Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day, everyone! Yes, today we're celebrating Canada Day not only because, well, that's what today is, but also because this very blog has many readers that come from the Land Up North and I wanted to take some time to celebrate them and the land from which they hail.

As with everything on the blog, I have a story about Canada. When I was applying for colleges in high school, one of the schools I really wanted to get into was McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. I could just picture myself bashing about the city, picking up some French, sleeping with a whole host of French-Canadian men, actually sleeping with Canadian men from all the provinces really. Yes, my dream was more of a Tour of Skankdom through Canada's landscape and I couldn't wait to go.

But then they didn't accept me.

Instead, I had to go to school in Upstate New York, and, trust me, doing a Tour of Skankdom through the Great Appalachian Valley is not as exciting. My sister then decided to do a semester at McGill, which angered me more than you'll know. So the one and only time I've ever been to Canada was to visit my sister at McGill, and cry.

There was crying involved. Oh, and as that was pre-9/11, I had to force them to stamp my passport so I'd have proof I was even there, which the Mountie was so annoyed with having to do that the stamp falls off the edge of the page on my passport. That's why I can't wait to go back! I need to have a good Canadian story; and I need to sleep with a sturdy Canadian man. Just once.


Because I really do love so much about Canada. I love the way it treats its citizens. While the country has problems, they seem to treat people with at least some general respect. I love its acting exports like Mike Myers and Pamela Anderson. I love music by many Canadian artists like Deborah Cox (above), Nelly Furtado, Michael Bublé, Tamia, Céline Dion, Joni Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith, and of course k.d. lang.

And I would really love to go on a complete tour of the Canadian Rockies and see all the hillsides and snow-capped mountains while they're still there. Sleep with a couple of Mounties (left) and lumberjacks and be on my way. Wow. I just realized a lot of my love of Canada has to do with sleeping with its men.

Hmmmm....

Anyway, I don't know how serious Canadians take Canada Day. I don't know if it is a very respected holiday where people have the day off and do lots of activities like the US' 4th of July or if it is more ho hum among Canucks (can I say that if I'm not one of them?), so Canadians in the house, do tell me if I'm making a big deal over nothing. But regardless, I say to everyone Happy Canada Day! Celebrate in your own way all day today and if you see a Canadian in the street be sure to give a wave.

And because you can't tell who's Canadian just by looking at them, just wave to everyone today just to be sure. Now lastly, I wanted to include a YouTube video in this post, but not just any video; I wanted The Most Canadian YouTube Video Ever Made. I searched and think this is it below...



It's a group of famous Canadians singing "O Canada," the Canadian national anthem, for some Canadian organization that distributed the video to thousands of Canadian schools. It could only get more Canadian if they were singing in the middle of an ice rink with a hockey game being played around them while drenched in maple syrup.

And if that video exists, please share it.

HAPPY CANADA DAY, EVERYONE!