if i had mobility rights, i could get to a city like portland, or austin - even if it's just for a while.

we don't have anything like that in canada. it's just a giant, boring suburban wasteland, with white picket fences, two car garages and kids dying of heroin overdoses, because the life of consumerism is so void and empty.

we used to have montreal, at least, but the same thing is happening there. toronto has always been expensive, and had a different kind of culture because of it. and, we lost vancouver a long time ago...

i'm waiting for a call from the gatekeeper that may or may not come, but one of the things i told him was that canada doesn't really exist, yet - or, not in the way it will be understood to history. and, the canada that history understands may be almost the exact opposite of what contemporary canadians imagine it as.

the canada that goes down in history may very well be a deeply conservative place, tied strongly to traditional values of religion and family first. that's the direction we're headed in now.