I just woke up today to a fantastical play of defiance and magic, of revolution and repetition. It was pretty awesome. It was sort of like the last Romeo + Juliet movie where the context is historical and (almost) mystical but it’s modern and full of guns.
I dreamed the story of a sort of circle of life where a fey princess comes to bring back respect of her people to the ruling family and gets stuck. She’s really pretty and looks sort of a like a match between a dragonfly and Gwyneth Paltrow all gilded with gold and forest green hues. But the young prince is a moron and him and his gang of doofus(es?) are riding around, taking for granted that everything on the territory exists for their own use, people included. But Some Event happens (it’s a dream, it was pretty vague at that point) and the prince’s grandmother suddenly realises she has to do something or else everyone’s doomed. At first I assumed it was because she had gotten enough with her grandson’s stupid actions…
Anyway, the big action was in a nice little clearing with an old stone temple and the prince and his crew got there wanting to rape a young girl but the the dragonfly princess wouldn’t have any of that and started attacking the men. The prince was a little inebriated at that point and got all trigger-happy and killed all his friends. At the end he catches a good glimpse of the princess and falls in love (of course, why can’t I get original dreams!). The grandmother just got there at that point and dies for some reason I can’t remember thinking all is failed and we finally learn that she is the daughter of the other princess that came generations before… cue Lion King!
and I woke up.
I swear I didn’t read any bad fantasy novels last night and I did eat a lot of sushis but they were all good!
Just like last time, I caved in to instinct and yes, you guessed it, cut my hair again. I started with one side, did the other side at sortof the same length and then tried for the back to be matchymatchy… Thank god my hair is flying all over, even if I’d used a ruler it would still look uneven.
The higher of these two numbers below indicates which side of your brain has dominance in your life. Realising your right brain/left brain tendancy will help you interact with and to understand others.
.. and I were talking about French and English in Montreal, and how people outside of the island are nowhere near bilingual. She told me that she sort of resents her parents for having sent her to English school as a child, that now she will always have a horrible accent in French, while the French speaking people have a really good English accent, if at all. (that never gets old -being told I am accentless, I mean- it’s a surprising compliment each time) Anyway, it was really fascinating to hear about the other side of the language debate.
I often hear ranting about the English and how “back then things were so different” and how we have to fight so the English speakers learn French and integrate in the society. But I always argue with my dad that things have changed. That the people I see around in University are bilingual and if they aren’t they really wish they were. But to hear firsthand about the other side was very enlightening.
It really put a smile on my face. I’m proud to be part of a nation with multiple cultures that try to make it work. I love my city.
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