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On occasion, I do come back here -- I hope you folks remember who I am.

Happy Holidays to all.

[link] ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/11145953/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/11145953/ Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:20:28 PST

Today I become a Canadian citizen! I'm off to take the oath of citizenship this morning.

Yay for me!!!

[link] ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/10902356/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/10902356/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:02:43 PST
[link]

Of course, it's in a category that I'm sure isn't terribly popular ...

Anyway, I did. I'm a productive member of society again.

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Hmm ... not much to say at the moment, but I do have a new website, if you want to check it out. Not much to show yet, but I think it's pretty cool in potential:

[link]

One of these days, I'll get around to finishing it.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/10612360/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/10612360/ Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:52:19 PST
Umm ... I thought that was the jounal entry box above. That's all I have to say right now.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/6635448/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/6635448/ Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:50:17 PDT
The people, though ... ahh, don't lose me.



]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/4737266/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/4737266/ Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:13:45 PST
Ah, well. Not much I could be posting, anyway. Unless they raise the limit on word counts to about 75,000+ ...

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3649446/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3649446/ Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:51:23 PDT
(and it's not really one of the reasons, but can't SOMETHING be done about the journal page? it takes forfreakinever to load because it shows EVERY entry i've ever made.)

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3570414/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3570414/ Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:04:26 PDT

Two years now. Absolutely the best of my life.

I love you.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3554512/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3554512/ Sun, 10 Oct 2004 03:28:45 PDT
And Tuesday, it's our anniversary. Now that's a real reason to be thankful.

Bye for now.

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]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3138766/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3138766/ Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:28:47 PDT
*gulp* tomorrow.

Yeah. I'm kind of stunned. I was counting on more time to ease into this, even though it's only a few days difference. Now I'm plunging the hell right in.

I know there's gonna be so much stuff I'm forgetting, and Laura has to take up all the slack. I'm sorry, darlin'.

I wish I knew ANYBODY in the city at all.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3114313/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3114313/ Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:58:10 PDT
A side effect of all of this has been that I ... now have a cell phone. Yes, people, the apocalypse has truly come.

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]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3037321/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/3037321/ Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:37:06 PDT
Oh, and keep your fingers crossed on Thursday.

And give me love.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2910104/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2910104/ Sun, 18 Jul 2004 09:56:40 PDT
In a nutshell, this report contradicts almost every statement made by the leaders of our country (I may be residing in Canada, but I am still an American citizen) prior to, and in the opening weeks of, the war on Iraq. Every time that Bush told you that there were WMDs? There was no proof. Every time Rumsfeld hinted at a terrorist connnection between Iraq and al-Qaida? Not there. The chemical weapons, biological weapons, the supposedly-revived nuclear program? The report says it was unlikely from the beginning.

And this isn't me saying so, people, or any so-called liberal media or organization. This is your own government. (Actually, they've been saying these things for a while now, but in places where you weren't likely to hear them, and as quietly as possible. While Bush knows -- and knew -- there was no connection between Iraq and the events of September 11th 2001, he also knows that many people voting for him still believe, and are voting as much based on that belief as anything.)

For those of you who don't enjoy wading through 500 pages of Congressional doublespeak, I'll give you the high points(I will be highlighting some text in bold):

"Most of the major key judgements in the Intelligence Community's October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), Iraq's Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction, either overstated, or were not supported by, the underlying intelligence reporting."

"The Intelligence Community (IC) suffered from a collective presumption that Iraq had an active and growing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program ... This presumption was so strong that formalized IC mechanisms established to challenge assumptions and group think were not utilized."

"The language in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate that 'Iraq also began vigorously trying to procure uranium ore and yellowcake' overstated what the Intelligence Community knew about Iraq's possible procurement attempts." The report goes on to admit that much of the intelligence supporting this claim came from forged documents, and that to date no conclusive evidence of such attempts has been acquired.

"After reviewing all of the intelligence provided by the Intelligence Community and additional information requested by the Committee, the Committee believes that the judgement in the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear program, was not supported by the intelligence." They also review, in depth, the claims involving aluminum tubes supposedly for use in an Iraqi nuclear program, and find them groundless.

