Feel the phatty beatz yo.

My friend called the other day and said "i know you listen to electronic music, bring some scary music to my party (for Halloween, of course)."

I started listening to some of my old cds...

I miss the jungle/drum and bass I used to listen to a lot. I wish I had some clubbing friends who wanted to go see DJs...hell I wish there was a club scene here. I noticed that Ritchie Hawtin came here last week. That might have been fun. I've had lots of fun seeing him spin. I need to get out and do that more often. I'm turning into an old married.

Flock of Seagulls.

Yesterday while waiting at the bus stop, I noticed all the people looking left. It was during rush hour so there were a few dozen people waiting for one of many buses and they were looking left because that's the direction the bus would be coming. It reminded me of seagulls. If you've been to the beach, you've seen groups of hundreds of seagulls (even if you've been to a parking lot you may have witnessed this behaviour) ((wow, I just have to remark on that remark...I put a U in behaviour without thinking....the Canadians are brainwashing me)). I've always found it funny that aside from a few, the vast majority of seagulls always face the same direction. Much like humans at a bus stop. I laughed.

Another thing that happened yesterday...though it's not quite as funny. I was teaching a program at the Glenbow. A fun program called Landers and Builders. The students create a "landers" culture by exploring artifacts...it's a long complicated explanation that I won't get into too much detail over...but I start the program by discussing what makes a culture a culture. Holidays, clothing, religion...all that stuff. I asked "when do you celebrate Thanksgiving". Some idiots said June, but most of them said "OCTOBER!". I said, "well I celebrate it in November because that is my culture" trying to show a difference between 2 similar people....well that opened Pandora's box of the "oh great, you're an American..." See, these kids are homeschooled. I'm not sure what their parents' deal is, why they decided to homeschool their kids, but I gather that the parents have strong opinions about many things, including Americans. I've tried to keep an open mind about homeschooling. I know that there are religious and geographic reasons for homeschooling, but I've always felt that the kids don't get the socialization other "regular"-schooled kids get. I guess I never thought about the completely ridiculous opinions the kids are fed from their parents. The KIDS even were "yuck, Americans are bad...they kill people". ARGH! I've never heard this from kids. Only idiot adults who are too ignorant to not believe stereotypes and the media. Teachers in public schools, no matter what their opinion, would not be allowed to teach kids that "(insert group here) are bad people and we Canadians are better, this is fact". But homeschooled kids have no choice. These kids are told what their parents want to tell them and never exposed to other types of people. Yet another proof that homeschooling is bad. Yet another proof people are just a flock of seagulls.