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Chris

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About Me

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I am a great admirer of music, a trumpet player, a sophomore studying at the U of A, and a person who loves people.
Je suis un sale québécois;-)
(et un admirateur d'art québécois)
I love everyone.
Some quotes that I love:
a great quote from a friend: "friends are like fat thighs.....they always keep in touch"-Megan
Another friendly one: "Life is my passion. Everything else is just details.." -Kristen (that was GREAT. Good job, Kristen)
And yet another: "Quand le sage montre le ciel, le fou regarde le doigt" (When the wise man points to the sky, the fool looks at the finger) -Pat Bol
"It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into doing it..." -Mother Teresa of Calcutta
" We are in the position of the person falling off the 30-story building and still experiencing a state of tranquility at 10 floors above the street," -Alan Greenspan
"All the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of one candle" -St. Francis
"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you will join us, and the world will live as one" -John Lennon
"A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright infinite future." -Leonard Bernstein
"It is not how you acheive the results, just that you sound better than everyone else" -A. Jacobs
"My only regret after my trip to Latin America is that I didn't study Latin harder in high school" -Dan Quayle
"The Proleteriat (working class) have nothing to lose but their chains!" -Karl Marx

"Talent is a measure of the amount of work one puts into what they're doing. You can have physical talents, but frankly they don't mean a thing." -D. Hickman
"I'd rather fail in a cause that will someday succeed than succeed in a cause I know will someday fail" -Pres. W. Wilson
"It ain't bragging if you can do it!" -Dizzy Dean
"In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language" -Henry David Thoreau
"The music in my heart I bore, long after it was heard no more" -W. Wordsworth
"Love your enemy as yourself" -Gandhi
"Cake for none until all have bread" -Clement Attlee

"Fast food is not below your dignity. you call it burger flipping, your grandparents had another word for it; they called it opportunity" -Bill Gates
"je pense, donc je suis. (I think, therefore I am)" -Descartes
"You can't spell analysis without A-N-A-L" --Dr. Kolosick
"Blackbird sittin' in the dead of night, take these wings and learn to fly. All your life you've been only waiting for this moment to arrive" -P. McCartney
"We will find weapons of mass distraction....uh, distruction" -Pres GW Bush
"It's you I like." -Fred Rogers

"I left my heart in San Francisco" -Tony Bennett
"Tu es partout car tu es dans mon coeur" (you're everywhere because you're in my heart) -E. Piaf
"They say that bears have love affairs and even camels. We're merely mammals-let's misbehave!" -Cole Porter
"The inseperable twin of racial injustice is economic injustice" -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The world is but a canvas to our imaginations." -Henry David Thoreau

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." -Zen Saying
"The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself" -Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Frozen food is NOT progress" -Russell Baker
If you need to know any more, just talk to me! Remember: "To love is not to stare incessantly at each other, but rather to look together in the same direction" --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Aimer qqun, ce n'est pas regarder l'un l'autre sans cesse, mais plutôt de regarder ensemble dans la même direction"
In the words of Bill and Ted: "Be Awesome to Each Other"
"APPLAUD YOU FOOLS! THE COMEDY IS OVER!" --Beethoven
"CARPE DIEM!" -Horace
Thank you.....and goodnight

My Interests

Music, Language, Diverse Cultures, History, Government/Politics, Most sports (soccer, tennis, rugby, football, some basketball), and fun.

"Mes amis, mes amours, mes emmerdes"

I'd like to meet:

Maurice André, Plácido Domingo, João Gilberto, the Dalai Lama, and anyone who has a story to share:-)

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Music:

Anything--lots of classical, latin (big bossa nova fan), mariachi, chanson française, lounge, jazz, world....

Movies:

Amadeus
Amélie Poulain
Auberge Espagnole
The Red Violin
Au Revoir, les Enfants
Scarface
El Laberinto del Fauno
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Godfather
Casablanca

Books:

"The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"
"The Bet"
"Walden"
"The Communist Manifesto"
"Quotations of a Chairman"
Any religious texts (whether you believe or not, they're great stories)
"The Crucible"
"1984"
"A Tale of Two Cities"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Maigret se defend"
"L'Étranger"
"Candide"
"Le Petit Prince"
"Ethics for the New Millenium"
plenty of others

Heroes:

All those who have the guts to stand up for what they believe in when it matters most.

My Blog

An attempt at writing

The Cold of Winter....The winds blow, clouds fill the sky, bitter mornings seem late and long, and an air of gray surrounds the people who pass each other routinely. Springtime blooms are long gone, s...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:33:00 PST

Pensées dAmour

Quelques petits poèmes que je viens d'écrire:LE BONHEURJe ne veux plus rester ici,Ici sans ta douceur,Sans ta bienveillance,Sans ton embrace.Je ne veux plus rien ici,Ici avec ces grandes lumières,Qui ...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:50:00 PST

Reveries and Passions

There are nights when I know the moon is ours,For when I look into its profound brilliance,I see but your heart and soul shining upon me.Alone in the darkness I sit,Letting the wind carry my passions,...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:01:00 PST

Pavarotti

(pour français, vois au-dessous)This blog was different this morning, as I didn't have much time to discuss my feelings.A mix of pancreal cancer and pneumonia took one of my hero's lives this morning...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:43:00 PST

Something for you

In light of recent events, it may not come as a surprise to some of you that I've been of late somewhat philisophical and have had a "wake up call" on life.I won't waste my time bombarding you with th...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:11:00 PST

Au jardin/In the Garden

(For English, see below)Au JardinJe te prends par la main pour te mener au jardin,D'où on entend battre avec passion nos coeurs.Au clair de la lune je remarque ta jolie figure;Tes yeux scintillent qu...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:42:00 PST

Revolution!

In a spirit of revolution and liberty, today France and her followers around the world celebrate the day that commemorates the new federation. One cannot think about Bastille Day without recalling the...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:36:00 PST

Mon cher Québec....My dear Quebec

JE ME SOUVIENS! (I REMEMBER!)Aujourd'hui c'est la fête St. Jean, ce qui est la fête nationale du Québec.Today is the feast of St. John the Baptist, which is the national holiday of Quebec. Mais d...
Posted by Chris on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:48:00 PST

My City (in homage)

While it's on my mind, I want to share with you a tribute to my beloved city here in the deserts of southern Arizona.My tribute is a bit revealing: this is what Arizona is to me, this is where I live,...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:13:00 PST

My aunt/ma tante

Once again life reminds me that our time is limited on earth: this morning my aunt passed away. She was the woman who made me love music...I tip my hat, madam. Encore une fois la vie me rappelle de ...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:48:00 PST