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and a sun to maybe dissipate shadows of the mess you made

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some people in thunder bay yesterday really wanted to have a toronto war. here i am finally gettin’ proper gunned, fuckn right ripped there terry, and they’re all toronto sucks it’s so arrogant and so on all to a tragically hip soundtrack on rotate. i love the hip and i love thunder bay. like, i’m here. for a second time in a row. a lot of people have acted instantly back up to me it’s so boring and predictable.

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steph noticed it too. said they’re really nice people. i know that, but like really nice people who feel threatened and obligated to debate you on something you have zero care for which makes you arrogant for not wanting to have the discussion to begin with what? i’m here ON YOUR TEAM GUYS. i dunno, look at me, maybe i just have this fight with me look going on? i mean, enough people sure as shit hate me on the internet and in toronto so, whatever.

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my dad has had to deal with this all his life too i believe. just strong personalities that other people with slightly less strong of personalities detect and become instantly protective of the air space that you got to first. like hey i’m great, you’re great, we’re ALL fucking great no need for a pissing contest 24/7 please can’t i just sit here in my stupid socks in miserable peace?

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i said my friend made a movie called lets all hate toronto and he went across the country and to every province and everyone said they hated toronto but not a one could offer the reason why. that means everyone nationally is a fucking IDIOT! hating something they’ve never even experienced yet feel they’re supposed to hate. how many celebrities do we sort of hate yet never even met? ALL OF THEM. toronto is canada’s celebrity ok alright fine. no we don’t think we are better than anyone, we’re just our own thing, a great thing. so deal with it. experience it at least before you talk shit about it cos you look really fucking stupid right now. i said well we don’t sit around talking shit about you and they go well that’s cos you’re arrogant. um cool argument? we’re just too busy and have shit going on. i love it here i really love remote but i also miss my city.

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but anyway yesterday was awesome. bluesfest. had mini donuts and their booze stand/beer tents are so organized i walked over to the liquor table and proclaimed this is greeeeeat like the attendee was the hostess of a party. gunned. blues traveler did radiohead’s creep and we danced our balls off. there was some old time speak easy rag time tunes later on back at the house and we jived on the porch like that scene in the notebook. kettle corn oh my god people go ballistic for it here bought a bag and got stopped by strangers all along the way, one crazy coot eccentric woman of which plunges her hand right on in there and i’m like go ahead sure. very funny scene. al jumped in a car and the woman drove up to us later and said to him this is thunder bay you’re lucky i didn’t pull a knife on you and drove off all menacingly. christ.

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then i passed out on the livingroom couch and more people arrived and i had to sit up like i hadn’t just been totally crush fucked lights out. they have a friend called good night for that very reason, mike good night hahaha. steph drove us home in a lightning storm then rain storm and i cashed out in the vw backseat lying down in multiple retarded positions. drinking all day is such a job.

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time for some new whites.

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they loved me so much after my last visit look what they did.

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this sleepy mountain town very much reminds me fondly of williamstown massachusetts. wake up to a beating sun and look right up at a mountain. almost middle of a valley vibe.

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oh yeah we saw the stanley cup too. i got pictures.

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my hair was kinda fucked for some of yesterday. steph said it made her wish she had a haircut. her hair is stellar though. so miss my long darkerish hair sometimes. it never ends eh. there is no being satisfied.

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kinda bratty.

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liver juice. beets. hippie energy infusion.

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festival stance.

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blues traveler. shit house drunk tunes.

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lame picture. tara reid drunk out.

13 thoughts on “and a sun to maybe dissipate shadows of the mess you made”

  1. Yep, yesterday a guy on the BB chat was bashing TO because “the smog is terrible there!” I said well it’s quite lovely right now, and he said the past two weeks were totally smoggy!! Why he knows the smog level in Toronto when he lives in EDMONTON is beyond me. And the Rockies are the BEST thing EVER and Toronto has nothing. blah blah blah

  2. at the pace i currently live there is like 2/3 less to do out here. cos im weedless that agitates me. people get jealous of other people who have more to do i guess?

  3. Give off arrogant vibes? Gee, ya think? Trying sticking to just one or two of your more likable multiple personalities for…say…a week. See how that manifests in others ;-)

  4. don’t be an idiot. do you even fucking know me? you are talking to a person’s diary, thoughts. check yourself fucker.

  5. aside from the issues ppl seem to have with toronto (and pushing that negative energy on you), it looks like you are having a good time.
    holsum bread. love it!

  6. There is a difference between your thoughts and who you are? Interesting concept. Think. Write. Speak. Act. Read. Stop your belly aching. Suck it up buttercup. It comes with your massive celebrity ;-)

  9. Raymi, You’re great regardless of what city you’re in. All the haters can shut up and stop commenting. I do not understand why someone who apparently doesn’t like you continues to come back for more and takes the effort and time to comment. It takes a tough person to come back everyday and post your thoughts, especially when you just know ass holes are going to comment dumb shit. Just know that for every rude comment, there are dozens of fans that adore you.

    Lauren J

  10. aw sorry that my friends were pre-emptively anti-toronto. they weren’t anti-you, you were cool they liked ya. it’s been really fun! you’re not actually arrogant (despite the pickerel a la princess), i think if some things seem arrogant to some people about what you’ve written here in this post then they’re kinda grasping at straws and lame.

    all i really gotta say is…you’ll notice that the stanley cup’s here in your tbay posts but not in any of your toronto posts, i hope the leafs fans like it :)

  11. I don’t get why people can’t distinguish city tunnel vision with small town tunnel vision, it’s the same behavior, you know your town well and there’s nothing wrong with other places? People are crazy into their routines and worlds and don’t even know it!

  12. Most people I’ve met in Thunder Bay, when I tell them, “I just moved here from Toronto” they say, “WHY?!” like, why on earth would you come here if you’re already in Toronto?!

    I wonder if people are being more anti-Toronto towards you because you’re visiting and they think you’re a good way for them to communicate to Toronto, “you know you think you’re so cool, but we don’t need you, we’re fine on our own, i LIKE how it smells here!”.

    Whereas when they talk to me, because I’m paying rent here and working a job here, they know being anti-Toronto towards me would be like writing a letter and not mailing it.

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