Back In NS

It took 14 hrs of straight driving but I'm back in Nova Scotia. I stopped in Amherst for an hour to visit Melissa and then it was back on the road for the final 2 hours of my journey. When I finally pulled into my folk's driveway it was around 2:30 am. So, needless to say, I was really tired. Anyways, I arrived safely and was able to avoid all the moose and deer that kept jumping out in front of the car. At least that made for an interesting trip and I had u2, Pink Floyd, Dave Matthews and a host of other great bands to keep me company along the way. So, the next few days are going to be spent relaxing with old friends before starting work again on the 29th.

Pink Floyd is back!

Now this would be the concert of a lifetime!!


Psychedelic 1970s rock group Pink Floyd will reunite to perform at the upcoming Live 8 concert in London, organizers said Sunday. "Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G-8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world," guitarist David Gilmour said in a statement on the group's official website. "It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations," he said. The last time bass player Roger Waters joined Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Richard Wright on stage was in 1981. Founded in 1965, original members of the influential band include Waters, Wright, Mason and frontman Syd Barrett, who was replaced by Gilmour when he started to suffer mental health problems. The band found international fame with its 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon, considered one of the defining albums of the decade, but split in the early 1980s when Waters left the group. The bassist sued the other three members for continuing to perform and record as Pink Floyd until the 1990s. "Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context. And if reforming for this concert will help focus attention, then it's got to be worthwhile," Gilmour said. Pink Floyd will join previously announced acts such as Paul McCartney, Elton John, U2, Madonna and organizers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure at the London event in Hyde Park on July 2. Live 8 concerts will also take place in Philadelphia, Berlin, Paris and Rome. The original Live Aid was also the scene of several rock reunions: the massive London-Philadelphia benefit concert in 1985 saw the reunions of Black Sabbath, the Who and Led Zeppelin (with Phil Collins sitting in for late drummer John Bonham).

Thousand Mile Wish

I absolutely love this song and it's been going through my mind for the past little while so I figured I'd post the lyrics.



Forgive me if now I wear the face of worry
This time alone could never cause any doubt
But I’ve been cold too long
Such a strange time to find myself coming down as the rain

With all the holes my love, To fill up from the middle
This storm could stay all night
So can you stay until we close our eyes
Til your dreams hold mine
Just stay until we know we tried one more time

Cause laughing lovers can overcome their closest demons
And they’ll go on and they won’t let go
They saw something that they know
Has never come so close
Can it stay here for us, for now?

Can it stay until we know ourselves?
I’m torn as I tell
You’re the story that I know and fell from
I’m so far into your story I don’t know why
We think we’re in control
When we lie between the lines

We’ll find a line to follow
It’s got to show real soon
Or we’ll never reach this high
We climb a little further
Cause there’s nothing we can’t get around together
Further gets colder until nothing was all that I saw around

So we stay until the ground
That we can’t come down from splits us away
Maybe stars know why we fallI just wish they were thinking out loud
Oh, I could wish all night

My time in Ottawa is rapidly coming to a close

Lately it has really become apparent to me how much I'm going to miss all the great friend's I've made here in Ottawa especially at the Rideau View College and Career group. While I'm anxious to go home and start my new job it is with mixed emotions that I leave. It's a fact of life I guess. You can't have everything just the way you would like it. The job I want is back home as are my family and old friends, but at the same time I've grown to love Ottawa and all it has to offer. I'm thankful for having had the opportunity to live here and, while it was relatively short stay, I've thoughoutly enjoyed my time and have learned a lot. The one thing I won't miss however is my job :-) No one knows what the future holds. All we can do is pray that the decisions we make are the right ones.

Only 6 days left of work!

"You're fired"

It seems these days these words are being thrown around a lot at work. Since I've been here (6 months) 3 people have been let go. The latest was yesterday when a woman with 5 yrs experience in support was let go. I don't know the details of the termination but I'm beginning to realize more and more how much of a "cut throat" business this is. Fortunately, my situation is a little different. When I put in my notice two weeks ago I would have been perfectly happy to have left that very day. Instead they asked me to stay on another month. So, I guess I can take comfort in the fact that they weren't too anxious to let me go. I know the individual who was let go was not happy in her job so maybe this is a blessing in disguise. However, I also know that the job was very important to her as she was the sole breadwinner in her family. I hope and pray things work out for her and she's able to secure work elsewhere. It just goes to show you that you're life can be turned upside down in the matter of a few short hours.