KazMega, my brother from another mother from another continent, was one of the producers competing in the production battle this weekend in this year’s illustrious Scribble Jam (Cincinnati, Ohio). Though he didn’t make it past the first round, he tells a compelling story of the battle and his trip, and gives us the lowdown on how Canada fared at the festival in ‘08. Give it a read.
In the end, Canada as a whole definitely left a maple leaf shaped imprint on Scribble Jam ‘08. Chedda Cheese, though he got knocked out the first round, was a celebrity amongst the other emcees and quite often you would hear some random cat screaming “Cheddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”. Run ‘N’ Watta, one of my room/roadmates was also quite popular throughout the festival. She got to chill with KRS-One, and he even dedicated a portion of his set to aboriginal peoples for her. She also threw down on some middle-aged douche at a White Castle, but that’s a whole other story. Poizonous was eliminated in the semi-finals of his battle, and Kid Twist made it up to the quarter finals of the emcee battle. Aspire ended making it into the main event, but was eliminated in the first round. I think there was a Canadian in the DJ battle too, but that still to be confirmed.
It finally happened. After years of Andrews and Chris’s, Pablos and Henrys, the Omars of this world are finally being represented on the natural disaster front. Today I learned that tropical storm Omar has been upgraded to a hurricane. Expected to show the Caribbean people how to really party, he is “expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain over some areas, with 12 inches possible in some areas,” 
