the value of believing in yourself

I had this favourite book when I was little, actually, I still have it at Mum’s there’s no way she would get rid of our old books. It retells the story of Louis Pasteur, whose unwavering belief in the concept of germs led to a cure for rabies. I loved it, I’m sure I read it over a hundred times. I woke up today thinking about it and decided it’s time, I need to do a couple things I’ve been putting off: renew licence renew health card sign up for flirty girl fitness classes (have a week pass) call my trainer and get our sessions in order It’s just after 8am (damn you internet almost 9’er NOW!)  and I’m heading to get all this done this morning. I can do it. What are you doing today? Yesterday I had another date with my boyfriend Raymi. Have you noticed how I call everything my boyfriend? It helps to fill the void of not having one. I love my gadgets and my friends and they make me happy. One day I will find a nice charming tall man who loves to do nice things for me and is smart and good looking. (Bats eyelashes through the internet, hi!). Maybe when I am in Dallas, Boston, San Juan, or LA next month I will find one. Just kidding, working/friends/sister time. Who cares if I don’t I reckon I’ve not got time for that anyway. I’m waaaaay too focussed on myself and where I am going with my beautiful mind life. (Selfish much?) NO, FOCUSED TYVM. She gets me to take her photo 8,000 times. Cute when she asks. What people fail to understand is THAT IS US WORKING. She posted about resto we went to, it’s called BOOM. Good thing we were sitting…

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yesterday on twitter, this happened:

Who has new Windows phone? # College Champs on #Jeopardy tonight. # "What brings you happiness is meaning and purpose and contribution" @deepakchopra /via @shiralazar # Returning camera again & loving Christmas music (@ Best Buy) http://4sq.com/7kasVc # If someone says something mean to you on the internet you should probably just ignore therm. # Is this the real life? # what companies have really great interactive facebook pages that you enjoying being involved with? anyone? anyone? bueller? /via @JulieGong # Lunch date /w my BF @raymitheminx (@ Boom Breakfast & Co. (College)) http://4sq.com/cFlq9Y # Found a @downwithwebster button on streetcar. http://twitpic.com/35di54 # lunch date w/ @raymitheminx today. # RT @laurenonizzle: Putting together a list of influential Canadian bloggers… Anyone I'd be remiss to omit? #bloggers #blogchat # Did you get your ticket to @raymitheminx 10 Year Anniversary Blog Party on Thursday? http://bit.ly/aFrfa9 #gongshow #wrongbar # can't wait for vacation next month. oh man. # Serious deals on @nellabellabrand happening right now. Get a fancy bag like me! http://on.fb.me/aua6Lu # say hellooooo to my little friend, WALDO! #ipad #hard http://dailybooth.com/u/5z6ac # shit. just downloaded where's waldo for ipad. see you next spring! # RE: @turkuaz @advergirling oh cripes. you are good then! first one I saw was her but you were obvs on the ball & movin… http://disq.us/relpq # Photo: snap snap! love this roller girl http://tumblr.com/xmjp8ilp8 # been practicing Florence And The Machine, Dog Days Are Over for karaoke. not bad at all. # yesterday's @virginamerica winner was @rochlatinsky but really, we're all winners here! https://casiestewart.com/virgin-america-nov-8 # Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? # Photo: › Missing Unicorn… Reward http://tumblr.com/xmjp8dzwl # Photo: a picture for you http://tumblr.com/xmjp8c6mn # makeup styling.…

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VIRGIN AMERICA: we’re all winners here

Yesterday I gave away a flight on Virgin America at Finch Station. I let out a few clues via Twitter/Blog and in order to be eligible you had to meet me there with an I LOVE VIRGIN AMERICA sign. I rode the subway playing Angry Birds drinking Vitamin Water hoping like crazy that people were ready to meet me.  Imagine if NO ONE was there? Oh man, I’d be mortified. Well, there were a bunch of people and they all had signs! Christine was the first one to spot me on the subway car and I heard her yell “she’s here” which was followed by her running beside the car to the door where I was about to exit. Imagine my surprise when I saw all these beautiful faces! (BTW don’t judge me for the crap photos, returning my camera today as the flash seems to have died. I am a camera killer.) Analog: Digital: In order to make sure the winner was TOTALLY random I was blindfolded with my pashmina and stood in the middle of the group whilst spinning around then stopped and pointed. Not the most advanced method but deff the most tried, trusted and true. The winner was Rochelle Latinsky. Congrats! After the big win some peeps had to go back to work and I took Phil & Tyler to Boston Pizza for a little lunch date. Big thanks to my new bestie Calvin at the Yonge Sheppard Boston Pizza for treating us all. Imma cook up some fun with that guy, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of some neat stuff and it all involves YOU. I’ll be giving away flights for the next couple weeks each Monday at a random TTC station. You know where to get all the info and…

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it’s the little things that count i tell ya my deary

Woke up to to a super sunny view of the island, tweeted it and rolled out of bed. Been waking up pretty tired lately, probably from staying up late w/ Andy playing Angry Birds. God I love hate that stupid game. I’ve been using my PC less now that I have ipad. Haven’t blogged from there yet, WordPress app seems to be not functioning properly. I can officially say I’ve been mac’d and it’s only a matter of time before I switch to iphone. We all knew it would happen one day… Listening to Diamond Rings – Special Affections, liking it. Got this lovely email just now: Hey Casie, I love love your blog (appreciate how positive you are in a world of blogs of people complaining) and would love to send you an organic skincare treat that I think would be perfect given your new(ish) post as Provocateur. What’s your mailing address? Thanks!! Those little things make me so happy, getting natural skincare stuff is great but the fact that someone took the time to point out my positvity and thank me for that is totally lovely. Being positive is contageous and so is smiling, so do it, live it and feel it. Your life will be better.