"The assessment in the October 2002 National National Intelligence Estimate that, '[W]e judge that all key aspects - research & development, production, and weaponization - of Iraq's offensive biological weapons program are active and that most elements are larger and more advanced than they were before the Gulf War' is not supported by the intelligence provided to the Committee ."

"The statement in the key judgements of the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that 'Baghdad has biological weapons' overstated what was known about Iraq's biological weapons holdings."

"The assessments in the National Intelligence Estimate concerning Iraq's capability to produce and weaponize biological weapons agents are, for the most part, supported by the intelligence provided to the Committee, but the NIE did not explain that the research discussed could have been very limited in nature, been abandoned years ago, or represented legitimate activity."

"The statement in the key judgements of the October 2002 Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction National Intelligence Estimate that 'Baghdad has ... chemical weapons' overstated both what was known about Iraq's chemical weapons holdings and what intelligence analysts judged about Iraq's chemical weapons holdings ."

They do support the claims by the NIE that missles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) had and were being produced, but remark that their actual purpose remains unclear, and there were possible conventional uses.

In reference to Secretary Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003: " Much of the information provided or cleared by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for inclusion in Secretary Powell's speech was overstated, misleading, or incorrect."

And fin... ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2904251/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2904251/ Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:05:54 PDT
... or at least I was, back when I felt a part of the world.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2756659/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2756659/ Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:33:40 PDT birthday
ever
.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2693318/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2693318/ Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:24:16 PDT
]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2584927/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2584927/ Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:58:45 PDT
there was a young girl, laura s.
who'd strut around in her sundress
it covered what it oughty
but was still very naughty
for her charms, any one could assess

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2481811/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2481811/ Tue, 25 May 2004 17:28:55 PDT
[link]

Of course, now that it's done I wish I'd made everything better ... but too late now! That's for next time, I suppose. If anyone shows enough interest this time to bother with another one -- we'll see about that.

Either way, it's been good to get some work done.

*************

And it's Tuesday now, and I'm updating this to say that I've got them in, they're folded and stapled and ready to go! So order early and often!

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2364791/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2364791/ Wed, 05 May 2004 11:00:06 PDT
i just got fired.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2270281/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2270281/ Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:11:30 PDT [link]

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2263410/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2263410/ Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:34:03 PDT
I started to write a real entry, but I only feel like updating in mini-sentences.

Went to clinic.

Diagnosis = depression. Job-related.

Antidepressants? Unsure. Too expensive, anyway.

Counseling? Not likely.

"Keep trying to find a new job."

No shit.

Sigh.

(None of this, of course, helps me want to do anything but eat junk food and play Sacred from getting home until bedtime.)

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2263396/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2263396/ Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:30:52 PDT
I started to write a real entry, but I only feel like updating in mini-sentences.

Went to clinic.

Diagnosis = depression. Job-related.

Antidepressants? Unsure. Too expensive, anyway.

Counseling? Not likely.

"Keep trying to find a new job."

No shit.

Sigh.

(None of this, of course, helps me want to do anything but eat junk food and play Sacred from getting home until bedtime.)

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2138998/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2138998/ Fri, 02 Apr 2004 17:39:35 PST
which means that i didn't get much sleep last night. or, any.

if you want to, check this out and see if it was worth it: [link]

now i just wait until mid-summer to hear. heh. why do i do this to myself?

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2086315/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/2086315/ Fri, 26 Mar 2004 00:21:00 PST
]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1998342/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1998342/ Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:50:10 PST
no, not at all.

ps: if anyone has a large pile of money they aren't using, please send it to 403-1231 Richmond St., London, Ontario. US or Canadian, we aren't picky.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1862642/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1862642/ Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:52:03 PST
1. "Happy Fun Song", Straight Outta Junior High from Kiss Of Deaf
2. "Mr. Spock", Nerf Herder from American Cheese
3. "Elvis Fucking Christ", The Cramps from Fiends of Dope Island
4. "Bob", 'Weird Al' Yankovic from Poodle Hat
5. "Never Did No Wanderin'", The Folksmen from A Mighty Wind OST
6. "P.M. Prima Donna", Ookla The Mok from oh okay L.A.
7. "Pastaroni", I Voted For Kodos from Not Penis Cream EP
8. "She'll Drive The Big Car", David Bowie from Reality
9. "Coma Girl", Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros from Streetcore
10. "Rich and Filthy", Bif Naked from Essentially Naked
11. "Idiots Are Taking Over", NOFX from The War On Errorism
12. "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield", The 5.6.7.8's from Kill Bill, Volume 1 (not on the CD)
13. "Testing 1, 2, 3", Barenaked Ladies from Everything To Everyone
14. "Price Of Oil", Billy Bragg from the Peace Not War compilation CD
15. "Dirty Life And Times", Warren Zevon from The Wind
16. "Bruised", The Bens from The Bens ep
17. "Strange Love", Pat MacDonald from Strange Love : PM Does DM
18. "Looking For Water", David Bowie from Reality
19. "Your Fire, Your Soul", Dar Williams from The Beauty Of The Rain
20. "Keep Me In Your Heart", Warren Zevon from The Wind
21. "In My Life", Johnny Cash from American IV: The Man Comes Around


