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January 31, 2006
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MASON POST
It amazes me sometimes how one small moment or series of events can trigger something so powerful in you. For me, it was a series of things happening the last few days:
1) I watched the A&E movie on the Flight 93 - the plane that crashed in a field on 9-11.
2) The news coverage today preparing for the President's State of the Union Speech tonight.
3) And this weekend, it was an innocent movie that Nick and I went to watch - Queen Latifah's latest Last Holiday. It's a great movie and as always, I think The Queen is wonderfully talented. But it wasn't the movie necessarily that moved me, it was the setting for most of it - the Czech Republic. Nick and I talked about how we want to visit there soon as we were driving home. But, there was something more than just wanting to visit this country, it sparked something in my soul.
My colleague and friend here at work is from the CZ and I was showing him the website from the movie and asking him about the area. He took one look at the trailer and within 1.2 seconds knew exactly where it was filmed: Karlovy Vary - a beautiful mountain town that Alex says he always visits when he goes back home. He perked up so much talking about him homeland and this area - the healing waters and how you drink from special cups from a fountain in town - it's centuries old buildings and how the Germans refused to bomb Czechoslovakia during WWII because of its beauty.
You Tell Me What You Think:
As I was watching the movie, (and was stirred up within me again after chatting with Alex,) was the incredible feelings I have for wanting a change in my life. All I could think about during the movie was how exciting and wonderful it would be to live in Europe breathing in it's history and diversity - respecting its heritage and embracing change.
I want to experience new and exciting cities - I want to live somewhere new, learning every nook and cranny of a city, learning to love it like I have Denver and Colorado. It sickens me when people here in the United States think of our country as the center of the world and that everything should be "just like us." I yearn to be just like anything but American lately (and when I say American, I mean someone from the US.)
I love and cherish the United States - I love and cherish my birth country, state and city, but it sickens me of what we've become through greed, blindness of other cultures and countries and selfishness. When did the U.S. become the playground bully instead of the loving, caring teacher or parent that was always there with a warm blanket, a hug or a look across a room that sent love just by making eye contact.
Believe me, I know it's not all cheery and wonderful on the other side of the fence, but I know that our pending move to Canada is going to be very liberating for me. Hell, it might not even be Canada - it could be somewhere else, but what I do know - and I confirm almost every day of my life lately - I need a change - I need to look around the corner and open a new chapter in my life. I want to be scared - I want to be nervous - I want to be insecure because I know when that happens, I will be a better man because of it.
Nick and I are going out to dinner tonight - a mini-protest by boycotting the State of the Union address. I think we'll be eating out and ordering French wine (from what I read!) :-)
Posted by Mason at 06:12 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBackDear Mr. President,
Apprently you have to give yet another State of the Union address tonight - I was hoping it would have been a Democrat this time around, but oh well. Let me save your speechwriters some time and summarize the State of the Union for you:
Your Leadership sucks.
Your Economic Policies suck.
Your Social Projects suck.
Your Environmental Protection sucks.
Your Spending sucks.
The State of The Union sucks.
I was better off financially six years ago, I now live in a country more divided then after the 2000 election, and we also have about 2500 less citizens because of your stupid little war. I for one will not be watching you tonight and instead plan on going out to dinner with my homosexual lover and drinking French Wine. In closing I would like to leave you with the Lyrics of a Green Day song that I find so very appropriate right now.
Sincerely,
Nikolas
Minority
I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I want to be the minority
I pledge allegiance to the underworld
One nation under dog
There of which I stand alone
A face in the crowd
Unsung, against the mold
Without a doubt
Singled out
The only way I know
I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I want to be the minority
Stepped out of the line
Like a sheep runs from the herd
Marching out of time
To my own beat now
The only way I know
One light, one mind
Flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
"For crying out loud" she screamed unto me
A free for all
Fuck 'em all
You are your own sight
I want to be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I want to be the minority
P.S. Dear National Security Agency....Hi! *waves*
Posted by Nikolas at 05:53 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBackJanuary 30, 2006
Follow the Leader?
