being so close makes it hard to gogo

Living Things @ Bardot. heart them. and i really dont like anyone. ;)

let it rain

living things.. round II tonight. twice in one month. im spoiled but excited.

im going to stay awake until monday. then sleep through the holiday. im going to be out of sorts about ____ _______.......... :*(

no wow

life has been pretty insane lately. i need to learn how to sleep again. i havent slept normal in 2 months. im not blaming anyone. thats not true.

deadmau5 last night. i got to see my cousin <3 who i havent seen in two years. will post a photo when he sends it to me.

and here goes another night of trouble. ;)

thejumpup

2 things

there was an earthquake tonight and we all sat there staring at each other and laughing because we couldnt tell if a semi was going by or if it really was an earthquake.
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and we watched the muse dvd from wembley. amazing.

sleepytime

i saw thee strangest band last night. theyre called sleepytime gorilla museum.
ive never seen anything like it. my friend asked what i thought and i couldnt even answer. i was just like.. i dont know??? what did i even just witness????

ugh

ive been trying to get through this for 3 days but i keep getting pulled away! :(
i love Tadanobu Asano.

soooo close!!!

Dear gretchen,

Today is a day to celebrate. The European Union has slammed shut the door on trade in the products of the commercial seal slaughter.

The Canadian government used every trick in the book to try to derail the ban: massive lobbying, misinformation, and even threats of trade reprisals. But the EU stood its ground and honored its citizens’ opposition to this trade in cruelty. By doing so, the EU has saved millions of seals from a horrible fate.

Every year, the ProtectSeals team has endured hazardous conditions to document the seal hunt. We are committed to showing the world that the Canadian government is lying when it claims that the hunt is humane.

On our trips to the ice, the ProtectSeals team has brought key opinion shapers such as Paul McCartney and Swedish Member of the European Parliament Carl Schlyter. After their trips, neither has wavered in speaking out against the hunt. Shortly after his trip to the ice, Schlyter drafted the first version of today’s EU ban. Our hunt footage was directly responsible for convincing the rest of the EU to agree to the ban. It gives me enormous satisfaction to know that we haven’t just documented the hunt, we have made history.

What Does It Mean?

This is the beginning of the end for the Canadian seal hunt. The Canadian government estimates that losing this primary market will cost Canada’s sealing industry $6.6 million (CAD) each year. The hunt brought in less than $7 million last year. It's not hard to do the math.

Just the promise of an EU ban was enough to drive the prices for seal fur down to $15 (CAD) per skin -- a decline of 86 percent since 2006. As a result, many sealers stayed home. Out of this year's quota of 280,000 harp seals, fewer than 60,000 have been killed so far.

Now that the EU has banned its trade in seal products, countless more seals will live their lives in peace from this year forward.

What’s Next?

Canadian seal hunt supporters won’t give up just yet. With government subsidies still in hand, the sealing industry will be chasing down new markets. The ProtectSeals campaign is working to convince all targeted nations to follow the EU’s example.

We’re keeping the pressure on the Canadian fishing industry and government with the global boycott of Canadian seafood products. Since the boycott began, the Canadian fishing industry has suffered a $750 million (CAD) drop in the value of snow crab exports alone to the United States.

Canadian Senator Mac Harb has introduced his nation’s first bill to end the hunt. The ProtectSeals campaign is striving to convince other members of Canada's Parliament to support the bill.

Yes, there is still much to do -- and if you'd like to help, please visit humanesociety.org/protectseals to learn how. But for the moment, please join me in celebrating this historic victory. Thank you for fighting alongside me to make this day possible. The seals could not ask for stronger allies.



Sincerely,


Rebecca Aldworth
Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues
The Humane Society of the United States

i thought people from az were like tan or something?

i was born and raised in AZ and i LOVE the az crue. even better, i love when they come to la. and lately ive been so lucky because everyone has been coming to town. and im so excited about it, i go-go non stop with no sleep, because thats just what we do. but its ok. because we hardly get to see each other, its like a big party. and everyone is doing something so great. im very proud of them all. they are so special.
xo az.

its blitz!

last night i finally hung up my german Beyond the Valley of the Dolls poster in the living room. i didnt ask my room mate if it was ok. because its so fucking amazing. no one could deny it. soon to be next to it, the japanese release of barbarella.

these past few days have really been lovely. ive been eating amazingly well, and even sleeping. which is kinda hard to imagine. do you know why????

saw x men origins last night... it wasnt too bad. his claws were ridiculously digital.

listening to the new yeah yeah yeahs album. really good.

very true.

When your peeps ask you what you do all day, every day, Gretchen, you do tell them, "Whatever I want." Right?

Because you do.

Peeps beware,
The Universe