Franglais

My first thought is "why are we still talking about this?" This meaning whether or not Quebec is a Nation. Maybe I'll just never understand - I am, after all, nothing but a western anglephone who's left the country.

I have francophone friends, I have quebecois english friends and we don't discuss this. There are more pressing issues out there that will have a bigger impact on our lifes in the future - global warming, defense spending, the aging population, to name a few.

Do I think that Canada's French history makes it richer? Yes. Do I think that, as an official language, French deserves protections under the law? Yes.

However - do I think that this means that the province of Quebec should be given additional powers and rights, including the right to speak at international meetings? definitely not. You can't have it both ways Mr Duceppe, in order to speak as Canada you must win over the entire population and in order to speak as the Nation of Quebec on the international stage you must in fact become a nation or at least try to become one, both politcally and fiscally.

Over the past week the Canadian House of Commons has officially spent 2 days discussing this motion and countless hours outside of cabinet. Couldn't that time, why is it that everytime the country seems poised to do something, the economy is strong, our government is functioning, etc, the topic of Quebec separation comes up. This time I blame the Bloc for the timing but its not the case.

I'm just frustrated by it, I cannot logically understand why one of my peers in Quebec would honestly want to separate from Canada. I mean, would quebec be part of NAFTA? what about visas? The french language would be protected however the much of rest of the world and especially their neighbours would continue to use english so the communication barriers that exist currently would not go away. What about the national debt? would it be split? and Montreal? most of those people don't want to separate.

There is no quick and easy answer to this, nobody wins and we all lose.

The indian is coming back tonight. I can't concentrate I'm so excited.

The way we were...

I'm tired of all this relationship bad news. I'm disillusioned with all the infidelity. I'm tired being the last to know who is doing what with whom. I wish I didn't know at all. Actually I wish it wasn’t out there for me to find out. I'm beginning to think I'm the only one left who is still disturbed with by all the cheating going on.

If you want to be with other people don’t get married, just date. If you want to date multiple people, that’s fine, just be honest about it. Don’t drag the rest of us down with you.

Its complicated, I never know what to say to whom. Can I mention we hung out with her? Was saying that we went to dinner with him last week the wrong thing.

If it really was "no big deal" you wouldn’t have to remind your friends to hide the truth. Tru dat.

I think I left my cell phone in a cab...

I filed a report with 311. As i was paying I dropped my purse and heard a thump, I looked at the floor intently even peered closely with the door open and light on. I saw nothing. But its not in my purse anymore. This makes me sad, but all is not lost, I have my wallet, book and more importantly the iPod nano I won at a conference last month. It was delivered this afternoon, I was so excited. First a remote control car and then this email surprise about the nano. Yay for me. I'll figure out the phone thing in the morning, when its a new day.

Its a bit late, I know.

I can't think of a better way to start the year. I woke up early on Diwali divas - got on the 6 train to the Bronx. I wasn't sure what exactly to expect, but had signed up as a team leader for NY cares day (note the different colour t-shirt).

It was a blast, we spent the morning painting the entrance to PS 154. Our little team of 7 braved the cold and hopefully created something that will make the kids smile. Throughout the day we got great feedback from kids, parents, teachers and I won't soon forget the little boy on his bike who just couldn't stop staring. I hope our work survives the rest of the school year :)

Its going to be a good year, I can just feel it.