I remembered I had a blog today, shortly after I noticed that the colour in my face had disappeared.
Yes, my head has been exploding for the last couple weeks, albeit mostly in a good way. Between last time I posted and now, I went to Ottawa to participate in a Model NATO experience. I will follow up some day with an explanation as to why it has temporarily hacked off a piece of my faith in humanity.
To restore some of that faith, I helped to organize and then attended a lecture by Romeo Dallaire at the UW. There were 900 in attendance (we were expecting 200). To say he is a sincere speaker is an understatement, and while I won't try to reproduce his lecture here, you can get a transcript at the UW website if you so please. All I can really say is that you must go out and listen to the man in person to fully capture the essence of what he says.
This past weekend, I performed in the world premiere of an Aboriginal Oratorio by Andrew Balfour, called 'Northern Lights'. It was recorded by CBC and I can genuinely say that I have been entranced by the beauty and organic nature of the music. Standing ovations both nights! I'll post the broadcast date when I know it.
Bryan, Kathryn (who both attended the oratorio!) and Allana all flew into town recently and I tried to ensure I spent enough quality time with them as I was hopping from place to place. This weekend I'm in Brandon for the Jazzfest (thanks to a very kind Paul for the VIP pass) - though I will mostly be spending quality time with, as exciting as it sounds, books - to catch up with academic stuff I've been avoiding. In fact, it turns out I totally missed a project worth 20% of one of my courses. I bought a laptop to help me stay focused. I have yet to determine how to pay for it - none of this stuff is paid employment, after all. And next week I'm off to Montreal for a Rights & Democracy National Foreign Policy mingler.
All the while I'm having to figure out (a) how to deal with an increasingly painful growth on my spine, and (b) how to take care of the piling expenses... HA!
Yes, my head has been exploding for the last couple weeks, albeit mostly in a good way. Between last time I posted and now, I went to Ottawa to participate in a Model NATO experience. I will follow up some day with an explanation as to why it has temporarily hacked off a piece of my faith in humanity.
To restore some of that faith, I helped to organize and then attended a lecture by Romeo Dallaire at the UW. There were 900 in attendance (we were expecting 200). To say he is a sincere speaker is an understatement, and while I won't try to reproduce his lecture here, you can get a transcript at the UW website if you so please. All I can really say is that you must go out and listen to the man in person to fully capture the essence of what he says.
This past weekend, I performed in the world premiere of an Aboriginal Oratorio by Andrew Balfour, called 'Northern Lights'. It was recorded by CBC and I can genuinely say that I have been entranced by the beauty and organic nature of the music. Standing ovations both nights! I'll post the broadcast date when I know it.
Bryan, Kathryn (who both attended the oratorio!) and Allana all flew into town recently and I tried to ensure I spent enough quality time with them as I was hopping from place to place. This weekend I'm in Brandon for the Jazzfest (thanks to a very kind Paul for the VIP pass) - though I will mostly be spending quality time with, as exciting as it sounds, books - to catch up with academic stuff I've been avoiding. In fact, it turns out I totally missed a project worth 20% of one of my courses. I bought a laptop to help me stay focused. I have yet to determine how to pay for it - none of this stuff is paid employment, after all. And next week I'm off to Montreal for a Rights & Democracy National Foreign Policy mingler.
All the while I'm having to figure out (a) how to deal with an increasingly painful growth on my spine, and (b) how to take care of the piling expenses... HA!
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