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I’ve passed by this house for almost 30 years. I would retire here. In a heartbeat.
Run For Your Lives: 5K Obstacle Course Zombie Race
Run For Your Lives is an apocalyptic 5K obstacle race. But you’re not just running against the clock — you’re running from brain-hungry, virus-spreading, bloody zombies.
- Before the race, you will be given a flag belt, just like the overly intimidating game of flag football. These flags represent your health.
- The zombies want to take your flags and maybe eat your brains.
- If you lose all your health flags, you die. And the zombies win.
- Health bonuses will be hidden throughout the course. If you find one and carry it to the finish, it will save your life.
Throughout the 5K obstacle race, there will be 12 man-made and natural obstacles for you to complete. Runners may choose NOT to complete an obstacle, BUT any runner who skips an obstacle will not be eligible for prizes.
There will be zombies. Their job is to chase you and eat you — but mainly go after your health, in the form of your flag belt. Avoid the zombies to keep your health flags.
Use speed, strategy and your intact brains to make it to the FINISH LINE with at least ONE FLAG INTACT. If you finish with zero health flags, your time will be recorded, but you will not be eligible for awards.
I’ve never wanted to run as much as I do right now in my life. Please.
Brandon! Landon! Alicia!
It’s a story of two love affairs. A father’s love for his five sons. And one son’s love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature and, even more importantly, leads his father to love him for who he really is. A mystical fable about a modern-day Christ-like figure, “C.R.A.Z.Y” exudes the beauty, the poetry and the madness of the human spirit in all its contradictions.
C.R.A.Z.Y. is an award-winning and popular 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. It tells the story of Zac, a young man dealing with his emerging homosexual feelings while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s Quebec. The film was directed and co-written (with François Boulay) by Jean-Marc Vallée. The title derives from the first letter in the names of the five brothers: Christian, Raymond, Antoine, Zachary and Yvan, and also refers to their father’s abiding love of Patsy Cline’s classic song “Crazy”.
Since its release, it has often been called one of the greatest Quebec films of all time - and, by extension, one of the greatest films to ever come out of Canada.
This is one of my favourite films of all time. The director took a huge gamble and used a lot of the money for the film to secure music rights to the soundtrack. Passion. This is Canadian film making - and it lives in Quebec.
I can’t watch this film around friends as the end makes me sob. Immensely powerful. Probably my top film. Definitely the best in Canada. I’ll give Fido an honourable mention.
Pete’s Viral Video of the Week
watch and weep!
The video follows Henry, a man trapped in his own body by dementia. According to his relatives for the last 10 years Henry has been the shadow of the man he once was. When he was younger he listened to music and sang all the time.
So his nurses loaded an ipod with music they knew he had loved in the past and played it for him. The music brings Henry back to life he’s restored by the familiar tunes. He talks about his love of gospel and cab calloway. He’s a changed man after the music.
The video is a clip from a documentary that premiers next week called alive inside.
Just goes to show the power of music.
- Pete
I haven’t had such a miraculous result but I’ve put a 50s-60s playlist on at the pool in the mornings and you wouldn’t believe how spry some seniors get when they hear some of their favourite songs. Once had a guy sing along to 16 Tonnes and even belt out the big part at the end. His wife gave him a little tap and said ‘hush!’ even though she was pretty happy too.
Project Update
A certain Tyler Morgenstern told me that I don’t post to Tumblr enough.
To be honest, I’m not as aggressively working on my project as I’ve just finished my certificate in Public Relations and I’m focussing more on getting a new job! However, I can’t just drop this!
I’ve had about three lazy Sundays where I’ve just put a generic playlist full of 50s and 60s music on. I’ve come to the following conclusion: there’s a lot of great music from these decades that aren’t exactly dance-worthy but they are totally worthy of their own playlist. So I’ve decided to revamp the ‘star’ system.
1 star = horrible. As in, don’t listen to this. It probably won’t even pique your curiosity - you’ll just die a little inside.
2 stars = The song isn’t bad, it’s just that it has a certain time and a place and neither of those are now. I delegate these songs as ‘coffee/reading’ music. Songs you don’t really pay attention to that much but create a good ambiance.
3 stars = So there are many classics that just aren’t danceable and are simply down-right slow. These romance classics or too-slow-to-dance-to songs would probably pair well with the coffee/reading music or do well on their own.
4 stars = A strong Ice Cream Social candidate that just misses Ice Cream Social ultimate status but will likely be included anyway
5 stars = The best Ice Cream Social ‘I’m-getting-out-of-my-seat-because-it’s-so-good’ music of the bunch.
So with that, I’m letting you all know that I’m still working on things chronologically
Once we hit the 60s though. I’m just warning you. Life becomes amazing.
Last night, I was slapped with the harsh differences between city gays and country gays. It’s nothing I haven’t dealt with before considering I mostly grew up on an island that defines itself through kitchen parties, big ol’ bonfire campouts, and drinking until you can only feel remorse. Since…
I’d even extend this to the suburbs. I think it has something to do with how exposed you are to people. Cities pack us all in together; Suburbs encourage everyone having a set amount of space; part of rural life is coming together because of the sheer amount of space. The more people you’re exposed to, though, the more aware/tolerant you become of them. It almost seems that the less dense your environment is the more shut-off (socially and ideologically) some people can be.
I hope your friend is okay.
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Playing Power Grid
I sacrificed winning for the sake of ending the game. Somehow that ended up with me finishing 3rd or 4th. Weird. But FUN! #socialwinner
Etta James - Dance With Me Henry
The version (and the top 30 song) that I have is a little bit slower and is a bit of a duet but I’d be pretty crass to sass an Etta James song right now. I do have to say that Etta’s voice has nothing but personality. Happy dancing folks!
Bam! 1955! Crazy awesome year for music.
Highlights:
Dance With Me Henry - So this song is awesome and very danceable. You should actually go dance to it right now! Revelant note: the late Etta James did a cover of it in the 60s that’s pretty snazzy too!
Sixteen Tons - I put this song on at my work a few weeks ago during an early morning swim. There was this old couple (adorable) doing water walking in one of the lap pools and this song came on. The range of expression that the old man went through - Is this Sixteen Tons? I haven’t heard this in ages! What radio station is this? I love this song! - was incredibly uplifting. The climax was at the end when he bellowed along with the song with it’s big vocal finish and his wife gave him a playful slap: “People are staring!”
Too cute.
Only You - Now I know that this song goes against all the rules of dance-ability but if you insert a slow song it gives people who have been dancing like crazy a bit of a break. It also lets those couples - you know, those ones - have a special moment on the floor. Obviously you wouldn’t put this on right in the center of a built up set. Yet, you could put it after, say, your first round of five or six big dance songs.
Videos to come!
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Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake Rattle & Roll
I couldn’t find a video of the ‘original’ version - only some videos of a version done in the 60s - so I give you a song that, after listening to hours of not-quite or not-at-all rock music, began the popularity of Rock & Roll.
