What do YOU know about the Streamy's?

You got the Emmy's.
You got the Tony's.
You got the Golden Globe's.
You got the SAG Awards.
You got the the Juno's.
You got the Oscar's.
You got the Grammy's.


You got... the... Streamy's?

Yes, the Streamy Awards.

This award show is not for the professional actors, the creatively developed musicians but for people, like you and me, who have hours upon hours of time on their hands and use it to produce videos which they post on YouTube.

This is the award show for the best vloggers. "To recognize and honour excellence of online video."  There are about 35 categories each praising the work of the video writers, organizers, directors and actors. It's presented in the sparkling city of Los Angeles, California. 

First streamed in 2009 the Streamy Awards have gained popularity steadily from the world wide web, so much so that Larry King in the flesh presented the nominations for an award at the 2013 show. 

He presented alongside Jenna Marbles (w-o-w). This girl, for those who might not know her by name (where do you live...):

Just take that in for a second.

And watch this,

Now, I need to take a second to acknowledge that my girl Grace Helbig took home two awards this year, for Best Personality and Best First-Person Series. Big UPS.

For those of you who don't know her as Grace Helbig, you might know her as "dailygrace" - her vlogging username.

Or just watch her for about 3 minutes:




Well, I personally had no idea that an award show like this existed and am still trying to sift through my feelings towards them. I mean, how does one classify an experienced professional YouTuber versus a novice noob.

Is the title "actor" now redefined? Is acting in front of a computer the same as acting in front of a camera while an assistant feeds you a script?

I just don't know how the universe of YouTube has come this far... Americans now use funding (from where?) to present this show to award a bunch of people who really, really, loved their hobby.

But I suppose all genius and success stems from developing hobbies anyhow.

Guess I should keep up this blogging gig for a bit then, eh?






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Happy Earth Day, Folks

Happy Earth Day to all those who care...

We have dumped and excreted and demolished and industrialized and adapted and accomodated to a point now, where the damage done is far from irreversible.

Although this point has been reiterated a forgetful number of times in the last decade, there are still those who remain unaware of this fact:

The United States of America, the country second only to China in greatest carbon emitters, signed, but did not ratify the Kyoto Accord. 160 countries did. The USA, did not.

Interesting.

Canada places seventh on the list of countries with the largest carbon emissions.

Check out this website to update yourself with the latest and most current discoveries regarding our planet and the damage it undergoes tis very moment:

Daily Climate

Listen to David Suzuki speak about climate change...four years ago:


This is no joke, folks.

So you say, 'We get it. We get this is a global issue that needs to be fixed. Stop preaching and tell us how we can start to fix it.'

I say, start with the basics:

- turn your lights off as you exit rooms (at home, at the office, at school, etc.)

- close the tap once you've finished using water, as doing so saves energy

- recyle all the time, everydays

- install solar panels at home (not do they minimize your monthly electric bill, they increase home value...score!)

-find out what your carbon footprint is and what you can do to minimize it:

Find out your Carbon Footprint

- drive less--walk, take advantage of your transit system, ride a bike to work, etc.

- avoid purchasing packages with excessive and unnecessary packaging

- adjust your thermostat (if you're chilled, put on an extra sweater, don't turn the heat up--this will save you money and reduce your energy waste)


- stay informed


Also, check out this great website to find out how Canada is taking action, and how else you should help out in your community to help fixing our global problem one person at a time: Today is Earth Day