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I got a library card and, because of this, I finally feel like I'm actually a part of the city. I've even signed out a book about Canada's homeless people since that's what I see every time I turn the corner here. This homeless man stopped me today and asked me if I could spare him $6 to stay at a hostel for the evening. I told him I was unemployed and couldn't help at the moment and he replied, "I totally know how you feel..." and gave me this look that almost broke my heart. No, you don't know how I feel because you certainly have it much, much worse. I should have given him the $1.50 I'd be saving by not going to the Internet cafe today (since now I can use it at the library). But I didn't. I hate it when I think of things way after the situation. In contrast, this is what I heard a boy demand of his father a few days ago: BOY: Daddy! MAN: Yes? BOY: I told you this is not what I wanted to do! MAN: What did you want to do? BOY: I said that I wanted to go to Granville Island, then eat some food, then take the ferry, and then go to Starbucks! Freaking hell. This boy was all of six years old and he is already addicted to Starbucks. I thought the McDonald's addiction was bad enough. But take heart, friends. The Haida Nation has won a lawsuit placed on them by Starbucks, permitting them to use the "Haida Bucks" moniker for their own cafe in British Columbia. "Bucks", they defended, is the Haida term used to describe a cool guy, as in the English dude. A flurry of cafes are following suit. Go get 'em, small fry!
And I feel fine....... - 2004-02-23 |