So it looks like the frontrunner for the Leadership of the Liberal Party (and quite possibly the next Prime Minister of Canada) Frank McKenna has dropped out of the race. Surprising…given his recent resignation as Ambassador to the
So as of now the possible contenders are Liberal MP Scott Brison, Liberal MP Michael Ignatieff, Liberal MP Belinda Stronach, and Brian Tobin, a former federal cabinet Minster and
First off I was FLOORED to see that Brison is gay and being considered for the position. The simple fact that a national political party is considering a gay man to lead it (I know that the regional Parti Quebecois already did with Bosclair) amazes me. Democrats would never have the backbone to do that! He seems pragmatic and realistic, and having been a former Progressive Conservative he certainly seems to have struck a balance in his political career. However, he doesn’t seem very powerful or charismatic…maybe I need to see him in action, but he isn’t jumping off the page to me.
Ignatieff doesn’t sit well with me, but I’m willing to listen. First off he supported the Iraq War and the Missile Defense Shield with the
Tobin does not excite me at all – that plus he is an old crony of Chrétien’s and the last thing Liberals need is to associate themselves with him again. Personally, I think that takes him out of the running.
Stronach’s showing in this last election surprised me – the woman held true to her convictions as an old Progressive Conservative and crossed the floor as a Liberal when Harper wanted to push his agenda. Thinking she was vulnerable the Conservatives attacked her with everything they had in her riding – and she won with an even bigger percentage then her last election. I know people give her shit for looking like a Paris Hilton wanna-be, but the woman has brains, looks and a business ethic. She is middle of the road and isn’t afraid to speak her mind. If I had the chance to vote for the leadership (I have no idea how that works) she would seriously be the frontrunner.
So just my two cents…who know who else would come out of the woodwork, but it definitely is going to be an interesting race.
January 29, 2006
Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt and Dance like no one is watching
Mason and I decided to take in a movie today - something we haven't done in a while. I always chuckle at the educational segments they put into that little 20-minute pre-preview infomercial. This one was all about not smoking weed - it shows this mean dog and the kid's voiceover talks about how he and his friends got high (the dogs starts running) and how it probably wasn't a smart idea to accept a challenge to outrun the lumberyard's dog (where was this filmed? Backwoods Montana? Do they even have pot there?) Anyway, cut to scene showing the teenager running as fast as he can before the vicious dog catches him, but uh oh...a fence, he has to climb it - fade to black. Then a serious girl's voice states - Weed Kills!
Ok, first of all the kids smoking weed would be looking for corn dogs to eat and not a real dog to outrun. Second, have you been around stoners? They would have died laughing at the concept of outrunning the dog and then lose their train of thought and move on to the pretty clouds in the sky. The Drug War has been Lost Mr. President! Why don't you try something else...like legalization!
Anyway, on to my real point of the story, we decided to go see Queen Latifah's new movie (I love her!) Last Holiday. It was funny, spoofy and made me smile. It's not going to win an Oscar, but I loved the theme of it. Live life to the fullest because you never know when your last day is coming. Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, and Dance like no one is watching. Mason and I talked about it on our way out of the theater, about the idea that most poor souls go day in and day out with never going outside their own backyard or town, mind or comfort zone. Moving to Toronto and Canada is a big risk, it's bold and surprising for two men who have solid careers, good money and a nice house...most people think we are stupid (encountered that last weekend) and challenge us on why we would "stoop" to such a thing. They don't get it - it's not all about making a statement or leaving the US but it's about living life to the fullest in a place you feel excited in. I'd rather be struggling and exploring a new side of life then sitting on a couch comfortably insulated from the outside world.
So for anyone out there, maybe it's not Canada for you, maybe it's a new job, a new city, a new choice, a new way of thinking things - take the jump because you never know when it will be your last day :-)
Posted by Nikolas at 04:08 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBackJanuary 24, 2006
Canadian Elections
[Mason Entry]
Nick and I have been watching the Canadian election returns for the past three hours - it's been extremely interesting. I think I've learned more in this last three hours than I have in years of schooling - of course, none of it about another country's method of electing a government. Some interesting thoughts
* You have to wonder why representative forms of government aren't more popular.
* A radio shock jock can be elected in Canada just like movie stars can be here in the US!
* While the "Conservative" party is now going to run the government, I feel much better knowing that overall the country does seem to want to maintain environmental and civil rights protections, efforts to reach out to everyone rather than the rich or select few and tighter controls and better accountability on government.
* I have been wondering all night how I would have voted if I could - would it be conservative, liberal or even NDP? I'm almost certain I would lean liberal, but I know I would be much more informed if I was given the honor being able to vote.
