BK2: chapter Two: The day I met Al Gore
Ok, So I didn't really meet Al Gore. I just wish i had. I was in the same room with him, maybe sitting 150 feet away from the man for two hours as he gave his live presentation of "An Inconvenient Truth" (Hope I spelled that right....mom :()
Ok, So I went to Regina today to see Al Gore, courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan. Who knew that being GSA President still had clout? I sure didn't. So away I went. It was great. Got to go on one of the three buses that went down from the university. Got to sit approx. 150 feet away from Al Gore as he talked on climate change and CO2 emissions for 2 hours. He was rather convincing, but realistically folks, take two years of ecology, and you really just sit there and go "I know.......I know!!!!!!" Though the updated data for the last few years (essentially 99-05 is what I got out of the presentation. So yeah, don't know what else to say, he was a genuinely nice guy. He presents very well (though that is to be expected if you've given this presentation umpteen million times) and Lorne Calvert was there too. I must say that I couldn't tell if it was just all the hippies in the crowd for a talk on the environment OR if it really is Saskatchewan in love with the NDP Party......but the cheers for Lorne Calvert (who always reminds me of Dobby) were almost as loud as the cheers for Al Gore when he first walked unto the stage....minus the standing ovation of course.
I really did appreciate Al Gore's attempts to address climate change in Canada. Though it was clearly less researched and the data was often skewed for North America (as if we are lumped in with the US one more time....) or for the US it was a nice and thoughtful gesture. And I quite agree with the man, the Conservatives environment or economic ruin speech is just downright ludicrous.
Then unto the buses with a boxed lunch provided. I must say the university went out of its way to provide lunch. Packaged as environmentally friendly as possible, we had sandwichs (choice of turkey and cheese, ham and cheese, veggie and cheese, egg salad, and veggie) choice of drink (coke, diet coke, nestea, or juice) and then cookies (umm...the were the really dry ones that surprisingly only had 6 grams of sugar in them) it was pretty impressive for lunch. I figured since i hadn't eaten breakfast my blood sugars were low, so I loaded up on extra cookies. And when i got hom, i was right. Low blood sugar. hovering at 5.4, which for the people who have no idea about blood sugar is really really impressive for a type 2 diabetic.
Ok, so that's my rant for today as well. Recap: went to Regina, saw Al Gore, liked what i heard, am so organizing the Dump&Run yardsale for next year on campus.
Ok, So I went to Regina today to see Al Gore, courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan. Who knew that being GSA President still had clout? I sure didn't. So away I went. It was great. Got to go on one of the three buses that went down from the university. Got to sit approx. 150 feet away from Al Gore as he talked on climate change and CO2 emissions for 2 hours. He was rather convincing, but realistically folks, take two years of ecology, and you really just sit there and go "I know.......I know!!!!!!" Though the updated data for the last few years (essentially 99-05 is what I got out of the presentation. So yeah, don't know what else to say, he was a genuinely nice guy. He presents very well (though that is to be expected if you've given this presentation umpteen million times) and Lorne Calvert was there too. I must say that I couldn't tell if it was just all the hippies in the crowd for a talk on the environment OR if it really is Saskatchewan in love with the NDP Party......but the cheers for Lorne Calvert (who always reminds me of Dobby) were almost as loud as the cheers for Al Gore when he first walked unto the stage....minus the standing ovation of course.
I really did appreciate Al Gore's attempts to address climate change in Canada. Though it was clearly less researched and the data was often skewed for North America (as if we are lumped in with the US one more time....) or for the US it was a nice and thoughtful gesture. And I quite agree with the man, the Conservatives environment or economic ruin speech is just downright ludicrous.
Then unto the buses with a boxed lunch provided. I must say the university went out of its way to provide lunch. Packaged as environmentally friendly as possible, we had sandwichs (choice of turkey and cheese, ham and cheese, veggie and cheese, egg salad, and veggie) choice of drink (coke, diet coke, nestea, or juice) and then cookies (umm...the were the really dry ones that surprisingly only had 6 grams of sugar in them) it was pretty impressive for lunch. I figured since i hadn't eaten breakfast my blood sugars were low, so I loaded up on extra cookies. And when i got hom, i was right. Low blood sugar. hovering at 5.4, which for the people who have no idea about blood sugar is really really impressive for a type 2 diabetic.
Ok, so that's my rant for today as well. Recap: went to Regina, saw Al Gore, liked what i heard, am so organizing the Dump&Run yardsale for next year on campus.