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Greyson Chance, please be mine?

If you’ve read my blog before, you might be aware that I’ve worked at the Me to We/Free The Children offices in Toronto over this past summer and have been highly involved in something called the Me to We MOB. I seem to be a walking Me to We/Free The Children book of knowledge lately too, loads of fun. Now, for the third straight year, I’ve been a part of something MAGICAL. No word of a lie, MAGICAL. Yep, it’s the crowd pumping team for We Day. Last weekend I flew from Vancouver to Toronto for We Day and we’re just a little bit more than a week away from the big show in VANCOUVER on the 15th.

I’ve been out here in Vancouver working hard to get crowd pumpers together, practice the We Day dance, and working with the BC Office to run rehearsals. Toronto We Day was the first taste of getting to see the We Day dance in action with 18,000 youth and people scattered throughout the Air Canada Centre in their absolute best tight and bright. All that hard work = totally worth it. Thanks Alyssa for lending me your pink tights, they totally made people on the street turn heads.

So as I’m standing in the bowl of the Air Canada Centre last Thursday at We Day, this young guy you might of heard of before named Greyson Chance comes on to perform. He blew me away. My noise-canceling headset couldn’t stop me from being amazed by his voice and he’s only, what, 13? Here’s a video of his performance and what gives me the energy to keep doing what I’m doing–mass amounts of school work, volunteering and crowd pumping prep. Also, finding time to eat and sleep takes some level of passion that Greyson Chance is able to provide. Thanks Greyson, for inspiring university students to get through their full course loads and giving them the courage to sleep more than 6 hours a night too.

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Also, if you click this link right here, hello I’m a link, it will take you to the We Day facebook page and for every ‘like’ Free The Children gets $1. They’re trying to get one million likes for $1,000,000. Now, those folks at the offices in Toronto are some of my closest friends and I know that they are working so hard to help Free The Children achieve all that they have achieved. Could you please help support them and all they do by clicking the link and liking We Day? I’ll love you forever. Well actually, I do already love you forever because you are reading my blog.

With much love,
That girl who is engaged in everything Me to We/Free The Children in every way possible and loves it.

A Music Monday full of LOVE.

y=You guys, I have so many exciting things I want to share with you! I’ve flown to Toronto and back for We Day, been all over the place with Colour Wars and Mob kick-off events, and now here I am one full month into school. Kind of feels like Eat, Pray, Love, because of the crazy adventures I’ve had with love, passions, and travel–which brings me to this song choice. I chose Florence + the Machine’s Dog Days Are Over for today’s Music Monday because it reminds me of an extra special person in my life we shall call vcamp.

Not long ago, I started up something pretty big. A future post will hold the big announcement but, for now, what you should know is that vcamp plays an important role in this “something pretty big.” Not many people have the wonder and amazing talents that vcamp holds. Vcamp and I only met at Residence Advisor Orientation at the end of August. Already, I know, that she’s going to go far in life and I’m proud to call her one of my newest friends and project partner. One of her biggest passions (yes passion) is Florence + the Machine. While I was at We Day, I heard this song and thought of her. Immediately from looking over the ACC from the 600-level VIP lounge I sent her a text.

That text said,
“We Day equals they are totally playing Florence + the Machine and I’m thinking of you from all the way in Toronto.”

She replied,
“That is amazing! I love her and I love you :)”

This one is for you, vcamp. The best non-traditional warm fuzzy you’ll ever read. I hope you one day read this.

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All female longboarding crew

Isn’t this video just so happy and fun that it explains my entire life?

If anyone on campus is interested in spending time with me longboarding, I’m interested in bringing my game to a new level and I’d love to be friends with you. Thanks Warren for thinking of me and sending me this link. You rock, buddy.

Music Monday

One of my favorite things about campus is how calm and beautiful it can be at night. Last night, I walked to the Starbucks at Agronomy and East Mall and spent some of my evening relaxing under the heaters outside. It reminded me of the simple pleasures of grabbing my longboard late on Saturday nights in first year and just cruising around campus until I discovered a new place or an event at the MoA. This song reminds me of just that.

Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth

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Music Monday

FLO RIDA (yes, I chose Flo Rida) and his glamourous song, Club Can’t Handle Me.

First off, if you are ever considering living in residence or you do live in residence, please take note of how stellar the Residence Advisors around you are or how amazing it would be to live with a group of residence advisors. This is the Totem advising team flash mobbing a talent show at UBC-O to Club Can’t Handle Me and I get PUMPED every time I watch it. So much good energy in that room. Love Totem.

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Here’s the actual song. I have to say, our dancing is better than the actual music video.

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BTW, after watching that dancing video, you best believe that advisors are the coolest people on the planet.

Truth.

The one day you try looking nicer than average to class, your belly button ring will pull threads in your new silk top from Club Monaco. All you’ll want to do is go home and watch cat videos on your friend’s facebook wall. That’s the truth.