I know, I'm a dork.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1848019/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1848019/ Sun, 15 Feb 2004 04:41:40 PST
[link]

just be happy that i didn't put the stuff up anywhere from the comic death metal project i did at the same time ...



]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1842290/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1842290/ Sat, 14 Feb 2004 04:37:52 PST
she knows i've spent a lot of time being the sort of person who guards the truest emotions like gold, who doesn't let anyone see himself cry, whose summary of every day is, "it was work" ...

she knows red and pink are not my colors ...

but she also knows that i have never known a truer love than i have found with her. she knows that i still can't stop looking at her in amazement at what we've found. she knows that when i watch her sleeping my heart seems to expand to take over my whole chest.

well, maybe she didn't know that last one. but she does now.

happy valentine's day, my beloved. first one together.

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1770921/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1770921/ Sat, 31 Jan 2004 06:45:35 PST
and the show's over (not that i'm saying the two are CONNECTED) ... it went well, of course, but i miss it. i don't miss getting four hours of sleep a night, but it's always a letdown when a show closes.

now i have to concentrate on the next thing ... i have a play to rewrite, new stuff to create, i need to find ways to get some stuff produced around here ... and i actually started working on a poem out of the blue the other day. wow ... i still write poetry ...



]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1685226/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1685226/ Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:01:05 PST Mood: nervous
Listening to: "Fight Song", Marilyn Manson
Reading: "Islands In The Net", Bruce Sterling
Watching: Bowling For Columbine



Well, it's about that time ... I've been talking about this production of Mikado (that's old-school theater, folks, Gilbert and Sullivan if you were not aware) for months now, and we're finally opening tonight.

Am I ready? I suppose, as ready as I ever am for an opening night. There are always conflicting emotions at this point in a theatrical adventure ... on one hand I AM ready, damn ready, and I'm tired of playing to empty houses in rehearsal. On the other hand ... well, this is the beginning of the end, isn't it? A few performances, a few bows ... and this painstaking piece of art we've tried to create is little but a memory.

But, like any event in life, there's no stopping it now. Cross your fingers, wish me some broken limbs, and I'll be letting you know how it goes.

*Deej starts to warm up his voice*

]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1620340/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1620340/ Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:36:22 PST

anyway, she questioned me as to my other meals for the day. when she asked what i had for breakfast, i couldn't remember and she walked away. (to be fair, i start work at 6 am, so breakfast was a long time ago.) finally, i called out to her, "I had a GRANOLA BAR!" no response.

a few minutes later, i ran into the bedroom and flopped down on the bed behind her. "And I had FRUIT!"

"What kind of fruit?" she said without turning to look at me.

and I mumbled, "it was in the granola bar."

i think she's gonna kill me. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1578672/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1578672/ Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:41:02 PST a mix for christmas
by Deej

