sun comes up on another day

i'm listening to molly johnson and even though it's grey and gloomy outside the window, it just feels like a happy day. i like days when i do lots of errands because they make me feel as if i'm getting something done even though they amount to just spending money, visiting the bank and generally running around town with no particular goal.

today is my friend sara's 21st birthday party. it should be quite the posh affair and i'm quite looking forward to it. i find it interesting that the british make a big deal out of 21st's even though they don't really correspond with anything monumenal except that in some cases (if you're at uni in a 3 year course), it's the year of your finals.

i bought a new shirt and tie for the occassion. it's a purple shirt with a purple, black, white blend tie. it goes perfectly with my "lilac" cufflinks... richard told me i looked decidedly middle-management as a joke but it reminded me of just how class-based this crazy little country is. i don't find that where you come from or what your money lineage is makes nearly as big a deal in canada. like if you said, my dad's a tory senator in canada, people would probably laugh. if you say you're landed gentry here it's as if you just said that you rose from the dead!

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