some things I hold too tightly; some things I'll never, I'll never touch

[primroseburrows]

• I have a new sofa! Well, it's really a second-hand sofa, but it's in really good shape and wasn't cheap new, and has just a tiny bit of wear and tear on one end. It's beige, so it'll go with everything, or I can put a slipcover on it. Or cool throw pillows! Also, it's comfortable and FREE! The only expense is the sixty bucks I paid to have it delivered. I'd even have moved it myself except that my apartment's on the second floor and I wouldn't have a clue how to do it no matter how many people I corralled into helping.
  
  
• Today is the birthday of dragonflymuse, Willie Nelson, Stephen Harper, and Paul Gross. The latter two were born on the exact same day. I'm still not convinced there's no conspiracy here. They could be (fraternal) twins separated at birth. Although, *looks at pictures again* I rather doubt it. The conspiracy therefore must be political. Others born today:
  
  
  
  • Isaiah Thomas, NBA forward, Detroit Pistons. He was a guest star on due South. The plot thickens.
    
  • Kazimierz III the Great, King of Poland, 1333-70. Ray Kowalski is Polish. Coincidence or surreptitious chicanery? I wonder...
  
  
  
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• In conclusion, Geoffrey Tennant.

Comments

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Where did Stephen go wrong? Did the chess club lure him into wingnuttia?

Maybe there'll be an expositional bio: When Nerdy Ontarians Go Bad: The Stephen Harper Story.

The accent thingy got me right this time. The last one told me I was from Minnesota. :( This time it recognized the Canadian accent. Pretty nifty.

"The Canadian Accent". Accurate, that. Kind of like "The American Accent", 'cause, y'know, we all talk the same. *drops Rs in true Massachusetts style*

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

Do you sound like the Kennedys? Good Will Hunting? Pahk the cah? I love that accent. The New Yorkers and midwesterners are a bit too harsh sounding, but the Boston accent is nifty.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

The Kennedys have more of the old-school highbrow Boston accent. I'm more Good Will Hunting (the only ones who actually did the accent right were Ben and Matt; don't even get me started on how BAD Robin Williams' attempt was), although not nearly as thick anymore.

The RI accent sounds like New York, only worse. I've been in RI since I was eighteen, and routinely exorcise the accent if it starts lurking about my speech patterns.

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

The Kennedys have more of the old-school highbrow Boston accent.

That's something I wouldn't pick up on without some time spent there. I don't hear the distinction. Guess I'm too wrapped up in the dropped "r" thing to notice the rest. ;)

When I moved west, little things like the way people say "Vancouver" used to irritate me. I would say "Vancoover" and they say "Vancuver" as if there's an umlaut over the u. I thought it sounded goofy (or, if you like, gufy) Now I don't notice it - I've likely started saying it myself. Duuuuude!