Never mind the homework, here's the Vegan Teacher

November 1st eh? It doesn’t really feel like it here on the prairies. For the first time I can recall, we had no snow on Halloween. I don’t mind, though one can’t help but think it’s another result of a changing climate. I heard somewhere that top climate scientists have agreed that managable levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are around 350 ppm, and that we’re currently sitting somewhere around 380. Hopefully the meetings this winter in Copenhagen will yield some sort of global plan regarding how we’ll collectively reduce emissions. It’s been a joke, really, how North America pissed away the Kyoto Protocol for a whole decade. First the US pulled out, and then the Harper government simply refused to step up to the plate after Canada had signed on. I know what it comes down to, nobody’s foolin’. The economy is #1, and it likely will be until there’s some sort of disaster that brings us back to our human roots. It just seems like a shame to me when prevention seems so easy.

Speaking of prevention (and an injection of some media hysteria) I had the hini this week. It sucked, but I’m ok. I’ll tell you what happens: you spend one night with a fever and don’t get much sleep as a result. Then you spend a night with the chills and if you can warm yourself up enough, you body more or less takes control and knocks you out for a good 13 hours. Day three is residual aches and pains, day four is grogginess and by day five you’re pretty good to go.

Anyways, I don’t know why I’m starting this off so surly. I had a really great night last night. We played that set as Black Sabbath and totally killed it. A super fun time and I definitely have a new-found respect for that band. Halloween has been really fun for the past few years because we always end up on this bill. A few years ago we were the Damned and last year it was AC/DC. The whole thing is good because it always gives us a bit of a break from regular rehearsals, plus I always learn some new things and improve my chops as a result.

I bumped into a friend of mine the other day who subs in the district where I did my first Ed practicum. He said he was at a high school and got talking to his kids about music when one of them mentioned the student teacher who always related science to Futurama and had his band play in the gym. I can’t believe that was two years ago already.

Well, it’s a lovely day here and I’ve got much cleaning up to do. I’ve been neglecting things for a few days and my room feels disgusting. I’ve got to rid it of the sickness and get ready for a busy week. I’m booked solid as far as subbing goes and the band has one more thing on its plate for the fall: our LP release is next weekend. We’ve got some press to do, posters to hang, songs to practice; all of these things will fill in the gaps between work and sleep. I’m really hoping after it’s all over with, I can get back to moving along with the comic. I’d really like to transfer these anecdotes to some form of visual medium, but it’s going to take some time and a lot of practice.