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One video that I love is Nelly Furtado's Try. I love the way she uses flat backgrounds and colours to give an old world feel to the video. The setting is relevant to Canada but at the same time it isn't only something Canadians can relate to. We all have ancestors that have been poineers in one way or another and all of our countries have a history of beginnings. Just like people and relationships.

I also admire the way that Nelly includes her culture, but in a fresh, way. I grew up consumed by my culture (identity wise) and I know it will always be a part of my work. But I want to do it a way that reflects who I am... someone who didn't grow up traditionally and who is more modern in the way I interpret my culture. I want to be able to share my culture but not keep it in the past. I am a Metis from the suburbs and even though there aren't hoardes of us, there are a lot of youth who grew up the way I did, yet still feel connected to our culture.

Anyway, the real reason that I like the song is the lyrics...

All I know
Is everything is not as it's sold
but the more I grow the less I know
And I have lived so many lives
Though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds the more I sow

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try

I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness
And all the real people are really not real at all
The more I learn, I learn
The more I cry, I cry
As I say goodbye to the way of life
I thought I had designed for me

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try
Try

All of the moments that already passed
We'll try to go back and make them last
All of the things we want each other to be
We never will be
And that's wonderful, and that's life
And that's you, baby
This is me, baby
And we are, we are, we are, we are
Free
In our love
We are free in our love
-Nelly Furtado Try

I think this exactly sums up what being in a relationship is. I love the way she talks about wanting to be more and wanting things of others. I know that I am always wanting to be so much more for some of the people in my life, but at the same time I know I can never be all that they or I want.
As Popeye said, "I ams what I ams"
or something along those lines.
Love that Popeye.

Tight Jeans and High Heels

I went jogging on the mountain this morning with my husband (actually he rode his bike beside me). It was going good and I was just looking at the trees and stuff, trying to convince myself that running is good for me.
Then I noticed this guy who was walking up one of the more hidden paths on the mountain, not far from the main road.
From the waist up the guy looked like a construction worker or something along those lines. He had a bomber jacket on and he was carrying a bag.
But from the waist down, the guy looked a whole lot more like J.Lo.
He had on really tight, women's jeans and very spiky, very high heels (I think the heels were metallic silver).
The only reason I didn't burst out laughing was because I was out of breath from the running. And I also thought for a second that I could be hallucinating.
But after we saw that guy, I couldn't stop trying to fill in the blanks.
Where was he going?
Did he know that heels would be so tough to walk in on the mountain?
Where did he get his jeans, especially in the size that he was? I really can't see Buffalo, or Manager making a butt-lifting jean big enough for a lumberjack.
I could be wrong though.
These days everything is custom-made.

Anyway, I hope he had fun wherever he was going. And that his heels aren't ruined from the walk.

Until the End of the World

One of the greatest soundtracks that I have ever listened to.
Until the End of the World
Unfortunately I never actually owned the soundtrack, but I used it for an extremely long amount of time thanks to the public library.
The film is very good too, by Wim Wenders. If you haven't seen the film, you should. Nick Cave and his band are in the film so that's reason enough to check it out.

And my movie recommendation of the week is....
Half Baked by Tamra Davis. She is married to a Beastie Boy and also is the director of my other classic favorite movie: Billy Madison.
Say what you will about Adam (but watch it, he's a cool guy), that movie is one of the greats.

Being a film person I have some strange film preferences. I have never seen Citizen Kane, Clockwork Orange, or Titanic. Why?? In some cases I just don't want to, mostly because I enjoy being stubborn and having people ask me, "Why haven't you seen Citizen Kane? It's a classic. You HAVE to see it."

No, I don't. And I don't even have to have a reason.

A couple of my own 'classics/favorites' are:
The Doors
Heathers
Reality Bites
Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me
St.Elmo's Fire
(I am a product of my time)
Weird Science
Billy Madison
Half Baked
Dirty Dancing
Secretary
Adaptation
The Good Girl
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Clueless
Dazed and Confused
Waking Life

I guess I could go on forever, almost never met a film I didn't like, unless it was by Disney or Ivan Reitman (ha, ha).

But, I started with Wim Wenders and so I will finish with recommending another film classic, this time by Jean Luc Godard Masculine/feminine.
Oh yeah and for some reason that makes me think of that awesome film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie.
See that one too. It's directed by Louis Bunuel.

If you actually watch any of these movies, let me know what you think, or don't.
I don't actually care.