okay. i didn't feel like talking about this when it happened because i was just too pissed off, but yesterday things turned around and now i feel better about it.
thursday night Triumph went on Conan. if you live in Canada, you know what i'm talking about. if not, you probably don't.
so Triumph decides to go to Quebec city and try to find ignorant french bastards. the editing process gives us four quebecers who don't speak english, which gives Triumph a boner, it seems. they keep giving us french-canadians who don't understand Triumph and stand there looking confused and dumb. and it goes on. and on. and on. until it ends with Triumph telling one of them to learn the fucking language. as in english.
see, english Canada understands the can of worms this opened up. americans, not so much. for outsiders this might look like some rivalry, an issue to get some cheap laughs out of. but it's not. it's a sore and sensitive subject that most of us are trying to get over.
i don't blame Conan or the show for this. if there's blame to be laid, it's on Triumph that it falls. i do sincerely believe that no one did this to hurt anyone. i do believe no one understood the depth of this issue. it is racist.
i couldn't believe it when i saw it. as a french-canadian quebecer, i was beside myself for the next two days whenever it was brought up. i love Triumph but this was just insensitive. they should've asked someone from Canada about it before going ahead. Triumph does his thing. and i respect that. but it was highly insensitive.
but then yesterday i stumble upon this Globe and Mail article and everything just melted away.
Conservative Party leadership candidate Stephen Harper, in Quebec City yesterday, also condemned the comedy routine. "This is the place where our country was founded nearly 400 years ago," Mr. Harper said. "We can all make jokes about each other but you don't start telling people in Quebec they have to speak another language. That's completely unacceptable."
and this seriously warmed my heart:
Matthew Finlason, 28, of Toronto, and Meredith Henderson, 20, of Vancouver, were waving signs with slogans such as "Toronto loves Quebec." and "We don't need your freedom fries."
Mr. Finlason said he came to demonstrate outside the theatre because he thought the offending sketch on Thursday night's show "made it appear to the Americans as if all of English Canada hates the French, and we don't hate the French."
"For this show to attack Canadian culture and French Canadians is an attack on all Canadians," he said.
and finally Ed the Sock weighed in:
"This is just miscalculated. It's clear that they didn't really understand the cultural sensitivities in Canada."
seriously, that one article warmed me up inside and made everything alright again, because the people i care about understand us. every one of us.
I Love Canada :)
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... so yeah. yesterday i'm at work, right? so i go online and check out some sites. then i stumble onto this shit. the craziest shit. it's about 24. and a villain that's set to appear... yep, in the next episode. lol. crazy shit. so yeah. i know the actor. not personally, but as an actor. it's the craziest thing because he's from Quebec. apparently he and Kiefer have been friends for a couple of years after doing a film i never heard a thing about. so yeah, he's gonna be the villain. i didn't read the article straight through because i didn't wanna spoil it for myself but my guest is that he's the big bad villain of the season. that would be cool.
i'm not gonna link to the article :) i don't wanna spoil for ya that easily :)
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anyone catch SNL last night??? fuck! Drew Barrymore and Kelis.
i didn't wanna tape it 'cause the show's been sucking for, like, ever now, and especially last week. but it looks like they were just keeping the best scripts for Drew.
i came home around 12:15 and i swear the show was amazing until the very end. you're usually lucky if you even get a funny pre-host intro. but this sketches was incredibly funny and inventive until the end! amazing.
and Drew was a natural. i could not believe how at ease she seemed :) very funny.
and the Kerry-Bush-Clinton was the funniest, and gutsiest, thing, with everyone doing a perfect job. they finally found most of their balls.
and Kelis. argh. what can i say? i do not understand why this girl is not a superstar yet. i don't care, actually, i'd much rather keep her amongst ourselves. the girl can just sing. i only saw the second song she did and she didn't do any Christina, she just sung the song, in this most quiet but sure way. hmm. delicious.
last night i fell in love. it's Kelis :) i'd already had a tiny crush on her from seeing her in her videos, but last night it was in the flesh. she just glows. and when she smiles...? ah. i melted. go back and watch the cast goodbyes at the end, and check out Kelis. she just glows. Nas, you're a lucky bastard.
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i had a dream last night...
i just had the most beautiful dream.
you know what i dreamt about? a bear. lol :) yep. somehow me and the roommate had a small cub with us. she got up to 6 feet when she stood on her two legs, though. anyway. she was nice :)
we were gonna move into our new apartment in a couple of days and so we went and had a look at it. we had the key. i was the first one there, along with the bear :) as soon as i unlocked the front door, though, i noticed a light switching off inside. i immediately opened all the doors to get inside as soon as possible to catch whoever was there and let the bear in :) there was this guy there. he didn't try anything funny or run out or anything. i was cool about it. i think we talked for about half an hour. lol :) then my friends came in. i asked one of them if he could check out the bedrooms at the back, i'd heard a noise these earlier. sure enough the guy's girlfriend was there :) some furniture was still left and it looked like they were crashing. dunno if there were the previous occupants or what. the girlfriend was more stand-offish than the guy, though. lol. she didn't make a scene. she seemed to understand the situation but i informed that we'd be moving in sunday, in 3 days. she didn't have to get her shit out right away (i was a nice guy :) but we'd be moving in sunday. she said she had some evidence that says they'd also be there sunday. for some reason. anyway. i ended our little chat by saying that my roommate was a lawyer. lol. which she is in real life. i've always wanted to throw that in in real life but i haven't had the chance yet :P
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