As expected, my life has revolved around school this month, and a sense of impending doom is coming up with the realization that exams are in a few weeks. But I can't think of exams right now. Only of more papers and Christmas and cookies I'd absolutely love to try baking. But before I go into my shpiel about X-mas and what not, I could not go without mentioning two incredibly important and thought provoking documentaries.
One was Sharkwater, which was about a photographer-turned filmmaker who took his life into his hands by attempting to stop the illegal hunting and killing of sharks off the coasts of South America. (Yes, he's that passionate about rescuing sharks.) What are they being hunted for? Their fins, for shark-fin soup (a popular dish in Chinese cuisine). He emphasized the fact that they are closer to extinction than we realize and if this hunting continues, they will be gone. Some parts of the movie were hard to watch, but they were necessary to get the point across about what was happening to them. And it made me really sad.
Really, sharks aren't the man devouring predators they're made out to be, despite what you hear in the media. In the documentary they are seen as entirely differently creatures. To help make a difference, you can go here and take a pledge to save the sharks. And of course you can watch the movie which also makes a difference!
The other documentary I saw was FLOW (For the Love Of Water) which opened my eyes to the water crisis in under developed countries around the world, and how communities' right to clean water is being taken away by corporate companies. That's not right! This film opened my eyes for sure. Also, you'll find out some things you never knew about the Nestle Company. That's right, Nestle. But do check out Article 31, and sign the petition for the rights to fresh water, because it's for everyone.
Alrighty. Important issues discussed, and time for the significantly lesser important issues of my existence.
I have about two weeks before school is over. Yay! Almost Christmas. Yay! But there isn't any snow here in Halifax, and it's as warm as spring time. Slightly depressed at this. But perhaps for the best, because I'm lacking a pair of decent snow boots anyway. There was snow at one point this month though! It only lasted for a day and a half, but there was, and it was lovely to wake up to.
I was thinking about making cookies this weekend. Preferably gingersnap cookies, because I have been craving them lately. Or chocolate chip cookies. But wait! I was browsing on Emily's Cupcakes and Cashmere blog a week or so ago and she put up a recipe for these chocolate peppermint wafers; I must say, her spin on them looked delicious! She has an extraordinary gift of making things look flawless. Oooh, so many cookie options...
But in the mean time, I shall be prodding away at my next essay, while using youtube as a distraction. A tea break in the next little while? I think so.
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