* It's encouraging to know that there is a fairly large group of people that aren't married to a party 'come hell or high water.' Canadians seem to constantly question their parties - they seem to understand that just because a candidate has a "CON" or "LIB" or "NDP" after their name doesn't mean you should vote for them.
* I love the fact that there are some wonderfully strong and dynamic women leaders - people like Olivia Chow and Belinda Stronatch. No matter what you believe about their politics - having strong equal and dynamic representation between men and women is refreshing.
I know my dear Canadian friends don't hear it, but over these last three hours - I had to chuckle everytime I heard "aboot" and "oot." I will say, I don't think I heard the phrase "eh?" once. (But the night is still young!) ;-)
Posted by Mason at 05:32 PM | Comments (5) | TrackBackJanuary 23, 2006
C-Span is actually good for something
Imagine my surprise, when in my never-ending search for Canadian television I decided to take a chance and scan the channels in the hope that some American station decided to take pity on those of us interested in election results and run the CBC...and that's when I found C-Span.
For those of you that don't know, C-Span is that waste of a channel that usually shows Representatives and Senators battling it out in their respective chambers, with the occasional special program or debate of dog catcher candidates in rural Arkansas. However, tonight I found a new respect for them because they've been broadcasting CBC Election Coverage since 7:30 MDT! Mason and I were glued to the TV watching the results rolling from across the country and chatted with Geoff and his hubby at one point. It's nights like this that I really wish we had our residency - I had hoped that Mason and I would be living in Toronto before the next federal election, but no such luck with a Minority Government...and at this point I don't know if we'll even be there for the next one.
As of right now this is the seat breakdown for the Canadian Parliament:
122 Conservatives
105 Liberals
50 Bloc Québécois
30 NDP
1 Independent
It ends up being a Conservative Minority Government, like I thought it would be, but for all of the chest-thumping and attacking the Conservatives did it really is remarkable that the Liberals came away with 105-seats...it could have been much worse..much worse. The fact of the matter is that a total of 135-seats in the new Parliament are held by left, or left-of-center representatives. If you add in the Bloc, which is described as left-leaning, that bumps it up to 185. I have no fear that Canada will be invading Iraq anytime soon, or that they will pull out of Kyoto, or that that gay-marriage will go away. What will get addressed? Probably a cut in the GST, health care reform, day care reform and maybe a real chance at electoral reform. The training wheels are firmly attached to Mr. Harper's bike, and no one is planning on letting him go anytime soon. I think that this will be good for Canada overall - it'll give the Liberals a chance to think about their mistakes, be a little humble and re-connect with the public, the NDP can show just how much they can get shit done and how viable they are, and the Conservatives will have to muddle through trying to run a train wreck of a House of Commons.
And yes...I still want to move there...more then ever.
Posted by Nikolas at 10:07 PM | Comments (6) | TrackBackJanuary 22, 2006
Slowly Saying Goodbye
I've read in some non-LJ blogs about what people do in their preparation for eventually moving to Canada, or other countries. On recurring theme is that when one feels like their time is near they start to experience the things in their home-state, home-country that they are going to miss or never got to experience in the first place. I hope and pray to the Universe that 2006 is the year we eventually move to the Great White North so in preparation I've started to slowly say goodbye to Denver, Colorado and the United States. I've started to make a list in my mind of the things I would really like to do before we leave, and yesterday I got to cross a very large one off my list.
In the nearly 12 years I've lived in Colorado (I still can't believe it's been that long) I have never been the annual National Western Stock Show. It's a Denver Tradition that dates back 100 years, and every January the smell of cow manure and the sights of cowboys fill Denver. I always say I'm going to go, but the 3 weeks it's in town quickly slip through my fingers and then the next thing you know they are gone for another year. Since our hope is that by January 2007 we will be gone we made an effort to go this year. So Mason (who is deathly allergic to anything with four legs) flooded his system with Benadryl and we entered the Denver Coliseum yesterday afternoon.
To be able to fully explain what I saw would require all of you to take a swim through my mind as I was overloaded by a world completely alien to me:
Maybe it was the 30-minute (I'm not kidding) liturgy on how great America and George W. Bush are by the Rodeo announcer.
Perhaps it was the all the cowboys standing in the pens in front of me wearing tight Wranglers and those sexy hats.
