December 26
OK,
this time the title is only boring because I couldn't think of anything more
interesting at the moment. Life has not been dull the past week: it has had its
ups and downs. Christmas was good and is still going for me. I went to my dad's
for supper on Christmas Eve and exchanged presents there, and on Christmas Day
at my mom's. But the supper at my dad's wasn't the official Christmas supper;
we're having that today on Boxing Day, so the party continues!
Anyways,
I guess there's still not much to comment on. I could rant about the usual
Christmas commercialism or things like that, but I think we already get enough
of that from various places. Although I do have to mention that I was impressed
with a guy in Washington state I saw on the news who had nailed a big Santa
Claus up on a cross and stuck it in his front yard in protest of the
commercialism. That's pretty inventive--and courageous. Apparently no one had
stated they were offended; he only had people come and take pictures os far!
I was
on You Tube today just to see how many hits the videos I'm in have had. The one
of me singing Habanera has had a whopping 3300+ hits! I'm just
amazed. That's about 5 times as many hits as each of the other two videos,
although Habanera is a popular song, so it's hardly surprising. What's also not
surprising is that I was only given a 3 star rating out of 5 by anyone who has
rated it. With well-known opera greats like Maria Callas singing this song, you
can't really compare. It would be like me trying to sing a Mariah Carey song
and hope my version was just as good. Oh well. Also got a comment on the Por
Ti Volare video from a random person who thought we did a "nice
cover." I like that a random person has commented because all the other
comments are from people known to either Gabriel or me. Not that I don't
appreciate their comments, but I already know they are fans, so to have someone
you don't know appreciate it, that's good feeling. And someone simply added a
comment to La
Vie en Rose where formerly there were no comments, so that was
cool. I have to say that was my least favourite of all the songs I did because
I don't really like this song arranged as a classical piece. Edith Piaf did a
great job, and I always picture it more as a smoky jazz number. Oh well, it was
still fun!
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December 16
I must
sound so positive with my title. Well, I can't say it was an exciting week.
Full of challenges, for sure, but not exciting ones. What would be an exciting
challenge? Someone saying, here, I want to fly you to Sierra Leone to help set
up a 5 micro-businesses where women can learn how to sew and be given sewing
machines and then be able to sell their services. I'd love to hear that. Or
having someone tell me, you need to go to Cuba to collect information about
(fill in the blank), and the challenge will be understanding Cuban Spanish. One
day maybe. For now, I'm here in Edmonton trying to work my butt off to qualify
for a mortgage so that I can actually own a place rather than rent when my mom
leaves the country. That's about all I've done for the last while. I will get to
go to Victoria for a day at the beginning of January as I'm driving down with a
friend that is moving there. Then I'll fly back. I'd love to stay longer but I
can't take any time off work.
Well,
that's my brief update. Hopefully you didn't fall asleep.
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December 07
Isn't
it nice to know this? I hope we also gave more in charity money, too, but
somehow, I doubt that!
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Alberta shoppers spent more than other Canadians last
Christmas: study - Investing Insight - Sympati
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