Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
I’m about to make my great escape from cubeland for 63 whole hours in a row. At which point I will immediately launch myself into Insanityâ„¢. For the sake of posterity (and my mind, so it’s written down somewhere, I present to you, My Weekend. Chaos in 3 Acts. Friday Night 5:00PM – Go Home. … Continue reading Schedule
Woe is indeed me this morning. I left my mp3 player at home. I knew there would be a price to pay for going to bed instead of assembling all of my crap in a pile somewhere near the door. And this is it. And it is a price TOO HIGH my friends. If I … Continue reading Friday Random Randomness
(I wanted to write this yesterday, but was afraid I’d jinx myself…) After the great Patch Calamity of 2005, I decided to try a different contraception product – the Nuva Ring. You can figure out how it works by checking the website, but the pertinent piece of information here is that you wear the ring … Continue reading An Exercise in Living Dangeriusly
• Comment Spam sucks. But with WordPress it’s really easy to remove. • I loathe viewings. A good friend of my mom’s passed away very suddenly last week, and they held the viewing/prayers last night. I can do memorials, I can’t do corpses. Notes to self: Do not become a doctor, plan for cremation. • … Continue reading Random Monday Bullets
Welcome to the Earth Day version of the Friday Random 10. Remember to sort your recyclables, and get off your lazy butt and walk somewhere instead of driving! 1. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams 2. The Killers – Indie Rock & Roll 3. The Stills – Love & Death 4. Deltron 3030 – Madness 5. Long … Continue reading Hug a Tree
I’ve found a new favourite song of the moment. One of those songs I play on repeat for about an hour until it’s totally ingrained in my head.
The song is Don’t Mind Us by local group Sweatshop Union from their Local 604 album. It’s got a great beat, but the lyrics are what sets it apart. It really embodies everything that I hate about going out here. It also demonstrates the fact that the best music is stuff you’ll never ever hear on the radio. I’ve copied the lyrics out below – these guys have the Vancouver club scene nailed. Also, I couldn’t find the lyrics on the intarweb anywhere – so if I’ve made an obvious mistake in transcribing them from the song, let me know.
UPDATE: Grab the song Here.
I’m going to see Margaret Cho tonight, which fills me with much excitement and giddiness. Live comedy is one of my very favouritest things to go see, and I don’t do it nearly often enough. Other than that, nothing much has been going on that’s any sort of interesting. I’m absolutely swamped with school for … Continue reading Friday Random Ten