budgets, drama and all that jazz

sorry for the delay in writing... no excuses, just am. anyway, i had a valentine's day of bliss. i built a bedouin tent in my room (complete with a ring of lilies around the edge of it) and the beau and i had dinner within it. i bought a really great (fantastic, really) bottle of chateauneuf de pape, had brie-stuffed chicken in cream sauce with twice-baked potatoes and peppers and then after a little bit of bailey's haagendaz ice cream enjoyed chocolate-dipped strawberries and a great bottle of champagne. it was lovely. i was treated to flowers and being whisked to london soon for theatre and dinner :) i'm a happy boi

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all my realms seem to be exploding with drama right now. the mcr of my college is in a tiff over election rules and political motivations and appears to have exploded into caddy e-mails. the rhodes list has been in knot over postings about the war. at least, for the most part, i've been saved and basically just spend most of my time hanging out :)

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the budget came down yesterday. filled with cash for everyone and 11 year spending committments, it was essentially a case of some for all and all for none. i really wonder if canada has contemplated what it's core competencies are... why are we dabbling in universalism in health if we're not prepared to raise taxes to truly overhaul it? why are we "playing" at a military role when we can't ship our kids anywhere because we have no boats, etc.? why are we pretending to be good at managing diversity when for the most part we've largely failed? some times i feel like trading in my passport and moving to sweden :) or maybe i'll just become a consultant and write invisible $286,000 reports about how to choose core competencies :)

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i need to write a paper right now... back to not procrastinating...

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