out of my chair

I lost a couple of weeks there.

Or rather I did more stuff instead of just writing about the stuff I wasn't doing. For instance:

I went to two shows in the last little while.
The first was the Most Serene Republic at the Capital on Thursday September 22nd.

They put on a great show... members spilling halfway up the stairs off the narrow shallow Capital stage. A lot of energy, a lot of variety, much in the way of unexpected twists and turns.... One thing, a little thing, which made a lot of difference: the keyboard player had little themes which he played in between songs, effectively covering up the dead spots while people drank water or retuned or whatever. It really is the little things that please me I guess.

The next show was The Inflation Kills at Bugaboo Creek on Tuesday September 27th.

It was Tuesday. It was Bugaboo Creek. It was Fredericton.
On Vinyl and Crosstown Rivals were slated to open, but Rock and Roll flu symptoms knocked OV off the bill. A "crowd" of about 15-20 people stuck it out through to the end of the evening. A good show of solidarity. The Inflation Kills are a band made up from remnants of Kitchens and Bathrooms (the band, not the actual rooms). They have a post-punk, Drive Like Jehu-ish feel to them... and great stream of consciousness lyrics.

Other than the rock it's mostly been work and scratching my head over the things to do/accomplish:

1) Need new shoes... I'm picky (not about brand... but sorta about style and definitely about cash)
2) Gotta (always) keep sorting through the new music to keep the reviews current on Surgery blog and in Exclaim!
3) Tons of stuff I want to read... keep falling asleep
4) Learn more HTML
5) Eat. Better.

I watch a little bit of a call in show on French CBC-TV in the mornings... it's essentially a moderator, two debaters and whoever happens not to have anything better to do. Sorta like the "Cross-Country Checkup" on the radio.
One of the recent topics had to do with Public vs. Private health care. A gentleman caller (heh heh) wanted to make a point that he was for private health care... and it was because he went to a clinic near his home and they had wonderful x-ray equipment and it took no time to get his results back, etc. The moderator asked him how much it cost him and the gentleman said it was free. Ergo, the moderator said, it was a public health clinic, not a private one. The gentleman protested saying it was a clinic that had built itself up on its own... funded by the Government.

People are funny.