Dear reader,
Have you had anyone speak to you about doing something in “homage” to something recently? Did they pronounce the word without the H and in a French sort of manner that gave the word a nauseatingly pretentious air, complete with that grimace-inducing soft G sound? Something like Eau-m-awe-jh? Did this strike you as inappropriate and bring your blood dangerously close to boiling? Did you think that this pronunciation was completely not in keeping with the spirit of the word… adding a hoity-toity, aristocratic, holier-than-though edge to what should essentially be a very honest and humble expression? Did this new way of pronunciation seem to predominate all your peers and professors and eventually threaten to undermine your own steadfast resolve to pronounce the word properly?
If you answered “yes” to any 1 (one) of the 5 (five) preceding questions, do not give up hope, for you are not alone! Thousands of others (one student) all across the world (at McMaster University) share(s) your pain (pettiness)! But do not fear! A seed of hope exists, and it can be found here, or, for those with hidden francophone inclinations or french/metis blood, here. The dictionary is on our side my brothers and sisters! We can prevail!
Thank you.
And that is the extent of the excitement in my life. Well… Way Out West, Hybrid, and Max Graham are all playing at the same party in Toronto on May 23rd; since all three rate pretty high in the top half of my hundred favourite artists and djs, and as far as Way Out West and Hybrid are concerned I never really even figured on ‘em coming all the way to my neck of the woods, let alone both at the same time, so that’s actually quite exciting as well. My psychology exam went ok, I think, who knows.. the last psych thing I thought I did poorly on ended up being an 85 which is certainly nothing to complain about so, long and short of it.. who knows? Next up is film. Nothing too worry about too much, depending on how I did on the essay. I’ll study later, and a bit today already even.
And the really shitty news. Ian’s mother passed away yesterday in Calgary. Leaving a husband, a mother, and three children. I can’t imagine what the family must be going through; she had been sick for a number of years so the shadow’s been hanging over them for a while. Death is never fun to talk about and I’m really no good at knowing what to say or how to be as properly supportive as I’d like in tragic situations like this. I guess I’ve been lucky in a way, the only funeral of someone dear to me I’ve had to go to was my grandma, and that was something like six or seven years ago and I can’t remember much about it. Not much to say that doesn’t go without saying, no deep words of wisdom or anything, I just hope Ian and the rest of his family are doing as well as they can in a situation like this. If you’re religious, and maybe if you aren’t, send a prayer or a warm thought and some sympathy.