Update!

Hey Friends.... looks like a few of you still hit up this blogo... so thought i'd give you and update. i'm plugging away at this RQ Magazine concept... things are coming together. Hope that you'll keep reading and commenting and following and all the good stuff. I'm also on the prowl for artists and photogs and writers, so if you know anyone that wants to get involved in this little non-profit goodness... spreading news and art to kw... lemme know. hilary {at} RQmagazine (dot) com H.

HELLO!

Hey Everyone -

Started blogging on all things KW.... check it out HERE!

hope you'll check it out and visit often.

feel free to message me with any thoughts at
hilary_abel[at]hotmail[dot]com.

happy reading.
H.

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Hello to all that still check this blog -

As you may have noticed, qatalyst is no longer publishing the magazine or working with any design clients. It's sad... i know... many contributing factors, none of them particularly blogworthy.

Also sad to report that after a couple months of thinking thinking thinking thinking i have decided not to renew the qatalsytmedia and qatalust websites. This also means that i no longer have access to qatalystmedia.com email addresses.

So, if you'd like to email me in regards to qatalyst or any other stuff, you can send it to hilary_abel@hotmail.com. Is that an invitation for copious amounts of evil spam, or what?

I am still thinking whether this blog will be used for some other purpose... but for the meantime, i think it will lie dormant...

signing off for now, hope everyone is well,
H.

Nov 11.

On a similar, but more serious note. It's Remembrance Day today.

I'm sitting in my cubicle and looked at the clock... 10:59... I listen to what's going on around me... plenty of chatting, typing, gossip... I'm no saint. Believe Me... but I do think that Rememberance Day should serve as two things:

1. A minute to stop and think about people that gave their lives for any thought of freedom.... Both my Grandfathers were in World War 2... from Very Very Very different perspectives. One spent his time in the Canadian Army, stationed on a war ship as a medic, and the other spent the war hiding, running and surviving the Nazis in Poland. His story can be found in the Archives of this important building.

2. A couple minutes to think about the fact that we continue to force young people into the warmachine with thoughts that it is necessary and filled with honour.

Anyways, hope you took a minute.

W stands for ... wow.

So... saw Oliver Stone's W last nite at the Princess Twin.
Not too busy, but i guess it was a Monday, and the film has been out for a while.

First off, I will say that you basically just walk out of the movie saying "wow"

then a long pause as you reflect on the fact that this idiot of a man ran one of the, arguably THE most powerful country in the world for 2 terms.

and then all you can say is "wow" again.

Interesting that the movie does not de-humanize Geo (as delusional Laura calls him), or make him look like the revengeful monster that I've previously thought him.... it makes him out to be a spoiled little brat that grew up wealthy and protected. He doesn't know about consequences - or the fact that he may not be "qualified" for a position. He only knows that his ego will not allow him to be told No to anything.

And for his sake, I hope that's how people remember him in history - because being the President who started more than 1 thoughtless war, crippled the economy and did nothing to correct the crash course our planet is on - is a nasty obit.

There's a lot more to say about this film - like the way George Senior and Barbara are portrayed... the part that alcoholism and religion play... and the fact that Texas is just played messed....

But you should see the movie yourself.

It's playing at 6:40pm tues, wed and thurs of this week at the Princess Twin - king street Waterloo.

H.

W

Hopefully going to see it tonite.
VERY psyched.

H.

President Elect Obama

the only way to watch a successful democratic process...

wine.
laptop.
boyfriend who agrees with your political views.
amazing. best nite ever.

A more detailed, less emotive post tomorrow morning. stay tuned.