One

So something pretty kick ass has happened in my life
and that thing is called ONE

Ive been a member of this awesome organization for awhile, i think since 2005-ish
but the reason that I'm only mentioning it now is because one, did something awesome for me!
After 4 years of singing their petitions and helping out in whatever way i can.
One decided to let their Toronto members sign up for a chance to volunteer at a U2 concert.... uhuh pretty awesome i know
Anyways, so yeah pretty much you had to sign up and then wait to see if you are chosen to do this awesome work... which i was!
Its cool though cause i never got to do stuff like this, and so to be chosen to volunteer at a friken concert is just sooooo amazing!!
So basically right away i got someone to cover my shift at work and got all ready to go on this awesome adventure.
which it really was.
All of us volunteers had to meet at the staff and media gate at 2 pm, bringing with us money and a photo id.
So i got there at around 1:15, obviously since i was terrified of being late due to the fact i had to go there by subway and wasn't to familiar how to get from the subway to the Rogers Center, plus then having to find the right gate...
turns out it was extremely simple and so i got there 45 min early, thankfully i wasn't the first one there. So me and 2 other volunteers waited around till 2 until all of the other 14 people came and we gathered around our supervisor Weldon... who unlike i actually thought due to his name, wasn't a old...er fellow. but was a guy probably around his late 20s, and this other lady who I now think might have been some sort of Stage Planner type person who pretty much informed us that we were going to be onstage with U2.....yeah I know... pretty awesome
So yeah then Weldon basically took us inside the concert area, where we got to hear The Edge sound checking and watch a bunch of topless staff guys playing soccer
There he showed us to our booth, giving us our shirts and stuff, and then took us outside where we would be until 5:00.
There he took our Ids and gave us each a individual dell notebook, bag, wristbands, and leaflets, and that's where the work started.
Our job was to basically get people signed up to One.org like all of us volunteers were, which wasn't to hard to do since all we need to really mention was what we we're doing later on that day ^_^
So yeah that pretty much went on until 5 pm, where we then had a break to eat, and then half of us moved on inside to where we had that booth.
So myself and 7 other people, went inside to where the concession area is, which pretty much wraps around the whole stadium, and continued on our awesome work. (we also got to hear/see the opening band Snow Patrol!
So at 8:00 Weldon came by and told us it was time to pack up and get ready to meet up outside the staff/media gate. (at this time i almost forgot my wallet in the bag i was using so i had to run back and grab it from the boxes of stuff)
So we all met up at that gate and waited for awhile, (in the meantime taking some group photos etc,)








Then the time came! Stage planner lady came out and told us pretty much what the plan was
So fist we were allowed to go and watch the first bit of the show, from the GA part of the stadium, which to me is the best seat in the house




Then she told us where to meet up so we can go on stage for our part of the show!
(unfourtuantly none of us were alowed to film/take any pictures else we would not be able to go onstage, but thankfully i got to find a vid on youtube of us!!)

So after that, we were allowed to go back to where we were to watch the rest of the show

and that was the end of our day!
I swear getting out of that stadium is WAY harder then getting in... the line up was huge! even once we got out to the street, and onto the subway!

So that was my amazing day
Once I got home i honestly just fell onto my bed and fell asleep
thankfully i got to keep some souvenirs like the shirt and some wristbands (including the ones we had to get backstage)
and after all that, all i can really say is
It pays to volunteer!

Everybodys Free by Baz Luhrmann

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience…
I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh never mind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own..
Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…

Did you know...

... that New England used to be part of the Roman Empire, and China is still part of Japan?

... that Peter Jackson medaled in table tennis for New Zealand?

... that sightings of Captain Cook were common around New Zealand as late as the 1950s?

... that two monkeys are employed as waiters at the Japanese Kayabukiya Tavern?

... that Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only known survivor of the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II?

... that a 1631 Bible (frontispiece pictured) commanded readers to commit adultery?

... that in 1825, the Court of Exchequer declared all contracts by hobbits illegal and void in England?

... that both Egypt and the Holy Land were originally settled by Germans?

... that Sir Winston Churchill competed in the Tall Ships Race with an all-female crew?

Her Morning Elegance

Imagine when they grow up....

Children's science exam answers

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.


Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.


Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.


Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.


Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature hates a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.


Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.


Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.


Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery


Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.


Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (e.g., abdomen)
A: The body is consisted into three parts -- the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain; the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels A, E, I, O, and U.


Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie.


Q: What does 'varicose' mean?

A: Nearby.

Q: Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarian Section.'
A: The Caesarian Section is a district in Rome


Q: What does the word 'benign' mean?'
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.



Kids Are Quick

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct.. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is...
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet. _______________________________

TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher.