The Daily Report..

Catholic: I went to my first CWL meeting last night. It was long, the annual general meeting, but it gave me a really good perspective on exactly what the CWL does.... a lot! I am looking forward to assisting the chairwoman of Resolution/Legislation. We'll be monitoring parliament, looking for legislation that violates the rights of Catholics (though with Mr. Harper as our Prime Minister and in our strong Conservative riding we shouldn't have many worries) , writing petitions and organizing letter writing campaigns, etc, where necessary. I'm excited!

Politics: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=166ebf0d-ef6d-4af4-b890-641a0f11eeaa&k=47190
This is the link to the my political story of the day.. I read it in The Province. So we as Canadians want a prime minister with a "common touch." I don't know how you can get any more common than Stephen Harper- he's a regular guy! He's a professional man, with a wife and 2 little kids, who happens to have a job that puts him in the spotlight. I know it has been said in the past that people may not vote for him because he seems impersonal, maybe robotic, but I have always found him to be a very engaging speaker. He doesn't try to win people over with a bunch of shock and bravado. He speaks intelligently, doesn't lower himself to other's levels, and appears to have a calm, even demeanor. I like that in a PM. This article also says, in a nutshell, that Canadians want a PM who doesn't lie, keeps promises, is smart, and doesn't cheat us. Uhhh... isn't that kind of a given? And isn't Stephen Harper the man who is introducing (among many other things, I'm sure) the Federal Accountability Act, which makes the government more responsible for the things they do, and follows a lot of the suggestions outlined in the Gomery Report? In my opinio, by doing that alone, the Conservatives are saying they are going to be an intelligent and ethical government. This article made me smile when I read the last sentence. "Survey respondents also flubbed a pop quiz on past prime ministers." So basically these people are making suggestions and criticisms about a PM when they don't even really remember any of our other PM's in the past. Hmm.

Art: I'm very excited to be taking part in some art in the next little while. I'll be acting as a "model" for my friend, who does special effects makeup (and more) for his company, Dark Works FX. From the sounds of it, he's going to do some makeup, molding and painting on me to make me look like a torn and beat up corpse (think CSI) to showcase his work. Perhaps he'll post the photos on his new website!? Either way, I'm thrilled that he is using me and I can't wait to see how scary I'll look. I've seen some photos of his work before and it is very realistic and well done.

Music: I highly recommend checking out the group Hollywood Undead. They have not yet released an album but their music is available online and on My Space. They're from LA, thy're hilarious and occasionally crude, they're pretty talented. I'd say their musical style is emo/punk/hip hop. Very interesting.

Books: I'm still reading the same books as yesterday. Haven't actually sat and read in a few days as I have been running around all over the place, but I'll site down and discuss my reading more in the near future.

School/Work: Today I make my tuition payment to VCC. I wish it was May so I could already be in school. Tomorrow I'll be working with my Dad on a tiling job, and apparently we have one coming up where we'll be using all kinds of neat Italian tiles and doing some mosaics, so that should be fun.

Life: Is good. Except Oogie Boogie tipped my purse over somehow this morning and ate some of my Stampin Up! postcards and the corners of my new Stormie Omaritian book "The Power of Praying." That didn't impress me too much. I'm off to get ready.. going to the school and to hang out with my brother in downtown Vancouver.

Ciao!