O Canada!

Counting tacos was fun, but it did get a bit tedious (plus, I prefer tamales to tacos, and there were a few times when I had the opportunity to order tamales and would have preferred to eat tamales, but I ordered tacos just to up the count . . . the sacrifices I make for this blog!) and so for 2012, I am resolving to do something a bit more abstract, although I will still attempt to assess my progress here at Sentence of Dave . . . and the reason I choose this particular resolution, which I will reveal shortly, is because of an embarrassing conversation I had with my son's soccer coach-- who is Canadian-- in which I revealed a shocking ignorance of Canadian geography and culture, and-- when I was pressed-- I could not name the capital of Canada (and I am not retarded geographically-- I can name loads of obscure capital cities from countries such as Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, Ecuador, Bolivia, etc. and I present myself as fairly well-traveled individual, which made this exchange even more embarrassing) and so, for my New Year's Resolution in 2012, I swear to Care More About Canada and I will keep a counter of times when I care about something Canadian . . . when I research a fact about Canada or make an attempt to listen to a Canadian musician or watch a Canadian film or TV show or follow some part of Canadian politics or sports or culture . . . and I am confident I can care more about Canada than I did in 2011, when I did not care about Canada even once (I did care about friends that I have in Canada-- I taught with a number of Canadians when I was in Syria-- but that doesn't count . . . I'm going to try to care more about Canada itself, the nation just to our north with which we share a 3,987 mile border).
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10 comments:

  1. zmanDecember 30, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Note that leftover Canadians do not count.

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  2. DaveDecember 30, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    it's true for this. i get one shot to care about each topic.

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  3. ClarenceDecember 30, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    When the clock strikes midnight tomorrow night, I want you to crank "Limelight" as loud as you can. That will be Step 1 in caring about Canada.

    It's Ottawa, right? The hockey team the Ottawa Senators is a giveaway.

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  4. robDecember 30, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    the harrisburg, pa minor league franchise probably confuses the shit out of dave.

    also, dave should carry loonies with him at all times as a sign of his true caring.

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  5. DaveDecember 30, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    it is ottowa-- i couldn't think of the hockey team under pressure . . . but even if i had, ottowa conjures no image in my mind, unlike so many other capital cities, which is why i am going to start caring about canada.

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  6. robDecember 30, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    this really isn't starting very well.

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  7. ClarenceDecember 30, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    Next summer is gonna be like the summer of '69.

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  8. robDecember 30, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    don't get carreyed away, igor.

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  9. MelodyDecember 31, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    btw dave, you spelled ottawa incorrectly in your comment.

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  10. DaveJanuary 1, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    dammit-- looks like i'm resetting the counter to zero.

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