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Hockey Nut in Canada Bringing On the #Canucks

June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Being a good, classic Canadian gal, there is nothing I love more than the game of Hockey (and good beer).  In fact, I played it for years and I do believe that there are still a few frat boys limping from the day they said a girl couldn’t play defense.  Needless to say they’ll never say that again.

You’ll have to forgive, but growing up a Leafs fan, this isn’t the first time I’ve had the Stanley Cup Playoffs at home.  I know how a Playoff for the Great Canadian Game should be celebrated and I have been watching on for that true Canadian spirit that really screams Canucks to the country as a whole and not just to this freaky temperate zone of Canada that’s never truly experienced a real Canadian winter, when you flood the backyard and strap on a pair of skates.

I’ve watched the green men and seen more than I particularly cared to see …

 

Photographed by Colby Vickers

 

My heart lept at the mention of fan parody songs on youtube, but this my friends is not the True White North, where one heads home from school to shovel the pond for a game of pick up … (I question whether these men have ever even played) …

 

 

So in my unapologetic Great White North Hockey snobbery, a glimmer Canadianna hope shone from of all places, one of my best friends, the Hockey Nut in Canada, otherwise known as Mark Leiren-Young.  Just please overlook his ill spent youth cheering for the Boston Bruins over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was young and stupid, clearly some wisdom has come with age.

 

 

… and with this, there is hope … no, there is promise … that the Canucks will show the Bruins what it means to be Canadian and a true Canuck.  We showed you what we were made of in the War of 1812 and we will do so again this playoff season! GO CANUCKS GO!

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Oh Thank Goodness. Emma is Still a Kid on Christmas Day, Not a Leiren-Young Alien.

December 25, 2010 By 1 Comment

Oh thank Goodness, she is a normal kid after all:

That said, clearly her musical tastes cannot be left in her uncle’s hands.  Mark – she’s coming to the Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival with Rob and I this summer. Justin Beiber!?!  Really that’s what you’re exposing her to?  Clearly it’s time Rob Jones and I start her music education on the indie scene.

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Oh Crap! This Damn Kid Keeps Making Me Look Bad This Christmas.

December 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Damn kid!  Now I can’t have my yearly temper tantrum over the present opening tonight. … Or to clarify, I can’t have it without feeling extra guilty after this.

At least I can scoff at the fact that she doesn’t know that Santa is actually a black woman or that she clearly plays with both Malibu Barbie and G.I. Joe.  Those are so passe. They weren’t even cool when I was her age. Return of the Jedi baby!  At least that was all the rage when I was 10 (and clearly I’m a trend setter).  Blame it on the genes and the uncle, she is a Leiren-Young after all.  Poor kid!

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Stephen Harper – All I Want For Christmas Is A Greener Canada

December 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

With only days away from Christmas this brash young lass asks Santa for a greener Christmas.  Not surprisingly, she’s a Leiren Young.  I guess the apple doesn’t fall to far from her tree hugging Uncle Mark.

Curious to see if she can pull it off, as even if Santa and the elves pitch in, there is still a week ahead of us in which the masses (including myself in the past) hit the malls in search of over-packaged and under-needed presents, get into wrapping frenzies (or competitions, in some cases), and chopped down living oxygen expellers for temporary greenery in their homes.  Personally not a fan of seeing kids cry and I rather like this one, so am chilling out with an artsy tree made of metal (it’s actually pretty cool) and am skipping the presents, in favour of quality time with those I love.  Who’s joining me?  Stephen Harper?  Thinking you are probably overdue for a green do gooder deed to worm your way back on to Santa’s good list and earn a bit of respect back for Canada, especially after this Christmas light show.  Who’s footing the energy bill for that anyhow? Oh, that’s right ….. Merry Christmas Canada.

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#LA4xmas

December 3, 2010 By 1 Comment

No, I am definitely not talking warm beaches, as I am a true Canadian girl, meaning it’s snow, hot chocolate and golden retrievers that I’m dreaming of this Christmas.  So what is this LA, for which I speak, then?  Well duh!!!  That great Canadian satire duo, Local Anxiety (aka the two sexy, sexy beasts, Kevin Crofton and Mark Leiren-Young).

Not only are these two men sexy, but they’re smart too.  No, not because they create witty lyrics and amusing videos, but because they knew they couldn’t create a Canadian music video without ME appearing somewhere in it.  I mean, come on, why other Canadian artists haven’t seen the error in their ways yet by leaving me out, I’ll never fathom. Clearly they are not as smart as these two men.  So here you have it, my first music video (oh yeah, and Mark and Kevin’s too), Oh Christmas Tree Oh 21st Century:

Yep, you guessed it!!!   That incredibly sexy shoulder that passed the camera in the street corner Santa scene was me!  And if you note, Mark’s wandering gaze, moments after, that’s him being a dirty old Santa and checking out my ass.  True story!  And yes, I will happily sign (kiss) you an autograph, but you’d better get in line fast, as with my new music video fame, I may have to start charging for them soon.

So aside from my obvious prowess in front of the camera, the kid (Emma Jordan Leiren Young) was pretty darn talent too.  I filmed a few exclusive interviews with her, you know on Pet Beauty Tips and the likes, that I promise to share over the next few weeks.

In the mean time, you can check out a few of the stills.  Sadly, I’m only in a few of them, as I was too busy being the genius behind the camera.

A Local Anxiety Christmas

*A deep curtsy to a slow, single clap that grows to thunderous applause.*

*Kisses*  I love you all!

Emme xoxo

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