Glorious!

Last night Michael and I went to Theatre Calgary and saw Glorious!, a play about a woman who was possibly the worst singer in the world. The funny thing being, that she had absolutely no idea. She loved to sing, and she thought that she was fantastic. Mme Jenkins would put on huge recitals for all of her society woman, which would include elaborate costumes and many songs that she was completely unable to sing. It was an awesome play. We laughed at her complete and utter lack of talent, the antics that she would put on during her performances, and also her inability to understand and communicate with her Mexican maid. Even though she could not sing, she had enormous passion for what she was doing, and because of this, was able to perform to a sell-out crowd at Carnegie Hall just a month before she died. You can respect this woman who, even through complete lack of talent, was confident enough to do what she loved regardless of what others thought of her for it.

Friday, October 13

I'm not sure why, but it seems that important things seem to happen to me whenever it's Friday, October 13th.

When I was in grade 7, I had my braces put on on Friday, October 13th. That was not so much a fun day. If you've never had braces, it hurts A LOT. Of course, my mother had never had braces, and wasn't aware of the pain that they caused. I had my ortho appointment at 9:00 in the morning, and then went to school for the day. At noon, I opened my lunch bag to find a sandwich that I couldn't chew, and cookies that I couldn't bite into. I had to do some creative trading with my friends and a quick trip through the cafeteria line just to get something down to last me through the rest of the day.

When I was in grade 12, I got my driver's license on Friday, October 13th. Some people probably thought this was a scary thing, especially since it was the third time I'd taken the test, but I choose to view it as a positive moment in my life. We had youth group that night, and I remember driving around Southland Drive for at least 15 minutes before I was able to find Laser Quest. It's not the easiest place in the world to find, if you're not 100% sure where it is.

So what will be the big event this Friday, October 13th? My guess is nothing, seeing as it's already late afternoon, and there's been nothing out of the ordinary so far, but who knows?

Happy Thanksgiving!

I love long weekends. Especially ones when it's a Monday off, instead of a Friday. Monday's off are like a double bonus. When you have a Friday off, it's great to be able to sleep in and do your own thing that day, but then the next day you're back into a regular schedule, off on Saturday and Sunday, back to work on Monday. When you've got a Monday off, everything's as per normal until Monday, when you get to sleep in and do your own thing. The next day, when you go back to work, it's the start of the work week, but it's already Tuesday. Hence the double bonus!

This weekend was an incredibly productive one for Michael and I. On Saturday, we sold Michael's car, and we also bought my parent's Acura. So now we both air conditioning and a cd player, which makes me happy :) Then we ran a bunch of errands in our fancy new car. One of those errands was buying some track lighting for our kitchen, which we (ie: my dad with help from Michael and I) installed yesterday. It's great, 'cause now we can actually see what we're doing, instead of working in the shadows.

What was also fun this weekend was having Howie and Mary come to my parent's for Thanksgiving with their two kids. Samuel is 2, and it was so much fun to hear him go around the house and identify objects: "turtle", "boat", "puppy toy". At one point he tipped over a plant and got himself covered in dirt. He didn't much like it when my mom took the vacuum to him to clean him up. Courtney, their other daughter, is just two weeks old, and this weekend was the first time I got to see her. She's just beautiful, and so tiny. I got to hold her yesterday, and she was awake for much of the time.