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yesterday on twitter, this happened:

Oh that @KFUCKINGP is so charming. # Dexter has a guuuuuurrrrrrrrlfriend. # Haha “@Dan_L: @laurenonizzle when will women & #cosmo get it. There’s NO SECRET to male arousal.” # Holy shit Nick Newman, do that to me please? #yandr # Photo: love her http://tumblr.com/xmjp4eo4n # Photo: ring like @keriblog http://tumblr.com/xmjp4en9b # Photo: › @@circlespex? http://tumblr.com/xmjp4dyhp # Photo: heart on http://tumblr.com/xmjp4dacv # Photo: fuckyeahladygaga: http://tumblr.com/xmjp4d8vi # Headache. Please go away. Thank you 🙂 # Can’t wait to see what @VictorNewman is gonna get up to today. # i am so excited for next month. dallas, boston and a week in san juan and a week in LA. omgizzzzzzzzzle! # omg my camera flash is broken. good thing i got that damn warranty. returning it for the second time! # The random @virginamerica #flightclub winner at Finch Station is @rochlatinsky!! http://twitpic.com/353ygw # Who is gonna get thew @virginamerica flight today? I’m excited. #flightclub # I feel like Marla #flightclub # You better have your signs ready I want a warm welcome. Getting out of subway car soon. Look for Virgins. #flightclub # look for the virgins. i’ll be with a pack. #flightclub #

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VIRGIN AMERICA FLIGHT GIVEAWAY

Hey peeps, don’t have much time, gotta get to that TTC station and give away a flight. Imma be at a station that rhymes with something you do to yourself when you are like “omg is this really my life”. I will give the flight to a person who shows up with a sign that says I LOVE VIRGIN AMERICA. Station is NORTH. FAR. You will be blogged. I will be there noon -1pm. BE THURRRRRRRRRRRRR. Bye. xoxo your Virgin America PROVOCATEUR

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I went out to visit a friend and ended up in the Budweiser box at the NFL game with the band

Seriously, I met the band This Side Up at Bud Camp in the summer and became friends on FB. As you do. He told me they were coming to TO but I had no idea they were the Kings of Beer at the big rig for the Tailgate party. I showed up, was VIP in past the line and handed a beer. It was awesome. My friend asked if I wanna go to the game, NFL (not a sports fan) but I said yes. Free food and beer and at least a 20/1 ratio boys to girls. I’m still at the game now, football is looooooong. I have no idea who is winning or what the hell is going on. Team Montreal is really fun and the Bud Girls are great. They also had make your own poutine and nachos. Today is awesome. I’m giving away a Virgin flight tomorrow.  It’s Upgrade Monday…wait for it! Love you. PS: I am also in my fucking pajamas!! Aaaah.

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inspiring social change is totally cool!!

good morning would you like some coffee yes please he says. some history, i have been following the work of craig kielburger since i was 14 and saw him on sally jesse raphael. he had just come back from his frist trip to africa with his parents circa 1995. i was working on publishing my book, JEANS, an anthology of poetry and prose. i was doing heaps of charity work in my city and found him to be so inpiring. i also had a crush on him because of all the great work he was doing. sharing two great items with you today from me to we style, i really love and believe in this company. he is great, see? me to we  ‘africa’ tshirt & monashee bamboo scarf  (blue) shirt: 100% organic cotton, designed w/ threads for humanity, all proceeds go towards communities, charities and grassroots organizations. that is very cool. get it here scarf: super soft and warm too, thick enough to be worn different ways but the material is thin enough that it’s not bulky, 64% organic bamboo, 24% organic cotton % 8% spandex. get it here when i was having brekky w/ michael yesterday we got a surprise visit from jonathan and his little mate, baby greenwald. oh god they’re cute. he was really into my new virgin america provocateur biz cards and can’t wait to fly virgin. get’ em young! for more info or style from me to we check’ em out at metowe.com or @metowestyle have a great day! daylight savings yahooo! what are you doing with said extra hour?

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this is my world its real i hope you can feel it too

Woke up had a nice bath listening to music on ipad. I love a bright sunny Saturday morning when you wake up not hung over. Meeting Michael for brekky at Epicure on Queen now! Lots to share with you later today xo

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he called me brainy hot and he said that was the best hot in the world. thank you for that.

I used to do these Friday posts that were called TGIF: Twitter, Google, Internet, Facebook. A roundup of some of my fav things from around the week this week. Guess what? I’m bringing it b-b-b-back. Here we go. Please comment, it’s nice when you share, I share, we share. Twitter: Influence. It’s a word that gets tossed around on the internet when talking about brands and people and ROI and social media but what does that really mean? The big draw I feel used to be traffic, if you had traffic, you had influence. Thanks to Twitter and a couple other sites, traffic on your blog is not the only way to measure. There’s more that come into play, attitude, reputation, audience. Brands want to connect with people that represent the same things they stand for, people who identify with the brand make it more authentic. (A word now totally over used BTW.) For example, Virgin America is a great brand match for me, I’m a cheeky little rabble-rouser, I like to have fun and I reckon Sir RB and I will make good friends. (P.S. we meet in Dallas Dec. 1st). Klout was recently featured in the Globe & Mail and I think what they are doing is great. Here’s a snippit: “In the fast-changing social media world, influence is becoming increasingly important as companies start to focus more on who is leading conversations as opposed to how many conversations are happening. In many respects, there is more emphasis on quantity rather than quality. “ Google: Check out my commercial from the Smirnoff Canada Graphic party in July 19th at Andrew Richard Designs in Toronto. Been chatting NYC agency and girl’ be getting paid.  I’ve done a bunch of tv/movie stuff in the past and I think I’m ready…

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