In defense of Metallica

I'll always associate Alberta with Hard Rock. When I lived in Wainwright, the only radio station we received besides the country station was a station out of Lloydminster called "The Goat", which played Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy train" once a day. I'm really not joking.

In Grande Prairie, there's a little more variety. We get CKUA, a new station called Free FM, a country station, CBC and CBC in French and a hard rock station. I don't have a cd player in my car so I have to listen to the radio on my daily commutes. I generally listen to CKUA except when they're playing classical (which for some reason I don't like to drive to) or celtic type stuff. So sometimes I find myself listening to the hard rock station.

Yesterday they played Metallica's "Wherever I may roam". Say what you want, I've always liked Metallica. I love James Hetfield's voice and Kirk Hammett is a classically trained guitarist. He has mad skillz, as some people would say.

I still like the lyrics to this song.

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Those of you in Canada can now order my book from an independent bookstore.

Title- "She dreams in red" published by Frontenac House.

You can also order it directly from Frontenac by sending an email to editor@frontenachouse.com

For those of you in the States or beyond, you'll have to wait until Chapters.ca lists it.

If you're in Calgary, you can go see it in the windows at Pages in the Kensington area. (God, I'll have to go see that). Weird.

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The good and the bad- The good- I had some awesome interviews today. I ended up interviewing a violinist who used to play with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and now I'm doing an article about doulas. So I spent the day having coffee with the only doula in GP, then went to the home of a couple that used a doula. We've also established a launch date for a GP book related event. Dymph and I will be releasing our books on May 12, at the Rabbit Hole. We might also have a reading in Dawson Creek later that month.... with Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane! (Freaks out)

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The bad stuff- I walked into a tie that we use to secure the newspapers and fell down onto the concrete outside our building. As the editor put it, "You were like a calf caught in a lasso."

I managed to scrape up my knee and my hand and bruise both elbows. It hurts :(

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Living in GP is interesting because the city is booming so fast. In the past couple of years, 6,000 people have moved here. I'm not joking. It's insane and has resulted in a whack of social problems, a weird money situation between people who have and those who have little, and a town of migrants who come from all over. I find it to be a strange and fascinating social environment.