Neither Here Nor There (entitything) wrote, @ 2003-07-01 19:47:00

Current mood:	artistic
Current music:	"The War of 1812" Arrogant Worms

Happy Canada Day!
Canada is getting really cool of late.

Decriminalization of marijuana, resisting pressure from the US to go along with an unjustifiable war, legalizing gay marriage... way to go, Canada! I heard a prediction some two or three years ago that Toronto would be the Paris of the new Beat Generation, and that's certainly what it feels like.

In other news, Strom Thurmond has finally kicked the bucket-- maybe the Texas overturning of the sodomy laws was too much of a shock. Canada Day is more important, but this gets a footnote.

I heard a woman on CNN announce recently as a historical fact that "the Democratic Party has always been a haven for traitors and anti-americanism"; I didn't get her name because I demanded that the television be turned off at once. I will never watch CNN again. That's not much of a threat because I rarely had before. The myth of objective journalism has finally been dissolved.

I want to see Howard Dean win the Dem nomination, and I want to see him trounce Bush in the prez elections.

On a personal note, two of my closest friends were visiting for the last week, with the result that I have a new CD-- "To be considered a live album," Amarna informs me. I am very very happy with it, very proud of her for her creativity and talent, and also very happy to get to see her and Z. I've missed them very much, and we had a very pleasant visit all around. They are much less moody than they used to be, and I'm proud of them for that as well. I miss them already.

I'm back at work at the auditorium now. I'm being paid, which is the important thing.

	faerieking 2003-07-02 10:49 (link)
	Hehe. Canada ain't perfect, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world. :D Who's this Howard Dean dude? - I guess I need to break my self-imposed media blackout. Do you get BBC World News? (Reply to this) (Thread)

entitything 2003-07-07 17:52 (link)

No, but I read most of my news on internet sources anyways. All our tv news programs are shite. Howard Dean is the governor of Vermont and one of the candidates for Democratic nomination for US president; he favors gay rights (including civil unions, but he's squeamish about calling it marriage lest people be able to sue churches for refusing to perform one), universal health care, reasonable environmental policy, and not being an international asshole. He's a rational middle-of-the-roader, although he comes off as a liberal because the people calling themselves middle-of-the-roaders right now are parroting the republican party line. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tuppem 2003-07-02 14:16 (link)
	oh canada! (if you have not, you need to see the documentary about the making of hedwig on the dvd just for the kid who plays a young hansel singing "oh canada" with a german accent.) isn't toronto all sars-y these days? or was that a few weeks ago? (Reply to this) (Thread)