Bummed-out cause you can’t afford a vacation this summer? Don’t fret my pet. I ended up at a local theme park this weekend and will totally vouch for the fact that I got JUST as “out of my element” and had JUST as many laughs as I would have had on any given weekend excursion! All for under 50 bucks!
Check out a tidbit of our adventures at Canada’s Wonderland! face-paint mustaches and bungee jumping included!
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I don’t know about you guys but doesn’t it seem like there are A LOT of birthdays during the summer months!? (Okay, I’m totally just jealous because I have a September birthday and therefore always ended up with school supplies as bday gifts… boooo! thanx mom)
I totally get it though… What better way to keep warm during those harsh Canadian winter nights than to hang out under your duvet and make some summer babies right? hehe. It’s true though! Do the math… 
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A huge hello to anyone who has been checking out the site so far!
Soooooooo, I guess it’s my turn to say a quickie little hello. So hold your breath.. here we go: (that rhymed)
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I don’t know if I should be basking in glory or extremely embarrassed at my rapping skills after our video premier. I hope you guys liked it though. George did a phenomenal job filming / recording / editing the video. If there were YouTube Rap Video Awards, George would take the cake.
So earlier this week, I questioned how qualified the blog army was to provide money saving tips to thousands of people. For all you know, we could be Champagne-sipping socialites wearing diamond-studded robes, blogging from our private jets on the way to our weekend getaway in Bali.
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Elvis Presley releases ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ in 1956. The Beatles release ‘Love Me Do’ in 1963. Bruce Springsteen releases ‘Born to Run’ in 1975, Michael Jackson releases ‘Thriller’ in 1982, Nirvana releases ‘Nevermind’ in 1991. Then pretty much nothing happens for twenty years until the Screw You Recession Crew releases their eponymous rap ‘Screw You Recession’ in 2009.
I think it’s safe to say that is how the history books will remember the musical timeline of the last half century.
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Oh my lanta…can you believe Canada Day is already here!!?? I feel like it was just last week I was waking up with mysterious maple leaf tattoos plastered all over my forehead!  Ooops … I mean innocently checking out the lovely festivities at Parliament Hill =)
Take a peek at my video for FREE/CHEAP things to do this Canada Day! (which is tomorrow, people. TOMORROW!)
Free Shirts! Free Buffets! Free Sight Seeing! Free! Free! Free!
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Whenever I have some spare time, which feels like never these days, I try to take a moment to organize myself. I do a superficial clean-up of my room, throw out the random things I have accumulated in my purse, such as business cards from creepy dudes at concerts and half sticks of gum (yes I split my gum in half to extend its lifespan), and of course clean up my computer desktop. FYI: I strongly believe that the state of these types of things in one’s life reflects the control that they have over their finances at that time.
So, I begin to organize the abundance of computer files…
Perfectly enough, I stumbled upon a tiny clip that I had taken at our first ScrewYouRecession meeting that I had completely forgotten about! Since Thade and Lucas were talking about cheap food, I thought it would be appropriate to show how true to our cheap-word we really are.
Video Preface: So basically, Jer and Mandi were kind enough to invite all of us lovely Virgin Mobile bloggers to a swanky little downtown Toronto bistro for the day. The plan was to give us all the chance to meet face-to-face and to figure out ways that we can BEST screw this damn recession!! But, of course, like the true cheapo-recession-fighters that we are, our only documented highlight of the day was the FREE food that was provided! It may not seem funny to anyone else, but I just thought that it was completely fitting that the majority of us found the largest, heartiest, and of course most expensive meals on the menu! As if we hadn’t been fed in weeks. I couldn’t resist capturing it! Steaks all around!
So I guess the moral of the story is… When someone offers you free food, don’t be shy - you may not get a meal like this for awhile!
I mean hey, they offered right?  =)  Thanks Mandi & Jer and whoever expensed our delicious lunch tab… hehe.
Andreaaa
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The results are in and Waterloo’s D.J. Demers is the official Screw You Recession! Summer Intern. After having his video hand-picked as one of Richard Branson’s Fave Five and meeting with us live and in person, Demers is ready to jump head first into the Screw You Recession! world of blogs, cash-crunching, tip-gathering, and web-combing for the best recession news and cash-saving advice.
Stay tuned as D.J. starts making magic on Screw You Recession! starting next Monday morning.
But there’s more goodness. We were so pumped to see the skills, talent, hotness, and amazing creativity from some of our Summer Intern candidates that we decided we couldn’t let them go. That’s why we decided to build the Screw You Recession! Blog Army.
These guys are kickin ass and takin names. Joining D.J. in the crusade are some of your other favourite Summer Interns: George Panayotou, Thaddeus Bolton, Romi Levine, Lucas Meyer, Andrea Guernsey and Trevor McManus round out our gang of recession revolutionaries. They’ll be taking over the net with video blogs, recession tips, general money-saving craziness, and whatever other random goodness we fee like throwing your way.
Stay tuned. And if you’re the recession… take cover. Our first bombs drop next week.
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