Do not let anyone tell you that Canada is not a foreign country. Not only does the Mountain Dew not have any caffeine in it, but you need a passport to get there now. Of course, i had to learn this the hard way. They changed the rule 3 weeks ago (with all of the increased insanity in the airports). Needless to say, i did not have my passport.
So i flew to Buffalo.
I was intent on driving up, but when i rolled my luggage to the car rental place, i learned that they didn’t have any cars. At this point, i broke. I mean, completely broke. I started crying; i just couldn’t stop. I was exhausted and stressed and overwhelmed. So i cried. I talked to all of the agents, called the bus terminal, called my brother. No idea of what to do. I kept crying. Finally, the guy from Hertz gave me keys, feeling sorry for him. Bless the guy from Hertz. But he told me i couldn’t leave until i stopped crying. I never really stopped, but he let me go anyhow.
The nice thing about going through Buffalo is that i got to see my brother. Although it was only 12 hours, it was well worth it. The bad thing is that i got sick.
Anyhow, obviously there are more adventures in the 3 conference tour. But details are for later… post sleep.
welcome home, kiddo. you’re safe now.
Thank you zephoria for that post! It was good to hear an american think that they don’t own the world sometimes, but I have some bad news!
Being Canadian raised by Americans I can tell you that although our halves of the pie are of a different flavour, it is a matter of cinnamon apple or plain. Canadians are in all ways simply a different variety of Americans.. although we don’t want to be. Once again the governments of the world have conspired to give the people exactly what they don’t want. Although the American government is brash and in your face in it’s dominance over everything.. including my country, Canadaian government has been weak and whipped by the American regime for far longer then I’ve been alive. Conspiracy theories and cynicism aside we are a bitch to our southern neighbours (politically speaking anyway).
Anyway, I could ramble on about that for hours so I’ll stop and reiterate my thanks for allowing me to experience an enlightened american…it can get pretty grim for those of us in Canada who don’t fall for our “distinct nation” policies and see the truth
anyways….
Blessed Be
Jonath