birthday week should just be called drunk week

too bad

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i miss being a music geek

listening to bach's "orch. suite no 2" is definitely not something i'd recommend for night-time listening - its so chipper and dancing fairies, early-morning ish - it'll keep u awake.

also not good for night-time listening:
-stravinsky's "rite of spring" (when it debuted, flocks of people actually fled the opera house screaming and in shock because it was so disturbing..and i've actually woken up at night when it has come onto my ipod's playlist when i'm trying to fall asleep - its that tense)
-orff's "carmina burina", 'O Fortuna' movement - really creepy, but now ruined by bad horror movies
-grieg's "in the hall of the mountain king" - very 'someone's following you'ish

anyone have anything to add, classical or non?

It's amazing. I can read so many people. But you were always a mystery to me. I could look into your eyes and see for miles and miles, but never really going anywhere at all. Only as far as you'd let me. And that was never more than a step forward in your mind, but two steps back in mine.

But now, you have me questioning whether it was ever really you, at all, who made these walls that separate us from each other. You have such a talent for tearing things down, though, I suppose these walls seem so trivial in your eyes. I must seem so trivial in your eyes.

a shitty way to start out pride... like fuck.

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living the life

i'm sitting here watching the MuchMusic Video Awards and, for the first time, i'm actually not ashamed of the Canadian music industry as much as i had been in the past. it seems as though MuchMusic, and hence the MMVAs, have finally gotten some cred. it is a little strange tho to think that someone as "famous" as Paris Hilton would come to this little Toronto awards show to be on screen for a whole 2 minutes.

but at the same time, does anyone find it alarming that in order to gain this cred and popularity amongst its target audience, CHUM has to go and create an Americanized award show, with about 80% American bands and only about 20% Canadian and further this growing teenage mantra that Canadian music content is crap, and even the Canadian music channel thinks so too?

don't get me wrong, i think its great that Canada has finally gotten to a point where at least *one* of our "many" award shows has gotten some cred, but maybe it's more harmful than good..

and on that note, i talked to the Human Resources Director of the CBC today for like 20 minutes and she recommended jobs that i should apply for after i graduate. in the words of brendan, "jealous??...thought so....."

oh june.

so, terrorists aside, this has been a pretty "stellar" week

besides frequenting bars, shopping my ass off with a new friend, brendan's return to london, and getting visits from my crazy best friends, i also managed to start a new job which isn't too horrible

goooo me!

(plus, it's Sawyer month on my LOST calendar haahahaha)

((AND it's my birthday in 23 days))

(((AND i'm going to the O-Week Charity Weekend this weekend with the amazing Emily)))

that is all for now

there were/are terrorists in my hometown of mississauga...

but i dont think i'm afraid.. and i dont know whether i even should be

what should i be thinking? how should i be feeling about this?


(and if you hadnt heard about this yet, please turn on your nightly news/open a newspaper.)