Author: Allegra

Born when atmospheric carbon was 316 PPM. Settled on MST country since 1997. Parent, grandparent.

contradancing

Well, what a Vancouver Experience. First off, people I’ve paid money to see were dancing with me…. that was bizarre enough. Then I had somebody come up to me – actually two somebodies – & ask me if it was a nice break from singing funny songs. I’m famous, don’t you know (their word, not mine) for my appearances at Jericho. I had three men ask me to dance in rapid succession at one point, which was interesting. I danced with the Luddite two out of three times. I’m just not used to dancing that hard with no help from sweet sweet beer.
So I completed three dances and sat out two but my god by a little before 9:30 I was getting shooting pains down my right leg as my enthusiasm outstripped the capacity of my back to cope with the jiggling. (Rock and roll dancing is much easier on my back… and I got invited to go dancing at the Rage by the Chef next weekend TOO but alas I will be filking up a storm). Giblitz Fancy from Point Roberts was playing, and mighty fine playing it was, too. The Luddite, as promised, will be closing the place; it was very amusing watching him shed about six layers of clothing in rapid succession as he warmed up.
The dance is at the bottom of the hill so I was home jiggety jig, packed amongst young folk plotting exactly how drunk they plan to get tonight. Me, I’m going to curl up with Love, Actually, as I really like the actors. Has Chiwetel Ejiofor been in every frikkin movie in the last three years?

later….. it turns out the movie was very scratched and unplayable so I started on Man of the Year instead.

Martin Mars

Who could resist reposting this picture of the Martin Mars here in Vancouver (which I once saw from a great distance, and which is a favourite of Paul’s and in fact we had a huge fight about getting closer to it because I was terrified of missing the ferry).  Copyright CTVglobemedia, pic forwarded from Chipper.

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A farewell to snores

Well, it was too good to last, is all I can say.  A person or persons unknown ran up and down the corridor at five minute intervals during the period I was attempting to get to sleep, so it was after one before the shuteye commenced, and six-thirty when I awoke.

Gawker has posted the Tom Cruise Scientology video that’s erupted across the inertnets – I have no desire to repost the link but if you want to watch a cute closeted gay man go whacky for 7 minutes, you know where to find it, for now, because the CO$ (which is the official atheist way to shorten Church of Scientology) doesn’t really need any help from me either recruiting or looking stoopid.

And now I have to go to work.  I feel like somebody tacked my eyes together with melted jujubes.