It could have been the family of four next to us hooting and hollering every time a bucking bronco through a rodeo rider off them.
Maybe it was the realization when I found out that the way they get the animals to buck is because they tie their balls with a string and the rider pulls on it reeeeaaaalllllyyyy hard.
It could have been the announcement by the rodeo announcer that any vegetarians or PETA members were welcome to come on down and free the bulls...but only after they have gad a good "tug."
Or was it all the kitsch being sold outside of the arena? From dog breed specific embroidered socks to pink cowboy hats to western ware to Universal Semen Sales.
Universal Semen Sales? I didn't even want to know.
Seriously though, I had a great time...it was really cool to watch the rodeo and to walk through the exhibits. It reminded me alot of the Big E back home in Massachusetts. Poor Mason was sniffling and coughing throughout the whole thing, but he seemed to be enjoying himself too. I know it might sound crass, but the "farm" smell (that is as politely as I can put it) seemed to reawaken memories from my childhood. When we got to go underneath the NWSS Complex all the animals were there in their pens - cows, bulls, bison, goats, sheep. I walked up to a goat and petted her and was instantly transported to Greece...reliving my memories with my Papou. Learning to milk them and care for them...it was a nice memory.
I'm glad I went to the stock show and got to check it off my list of thing s I need to say goodbye to. Maybe soon I'll actually put together a formal list, but for right now this is OK.
Posted by Nikolas at 09:23 AM | Comments (3) | TrackBackJanuary 21, 2006
Toronto Calling
Imagine our surprise about a month ago when we got a phone call from Geoff and his hubby letting us know that they have decided to get married. I think I squealed like a little schoolgirl. As they tried to figure out a date on when they were going to get hitched Mason and I got excited. Another trip to Toronto to be with friends, it would be our third since December 2004, (Any excuse we can use to get "home" is fine by us) and how wonderful that the occasion would be one of celebration!
As the day got nailed down I started looking for tickets and then Mason entered the office one day with a look of dread on his face. The weekend of the wedding was also the weekend he would be in Telluride. He had planned this trip with our friend Dan over six months ago and we had sunk quite a bit of our savings into it seeing as it will be Mason's final trip to the Colorado High Country. We did everything we could but there was no way out of it, and no easy flights to Toronto. So I am going to be going by myself. While I am saddened that my honey can't join me, and I know it was sad news to the guys, I still plan on celebrating this Marriage in grand Canadian Style :-)
Posted by Nikolas at 02:52 PM | Comments (4) | TrackBackJanuary 13, 2006
The Election
I've stayed out of the debate on the Canadian Election because I shudder every time I think of Stephen Harper becoming Prime Minister. Recently, with the polling trending towards the Conservatives I have gotten uneasy, but past polls have showed the Tories leading only to have them win less seats come election time then they hoped. If anything Canada MIGHT get a Conservative Minority governement this time around, but then this morning I started thinking...maybe not.
This morning as I was getting my morning on-line news fix (CBC, Toronto Star, MSNBC and CNN...in that order) I saw an article in the Toronto Star that shocked me. Mr. Harper stated last night that he wants to reopen the debate on Missle Defense (just like he wants with same-sex marriage). Not only that but he also wants Canada to pull out of the Kyoto Treaty, and he wants to cancel the deal made with Aborigonals to improve their health care, housing and education. I may be no expert on Canadian politics, but I can certainly see when someone has opened their mouth and inserted their foot late in the game.
To be honest I agree with Mr. Harper on one thing - that more needs to be spent on the Canadian military, and that Canada needs to enforce it's own arctic soverignty. This doesn't mean that you join the US Missle Defense program (which by the way doesn't work and has cost us $5 Billion) and hope that the US will defend you if you're ever attacked, but that's where our similarities end. Having visited Canada a number of times in the past few years, studied Canadian culture through books, magazines, television and in-person, having Canadian friends and going through the Canadian Immigration process I have learned a few things:
1. All Canadians are VERY proud of their country's non-militaristic stance and see themselves as peace-keepers/mediators and not war-mongers. They want to decrease violence in the world and make it a better place.
2. All Canadians are VERY proud of their country's committment to the environment and they see themselves as stewards of their land...protecting it and nurturing it because they know how fragile it is. In amny parts of the country respect for the land is what keeps peopel alive.
