It was a very good year

Do you ever have an incident when you (re)discover a song? My mother recently sent me a copy of "Genius loves company", which is a collection of duets done by Ray Charles and other great artists. I've fallen in love with the song It was a very good year , sung by Ray Charles and Willy Nelson. The mood captured in this song sort of sums up the way that I want to live my life, savouring each year, and each experience and focussing on the good in my life and around me.

*Although I don't necessarily need all the different women mentioned in the song. I just want the sense of enjoyment. Now I want to hear the Frank Sinatra version of the song.

Edited to add- Robbie Williams has also recorded a version of this song. (makes gagging noise) I DESPISE Robbie Williams. He is the ultimate wanker.

Rice or cheese?

A couple weeks ago, a bunch of us were sitting around in the staff room at Chapters. We began a conversation about food, and ended up talking about rice, and cheese. For some reason, we began talking about the importance of good rice. Followers of my journal may remember that I take rice very seriously. I do not consider minute rice to be real food, in the same way that I do not consider processed cheese to be real cheese. The participants of the discussion were of various ethnicities, although there were a large number of people of Chinese ancestry present.

Several issues were raised-

1. Why does cheese seem to be so popular with women? Is the love of cheese a female thing? A man named Irving noted that he had never seen any men freak out about cheese.

2. Myself, and a woman of Caucasian ancestry, stressed the importance of properly cooked rice, as did many of the others of full Asian descent. A woman of Italian descent noted that rice was not important to her, and that cheese was the most important.

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For Vancouverites..

The Sri Lankan community is organizing a candle light vigil at the Vancouver Art gallery on January 2, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. Religious leaders from Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian communities will be leading prayers in memory of all those who perished as a result of the tsunami.

Bergman? Bergman?

Film buffs, I have recently learned that the Pacific Cinematheque is hosting an Ingmar Bergman retrospective. I've already seen "The Seventh Seal." If you were going to go see 1 or 2 Bergman films, which would you see?