things my boyfriend says too

i used to read this site--things my boyfriend says--religiously, and laugh my ass off because my man often comes up with one liners that are so randomly hilarious, like this
and once i even challenged the author to pit our boys' words against each other's in a super- mega boyfriend says blog...yes, i can hear myself laughing now.

but then, often, in non-hilarious ways and with sage-like precision, in the midst of semi-deep conversation, bob says stuff to stop my tangential rants

i love shower talks
today, i was ranting while i was showering and bob was listening to me, as usual
i think i was talking about not knowing my beliefs--my confusion about my own sureness.
and without missing my beat, he says:

"the people who are absolutely sure in their beliefs--about everything--are usually wrong"

6:45am on the 501

the weight of the world's catastrophes and nuances is an unsettling burden to bear--and difficult at times.
i remember being 20 and thinking i was all alone.
and all i had to do was talk and find out that i wasn't fucked up--i was thinking everybody else's thoughts.
i used to think thoughts got easier as you got older (ah, the blissfulness of ignorance) but now i see it cycles in tens.
with each decade some new weight sits there, lending itself to the hunchbacked bitter old hag i will become.
so, now?
the thinking more intense.
because the knowing exists.

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Music to my (early morning) ears: nascent state - a diary of blurry feet

the few days i have off in between work shifts are always studded with various random errands and pre-planned activities, and then the days that i do nothing for a few hours, i feel are wasted.
so sad.
i am highly anticipating a grand change in twentyten.
because twentyten just sounds so grand...or so old--like a grandfather clock-- depending on my level of optimism for the day.

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Music to my ears: 65daysofstatic

contemplating the move

tyya, in her favourite spot

i feel no sense of community here.
maybe i have a skewed definition of community.
maybe i have different values than my friends.
maybe i have no friends?
maybe that is because i have different values or define "community" differently.

i'm looking forward to a change. to a fresh start.
i was ambivalent at first. moving across the country is a huge decision.
frightening, even. but exciting as well.
the gears are in motion.
2010 will be a bit of a different year.
it's about time.

In other horrific news: Haitian disaster

band plug

a cheap music show in toronto? can it be?
oh yes.

come see nascent state open for induced labour, lan party, women in tragedy at teranga african bar (159 august ave) on tuesday jan 12
4 bands, 3 dollars

click here for stillepost listing

happy 2010

2009. it's been a doozy.

i graduated university with a degree in nursing.
got a job on a neuro & trauma unit.
explored turkey for a couple of weeks.
got engaged in a hot air balloon over fairy mountains in goreme, cappadocia (central turkey)
wrote my RN exam...and passed.
played my first show as one half of nascent state.
added a link to the chain with a bike ride to niagara falls.
got a few camping trips in this summer and up to algonquin for thanksgiving to cook a bird over the fire.
witnessed the birth of my nephew, jackson philip.
that same day, tested for my 2nd degree black belt in karate...and was successful!
shortly after, experienced the death of my dear nonna.

here's to a new year.
salut!