3. Finally, I have read about the atrocities that Canadians inflicted on the Native Peoples in the past, and as a country there is a great deal of remorse and guilt for what past generations did and their is a concerted effort to try and make it right now. Much more then the United States has ever done for it's Native Peoples.
All this plus much, much more is why I think Mr. Harper just lost the election for himself. I'm not saying the Liberals are going to win in a landslide, but I think yet again the Conservatives have shown how out-of-touch they are with Canadian culture.
Believe me...I think the Liberals are corrupt and need a good kick upside the head, and it's too bad the NDP couldn't give them a better run for their money. However, choosing between a corrupt party and one that wants to fundamentally change the direction most Canadians are heading in...
Let's just say I'm saddened that I can't vote...yet
Posted by Nikolas at 07:54 AM | Comments (6) | TrackBackJanuary 10, 2006
Raiding the Icebox
I found this extremely funny and sad at the same time. The Washington Post did a story in December called "Raiding The Icebox: Behind Its Warm Front, the United States Made Cold Calculations to Subdue Canada." A story about the real plans the United States had for invading Canada back in the early 20th Century when Canada was still a "quasi-pseudo-semi-independent British dominion." While I know it is a joke now and the report long since declassified, why do I have a sinking feeling that somewhere in the bowels of the Pentagon there really is an invasion plan for Canada.
Here are some of the highlights from the article:
1. First, we send a joint Army-Navy overseas force to capture the port city of Halifax, cutting the Canadians off from their British allies. Then we seize Canadian power plants near Niagara Falls, so they freeze in the dark. Then the U.S. Army invades on three fronts -- marching from Vermont to take Montreal and Quebec, charging out of North Dakota to grab the railroad center at Winnipeg, and storming out of the Midwest to capture the strategic nickel mines of Ontario. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy seizes the Great Lakes and blockades Canada's Atlantic and Pacific ports.
2. When contacted about the possibility of taking Winnipeg's railyards, Winnipeg's Mayor Katz stated: But the Canadians' best weapon, is their weather. "It gets to about minus-50 Celsius with a wind chill," he said. "It will be like Napoleon's invasion of Russia. I'm quite convinced that you'll meet your Waterloo on the banks of the Assiniboine River."
3.Invading Canada is an old American tradition. Invading Canada successfully is not. During the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold -- then in his pre-traitor days -- led an invasion of Canada from Maine. It failed. During the War of 1812, American troops invaded Canada several times. They were driven back. In 1839, Americans from Maine confronted Canadians in a border dispute known as the Aroostook War. "There were never any shots fired," said Etzinger, the Canadian Embassy spokesman, "but I think an American cow was injured -- and a Canadian pig." In 1866, about 800 Irish Americans in the Fenian Brotherhood decided to strike a blow for Irish independence by invading Canada. They crossed the Niagara River into Ontario, where they defeated a Canadian militia. But when British troops approached, the Fenians fled back to the United States, where many were arrested.
After that, Americans stopped invading Canada and took up other hobbies, such as invading Mexico, Haiti, Nicaragua, Grenada and, of course, Iraq.
But the dream of invading Canada lives on in the American psyche, occasionally manifesting itself in bizarre ways. Movies, for instance. In the 1995 movie "Canadian Bacon," the U.S. president, played by Alan Alda, decides to jump-start the economy by picking a fight with Canada. His battle cry: "Surrender pronto or we'll level Toronto."
In the 1999 movie "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," Americans, angered that their kids have been corrupted by a pair of foulmouthed, flatulent Canadian comedians, go to war. Canada responds by sending its air force to bomb the Hollywood home of the Baldwin brothers -- a far more popular defensive strategy than anything Buster Brown devised. Moviegoers left theaters humming the film's theme:
Blame Canada! Blame Canada!
With all their hockey hullabaloo
And that bitch Anne Murray too!
Blame Canada! Shame on Canada!
4. And of course there is the website....I want to believe it is satiricle, but somehow I truly believe there are American idiots out there who believe this shit.
Posted by Nikolas at 09:43 PM | Comments (6) | TrackBackJanuary 09, 2006
Brokeback Mountain
I've held off doing a post on the movie because I've had a hard time processing it ever since I saw it on Christmas Day. However, last night before I got incredibly drunk, I had some lucid discussions with some of my friends and I finally thought I would put my thoughts out on the table.
