Well, my big toe got wrecked on Sunday, but I'm overjoyed to still be employed, let alone moving around at all. Belegarth was great, and there are pics (LOTS) on my Facebook. I'll keep you wonderful people updated, as this thing has gone from 0 to 60 almost overnight. Soccer season is almost over, sadly, but our team is still in first after slaughtering the worst team last week 14-0. They would've quit at half if they could, but we apparently didn't let them (goal differential decides who's in first in the case of a tie). Anyway, we're well in first, and last year we won the whole thing on two goals literally shot from center (if there were a video of it it would already have millions of views, the guy's only about 35, our captain, and scored them both from just behind the center line in the second half). If I know you already, but you're not my Facebook friend, add me up! :) If not, well we'll see. And, for my ONE reader in Trinidad: my favorite teacher of all time was from there, his last name was Boodram (not the spelling) And I helped him write his second book last year. Feel free to keep coming back, as this place is going to go hog wild soon I'd imagine :) Comment away everybody, and be good to eachother,
love and peace,
Kaz Hawrykak
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Monday 25 July 2011
Amy Winehouse, dead at 27, like many legendary musicians, BUT WHY?!
Okay. As this progressed on the Saturday it happened, I refused to post about it, because essentially everyone knew by one o'clock. The reality is, that Amy Winehouse' death is for our musical generation, what Janis Joplin's, Kurt Cobain's, Stevie Ray Vaughan's, Jimi Hendrix's, etc. respective deaths were for theirs.
Simply put, if you're not good at life, stop complaining until you turn 30, please. I neglected to post about Amy Winehouse directly because her death was an absolute tragedy. I do not know if it was drugs, but the recent revelation is that it actually wasn't, and that it was her quitting booze too quickly. The police wouldn't speculate at the time. However, as facts become clearer, we can all know this: she will be bigger than anyone ever thought she could be when she broke on the scene at the age I am now: 19, and she was huge. Rest in peace, and we will miss you, have fun jamming with Hendrix, Cobain, Vaughan, and she died at 27 years old. If you are older than 30, count yourself lucky that you didn't become a music sensation straight out of high school, like she did.
She died, at what many crass, offensive music DJ's from the 70's, 80's and the 90's used to call "the magic age". Truth be told, she started drugs shortly after all the success from her first album, by then she was 19 and already huge, as most are aware, but she was not that person when she became famous. She was my age when she did her first interview with one of Canada's biggest radio show hosts, and he almost cried on air on CBC on Saturday, and Jian Ghomeshi does not ever come close to even making mistakes on air. He's clearly still mourning, and I would not be surprised if he's back on vacation for another week, as this has completely and utterly devastated the music world, the worst part: reading Mr. Winehouse's statement in this article. I'm done the blog for today, don't expect another post, as I honestly cannot function today, and haven't been able to all weekend.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/25/amy-winehouse-father-thanks-fans
Still, be good to eachother, love each other, and most of all, count yourself lucky to be alive. Amy Winehouse, I know you will be missed by all who your music touched, and in today's age of one-hit wonder pop acts (that list could fill a whole blog by itself!) your effect has still not even come close to being felt. Rest in peace.
Simply put, if you're not good at life, stop complaining until you turn 30, please. I neglected to post about Amy Winehouse directly because her death was an absolute tragedy. I do not know if it was drugs, but the recent revelation is that it actually wasn't, and that it was her quitting booze too quickly. The police wouldn't speculate at the time. However, as facts become clearer, we can all know this: she will be bigger than anyone ever thought she could be when she broke on the scene at the age I am now: 19, and she was huge. Rest in peace, and we will miss you, have fun jamming with Hendrix, Cobain, Vaughan, and she died at 27 years old. If you are older than 30, count yourself lucky that you didn't become a music sensation straight out of high school, like she did.
She died, at what many crass, offensive music DJ's from the 70's, 80's and the 90's used to call "the magic age". Truth be told, she started drugs shortly after all the success from her first album, by then she was 19 and already huge, as most are aware, but she was not that person when she became famous. She was my age when she did her first interview with one of Canada's biggest radio show hosts, and he almost cried on air on CBC on Saturday, and Jian Ghomeshi does not ever come close to even making mistakes on air. He's clearly still mourning, and I would not be surprised if he's back on vacation for another week, as this has completely and utterly devastated the music world, the worst part: reading Mr. Winehouse's statement in this article. I'm done the blog for today, don't expect another post, as I honestly cannot function today, and haven't been able to all weekend.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/25/amy-winehouse-father-thanks-fans
Still, be good to eachother, love each other, and most of all, count yourself lucky to be alive. Amy Winehouse, I know you will be missed by all who your music touched, and in today's age of one-hit wonder pop acts (that list could fill a whole blog by itself!) your effect has still not even come close to being felt. Rest in peace.
Sunday 24 July 2011
BELEGARTH!!
What? Did he just sneeze? No. It's a medieval-themed fighting sport, with foam-covered weapons. Imagine foam swords, daggers, axes (two handed and one-handed variations), foam quarter staffs (giant stick with two foam hitting ends, Darth Maul style!), maces, and a friend of mine even built his own medieval flail (no small feat, though it broke almost the first day he built it). THAT is what I did today. It is beyond cool, and probably just about the best thing around, if you're into kicking the crap out of friends, and walking away after grinning like a 5 year old at a free candy festival! A friend's cousin even chased his MOM around with one of these, and guess what?! She BEAT HIM! That's right. Mom's rule. Ha ha ha, that's just about it for today. Have an awesome week, wherever you may be, and be good to each other,
Kaz
Kaz
HAPPY SUNDAY!!
