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Day: April 17, 2004

An update on my morning

Posted on April 17, 2004 By admin

So Erin and her troupe are headed back to Ottawa. I'm attracted to this girl. She's smart, funny, very beautiful, loves music. The fact that she's in a wheelchair doesn't even figure in the equation. She's beautiful when she laughs, it lights up her whole face. She's one of the most … alive, for lack of a better word… people I know. She came to breakfast with Lorraine – the woman with whom she lives – and Lorraine's daughter Emilie and one of Em's friends.

To be really honest, I have trouble describing what happened in words that would make sense to myself, much less to other people. Breakfast was fun – without much interrogation – and after that, we went to Jillians, the arcade at the forum. It was fun, but I felt like a fifth wheel. I didn't get the chance to talk to Erin all that much, and I actually spent most of the afternoon with Lorraine. Basically, they all had a very intimate dynamic, and I don't know, I just felt a bit out of place. I would have loved to have the chance to talk to Erin more, but I guess I'll have the chance next week.

I think she's still coming – she said she'd see me then, so I'm assuming it's still on. I think I passed the initial screening, but it just felt bizarre as hell to have 3 chaperones, an expression Michel coined and is very appropriate. And even then, I just feel so… bewildered by the whole experience. I guess I'll find out where things stand the next time I talk to her, which should be tonight, I guess.

As a side note, this song should really be added to my previous list.


Come up to meet you,
Tell you I'm sorry,
You don't know how lovely you are.

I had to find you,
Tell you I need you,
Tell you I set you apart.

Tell me your secrets,
And ask me your questions,
Oh, let's go back to the start.

Runnin' in circles,
Comin' up tails,
Heads are a science apart.

Nobody said it was easy,
It's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be this hard.
Oh, take me back to the start.

I was just guessing,
At numbers and figures,
Pulling your puzzles apart.

Questions of science,
Science and progress,
Do not speak as loud as my heart.

Tell me you love me,
Come back and hold me,
Oh, when I rush to the start.

Runnin' in circles,
Chasin' tails,
Comin' back as we are.

Nobody said it was easy,
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be so hard.
I'm goin' back to the start.

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Oh lordie :)

Posted on April 17, 2004 By admin 1 Comment on Oh lordie :)

I did something last night that I've never done before. I was chatting with miss kitty on my laptop, in bed, and I was really getting tired. so she told me to just stop typing and go to sleep. This caused a bit of a problem, as I wasn't fond on the idea of saying goodnight just yet. We both had webcam feeds on, so in essence, she watched me fall asleep from 200 km away. I could feel my eyelids closing, so I finally said goodnight and put away my laptop.

I slept well, but woke up all giddy this morning at 6 am – to which people who know me will be amazed at – and couldn't get back to sleep. She's coming over for breakfast this morning with some friends. Should be a fun day, even though I feel like I'm going to get grilled and interviewed :P

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Talking to a little kitty

Posted on April 17, 2004 By admin 1 Comment on Talking to a little kitty

I've been spending a lot of time lately talking to someone I met recently. She's a wonderful person and I'm really looking forward to meeting her in about a week. We were talking, among many other things today, about music. I realized that I love sharing music with people I care about. There's something really intimate about introducing someone to your favourite song, and telling them why it's important to you, or how you feel about it and why.

In doing so, I came up with the following CD, which would be the definitive “Music of Richard”:

1. Harmonium, Dixie
2. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Little Wing
3. Sting, Shape of my heart
4. Daniel Lavoie, Jours de plaine
5. Stained, It's been a while
6. Peter Gabriel, Don't give up
7. Creed, My sacrifice
8. Tea Party, Walking wounded
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ain't gonna give up on love
10. Elle Fitzgerald, Someone to watch over me
11. Dire Straits, Your latest trick
12. Bet.e & Stef, It's over
13. Pink Floyd, Wish you were here
14. David Usher, Black black heart
15. Dido, Isobel
16. Starmania, Les uns contre les autres
17. Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime
18. Billy Joel, New York state of mind
19. Coldplay, Everything not lost
20. Rush, Subdivisions

These are songs that, for various reasons, have some kind of emotinal impact in my life. Now, to be honest, there's tons of stuff that would also fit on there (the complete Dark Side of the Moon album, for starters), but this is as close to a 20-song compilation as I could get.

As an exercise, gentle reader, what's yours?


Edit: this was a postdated entry, as I never actually got the time to finish it yesterday :)

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