Myselfor someone like me

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Myself
or someone like me
Donna Waye LIBR 500 donna_waye_at_ureach.com
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As the story goesOnce upon a time

• There was New Brunswick

There was the Miramichi
There was me
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Is this a story about

• a girl and her dog?

No. Alas, Fluffy is chasing squirrels in that big
field in the sky.
a girl and her hometown?
No. As you can see, the pace is just too hectic
to adequately describe.
a girl and her love of firemen?
No. This is a PG-rated show. Get your minds out
of the gutter.
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This is a story about

• A Girl and Her Powerpoint Presentation

• (or How I Stayed Up Really Late, Consumed Lots of
  Sugar, Listened to Chris Isaak on Endless Loops
  in my Computer, and Attempted to Court a Few
  Sympathy Marks from my Instructor )

No, really. Only insomniacs and career
criminals are up at this hour. My spine is
starting to resemble a question mark. I think my
contacts are stuck to my eyeballs. Ive developed
this nervous tic under my right eyeis any of
this working?
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Its been a nomadic existence so far. New
Brunswick to

• Ottawa, Ontario
• 1988 - 1995
• Montreal, Quebec
• 1995 - 1997
• Toronto, Ontario
• 1998 - 2000
• Vancouver, B.C.
• 2000 - present

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But it hasnt been all lugging boxes of books and
tapes and cds from apartment to apartment, city
to city, province to province
Lots of concerts
Rush Robert Plant Chris deBurgh Dire
Straits Metallica/Guns n Roses (the infamous
Montreal show) Tori Amos Barenaked
Ladies Hothouse Flowers
Tragically Hip Platinum Blonde (stop
laughing) Paul Young (I said, stop laughing! It
was the 80s! I was helpless to resist!) Chris
Isaak Sting Aerosmith Crowded House Henry Rollins
(spoken word)
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But it hasnt been all lugging boxes of books and
tapes and cds from apartment to apartment, city
to city, province to province

• Some Advanced Education
• (In spite of myself)

B.F.A. (Art History) Concordia University (Montrea
l)
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But it hasnt been all lugging boxes of books and
tapes and cds from apartment to apartment, city
to city, province to province

• And some really fun stuff
• Holes in my head!

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I currently have 5 relatively visible piercings
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• Left Ear
• 1. Low helix
• 2. Tragus

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• Right Ear
• 3. Rook
• 4. Conch

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• Tongue

• Self explanatory!

(With more to come!)
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Despite rumours to the contrary

• Getting pierced is a relatively painless
  experience.

On a scale of 1 to 10 the most painful piercing
Ive had has been a 6. (tragus)
Keep in mind that on this same scale getting my
fingers caught in a slamming car door when I was
8 rates an easy 200, so really, a 6 is nothing!
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Thankfully Ive put those kinds of memories in
the past

• with some help.

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And Im looking forward to the next few years at
SLAIS.

• And all the program has to offer

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Hmmmmm

• Is it too late to apply at McDonalds?

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