bye! no...
au revoir! no...

adios! chao!

that's better.

off to argentina...excited, nervous, a little scared...i'm sure it will be an adventure!

"Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democrat Party. I'm proud to say that they are my enemy. They are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans." - Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Alaska Public Radio, 08-19-96

this is from a link i found on shannon's site. which i love - if you have some time, give it a read. good stuff. :)

apparently i'm not american. maybe that's why i moved to canada.

i finally went to see the indigo girls in concert. i first started listening to them my freshman year of college, because an old boyfriend's new girlfriend liking them. how silly is that? listening to a feminist band because of a boy, go figure. never had anyone to go with. their music represents a turning point for me. i had seen that there were other ways to exist in society and the world that were unlike that i was raised in. suddenly there were choices. i could do whatever i want. the change to this took years, though and i'm still learning to ignore my conditioning. not totally, maybe, but to shut that voice up in the back of my head that sounds uncannily like my father's.

the indigo girls were the first band i liked for me. not because anyone else (well, besides that girl...few people i knew liked them) did. i did. and music contined to be a strong influence on my life - it's crazy how many aspects it touched.

(i'm watching/listening to 'almost famous' - it's making me attempt to be musically poetic.)

i went to almost 30 dave matthews band/dave and tim/dave and friends shows waiting to hear 'say goodbye'. i have yet to hear it. i don't know if i'd even consider it my favourite anymore, but i've heard almost every other song - aside from a few very very rarities and never-played-live songs. still haven't heard it.

(apologies in advance for all of those who have heard this story way too many times already. go to a dmb show w. alissa, hear the story. it's really annoying. if he'd just play the goodamn song i'd shut up! no, marcos it will not turn into the same story with the addition on the end of the experience of actually hearing it live!)

the indigo girls played my favourite indigo girls song last night - least complicated.

i am very happy! they played many songs off their new album (the only one i don't have!), but the ones that weren't off that album were the ones i wanted to hear. had a great time.

oh i'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself
the things that i do
the next time i fall i'm gonna have to recall
it isn't love it's only something new
i sit two stories above the street
it's awful quiet here since love fell asleep there's
life down below me though the kids are walking home from school
i'm remembering the time when i came so close with you
skipping my class and running from school
and i bought you that ring cause i never was cool
what makes me think i could start clean slated
the hardest to learn was the least complicated
what makes me think i could start clean slated
the hardest to learn was the least complicated least complicated

from debbie's rhyme and reason:

"because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to,
i don't mean this lightly,
distract us from the things that pull us down.
music should be not only a source for political ideas
but also a source of hope, for the simple things in life
like dancing..."

~djm--rolling stone--12.6.01

rant: i think my most despised sound is that of gunfire. i never realized how bothersome it was until i moved into a house w. two guys who like to watch violent movies and play violent video games. and like to listen to the TV really really loud. to me gunfire = people getting killed = not a good thing = not something i'd like to see. i just don't get it. why the fuck would you want to watch people being killed? why would you want to kill anyone in a video game? isn't that the most disturbing crime one can think of committing? i just don't 'get' it - why anyone would want to film it, think of it, perform it. what a twisted society we live in. :(

thanks to shep...i'm a book! i'm a country! i swear i only took the quiz once - and i'm canada! :) see? there was a reason i moved here. and i still love it even though it's march 9th and there's still a couple centimeters of snow on the ground.

You're Canada!

People make fun of you a lot, but they're stupid because you've got a much better life than they do.  In fact, they're probably just jealous.  You believe in crazy things like human rights and health care and not dying in the streets, and you end up securing these rights for yourself and others.  If it weren't for your weird affection for ice hockey, you'd be the perfect person.
Take the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid

You're One Hundred Years of Solitude!

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lonely and struggling, you've been around for a very long time. Conflict has filled most of your life and torn apart nearly everyone you know. Yet there is something majestic and even epic about your presence in the world. You love life all the more for having seen its decimation. After all, it takes a village.
Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid.

the supersized days have ended. mcdonald's has finally decided to stop the supersize promotion. supposedly, that is: McDonald's said in a prepared statement that drinks will still be available as a promotional option.

hello? that's not exactly getting rid of supersize! maybe they should only allow you to supersize diet drinks...

we're having a heat wave (according to cbc radio this morning) here in canada. it's supposed to be 10 degrees celcius! today's forcast:

Collingwood 4...9 C
Waterloo 4...10 C
Costa Mesa, CA* 9...14 C

collingwood is where i go skiing/snowshoeing in southwestern ontario, waterloo is where i live, and costa mesa is where my family lives in southern california. it's going to be almost as warm here as it is there. however, i believe they are having a 'cold snap' while we are having our 'heat wave'!