Cartoons

I had this just really great talk today about the ways of the world, and specifically about why life is more difficult but more satisfying for people who have chosen to follow their passions, and also how it sucks when people compromise their ideals for a quick buck and a shot of security.

For those people, I offer this cartoon:


-credit to Cat and Girl which portrays many of the walls place in the path of the cheerful misanthrope.

This cartoon is about Paris:


-credit to Pictures for Sad Children which has an uncanny knack for picking up on the pressures felt by insecure, uncertain people.

You have to have read it for a while to understand why the speaker is a ghost, and why he is also in a fountain.

I am starting to feel this way about Paris as a whole. I tell people that I am living in Paris and they almost invariably say "Oh lucky you!" and this has create a rift between what Paris is supposed to be and what I'm currently exeriencing (namely, boatloads of boredom). I'm trying to experience all that I can, but I've been to all the major monuments, seen lots of little attractions (such as seeing an Ionesco play in what was once a cave), eaten the food, drunk the wine, etc, etc, etc. So I don't think I can be accused of being idle, but I'm bored as sin!

Travelling alone is just not for me. I respect the people who can throw a towel in a backpack and move to India for seven years, but that's not me. I need a network. I'm looking forward to being back in Canada. I think I'm going to apply for a writing program in a university somewhere. I miss school. Liz and I are working on staging an original play in a fringe festival. I'm looking forward to the hard work that these things will entail.

And now, to make this somewhat entertaining for anyone unlucky enough to stumble across this mess, a TBD hilarity!



I am really looking forward to this movie! Think about it! A stoner movie written by the Superbad guys and directed by indie art film guru David Gordon Green! What's not to like? If nothing else, it's a great trailer.

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AND A GIANT P.S.!

Congrats to MANgelo, who gets into great schools. You can't even see how far he's going to go!