Oh yah, we lost Jonathan! (We love you Jon!)
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Quick break from the festivites. (Full story later).

Ashley MacIsaac was just on stage and this guy like jumped up and started hugging him and Ashley went N-U-T-S and started kicking the guy and chasing him with his fiddle (/violin?) and bow! In like 30 seconds the show was over and the DJ was on. Conclusion: Ashley is a cry-baby diva who flips out on stage. And the whole thing was VERY intense.

Hawksley Workman was before cry-baby and ROCKED. VERY GOOD. I thought Tegan and Sara were chatty on stage but Hawksley Workman was out of control. He talked about anything and everything. He's so far been the highlight of this fun packed day.

Just talked to Rafi on the cell and he's making his way down to our pad to party it up. Never met him before, should be interesting!
[10:46:28 PM] []

So if anyone has any digital camera recommendations send them over (mgoyer@fairtunes). Donations are (of course) welcome.
[6:02:35 PM] []

I'm dying to add pictures and videos to this weblog. I'd also like to mobilize it and with GPRS now here it shouldn't be long.

I think adding a digital camera to the mix is the first step. I would love to have one right now in the middle of all the color of Pride. But I'd also like to add video. I checked out some dual still and video cameras but the video end is always rather budget (low resolution, no sound, very short capture time). It seems like the best plan is to buy a digital camera, and then when I want to add video get a video capture card like the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon ($429! (might be cheaper to smuggle one up through the US)) and just a plain old camcorder. We used to have a family camcorder but something broke but I think I could use it as a webcam with the ATI AIW. The AIW also allows you to do fun stuff like watch, capture, then trade TV shows.

But I'd also like a Blackberry for 24/7 email connectivity (I'd also be able to (text) blog with it!) and I'll be needing a new desktop for the fall. Lots of tech expenditures.. And I have to buy that Neon from my sister. Hmmmm.. Lottery ticket anyone?
[5:58:59 PM] []

The music started pumping at around noon today and is still going strong.

We just got back from the Dyke Parade which certainly was entertaining to say the least! The parade of course featured lots and lots of women. There weren't any floats. Just some pickup trucks blaring music with women hanging all over them, some dressed, some not. Lots of banners too. From 'jewish ottawa lesbians' to 'pride and pregnant'.

I think Natalie wants me to talk about 'the nipples'. I also think that she doesn't think I will because of the 'blatant editorial censorship' being practised by the editorial team here (more on that later). Anyhow. Yes there were some top less women. And I'll admit that there was less than I thought there'd be. (Visions of a street filled with naked women danced through my mind days leading up to the event). And yes the top-less women were very much 'normal' and not your plasticy perky airbrushed Maxim girl that we've been raised on. Yes it's true, the women of the 'real world' do not all resemble the women of our hollywood/mtv/prime time/dirty magazine world. (This sort of sounds like I've never seen a normal/real girl naked before :) ). It's sad that we even live in a world where women going topless is a blog-worthy event. If I can go topless then so should they! (Note: I have never gone out topless).

Last night was pretty low key. Jonathan and I went to 'The Garage', a little hole in the wall, for sandwiches then later in the evening the gang all went out to the block party literally just outside our bedroom window. It however closed down at 11pm because of the various noise laws. But our street and the surrounding ones (like Church) are all blocked off filled with throngs of people in all manner of dress cruising around.

I wish I had a digital camera so I could show you just how close this party is to our place :). I think I'll do a sketch and post in a few minutes. Should be interesting!

The best part about 'all this' is the diversity. You get to see the whole range and begin to realize that not all gay people are young, hip, urban trendsetters. Not surprisingly a lot of them look 'normal'! (Shocker I know). (But the girls do believe that gay men are hotter than straight men.) The educational aspect of last night was seeing guys who could pass as my dad getting all groovy just like the young guys. They're drinking beer in their khakis and polo's just like they walked out of some tower on Bay Street and getting all groovy just like the younger guys in muscle shirts and styled hair. The same was true of the dyke march today. You see people who could easily be your sister or your mother. Or even your grandmother. But I do have a hard time imagining my mom on one of those Harley's all decked out in leather.

..I once had this pin that read 'Someone you love is gay' (it's how I picked up Jonathan in Math136 :) ). And it's true. Statistically chances are very high someone you love is gay and yet we still live in a very unaccepting world. I'm thinking of some of my Grebel friends who wouldn't be caught dead living in Boystown or hanging out during pride. They believe all these people (myself included as I'm living in sin) are going to hell. I think though they'll find heaven is a lonely boring place without us all.

I don't know if I'm making sense because I'm just rambling on. Oh well!
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