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Thursday, January 12, 2006 · posted at 2:55 AM

I am dreaming for a purpose.
~ Innocent, Night Commuter

some idea of what hell might feel like. Tonight's episode of Lost revealed that the calm and moral Mr. Eko has a dark past as the leader of a militia group in Nigeria. Taken from his village as a child and forced to be a soldier, Mr. Eko's crimes spanned the gamut from threatening church clergy to smuggling drugs.

In 2003, a trio of young filmmakers from California went to Africa with their $100 craigslist camcorder intending to make a documentary about the war in Sudan. Instead they ended up in Uganda and discovered that children were being kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers for the rebel army. In order to avoid such a fate, the children commute each night to safety. The resulting documentary is called Invisible Children:Rough Cut and is available for purchase in DVD packs of two (1 to share with a friend - hint hint).

Invisible Children, Inc has also launched a bracelet campaign, much like the Lance Armstrong bands, except these bands are culturally and socially significant - made in Uganda and funding the otherwise unemployed. The founders suggest:

A new way of buying: Consumerism for Change. What if everything you bought was creating positive change in the world?

Keep doing what your doing. Express yourself, show your style, do what westerners do best: SHOP.

Sure puts the cuddle buddy band to shame.
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In other injustices in Africa, if you missed Kanye's Diamonds from Sierra Leone video or need your political education in 30-second sound bites, watch Conflict Diamonds from the awesome creators at Free Range Graphics, makers of The Meatrix and Store Wars. Just something to think about with Blech Day fastly encroaching and the temptation to "frost" your significant other on your mind...



	Thursday, January 12, 2006 · posted at 2:55 AM I am dreaming for a purpose. ~ Innocent, Night Commuter some idea of what hell might feel like. Tonight's episode of Lost revealed that the calm and moral Mr. Eko has a dark past as the leader of a militia group in Nigeria. Taken from his village as a child and forced to be a soldier, Mr. Eko's crimes spanned the gamut from threatening church clergy to smuggling drugs. In 2003, a trio of young filmmakers from California went to Africa with their $100 craigslist camcorder intending to make a documentary about the war in Sudan. Instead they ended up in Uganda and discovered that children were being kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers for the rebel army. In order to avoid such a fate, the children commute each night to safety. The resulting documentary is called Invisible Children:Rough Cut and is available for purchase in DVD packs of two (1 to share with a friend - hint hint). Invisible Children, Inc has also launched a bracelet campaign, much like the Lance Armstrong bands, except these bands are culturally and socially significant - made in Uganda and funding the otherwise unemployed. The founders suggest: A new way of buying: Consumerism for Change. What if everything you bought was creating positive change in the world? Keep doing what your doing. Express yourself, show your style, do what westerners do best: SHOP. Sure puts the cuddle buddy band to shame. ____________________________ In other injustices in Africa, if you missed Kanye's Diamonds from Sierra Leone video or need your political education in 30-second sound bites, watch Conflict Diamonds from the awesome creators at Free Range Graphics, makers of The Meatrix and Store Wars. Just something to think about with Blech Day fastly encroaching and the temptation to "frost" your significant other on your mind...	Recent Posts sh*t or get off the pot. Heather Graham's new sitc... Nursery Tales. I've read The Nanny Diaries, thumbe... And then? No, no 'and then'! I'm always surprise... A GPS for all time. In Movies and the Meaning of ... I'm ideologically promiscuous. ~Louis, "Mu... Ply Wars: Why is 2-ply paper softer than 1-ply?Whe... Walden dreams, part II. I was at the public librar... Walden dreams. People bug me some time. Everyone ... There must be some Toros in the atmosphere. My fir... Happy Tofurkey Day I spent my first Thanksgiving ... Morning news babie goose ryan bluemouse daves son dawntaught desiree diorama emily escadawg galveric high entropy invisible cube jepgato kyellow lilly mhuang mogbert nudream starfish + coffee verbivore Archives March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 January 2007 March 2007 April 2007 November 2008

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