so, i fly off to toronto tomorrow morning and get there for the afternoon. the trip has been a wee bit crazy to organize (because Air Canada had basically no Rewards seats left) but i've made it work. I get in at 2 and then it's Pride all weekend long. I'm staying at my friend Bryce's and I think it's going to be a party weekend of great proportions. Monday I leave to head to the Muskokas for a few days of R 'n R with my friend John from New York. He's booked a gorgeous little chalet at a resort which I think is going to be out of this world. Wednesday night I fly from Toronto to Thunder Bay. Then I sleep in the Thunder Bay airport until my flight to Winnipeg then next morning. I'm flying first class to Thunder Bay so I think the irony of being waited on to sleeping on a bench will definitely have its moments...

in other news, uwstudent is having a big-ass discussion on israel/palestine because of a lecture on campus. I've often waded into these debates before but with comments suggesting that we should nuke Iraq and kick that Arab's ass one more time, I've decided I'll stay out of the fray. Needless to say my opinion that anti-Israeli or anti-Israeli occupation sentiment is not equivelent to anti-Semitism has been well documented here. So, in fact, are my thoughts on the evil enemy of Saddam Hussein - a dictator, yes, but one installed and funded by the US until 1988. Anyway, political conversations just make me angry and sad... and it's 36 degrees here so I should be happy :)

ciao for now!