Gr8 G-8
I'm reprinting a letter I read in today's NOW; it sums up so much I felt about the Live-8 concert last week.
(And by reprinting, I really mean retyping - it's not in the online verion of NOW.)
Drinking to debt's content
Michael Hollet is right, and since my original cynicism had me ignoring the event in Barrie the other weekend, I decided to make up for it and this weekend dedicated every beer I drank to African debt relief. To recreate the musical line-up, I also made a play list of the whitest bands I could think of, and since I didn't have Dan Aykroyd to MC for me, I just loaded up a tequila advertisement and put it on repeat.
Then, before I was too gone (poverty is history and I've the empties to prove it), I signed an online petition only to realize that I was adding my name to those demanding that softball return to the 2012 Olympic Games. Darn.
So I didn't manage to get the petition right, - but I'm going to try the whole thing again next week. Call me an idealist, but I believe that if I party hard enough and rock bad enough I'm going to totally save Africa.
Justin Stayshyn
Toronto
(And by reprinting, I really mean retyping - it's not in the online verion of NOW.)
Drinking to debt's content
Michael Hollet is right, and since my original cynicism had me ignoring the event in Barrie the other weekend, I decided to make up for it and this weekend dedicated every beer I drank to African debt relief. To recreate the musical line-up, I also made a play list of the whitest bands I could think of, and since I didn't have Dan Aykroyd to MC for me, I just loaded up a tequila advertisement and put it on repeat.
Then, before I was too gone (poverty is history and I've the empties to prove it), I signed an online petition only to realize that I was adding my name to those demanding that softball return to the 2012 Olympic Games. Darn.
So I didn't manage to get the petition right, - but I'm going to try the whole thing again next week. Call me an idealist, but I believe that if I party hard enough and rock bad enough I'm going to totally save Africa.
Justin Stayshyn
Toronto
2 Comments:
come on, stop cutting and pasting - give us some original material smarty pants.
I just googled my name (come on - like you don't do it) and found my letter reprinted here. Thanks for the shout out!
I see you haven't posted in a while but it happens to the best of us.
Good luck!
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