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[yubsie]

Fun times: Spending most of Canada Day joking about how we were spending Canada Day with "Twenty thousand of our closest friends!" and then actually running into someone we knew other than the group we were meeting up with us. This random guy came up to us and asked if we went to Mount A and it turned out he had been in our Japanese class. What are the ODDS?

I also am amused by my country. On the way in they were checking everyone's bags. Which involved briefly glancing in and then ASKING if we had any drugs. ASKING. :p

Oh, and I got to climb the fence on Parliament Hill. There was just the one narrow gate in and out. After the fireworks, EVERYONE was leaving. So going over the fence was clearly the more efficient option. I am proud to say that I didn't flash anyone even though I was wearing a skirt.

I'm such a nerd. I needed red and white... so most of what I wore was my Laura Roslin costume. Because... it was red! I just switched the camisole out for a white shirt.

And now Ryan has met... well, most of my dad's side of the family. I think he was vaguely frightened by how many they were. And there were three more of my dad's siblings who were never there! I have a big family. :p

So a very fun time in Ottawa, whee! And now Polaris is this weekend... one of these days I'll actually put in a full work week, I swear. :p

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[gabri-jade.livejournal.com]

I always hear such nice things about Canada. Here is one of Kate Beaton's takes on Canada being a nice place: the best stereotype (http://beatonna.livejournal.com/96224.html)

I love Kate Beaton's comics. And between the impression I always get of Canadians being nice people and the socialized health care, I have much envy. Sadly, I have no cold tolerance at all and flat-out suck at pronouncing French, so moving there would present many difficulties. Alas. :P

Edit: Also! I am an American; therefore, the metric system is vast and mysterious to me. Which annoys me no end. *makes face*

[yubsie]

It is a pretty good stereotype all things considered.

And health care is pretty awesome, I must admit. (That's what BC is for! It's so warm it barely counts as Canada and they're English :p)

The metric system is so brilliantly SIMPLE though. Everything is multiples of ten!

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

I also am amused by my country. On the way in they were checking everyone's bags. Which involved briefly glancing in and then ASKING if we had any drugs. ASKING. :p

I SO need to move to Canada!

[yubsie]

It was pretty priceless. And this was at PARLIAMENT HILL. :p