see glimpses of things flying past me but ultimately... I answer the phone in the non-partisan constituency office. Yes people call on a variety of issues but overall I mainly pass them off to the person best able to deal with their issue. Oh what my political science BA has gotten me (I'm fresh out of school).

I'm highly left leaning, a good website to check out where your views put you on the Canadian political spectrum is Voter Compass brought to you by CBC. Very neat tool that will hopefully get people thinking and perhaps even shedding their partisan ways; "Oh my father and his father voted this way so I do too" should not be as commonplace as it is.

Another really cool website new this year is LeadNow. They started with local gatherings, very grassroots, and bubbled up from there with ideas and opinions about what's important to Canadians. Right now they are on their 4th stage I believe, which is the declaration for change.

LeadNow is one of the larger umbrella organizations encouraging the recent vote mobs which began with Guelph: Watch their video here

It's because of these initiatives that I have faith Canada will see a rise in voter turn out this year. These and the fact most sensible Canadians get shivers anytime they think of what Canada might look like should Harper gain a majority. Here are 2 great sites to look at
1. An article from Rabble (look around their site and there's a lot of choice to pick from)
2. A overview video of Harper's corruption

Whatever your views please make sure you vote. You can do today, tomorrow, the next day up to April 26th at your local elections Canada's office and then again on the final day May 2nd.

What type of blogger am I?

I haven't figure this out quite yet... what kind of blogger am I?

To set the mood... turn on some tunes. I recommend http://www.stereomood.com/ I'm currently listening to the "thinking" playlist.

I spent a good deal of time today looking at DIY crafts for weddings, for the greatest day of one of my best friends. She's a ton of fun, loves frogs and winnie the pooh, and the purest person over the age of 15 I know. She's also the first of any of my friends to get married.

One of the things I really cannot decide if I like are the moustaches and lips on sticks for photo props. You can get the idea of what I'm talking about here: Fake Lips and Moustaches

But they use pink moustaches, I definately prefer the photos I've seen with them being at least black. I think what mostly throws me off is the lips... *Shrug*

Here are some of the other wedding diy crafts I've been flipping threw:
1. Rose bouquet made out of Maple Leaves
2. Sparkle Balls
3. Paper Pom Poms
4. Thank You Parasol Photo Prop
5. Button Bouquets
6. String Chamdelier
7. Wine Charms Favors
8. Luggage Tag Favours
9. Bubble Wand Favours