Trudeau? More like TruDON'T ( Read more... )

Brought the subject of the vigil up at supper; to my pleasant surprise, I got no pushback. We did have a bit of debate about whether it's accurate to call it a terrorist attack. Parents say it's a hate crime, not a terrorist attack. I say it can be both. But, that doesn't matter. Point is, I'm going. I'll have to go in to work on my day off for a ( Read more... )

I'm tired and sad and angry, and I'm sick of feeling tired and sad and angry, but I expect there'll be more of that in the future.

On February 1st there will be a walk* in solidarity with the local Muslim community in response to yesterday's terrorist attack at the mosque in Quebec City*. I want to go, but like most things in this town, it's ( Read more... )

Just emailed my MP for the first time re: Canada's response to the US immigration clusterfuck/asylum/the Safe Third Country Agreement. I'd meant to do it earlier, but set it aside because it was the middle of the week. Now things have, uh, escalated ( Read more... )

☆ First, some Canadian politics stuff (sorry): The KXL Pipeline is on the table again, which is of course awful. There is a petition to the government to give the issue a serious review (and reject it). Those who sign are encouraged to also contact their MPs*, so I'll be drafting up an email after I do some reading to make sure I understand ( Read more... )

This weekend has been an emotional roller coaster for a whole lot of people. I'm including myself in that ( Read more... )

/backdates on account of this being related to my cranky outburst earlier this week (though it's much more positive)

( Mission accomplished )

/backdates

( Note to self )

To my southern neighbours: I offer my condolences ( Read more... )

☆ Feeling a lot better today. Not 100%, but good enough. Seems like not doing anything on the weekend was the best idea, even if I wish it hadn't been necessary. I mean, a little downtime is nice, but not if it's... uh. Like that. Spending all day in bed when you don't want to is the worst ( Read more... )