First let me say that I thought the movie was incredibly well-done. Having had a chance to read the story beforehand I could appreciate Ang Lee's creativity when it came to stretching the story lines and developing the characters. The story is only 40-some-odd pages in the short stories collection! He definitely deserves best director and the movie very much deserves a best picture award. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal's roles were superbly done and the movie evokes very much the feelings that come through the book. This by far has to be one of the best films I have ever seen.
I dismiss a lot of the critics like Gene Shalit who call Jack Twist a sexual predator who preyed on the innocent Ennis. Having worked in that field for well over 4 years I can tell you that Jack was not a sexual predator, and it didn't seem like Ennis minded much when he lubed up his dick with his own spit and went to town on Jack's ass in the tent. More then anything this is straight culture trying to digest a very real an in your face look with homosexuality. It's always easier to demonize sex, and make the very thing you are uncomfortable with into something perverted because then you are normal. There are times I wonder if straight people will ever be able to truly understand gay sex and relationships. I have been in those situations where it is almost as if there is a non-verbal communication going on. Never speaking with the person but our bodies did all the talking for us - there was no predatory intent, just two bodies craving each other. Do straight people have that? At times I think not, but then again I was never in that situation, so I cannot judge.
However, where I tend to diverge with the rest of the gay community and the film reviewers in general is that this film was about a great love story. While Ennis and Jack's relationship was filled with affection and yearning and towards the end - love...it's not a love story. It's a story about fear. The fear of attraction, the fear of sex and the unknown, the fear of discovery and yes the fear of love. Now, don't get me wrong - I felt very touched and filled with emotion in various parts of the movie, but underneath it all lay the lives of two men who impersonated themselves as fathers and husbands when in reality they only wanted another man. 1960's Wyoming and the United States hasn't changed very much. While we are more open and mainstream now then we were back then, people still despise us and don't want our love shared in public. Matthew Shepard died in Wyoming only a few years ago for that very reason - times have not changed, but perhaps our perception has. It was sad to see that Ennis and Jack could not have that ranch they dreamed of and being able to live their lives the way they wanted to. If anything the movie should be a reminder to all of us not to live in fear and to proclaim our love loudly so that future generations of queerdom don't ever have to be able to relate to that movie...and see it only as ancient history.
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January 06, 2006
I've been tagged...
Canadian Expatriates tagged me in their journal entry so I need to play along:
Five Weird Things About Me
1. I'm actually half-lesbian. Now after you re-read that sentence a few times let me explain. My Father is from Athens/Thessaloniki and my Mother is from the island of Lesbos. I tried using that in the coming out story - didn't work very well.
2. Our female dog was named after the Greek Goddess of Wisdom - Athena (and she is a wiseass too!) and our male dog was named after the Celtic God of goofy runningbacks - Cian (when you meet him you will understand.)
3. I didn't ride a train until I was 19.
4. When I was 2 I was kicked by my grandparents donkey (on above said island) and went into a coma for 2 weeks - I woke up and nothing was wrong with me. Well Mason might have an opinon on that one...
5. I've lived in Colorado 12 years and have had no desire to ever learn how to ski.
Posted by Nikolas at 11:13 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBackJanuary 04, 2006
One of THOSE days
I am utterly depressed today about Canada. I feel like I have hit a wall emotionally. As Mason and I enter our second year (Month 11) of waiting to hear back from the consulate in Buffalo I'm growing impatient and bitchy. The one thing I am thankful of is that I don't actually live in Buffalo because I'd probably be camped outside the Canadian consulate offering donuts or blowjobs to every employee I saw (just kidding CIC!)
I know I have to be patient and let the cards fall where they will, but as we approch the 1-year mark I am starting to get anxious and dare I say apathetic about the process.
There are times I will take the inital letter we got from the Canadaian Consulate (it is safely tucked away with a copy of all the paperwork we sent in) and gingerly pull it out of its envelope and read it over and over again. Ok, that last part might seem a little too "boiling the bunny," but I think you understand what I'm trying to say.
I don't expect any special treatment from the immigration office, I'm just anxious to go home....
Posted by Nikolas at 09:09 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBackJanuary 03, 2006
Elections and Immigration
Yeah, I know it's electioneering, but it means a lot to Mason and I...about $1950's worth!
Martin proposes eliminating Immigration Landing Fee
Vote Liberal (or NDP) my Canadian Friends :-)
