The Ugliest Tree

Not gonna lie, that tree is made of branches I found in my backyard, and I didn't start decorating it until 1:00 christmas morning...

University better be worth it, because I spent 23 hours over the last two days recording a 3-minute song for my audition tape, and I have at least 2 more to go. It's a 30s swing song, and until I tried to play it myself, I don't think I really understood how understatedly hard that kind of playing is.


I just found out that my grandfather is perpetuating the grand McLeod tradition of writing books no one needs (and publishing them himself), and this one happens to be about the trip to Europe he took in the early 90s. Basically, it could be titled "100 reasons why I should have stayed home and 200 things that annoyed me"... reading is truly like being in his presence (hilarious). Some examples:

"We found the English food inedible."

"Amsterdam city was the dirtiest, scummiest place I have ever visited. It is obvious that it has attracted all the world's drug oriented young people- many of these are supported there by their families, an easier solution than watching them die at home."

"We hadn't realised that the bus would be serving Beer and Sandwiches, and a group of young drunks in the front area made continual noisy asses of themselves as we rolled along."

"It was the filthiest, dirtiest hole of a public facility I have ever seen. Edinburgh should be ashamed of this."

It's so ridiculously pessimistic that it cannot be taken seriously and is therefore pretty funny. Oh, and give Corner Gas a chance, it has a certain sarcastic charm.