Guy: so what is it about this Martin Luther King Jr. that makes Americans take a whole day off from work just for him?

me: well, he sort of struggled to make being black in America a bit bearable

Guy: being black?

me: yes Guy, Black people, you know…dark skinned people….people of African descent?…. like me!

Guy: oh I know, the whole civil rights revolution

me: uh huh

Guy: see, what we need is a MLK for our cause?

me: our cause? what cause?

Guy: The Quebecois cause

me: Well, good luck with that

earlier that morning…

Guy: hey, really nice shirt, where did you get it, is it new?

me: Thanks, I’ve had it a while now, I got it at H&M a while back

Guy: H&M? we don’t have it here

me: Yeah, it’s like Ikea for clothes, it’s Swedish

Guy: Oh really?

me: uh huh… ‘quality’ hip, trendy and fashionable clothes for cheap

Guy: well it works, really nice and nice pants too

me: thank you, those I got on Friday; they’re Kenneth Coles

Guy: great now take them off!

PLAYING: Everything – Fefe Dobson

READING: Lost – Joy Fielding

WATCHING: Everwood

QUOTE: “At times I'm part of the madness”