Correr Es Mi Destino

Sometimes, I read the paper and I just don’t get it. Why ? WHY ??? And don’t tell me I’m overreacting okay, I’m a former anarchist-communist turned left-wing !

I entered the supermarket and looked around. Something was missing. The frozen food section was bigger than ever, the aisle end display products were screaming “buy me !” and people were massed around the “back to school” aisles. Nothing weird here. Yet, I couldn’t find what I was looking for.
I finally came to my sense [...]

Another bites the dust. Another Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan, the 67th. Americans casualty ? 427 soldiers, if no one dies by tomorrow. Operation Enduring Freedom ? Yeah, right.
We somehow got used to it. I can’t remember a time when, flicking though the TV channels, I wouldn’t see fuzzy footage of cities covered by thick [...]

The morning I turned 18, I skipped school.
I woke up at 7 am as usual and turned on the radio. I got dressed to the sound of Nirvana and bitched. A lot. I grabbed my bag, my ID’s and the notice I was send a few months ago and that I had tried to forget [...]

Edit: Just to make sure there’s no misunderstanding…
1) I’m an atheist but I have nothing against religion, as long as it’s your values and you don’t try to convince me you’re right and I’m a sinner blahblahblah. And I’m not going to convince you that God doesn’t exist. I don’t know that. I just don’t [...]

When was the last time you truly believed in something ?
French never really realized they don’t own half of the world anymore and we had a point of view on everything. We grew up believing in the European Union but we distrusted anything behind the former iron curtain. Italians, Spanish and Portuguese were our [...]

Bu·reauc·ra·cy (by??-r?k’r?-s?) : An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action: innovative ideas that get bogged down in red tape and bureaucracy.
I’m a white female, 5’7, 20-30 years old. Sounds fairly common, doesn’t it ? I mean, really, I don’t have anything special. [...]

Yesterday, I went to see Michael Moore’s new movie, “Sicko”, which investigates the US health care system and compares it to the British, the French and the Cuban (!) “socialized” health system. I’m telling you, I had a headache by the end of the movie.
I like Michael Moore. Sure, his movies are biased but [...]

Once I understood “Beavers Tails” weren’t actual cutie beaver’s fried tails but just a name for a kind of waffle, I started to relax. I had mastered North American supermarket (80% frozen food, 10% junk food and 10% health bars), I could drive an automatic car, and I had learned to check addresses before walking [...]