Thursday, February 01, 2007
Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby
New Kaiser Chiefs song on the radio = good week, apparently. Most things have been going well. I had a moment of doubt on Tuesday, but the usual fun in international affairs followed by a trip to the gym with Kelly did the trick! It looks like I'm coming back to the Birda for summer, too, so that's been cheering me up. It's not that I don't like Ottawa and my friends, my job, and my school work here -- actually, all of the above have been going quite well -- but it will be nice to have a change of pace and to be back home. Also, since the thing I've been really excited about is that Boopsie is coming to visit in March, it kind of made sense to go back where she is.
Monday I went to a pro-Kyoto demonstration in the morning, in -29C, of course -- nothing brings out the chill like global warming. Jack Layton was there, busily having Paul Dewar inform people that the reason Jack got into politics was climate change, not mentioning the fact that the day before he'd been really big on ATM fees being the anti-Christ. Oh, politics, what incoherent bedfellows you make. But I still love David Chernushenko, who was also there and who spoke very well from the depths of a hideous Gore-tex parka. Anyway, I then went to Zak's Diner for breakfast with Karen, who graduated a year after me from Facey and is now taking design at Algonquin. We had delicious diner food and caught up -- she's one of those people whose social circle overlapped with mine, but we never actually talked that much.
Internationally, the Middle East continues to wig out. This is sad.
And now, I have to go finish my paper outline on contemporary Israeli geopolitics. Right after I watch Ugly Betty. Actually, it's pretty much done. Yay for sleeping tonight!
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Gee, I remember when Jack Layton was a municipal politician back in Toronto, and his favourite topic was the plight of the homeless. In fact, that's all he ever talked about. And that was waaaaay before anyone cared about climate change.
Apparently JustJack! has cared about climate change since the early '90s. I know this because he cornered Paul Dewar (at least I think it was Dewar) a few days ago and told him this.
yeah historical reviosinists! I dont remember Jack ever speaking out about global warming, and i dont think Paul Dewar should of ever taught children. I can only hope the NDP gets rid of Dewar in my riding. I somehow doubt that will happen, even if broadbent this time around refuses to do all his campaigning for him.
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