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merely talk

rantings and ravings with little cohesion and plenty of pretension

 

EEGed

I had an EEG this morning. Other than being very tired, and having a strobe light two inches from my face, the entire thing was pretty uneventful. The strobe was annoying and gave me a headache, and I have funny stuff in my hair from the electrodes, but no seizure was induced.

I'm not sure how I feel about that. It could mean one of two things: 1) there is nothing going on with my brain, and the first seizure was a freak occurrence, or 2) there is something wrong with my brain and they still have no clue as to what.

I'm pulling for option one myself.

Now it's time for a nap. 4 hours of sleep is just not enough.

 
 

Water


I went to this amazing film today at the Garneau. It's been years (literally) since I'd been to that theater and I was reminded how much I love the atmosphere of the small one screen theater. The movie was Water. I beautiful film about the plight of widows in India. Just thinking about the movie brings tears to my eyes, and goosebumps to my arms. So seeing it has made me a bit of an emotional mess. But it's worth it. The shots used are simply stunning. The atmosphere of the film had invokes something within me. And I feel changed. I guess I'm saying that the Water struck a chord. So go see it. Please.

 
 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot...

Upon stepping into the Save on Foods on my way home from school today, NOVEMBER SECOND, I heard the following refrain: "On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS....". I would have left the store in protest, simply because it is MUCH TOO EARLY to be hearing such songs, but they had an avocado sale on. So I stayed. As I was leaving Auld Lang Syne started up.

'Tis the season I suppose.

But, here's the thing, doesn't it seem that they (I don't really know who I mean by they, the people in charge of the retail industry perhaps?) are stretching the Christmas season a little more every year. I love Christmas myself. I love to send Christmas cards, I love getting Christmas cards, I love decorating my apartment, and I really love torturing my roommate with Christmas music. But I restrain myself until at least December first. If not later. At this rate even I'll be sick of Christmas by Remembrance Day.

SO PLEASE, Save on Foods, cease and desist with the Christmas music. It's ruining my favourite time of year.