1. Monster’s Holiday – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett
2. Santa’s Gonna Kick Your Ass – The Arrogant Worms
3. Bizarre Christmas Incident – Ben Folds
4. Hawaiian Christmas Song – Bing Crosby
5. I Am Santa Claus – Bob Rivers
6. Santa’s Beard - They Might Be Giants
7. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas – The Three Stooges
8. I’ve Got A Boner For Christmas – Nerf Herder
9. Oi To The World - No Doubt
10. The Real Slim Santa – Kevin & Bean
11. Christmas Crush – Homegrown
12. Santa Has A Mullet - Nerf Herder
13. Jesus Was A Dreiel Spinner – Jill Sobule
14. Huge On The Luge – Moxy Fruvous
15. The 12 Days of Christmas– Bob & Doug Mackenzie
16. Santa Claus Is Watching You – Ray Stevens
17. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – Spike Jones and His City Slickers
18. I Want An Alien For Christmas – Fountains of Wayne
19. Merry Fucking Christmas – Mr. T Experience
20. Christmas At Ground Zero – ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
21. Santa Claus and His Old Lady – Cheech and Chong
22. Christmas With The Devil – Spinal Tap
23. Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel – South Park
24. Naked Christmas - Cousin Oliver ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1563434/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1563434/ Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:54:08 PST

So what's on YOUR Christmas mix for this year? ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1560128/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1560128/ Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:36:06 PST `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1505008/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1505008/ Mon, 08 Dec 2003 00:53:03 PST [link] ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1461442/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1461442/ Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:08:45 PST
But I will say this: I am SO FUCKING GLAD not to be in the states today, particularly anywhere near a mall. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1444383/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1444383/ Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:47:20 PST

Did I mention she tried to kill me last night? ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1257110/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1257110/ Thu, 09 Oct 2003 20:45:11 PDT
we're gonna have a little company this weekend. which is why laura and i celebrated today. celebrated what? the fact that, as of sunday the 12th, we'll have been married for one year.

it was a rough one, being apart for most of it and waiting for immigration to give me permission to be with my own beloved. but all that is in the past, and our celebration was as much for being together now as a remembrance of our wedding day.

i couldn't be more in love with her. i hope this is the first of many, many, many years together.

now i've got to get back to writing. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1233118/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1233118/ Fri, 03 Oct 2003 19:10:44 PDT
I'm also pretty sure I know at this point what I'm writing about, which is a good thing to find halfway through. But it'll reshape the first half some when I go to second-draft status ...

Oh, and I wound up getting the role of Pooh-bah in The Mikado, so really, I couldn't ask for much more. It's the role that best fits me, with (I think) the most humorous lines (why did Groucho play Ko-ko when he did this show?) -- and I beat out a bunch of damn voice majors to get it. So there. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1223173/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1223173/ Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:11:02 PDT

callbacks tonight for that Mikado production ... which i suppose means i didn't do THAT badly, but i'm kind of nervous about it. i've done callbacks for regular musicals before, and it involved sight-reading several of the parts. i dont know if i can sight-read G&S.

ah, well. i'm sure i'm only up against ... VOICE MAJORS ... ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1213743/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1213743/ Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:29:34 PDT The Mikado. I flubbed my audition song big time. Goddamn it.

Some days I wonder why I don't just face the fact that I'm meant to be a techie. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1203893/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1203893/ Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:31:04 PDT
at least i'm writing a little, though. (yeah, yeah, i know ... what about all the stuff you're supposed to be REwriting? and for that matter, what about submitting some stuff?) ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1179321/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1179321/ Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:10:20 PDT
No job yet. But at least I have my social insurance number now. That's a big part of finding one.

I feel pretty comfortable with the town of London now ... I just need to find some people to hang out with. I should hit up that GeoURL thing and find other DA folks in the area ... ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1158350/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1158350/ Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:41:03 PDT
Laura is doing well with her studies, as much as I can tell. I keep thinking that eventually, some of her knowledge will rub off on me ... but I can still barely keep a tune. But all the same, I can tell she's learning, and it won't be long before I start to have all the chances I've wanted to sit in the audience and applaud for her. (Quite a change for me, to be off the stage at that point!)

As for me, I'm still focused on trying to find a job. I've signed on at about ten temp agencies, but the ones who have even interviewed me as of yet have all said they can't put me on an assignment until my Social Insurance Number comes through from the government. I've applied for a few other jobs, too -- particularly at the Grand Theater, the only place in town where I could really be employed in my chosen field -- but no real news on that front as of yet.

I hope I find something soon. It's hard to really focus on anything else when I'm worried about work and money. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1117879/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1117879/ Mon, 01 Sep 2003 09:24:42 PDT
But we got that fixed, and I done immigrated, and we're now starting to settle into a DIFFERENT apartment with the cats and all our stuff and no phone for another couple days and no internet for at least another week (I'm at a little Net Cafe downtown).

