Book Review: Ronny drives past the bridge all the time and he always sees a man standing on the bridge waving. One day he sees the man about to jump and stops his car to save him. Only to find out the other man's name is Ronny. The book is littered with characters that I can't help, but think have been recycled from movies and reappropriated. The book is called wide open by Nicola Barker. She has a way of writing that is very bleak and gray. She is discriptive, but her discriptions are like walkling down a dark alley way. They leave a pit in your stomach of something bad that is to come. I felt nauseus the entire time I read the book. But when it came to an end the feeling of nausea eases slightly. All in all I would give the book a 3/5. no scratch that a 2.5/5

I don't know what it is about that question whether it be a job or dating situatuion... but it allways makes me want to lie. And lie terriblly obvious lies at that too.... like "so what do you do?" "Oh I'm an astronaut. But when I have spare time I look for wild jungle flowers that may or may not cure cancer."

Somali's first moved to Dixon cause it was close to the airport... in case they had to make a quick escape. But then like all new immigrants to an area they imported other Somlai's that would have settled elsewhere in Toronto.... "hebel hebel lives there.... we are distant cousins"

ahem .... um gotta... go... I have to go club a seal....

safety schmafety....rugged folk like me don't need to worry about safety...only losers and public safety commisioners do.

It sounds like one of those movies Ashley Judd is in

lol why not at this junk store I saw an at home dentistry kit. Now all I have to do is get a doctor in a box kit.

only one more week before the Simpsons movie... which I am pretty excited about but at the same time. I am saddened by it cuz after the Simpsons (the show) ends I will have nothing left to live for.

I don't think I would register with Micheal Moore as my doctor... *shivers*

Originally posted by 'Chief: On site free medical care wil be provided by Michael Moore. Everything sounded good until they said this then I was like no way man! not in a million years

Originally posted by 'Chief: On site free medical care wil be provided by Michael Moore. Everything sounded good until they said this then I was like no way man! not in a million years

I dunno if it's the summer or sumthin but I am noticing a lot of hot fire men recently. I almost want to start a small pot fire and call them and say " yeah can you send your single fire men over" not gonna happen though just day-dreaming

Sorry guys as there was not classified section on this site so it seemed apropriate here. Okay a friend of mine e-mailed this to me. It's a casting oppurtunity for Somali attore's and attreesha's within Toronto or the GTA sorry reer Yurub and beyond. Lokks like you will have to find your big acting breaks elsewhere. K'NAAN FILM CASTING - CONTACT LARISSA BY TUESDAY JULY 10TH Share 11:26am Today FEATURE FILM CASTING - CONTACT LARISSA @ ADDRESS BELOW: __________________________________________________ SEEKING SOMALI PEOPLE FOR UPCOMING FEATURE FILM: THE RIVER OF BLOOD JIGSAW CASTING LTD. WILL BE CASTING A FEATURE LENGTH DRAMA BASED ON THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF ACCLAIMED HIP HOP ARTIST K'NAAN WARSAME. HAVING FLED SOMALIA ON THE EVE OF ITS COLLAPSE, K'NAAN'S STRUGGLE TO CONFRONT HIS UNRESOLVED PAST LEADS HIM TO REDISCOVER HIS POETIC ROOTS AND EMERGE THROUGH MUSIC AS A VOICE FOR THE NATION. _______________________________________________________________________ SEEKING SOMALI PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING FOR THE FOLLOWING ROLES: SEEKING: YOUNG K'NAAN: LEAD, (9-12yrs), Somali.A courageous young boy who is protective of his family. Very brave when faced with danger and hardship. He is known to have a temper, but is sensitive and stands up for what he believes in. He cares deeply for Shorty and his family, and is inspired by the poetic wisdom his grandfather teaches him and listens well. He is outgoing and very intelligent. It is clear early on that he has definite leadership qualities and is a very special boy. SHORTY: LEAD, (9-12yrs) Male, Somali, K'naan's cousin. He comes to live with K'naan's family in Somalia because his mother (Aunty Asha) passed away. At first he does not speak when he gets to his new home, but later on he breaks his silence after K'naan defends him from Abdirahman and Janune who tease and harass him for not speaking. Shorty is left behind after an innocent but careless act by K'naan that jeopardizes his plane ticket out of Somalia with the rest of the family. MARIAN: LEAD, (35-40yrs) Female, Somali, K'naan's mother. †She is a strong mother who wants a better life for her children. She goes to the U.S embassy on a daily basis in the hopes of getting their Visa's stamped to leave Somalia for a better life. †She is always denied until she finally convinces the embassy representative to approve her and her children's Visa's. RAY: LARGE PRINCIPAL, (20-23yrs), Male, Somali. He is Older Knaan's best friend and also plays guitar in his band. He and the others look to K'naan for leadership and guidance. He is K'naan's first friend when he arrives to Canada. HASSAN: LARGE PRINCIPAL, (30-35yrs), Male, Somali - He is Marian's cousin and Ubah's husband. Helps Marian with her kids, very close with her and the family. Suffers a great loss when his son is shot at the Mosque during a government lead attack. Later, Hassan sneaks out during a government imposed curfew to find food for the family. He is caught by Captain Abdiwali and killed. HAJI: LARGE PRINCIPAL, (70-85 yrs) Male, Somali, K'nann's grandfather. †He gives guidance to K'naan with poetic wisdom. He uses a cane and at times has a severe cough. Even though he is showing his age, he is still a very handsome man with a dark red beard. He is one of the most respected living poets in all of Somalia. A positive role model through out all of K'naan's life. A memorable moment; K'naan is walking his grandfather down the street and he is being greeted with reverence by the community. He describes to K'naan what it was like to lose his wife, his poetic words and passion leave K'naan speechless. ZALIKA: LARGE PRINCIPAL, (20-23yrs), Female, African Canadian- She encourages K'naan to attend her poetry evening and then asks him to go on stage. They begin dating and she becomes his girlfriend. All of the roles noted above will be paid. Experienced actors are preferred however; I'm very open to seeing anyone who expresses an interest in participating is this feature film. Auditions will be held the third week of July 2007 Shooting will take place December 2007 / January 2008 Please send your photo and resume (or brief description of self) to larissa@jigsawcasting.com by the deadline: TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007 BY NOON: Attention: Larissa Mair IN DEVELOPMENT WITH TELEFILM CANADA, MOVIE CENTRAL & THE HAROLD GREENBURG FUND. Director: Jason Xenopoulos Executive Producer: Martin Katz Producers: Anthony Leo & Andrew Rosen 60 SUMACH ST / TORONTO, ON M5A 3J7 / T: 416 360 0336 ext 222 / F: 416 360 0465 /www.jigsawcasting.com -- **NOTE: All time sensitive/urgent correspondence must be followed up by a call to cell: 416.826.6111** Melissa Cassin (C.D.C.) Casting Director Cell) 416.826.6111 Landline) 416.551.5100

