tanukis

from 'the prophet'- kalil gibran

When love beckons to you, follow her,
Though her ways are hard and steep.
And when her wings enfold you yield to her,
Though the sword hidden among her pinions may wound you.
And when she speaks to you believe in her,
Though her voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as...
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The Train at Twilight

Riding the train through rural ontario, early morning. The sun will rise in an hour, or so.

It feels a bit like riding through a model village. The one I used to set up every Christmas, on the top the piano, in the living room: a fresh roll of cotton served as snow, with fake trees painted white, lights in the...
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oh man, my tattoo is healing so nicely. I'm going to post some pictures really soon.

I went to see The Vagina Monologues this evening. Not my first time, I saw it once many years ago. And that time I felt very uncomfortable. Because, of course, I like many men was scared of the word vagina. I was slightly scared of vaginas for that matter, since it was long before my sexual awakening. VAGINA! Back then it was hard to laugh...
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fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. being single sucks, and is sort of great too. mostly sucks.

problem is, my town is so fucking small that everyone knows I just broke up with my girlfriend (ex-girlfriend? do I have to start calling her my ex-girlfriend now?)

Which means that all the single girls know, and are therefore reluctant to be my rebound.

Son of a Bitch!

hey everyone,

check out the song, Put a Penny In the Slot, by Fionn Regan.

my trip was amazing.

4 weeks traveling around germany, france, belgium, the netherlands, and luxembourg. It was remarkably fun, and I met so many wonderful people through couchsurfing.com. everyone should check it out.


I am now in the halifax airport, and in 3 hours I am getting on a plane to montreal, and my 5 week french program.

wish me luck,

I just had what should have been a wonderful weekend.

Friday night, a great night with my friends. Saturday, a party to end all parties, for the programmers at the local radio station (at which i volunteer).

Sunday of relaxing and productivity.

What could I want more than that?

I'm not entirely sure. but I felt lonely, ever while surround by my friends, and having...
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I am counting down the days to the most wonderful trip I could ever imagine. (40)

My roommate, his friend from home, and I are heading to Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands for a month on May the 4th.

We are all signed up on couchsurfing.com, and just started sending out requests for couches all over the place yesterday, including strasbourg, paris, luxembourg...
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i wrote a new blog entry yesterday. It was pretty good i thought. moderately interesting. not very witty, but the subject didn't call for wit. all in all, a solid blogging effort. and then right before i posted it, my browser crashed.

fuck.

I was so pissed.

I assume many people out there will be able to empathize with this...

Everything becomes simpler when you are drunk. I try not to drink very much, but this weekend was a music festival to fundraise for our radio station, and so naturally I was there for the entire thing. And a drank a lot on the final night.

When sober, my love life looks...
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