Monday, August 28, 2006




so little time to write to you, my dear dear readers.

blogging requires a 'vibe', an introspective demeanour that i am currently spending on my novel and my navel.

school beckons! a week tomorrow.
the end of an era, the beginning of a new.

i drove to hamilton to view it, finding the whole scene quite novel and lovely. change is always invigorating. a year ago i finished my english degree. then 7 months at Desjardins. now this.

my one lone writing gig, the wise guys column for chatelaine, has been murdered. many changes at chatelaine, as the few people i had known there have been recently let go. they have offered to let me pitch them ideas, however, which is lovely and kind and i will take them up on it. i will miss, however, the joys of reading how absolutely fucked up we all are. humanity, you cold cruel comedienne.

i just want to own a dog, get drunk every day, and just bob in the waves of love forever and ever and ever.

i have been listening to this singer/songwriter of late. the singing part starts around 1:25 if you want to jump ahead.




Tuesday, August 22, 2006



forgive me. i have been busy, and away from my computer.

i just returned from the lady's cottage, a slice of heaven in a mad mad world.

i have school starting in two weeks.

and i'm trying to finish my kids novel. so many ideas, so little time.

i WILL post a real post when i have the focus. hey, it's summer. :)


addendum: Former Camden High School star Dajuan Wagner had a workout with the 76ers recently at their practice facility at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Wagner is trying to work his way back into the NBA after battling knee injuries and colitis over his three-year career with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

i have colitis. it sucks. what sucks worse is having the disease be listed as a reason your once-promising career took a nose dive. although that's what's on the record for my once-promising career as an editor so i suppose i'm in good company. :)

Thursday, August 10, 2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiSfpOCkSOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKvh4BCMdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5J4RaQQQIs


Wednesday, August 09, 2006


family.

my younger years were enriched by their presence. my teenaged years, university, and adult life were without the constant contact, seperated as we are by bodies of water, time, distance, and money.

my immediate kin i love without question, and i see often. but my uncles, aunts, cousins and outlaws i don't see often enough.

there is a comfort there, of being 'with your people'. i love families. or at least, i love my family. my trip was peppered with dancing, music, drinking, laughing, hugging, crying, and most importantly, the warmth that comes from being in the company of people who you love and who love you.

there were probably 25 of us. we slept in an abandoned two room shed with a chemical toilet and no running water. we slept on blow up mattresses. we laughed ourselves to sleep every night. the 12 year olds making the adults laugh, the adults making the children laugh, in the dark, on a little island on the northern tip of newfoundland. every night was an affirmation.

I went cod jigging on the north atlantic, ate my catch, drank newfoundland beer, danced to newfoundland songs in the kitchen in the middle of the afternoon with my uncle tony playing the accordian and my nan dancing away, had a bonfire the size of a house that gave me a slight tan, went four-wheeling along the old newfoundland railway, laughed, cried, ate newfoundland candy, and loved every single minute of my time there.

of course holidays are not permanent realities, but families are. and i am proud to be a part of mine.

i'll post some videos i took shortly. here's the first. mom, this may take a while to do on your computer, but it should still work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOAO0hVFSpg

i'm having trouble embedding it right now for some reason. will work on it.