le sigh one of the things I miss about Toronto is Mercury Espresso Bar

I hate Starbucks!!!!!!!!! In Toronto I live in this neighborhood called Leslieville and Leslieville was the last of the downtown gritty hoods. You know the usaul rich f.a.gs and rednecks side by side. And then a starbucks opened up right on the corner of Logan and across the street from the best cup of coffe in T.O might I add. And ever since then I have been willing the building to burn down. And glaring daggers at whoever comes out of there. But back to what I drink...there's this place on Queen just west of Carlaw called Mercury Espresso Bar.... best damn cup of coffee in Toronto. Fair trade and Organic and the best cup they have is the soy, white pepper, honey lattes complete with dark chocolate shavings....mmmmmmmmm

I think the real question here is are Somalis from this planet? And if they are are they mer-people

that image of the goat tree is hilarious!

Originally posted by Khayr: Don't be shy now come on in and I think only REGISTERED SOL USER NAMES should be used so that we don't spend 30min of every hr trying to find out who is who oh but that's apart of the fun... it's almost the equivalent of meeting stranger in the thick fog.

For the leaky eyed female and the sensitive male yes. You just have to wink while rubbing your nose with your fore finger at the store counter. Then they take you to the back where they sell tissues in crates past the martian outdoor gear. Yes, I have those conditions are just as heart breaking. to quote Stephan Colbert: "buying her diamonds say let's exploit Africa all over again."

^^ That's like saying a b.o.m.b is just a material and it all depends on how people use it. NEWSFLASH!: there is only one way to use a b.o.m.b and the same applies to a AK. I dunno know about you but this is one time I am withholding my best b-day wishes. :mad:

I saw this wicked amazing documentary last night. Unlike the docs I normally see that are very beautiful visaully and have a hopeful message tied into the sadness and impotent anger. This one was hopeless from the get go and just kept getting worse. By the end I was left with a black and grey picture of this young boys life and the feeling that he had a long shot. it was called the Devil's miner and watching felt like watching someone slowly die. It was about silver mining in Bolivia. The star of the movie was a boy by the name of Basillio who was 14 at the time. When we first meet him he has just finished a double shift at the mine (24 hrs) complete with dynamite. His brother who is 12 years old helps him out. And it just keeps getting worse. I was struck most by what the priest said about these children: "They are like Jesus on the cross all over again and we...can't help them all we can do is watch as they sacrifice themselves for us." I highly recommend it. Rent it with an open mind and a crate of tissues.

okay so there are self-hating Jews ... I guess that leaves room for self-hating Somalis

I thought it was a very beautiful idea as well *thinks to herself* why is it that people defecate all over hopeful ideas and embrace the hopeless just as easily?

Originally posted by sheherazade: Consider you're self judged and spot the deliberate mistakes. what deliberate mistake I thought I was making sense (abstracdly)

when was this written?