I'll try to keep folks up on things ... but it's tough to do right now.

I'll end on a good note -- we're both very, very, VERY happy to be in a home together. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1102741/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1102741/ Wed, 27 Aug 2003 02:42:44 PDT
Tonight, I'll pack up the computer as I move the last of my stuff downstairs. (I pick up my truck and load it tomorrow.) After that, I don't know if I'll be on until later next week, when we get internet set up in our new apartment.

I don't think we'll miss it too much.

Take care, my friends, be blessed ... and think of us. Thank you for all your support as we've waited for this day. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1093627/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1093627/ Sun, 24 Aug 2003 02:49:29 PDT
there's so much about moving that i usually hate -- having to find a new job, leaving people behind, having to find new friends to hang out with, packing and unpacking -- but none of that matters this time.

my life is no longer here, but with her.

i love you, laura. so soon. ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1077151/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1077151/ Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:51:08 PDT
i feel bad for laura, she has so much to do, some of it for ME (like getting a new passport because she lost the other one to the IRS trying to get MY taxes sorted out, but that's a long story) ... not to mention that they've got her working more-than-full-time on her last week.

me, i've got four more days of work, some nights of goofing off with friends i won't see again for a while, and most everything else is ready.

of course, we all know i hate waiting.

(but i know it will be worth it) ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1061983/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1061983/ Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:43:43 PDT ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1041683/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1041683/ Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:33:41 PDT
We've since consulted with a group of people online who have been through this, and decided to count on the papers arriving soon (they have to return them within 15 business days) and set my moving day for the 29th, the day after Laura will arrive at our new home.

So very, very soon now.

******************

sorry, i'm still way behind ... and it may still be a little while before i get caught up. there's a few other things going on.

when i first fell in love with laura, neither of us thought we'd ever even meet, much less have a chance to see it through in the "real world". then, we knew it had to be -- but we weren't sure how we'd make it all come about.

finally, we married and submitted my application to immigration so i could move up to canada, to be with her for now and for always. we sent in all the forms, paid all the fees, and waited. the final wondering was upon us -- every day, every week wondering when it would finally be.

we still aren't sure of the exact day. but last week i got a request from the canadian consulate in buffalo, new york -- asking me to submit a few final items, including my passport. this is the final step to issuing my permanent resident visa. it's pretty reasonable to assume that, within the next few weeks, they'll send me those papers.

we are so close now that every time i reach my hand, i expect to feel her fingers meeting mine.

i will be moving soon.

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[link] ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1015635/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/1015635/ Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:13:39 PDT

when i first fell in love with laura, neither of us thought we'd ever even meet, much less have a chance to see it through in the "real world". then, we knew it had to be -- but we weren't sure how we'd make it all come about.

finally, we married and submitted my application to immigration so i could move up to canada, to be with her for now and for always. we sent in all the forms, paid all the fees, and waited. the final wondering was upon us -- every day, every week wondering when it would finally be.

we still aren't sure of the exact day. but last week i got a request from the canadian consulate in buffalo, new york -- asking me to submit a few final items, including my passport. this is the final step to issuing my permanent resident visa. it's pretty reasonable to assume that, within the next few weeks, they'll send me those papers.

we are so close now that every time i reach my hand, i expect to feel her fingers meeting mine.

i will be moving soon.

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[link] ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/883910/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/883910/ Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:13:07 PDT
In the immortal words of Frank Zappa, "The crux of the biscuit ... is the apostrophe."

Damn right.



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[link] ]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/861459/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/861459/ Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:06:47 PDT
i know i haven't been around much, but i'm coming back. hopefuly, when i can write again.


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]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/765839/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/765839/ Tue, 27 May 2003 13:28:20 PDT
That world is so much of what sustains me, though I do not always acknowledge it.


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]]> `deejbard http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/755738/ http://deejbard.deviantart.com/journal/755738/ Sat, 24 May 2003 17:49:07 PDT [link]

still fighting the good fight.

but the group is getting smaller and smaller. we were talking about that today at the vigil, and my friend Vern said, half-jokingly, "Well, we're probably going to wind up in another war soon enough, and that'll stir people up again."

indeed. ]]> `deejbard