this is…

This is

A Poem, written on
a daytime planner
in Seattle, in a bar,
in the rain, with a
friend, who is underage,

and probably wondering, day-
dreaming, what the fuck
we are doing here, in the
absence of sunlight, or
strategy or stablility, or foresight, or
a social safety net, which
has been whittled away by

a pioneering spirit and
fiscal responsibility, because
Jesus would have wanted it this way,
even though he lives in
Galilee.

It’s full of arctic magic.

more troubles.

the trip is going well, but my life just doesn’t seem to get any better back home. with every passing minute, i have less and less reason to return to vancouver.

and to be honest, my life might be better if i didn’t. a summer in san francisco would be unreal. at the very least it might keep me from sinking back into a rut,  regardless of the genuinely kind things that mr. guy babineau tells me in private.

on bc politics.

we have elected gordon campbell’s liberals to a third straight majority. congratulations are in order to the man, i suppose, but i wouldn’t shake his hand too hard. it’s not like carole james was a very hard opponent. after all, i’m not sure how you can win such a decisive victory after losing the leaders’ debate miserably.

y’see, as much as they will refuse to admit it, the NDP and the liberals are pretty much the same. a few months ago, i had lunch with an old friend, an insider with the liberal party. we agreed that the main difference between the liberals and the NDP are who is paying them off.

STV was a failure, sure. but it didn’t have to be. couldn’t the big parties have stepped up to the plate? couldn’t they have both campaigned on behalf of fairness? hell, the NDP love to pretend that the liberals think that they govern by divine grace: if that were so, maybe the liberals could just do as they did back in the early ’50s and change the electoral system unilaterally. of course, that would be rich.

here’s what sucks about canada. we are the worst combination of individualism and communalism that could possibly exist in the free world. we are so spoiled that we don’t even want to risk anything on something that could be construed as being more fair. no, instead we are confident that the government will do everything for us as we like, right? of course not!

maybe i’m just upset that my neighbourhood will be overrun by traffic in the next few years as a result of this. maybe i’m upset that translink’s funding crunch is still going to happen.

or maybe i’m starting to understand a bit more about america, and why i’ve started to fall in love with this place…just a bit.

fucking UBC!

i hate the UBC administration. so. fucking. much.

i’m in america…

so keep in touch with me while i’m on the road, going as far as public transit will take me.

check out the i-5 chronicles. you won’t be  disappointed.