Strange & Unusual


12/9/07 – Mocha Cabana, Lethbridge, AB

I love it when I see huge groups of friends in the crowd. Well, I love it, and I’m nearly blind with jealousy simultaneously. What lucky ducks these folks are who have more friends than Friends! (more…)

10/11/07 – Hillcrest Hotel, Revelstoke

The title of my blog yesterday was taken from an old Saturday Night Live sketch. Thank goodness for YouTube!

I was asked today whether I owned my own plane, and I’m starting to think that maybe my graphic designer is getting too good… (more…)

10/5/07 – Gitter’s Pub, High River

I’m not one to believe in hocus pocus. At least I don’t think so… I like to think that my faith in the humongous order is complemented by a mere tolerance for the strangely coincidental. For example, during my fifteen minute expedition into the wilds of the Sun Ridge mall today, I happened to run into my new friend from the Rocky View School Division. Weird? Yes. Fateful? Not yet. (more…)

9/30/07 – Day Off, Calgary

Would you rather have the big luck or the little luck? Big luck: Great job but you always drop things? Or little luck: Crappy relationship but you never miss a green light? (more…)

We ate breakfast on the Hillcrest Hotel patio today. It was unbelievable. As a prairie girl, I am continuously amazed by local folk who go about their business with backs turned to the mountains. Honestly, I’m a little leery of the peaks and their daunting presence. (more…)

Last night we stayed at my grandfather’s farm which is just East of Swift Current, SK on the #1. It had been years since I’d seen the place and it was so strange to return. Imagine re-visiting your elementary school after 20 years of absence. (more…)

I remembered the toothpaste. I forgot the toothbrush. Someone please tell me the proper technique for applying a minty colloid with an index finger. I know what you’re saying: go buy one, even a struggling musician can spare two bucks for oral hygiene. Alas, it is 3 AM and I am furry now… (more…)

How often do you hear the same topic discussed on various media and get freaked out by the coincidence… A while ago my recurring themes were squid, Waco and being deaf. What does it all mean? (more…)