the candid files

I am learning how to upload pictures…my blog is officially more cool now.

Anyway that is Peter having a fun time with Laura and Benj. Well, actually Peter looks a little bit choked. But I think Laura and Benjamin are having fun.

well I think it’s time that I updated the blog. What has happened since Friday the infamous 13th? hm…well…Peter went to New York…(didn’t get me anything)…I had some fun with girlfriends and young people and rode the subway in Toronto, participated in a huge rally to defend the traditional meaning of marriage. That was pretty amazing. There were about three thousand people gathered on the front lawn of Queen’s Park. A handful of gay protesters yelled from the back, but for the most part it was a very peaceful demonstration. There were Jews and Muslims, and Sikhs, and, well, a lot of people. It felt good to put a voice out there for a different point of view than is usually heard.

So on Tuesday Peter came over…it was an awkward feeling, I don’t know. I wanted to hug him, but I was busy making supper. So you know how women are…we wish our men would just ignore the “I’m busy” vibes we’re sending out. But Peter didn’t. Although he DID bring me flowers.

But so far it’s nearly the weekend…and I think I’m going to go home.

We are all of us living in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde

It’s Friday the 13th, people. Now, I’m not superstitious, but I always wonder if something freaky and weird is going to happen whenever Friday the 13th comes around. Never does, though. So far I still have my own body, and my mom still has hers.

I decided to do my presentation next Friday about singing in a choir. So I’m trying to find a good music quote to start off with. The trouble is, there are way too many good quotes about music. Here’s a great one:

Compare music to drinks. Some is like a strong brandy. Some is like a fine wine. The music you’re playing sounds like Diet Coke.
- Pavarotti

Ok, so it’s not exactly a quote that describes the poetry of music. But it DOES make me think of Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton. (not that Paris Hilton sings…yet…)

I’ve applied to so many jobs I can’t remember them all anymore. It’s depressing. I’m trying to keep track of them…but since I apply to some at school some at home…sigh. And no one has called me back except for the lady I emailed about volunteer work!! (of course…)

Oh well, onward and upward!

Well I am learning how to do a mail merge…it’s fun…not. But if I tell myself it is, then I’m sure it will be. I hope.

So AOC was good…it was weird, to be back in the choir atmosphere…it’s been a whole year! And I wasn’t feeling well for all of Friday and it took me a while to catch on to my part…I switched to low alto, so it confused me a little. But being a leader is fun. Aside from the fact that some of the kids thought I was the same age as them and kept asking me what grade I was in…even my two co-leaders, Steve and Daniel, who are both a year younger than me, thought it was my first time as a leader. Thanks a lot guys…was I that weak?? No, we had a great group – some great discussions on our Canadian culture and the ways we fall into idolatry – believing, even unconsciously, that something or someone is more important to us than our heavenly Father. And we climbed a tree and got our picture taken – maybe when Mark sends me that I’ll figure out how to post pictures on here. I will have to figure that out eventually.

Friday night there was a suprise song dedication to Mrs. Goheen, at Coffee House. It was the most emotional thing…I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house. The moment I realized what the song was about – basically a thank you, for the many profound ways she has affected everyone who was there – I had tears overflowing my eyes and running down my cheeks. Even a lot of the guys I talked to later said they had tears in their eyes. Because Mrs. Goheen is moving to BC in the summer, it was a very emotional AOC – one of the organizers actually went out and bought like ten boxes of Kleenex, just to have around. I don’t think we actually used it all, but not for lack of feeling. At the final concert the AOC committee had got together and had a gold pendant made with the AOC logo. They asked me to present it, because I designed the logo for AOC, what, four years ago?

After the concert we went out to Burger King with the VanHartingsveldts, and Sarah. Found out that I was the one who introduced Sarah and Kevin. Ironically, at AOC ?2002? Which Kevin actually thanked me for. Weirdo. I think he said more words that night than I’ve heard him say in total over the past three years.

Then – I slept over at Peter’s house. We’ve been together almost two and a half years, and in all that time, I have slept over exactly twice. And he’s never stayed at my house. I mean, obviously I slept in Tammy’s room (in case anyone was scandalized!!!) It was really nice, on Saturday night, to be driving home together. Going to the same place…

But then we were out the door by eight o’clock the next morning, in the van, driving to London. I was sitting beside Laura. Laura is a much more outgoing child than her 7 years would suggest. Small, but a big presence. Tongue-in-cheek…

I tried to nap at Peter’s grandma’s…didn’t work too well. Learned how to play Dutch Blitz though. Very tense game.

Jim’s gone…to Thunder Bay, for two months. I think I’ll miss him…it was nice not to be the only inlaw at the VanderKlippe’s. I hope Tammy holds up okay!! I met Jim’s mom two weeks ago. She seemed very interested in me, and my family, and my life, and our relationship. Probably had to make sure that Jim wasn’t going to end up with a dangerous sister-in-law or something. Or maybe she’s just a sweet person.

anyway I have set my friend Shellie here up with her own blog… www.mizsafiya.blogspot.com Check her out, she’s funny.

Now I’ll have to go.