Day: September 7, 2006

Yesterday, I picked up Help! A Day in the Life which is a compilation produced by Raine Maida (of OLP fame) with proceeds going towards War Child.

So far, it is an excellent disc as seen from the amazing lineup of artists who contributed some rare tracks. Take a look at the tracklisting here.

Let’s be honest, it’s all about the Sam Roberts track, Magic on My Mind.

But the album has got me thinking about charities and whatnot…as you may or may not know, I donate to the White Ribbon Foundation via my paycheque. The White Ribbon Foundation is a group of men promoting the end of violence towards women.

While I agree and support their cause, I started to think if this was the best choice of my money towards a charity.

I mean, looking at the liner notes of this album, it indicates that the amount I spend in a year can can support one war-affected household for a year, including education for women and their children, counseling and school support.

That’s pretty heavy when you think about your money going to helping actual people. Yes, yes, I know that the existing charity I’m giving money to is helping people also, but in some ways, it seems a little more concrete with War Child.

I suppose I’ll have to think about what I want my money to go towards when it comes to renewing my charitable donations form this year. I think that any charitable donation helps and that no one’s choice are wrong, as long as they put some thought into it. For those who don’t think too much when giving to charity, I suggest you start funnelling your money into the PPF (Palmer Pleasure Fund). 😉

So if you feel like helping out a good cause and getting a killer compilation album at the same time, pick up this album! $12.99 at Music World.

Heh heh heh…we all knew it was coming. SNAKES ON A PLANE!!!

We finally managed to go and see this film, and even though Benoit thought it was the worst movie ever (or was that X-Men 3?) we decided that we would embrace this movie in all the goodness that it could provide.

Mike, Vero, Trish, Sena, Jennie, Sophia and Spencer hit up the movie on Wednesday night at the World Exchange Plaza. Because it was a movie that’s been out for awhile, it got shifted to the smaller theatre. I would say 100 people could fit inside this room. It was good times laughing at the fact that we were the only ones in the theatre but then two poor souls came in behind us. I hope we made their stay enjoyable.

The movie has everything that is good in this world. Crummy dialogue, bad acting and a whole lot of snake gore. If you can think of any way a snake can kill you, well, it’s been done in this movie. I also appreciated the fact that Samuel Jackson’s famous LINE from the movie looks so out of place in the entire film considering he is always calm and serene up until that point.

We laughed, we cried, we heckled the screen. I have never been to a movie where a word comes out of my mouth in respect for the rest of the audience, but when the audience are your friends out for a good time to see SNAKES ON A PLANE, you can’t go wrong by laughing out loud at the screen everytime a snake slithers by.

Two thumbs up for this movie EXPERIENCE. I say this because most of you will be disappointed if you rent this thinking it’s a good movie. It’s a really good B-Movie. Watch it with friends and just laugh!

Favourite Line: “What we need to do, is make a barrier between US and the SNAKES!” – Captain Obvious himself, Sam Jackson.

On another note, Trish gave me my belated birthday gift which turned out to be a sweetass thermos with a picture saying “I *heart* Thermos Dogs!”. Ugh. Trish grew up on Thermos Dogs (as opposed to what she writes in this blog entry, which describes thermos dogs.). I don’t think she’ll ever convert me, but I’m glad I have a trusty thermos to carry them in, in case of an emergency. Thanks for the ingenious gift Trish!