Happy December 25th

Hey Everyone, Happy December 25th. Hope you had a lovely day off ... kinda.... H.

Scared.

There is something in the basement. It sounds like it is trying to get out. Cassie is home for the holidays. If I don't blog again.... it is because whatever is down there.... has gotten out. H.

Googling Yourself.

have you ever tried it? it's a pretty interesting exercise.... but it's highly addictive, i warn you in advance. I did it the first time, because i wanted to see if anyone actually read this magazine... or too see if anyone was slagging us in the press, which seemed more likely. Anyways, some good, some bad... mostly good i will say. You should try it - everyone's doing it. H.

Snow.

Sucks when you're all psyched to have a productive monday and then you go outside and there's 200 ft of snow on your car. safe travels. H.

Like, Dislike, Love pt.2

like: -finding money in jeans pockets -people who are passionate about something (jodi koberinski) -seeing someone on the street with one of our mags dislike: -waiting for responses -ordering over easy and getting uncooked whites - yuck -false assumptions love: -hearing a song that makes you think of something and smile -getting something in the mail, other than a bill -seeing potential in things -laughing. hard. c.

Like, Dislike, Love

Well, it's that time of the day where i don't want to work anymore.... so I thought i would post a little something. Here are some things I like: getting coffee in small coffeeshops cutting things out of thick paper with scissors walking on really icy sidewalks with heels on and not falling imagining qatalyst in 2 years Here are some things I dislike: people being impatient in small coffeeshops running out of stamps people you want to hang out with being busy not having any money to treat people to coffee Here are some things I love: new magazines that you find by accident passing someone you know on the street working with your friends and not some idiots that you are forced to work with Vicki - our Mac - telling me what time it is Wolly Mammoths If you have some likes, dislikes or loves that you'd like to share. please post them here, H.

monday... today hilary and i met at symposium for $15 coffees and talk about our magazine. big changes coming in the new year. less fluff, more stuff. (genius, i know) way more editorial content. i'm really excited. maybe we'll even make like a dollar or something next year. probably not. but hey, money's for suckers....well, at least that's what i'm going to write on my christmas cards this year. sorry dad, no socks for you. oh a happier note- i had a super fun weekend. the little bird craft sale was really good. lots of organic products / raw food / patchouli. i picked up something extra special to send to someone extra special in south korea. hello shipping. i will try to get some websites & links of good vendors that were there. i also did my fair share of dancing. met some really good people. took a picture with a guy with a long dangly earring. STITCH N KITSCH show coming up this saturday the 15th. i recommend it for unique, inexpensive gifts for the holidays. also- website has been updated. check it out. qatalystmedia.com (thanks alicia :)) C.

Update and Guilt Trip... perfect for a monday morning.

Hello there everyone that is avoiding doing work on a Monday morning, Hope everyone had a lovely weekend - It was busy for Qatalyst.... Saturday was a little crazy - Cassie hit up the "a little bird told me... craft show and sale" I'm sure she'll post a little recap for you soon. And I went to Luci's Mudhouse Open House... it was PACKED! Basically, if you took a wrapped bar of soap, or toothbrush to the open house, you got to paint an Ornament for FREE!!! It was too much fun, but honestly, painting this tiny little star ornament the size of my palm took about 2 and a half hours, so i can only imagine painting a bowl or a mug or something. There was snacks too.... mmmm... chocolate fountain. They collected quite a bit of stuff by the time we left, and it was all being donated to MCC - a charity that helps provide for refugees. I get my ornament back on Friday i think - so i'll post something funny when it comes back, hopefully it doesn't look like a 3 year old made it. Then, I headed to a christmas party at David Marskell's - he's the chairman of the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum. It was a really cute little get together at his place... funney enough, there was a a bunch of people watching "Planet Earth" in the family room - the episode on Jungles. I think everyone at the Museum is a little obsessed with Chimps lately - check out my post later on today about their big announcement ;) Anyways, The Marskell's were collecting Hygiene Products, Toys, Hair Thingys, and anything like that - instead of christmas gifts - because they're taking a family trip to Honduras this season - and they hand them out to all the little kiddies they meet along the way. There's so many people out there trying to make a difference... what are you doing to help someone this holiday season? If you're looking for a way to up your good karma over Christmas week - email me at hilary@qatalystmedia.com. We're putting together some teams to help at the Out of the Cold Shelters. Have a great day - check back for more posts this aft. H.

thursday is the new friday

hilary is soooo bitter right now. i was having such a pleasant afternoon, this is what it looked like: slept in went out for breakfast had coffee made for me listened to james taylor updated our website. then, like a bat out of hell (meatloaf reference, thank you) she storms in and covers my desk with a grey cloud. hahaha this is super mean. she's downstairs making me hot chocolate so i should really watch my mouth. anyways- the point i'm getting at is that the reasons she is so frustrated is because our ISP (internet service provider) is not letting her check her email. therefore, TECHNOLOGY = DEPRESSION i'm just putting it out there. beware of your laptop/ipod/digicam. they'll get you in the end. ONE MORE THING: last night i saw a few random clips from the outtakes of superbad, that movie that could quite possibly be super bad, i haven't seen it, BUT the outtakes were HILARIOUS. i will watch it and let you all know how it was. oh, hot chocolate is ready. tiny marshmallows and all. -C.

Today is the Day.....

So... it's delivery day.... it's f'ing freezing out... and there's snow everywhere... should be interesting. Check out the December issue - it's FREE and in stores today. Here's a couple drop points: UPTOWN WATERLOO - Gloss Clothing - Whole Lotta Gelata - Princess Cinema - Orange Monkey - State of the Art Supplies UNIVERSITY PLAZA - HMV - Williams - Pita Pit - The Tea Shop DOWNTOWN KTOWN - Working centre - Just Between Us - Earthwinds - Williams - Civilian Clothing GUELPH - Planet Bean - Daydream Nation - Gloss - Ground Floor Music - Art of Denim CAMBRIDGE - Caesar's Closet - Home NTT - MacAulay's Music - The Groove Kitchen - FAD Hair Salon Happy Reading, H.