Necklace

I guess I should fill you in with part two of last weekend, but first... here is the amazing necklace that my Aunt Carole knit and sent to me! Actually, there were originally two necklaces with other types of beads included, but I loved the knit ones so much, I combined them all for a colourful and funky necklace. As Michelle warned me, though, they do get a bit scratchy after the first few hours of wearing! But they first time I wore it, the woman in the elevator couldn't stop complementing it! Do you like the picture? I think it looks like something on Etsy (not that I ever spend hours looking through jewelry on there or anything).

So the reason I had such a great weekend was that I had tickets, and I love tickets. Friday night I went to see Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal perform one of the most beautiful nights of modern dance I've seen in a long while. There were two pieces choreographed by an Edmontonian, Azure Barton, and I found (what I assume to be) Canadian characteristics of contemporary dance to be colourful, joyful and full of rhythm and musicality.

Saturday night I had tickets for a concert by Hannah Georgas and Jeremy Fisher. I had just been looking around for tickets for events on campus, and the concert came up. The tickets were only $15, so (although I'd never heard of either artist) I listened to some of the songs online, decided I would most likely enjoy both of their music styles, and decided to go. On a whim I mentioned it to my friend Amy, and she wanted to come, and then Jun overheard and she decided to come too! And it was much more fun going together because it was such a great concert, it was nice to have people to enjoy it with. It was small, and very independent-Canadian-artist-y which I loved. I feel like I'm just beginning to discover Canadian music. Any recommendations?

Despite the grimness of being a student in Edmonton in the winter, I am so happy to be living Canadian life again. There is a world of difference between living as a Canadian overseas and living as a Canadian in Canada. One reason I really wanted to come back to do my masters was to be a "real" Canadian again. And once in a while I stop and appreciate my lifestyle. I feel especially Canadian when I read Macleans (which I subscribed to in my quest for Canadianness). Or when I ride the bus and the bus driver is SO friendly to everyone. Or when I drink an extra large coffee at Tim Hortons on an almost daily basis (cause it's so cheap, I can afford it). The only thing I haven't gotten used to is the Edmontonian accent... it kind of scares me.