That's right! Finally, after more than 12 hours of work yesterday, my weekend can begin. I've got some great stuff lined up for today, there'll be a blog post about it by tomorrow, hopefully with pics. Stay tuned, but for now I want to point you back towards Japan, as the people there are still suffering from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant explosion, and although the clean-up has gone pretty well according to plan, their situation is now roughly equivalent to the damage done at Chernobyl in 1986. Pictured in the below link is just one man who's volunteered to irradiate himself to spare the next generation of Japanese from what could be an absolutely terrible situation, as the island of Japan does not have anywhere near enough land mass for them to simply move away from the irradiated zones. As the story below explains one group of Japanese elderly from an old folks have turned out in the hundreds to help, realizing that the effects of irradiation would set in well after their deaths. That's heroism. No other word for it. Link's below,
Kaz
http://i.imgur.com/b90ZE.jpg
Kaz
http://i.imgur.com/b90ZE.jpg
Saturday 23 July 2011
Started On A Dark Note
Just so you wonderful people are aware, that first post was very dark, by my standards. I will be talking about tragedies in the third world quite a bit, however I've got something great for ya lined up on Sunday, and I think you'll like it.
Also, why live if you're sad all the time?
Here's something cool I found in my daily Redditing, think you can pick up a girl this way? Give it a shot:
http://loot-ninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NjFrU.png Duke Nukem fans will love this.
Kaz
Also, why live if you're sad all the time?
Here's something cool I found in my daily Redditing, think you can pick up a girl this way? Give it a shot:
http://loot-ninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NjFrU.png Duke Nukem fans will love this.
Kaz
Getting Started
Well, I'm here. That's a start. This will be a place for me to share my musings, as crazy and at times entertaining as they may be, with you (whomever you may be). A bit about me, I suppose to start:
I am Kaz (Kasemer) Hawrylak, I'm a 19 year old Canadian college student, currently working as a radio DJ in Fort Frances Ontario over the summer, and studying Liberal Arts at Fanshawe College in London Ontario.
If you're interested in the radio aspect of my life, I apologize but that's not what I'm here to talk about.
I believe it's important that we connect with the world. In the 21st century we face a massive disconnect between the developing and developed worlds. This disconnect's disappearance is of the utmost importance if you look at development of underdeveloped countries as something necessary for continued human survival (it is just that). Somewhere along the line, we've just stopped giving a f@!&. That's what it comes down to, in simple terms. I can call to mind a recent article from The Onion that basically talked about just that: not caring about other human lives. I'll link to it below. It seems we're no longer shocked when massive tragedies strike. Why? A gradual desensitization to tragedy maybe? That's possible, but I think personally it comes down to losing track of the reality we currently face on Earth. We're all essentially the same. Black, white, brown, yellow, whatever your skin colour, you're a human being. When many people die in a tragedy, we may now be shocked for a while, and the tragedy serves as a reminder of the frailty of human life, but that quickly fades and we go straight back to not caring. I plan to expand on this in future work, as this is just an introduction (I know right? The kid just doesn't shut up!). Anyway, welcome, have a look around, and feel free to spark a conversation if you feel so inclined.
The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/deaths-of-20000-japanese-afford-planet-solid-15-mi,19785/
"Deaths of 20000 Japanese Afford Planet Solid 15 Minutes In Which Everyone Acts Like A Human Being"
I am Kaz (Kasemer) Hawrylak, I'm a 19 year old Canadian college student, currently working as a radio DJ in Fort Frances Ontario over the summer, and studying Liberal Arts at Fanshawe College in London Ontario.
If you're interested in the radio aspect of my life, I apologize but that's not what I'm here to talk about.
I believe it's important that we connect with the world. In the 21st century we face a massive disconnect between the developing and developed worlds. This disconnect's disappearance is of the utmost importance if you look at development of underdeveloped countries as something necessary for continued human survival (it is just that). Somewhere along the line, we've just stopped giving a f@!&. That's what it comes down to, in simple terms. I can call to mind a recent article from The Onion that basically talked about just that: not caring about other human lives. I'll link to it below. It seems we're no longer shocked when massive tragedies strike. Why? A gradual desensitization to tragedy maybe? That's possible, but I think personally it comes down to losing track of the reality we currently face on Earth. We're all essentially the same. Black, white, brown, yellow, whatever your skin colour, you're a human being. When many people die in a tragedy, we may now be shocked for a while, and the tragedy serves as a reminder of the frailty of human life, but that quickly fades and we go straight back to not caring. I plan to expand on this in future work, as this is just an introduction (I know right? The kid just doesn't shut up!). Anyway, welcome, have a look around, and feel free to spark a conversation if you feel so inclined.
The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/deaths-of-20000-japanese-afford-planet-solid-15-mi,19785/
"Deaths of 20000 Japanese Afford Planet Solid 15 Minutes In Which Everyone Acts Like A Human Being"
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