HOT AND NOT (part two)

HOT - Gentleman Reg "Bundle" - don't know the rest of the disc well enough to comment yet, the song appearing randomly on shuffle mode made me want more - catchy little hooks and interesting instrumentation.
HOT - M.I.A "Galang" - I've heard a bit of M.I.A here and there, Mike put this on his best of 2005 disc that he just sent (THANKS MIKE WHITE !!), and just this morning while running, it got me - fun fun fun - I want more.


HOT - Going to the gym again.
NOT - Not going for most of the fall/winter.

HOT - Foods this year - Kale and Flax - not combined (I guess you could), both "miracle foods", kale - loaded with calcium, potassium, indoles (cancer-fighting substances), beta-carotenes, and other antioxidants, and flax - full of great omega 3 and 6 fats and cancer fighting lignans (and of course regularity).



HOT - Books - "The Diviners" Margaret Laurence. Being controversial and pegged (negatively of course) as a feminist in high school I was intrigued - after reading a 50 cent copy of "The Fire Dwellers" I moved on to "The Diviners". It was an absolute pleasure to witness the growth and awareness of Morag Gunn through the various stages of her life. A wise, reflective and important read - especially at a cabin in the middle of nowhere this summer - I felt so Canadian - just myself, the lake, Roy, Catherine Parr Traill, Susanna Moodie and Morag Gunn.
NOT - Books - "The Da Vinci Code" Dan Brown - ok ok ok, a page turner for sure, and an interesting theory that has honest links to history - BUT MAN ! - the soap opera writing complete with blank stares returning to blank stares (where some important piece of plot development is explored in flashback), little hints - then reminders of those little hints - constant recaps assuming the reading has retained nothing. Page turner - but bad soooooo bad.


HOT - Harry Potter books.
NOT - Harry Potter films (especially after reading the books) - just can't capture the magic.

HOT - the Enneagram personally type system - honestly helpful and complex - good for relationship stuff too.

HOT - $5 dollar burger plate (with fresh cut fries and veggie salad) at Patati Patata - again, a block away from the homestead.

HOT - Saturday Morning "Globe and Mail and coffee on a blanket with Roy" events in Jean Mance park this summer/fall.
NOT - getting out of the city as much as I wanted to.

HOT - Brokeback Mountain - This deserves and entire post - I feel like I have so much to say about it, but it's still a bit of a feeling rather that an intelligent discussion at this point. I think I'll see it again. As I said before - It's stayed with me in ways I didn't expect. It's an important movie about love, choices and how that effects everyone involved. Hmmm - more on this later.


HOT - Christmas card greeting from Susanna in Philly, "Many wishes for a new year filled with adventures, laughter, peace, love and the impeachment of George W. Bush"

I THINK MIGHT BE HOT - I really want to see "Good Night and Good Luck", "Syriana", I want to give M.I.A more of a listen, also the Magic Numbers and the Ravonettes (have been lovin' "Love in a Trashcan" all summer).
I THINK MIGHT BE A NOT - Sufjan Stevens - there's something about this guy that annoys me a little, but I don't know enough to fully comment - maybe it's the christian overtones, or the the smug sentimentality, got to check this guy out a little more. He's cute - I'll give em that.