this home

smells like cooking. it's christmas eve, and someone has been on the treadmill all morning and now into the afternoon. presents are wrapped, some in newspaper.
there is nothing to do now but fight with my younger brother over who gets to use the computer, and walk around the small town, waving at everyone who drives by.
the sky is that blue blue it gets like contrasted with everything sparkling white, and the snow blowing off trees and bushes makes glittering air.

23.

it's a huge internal celebration.
congratulations me.

free cd!

hey this band called dreamboat money made a cd. it's free. i'm listening to it right now.

go here: http://www.activemindsproductions.com/dreamboatmoney/dreamboatmoney_free_download.html

now we're both basking in their sunshine.

another day at the office

WTF.

Someone from Nova Scotia emailed me this photo, in response to a story I did about violence against women.
It also came with this link: http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/exclusives/64615/OFASTS-Gun-Apocalypse.html

holding julie fader lyrics up to the mirror

all around me, people traded people for something new

(blogging feels adolescent)

i guess it's christmas

At work today I was asked to provide my favourite Christmas songs for the paper. I so so so rarely get to write about anything related to the amazing music "under the radar", so in the 15 minutes between writing about H1N1 and recycling programs I sent this to the person coordinating Christmas music coverage:

Winnipeg's Oldfolks Home are releasing a number of Christmas songs as part of Oldfolks Christmas.

Their original song I Won't Cry at Christmas Time is available here:

http://pigeonrow.com/OldFolksHomeWeWontCryAtChristmasTime.mp3

From London, Ontario, Olenka & The Autumn Lovers released a Christmas single Red and Green Blues:

http://www.nxew.ca/mp3/redandgreenblues.mp3

And this old-timey performance by Jill Barber, singing The Christmas Song, Part of Zunior.com's charity Christmas release available for purchase at:

http://peanuts.zunior.com/

i'm freezing but i'm burning for the girl from saskatoon

just watched Coco Avant Chanel. An inspiring tale of a strong woman who leaves her small town for Paris, and um... becomes Chanel.

perhaps there's something to be learned.

who knows.

today, -40 with wind chill. it looks colder outside than that picture.

but, the sound of the ice moving under the bridge is incredible.

i think this song fits with the dream i had last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmq3GXsMcHM

if stevie nicks was abba and she had a backup band

and i was accused of buddhist thinking by a serious man

i should hang with my superfan, surely he understands.

"your blog needs pictures."

i knew he was going to say it. i just had a feeling.
soon this blog will have pictures. and be redesigned.
oh heck. stare into my compass.