10/19/07 – Minstrel Café, Kelowna

I’ve got to give it up to darkness. While I’m not a big fan of it at night time, I find it snug during the day. There’s something relaxing about seeing the sun vainly doing its best to peek through the cracks in the blinds. Especially during nap-time!

A few days ago I mentioned that it seems difficult to break out of a social habit, to go beyond the familiar boundaries of a lengthy relationship. During our few days here in Kelowna we stayed with some extended family and had the chance to cast off some ancient molds. It feels good to learn someone better.

It feels bad to learn that our home was vandalized. This afternoon we checked in with our house-sitter and found out that our garage had been broken into. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I think: blah – I don’t have any energy to care about some neighborhood punks busting up our property. Besides, we knew what we were getting into when we moved onto a crappy street. On the other hand I think: what the hell is out there to stop these little creeps from doing this again and again? Were we just lucky that they didn’t feel like burglarizing our house?

And does it ever feel gross to think that strangers were traipsing through our yard knowing full well that they were not welcome. Yuck!

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At the Minstrel Café tonight: Little Emma England pulled her chair right up to the stage and sat quietly and politely there for most of the evening. Her attention span put to shame many others belonging to more mature audience members.