I feel so omm(d) out... type type type. what can I say? type type type.

I was a bit let down and for awhile I wasn't enjoying myself. OM was exactly as advertised, but I still went in expecting something a bit different. I suppose the problem lied with me. I had fun, I want to go again, I just feel, next year it’ll be better as I’ll know what to expect.

Night shifts sucked, so that definitely added to the problem, though I met a nice girl from OCAD that was working the night shift with me (Riki) and we made a fire (no fires allowed) and got yelled at by our boss.. it was a bonding experience. Haha.

Gotta love the peace, love, respect everywhere. It was a total little tent society of it's own, everyone sharing food, alcohol, drugs, ideas, and everywhere a smile. You could honestly just stop someone and start talking to them, no weirdness, try that in the streets of Toronto... mmm and yet, I didn’t total enjoy. Weird. I must be messed up. Or just, not shallow enough to believe it was reality, in any way, sense, or form. Ya, I guess I was looking to escape the media culture for some good old nature and truth and real people, and instead just got one more fabricated reality. So I felt gypped. Ya.

And we’re off! Me and Eddy shopped for the food, etc, we’re loaded on water, and we’re on our way to OM!
4 Days of hippie Camping goodness! Sidenote; funny visual image of the day? Eddy while he’s driving with 3inches of deep fried squid hanging out of his mouth… ya..

On a side note, my stomach is telling me right now that the hot dogs I ate went bad..
I said this to manaf and he replied “yeah, I thought they smelled strange”.
I have no sense of smell! He knew this! A**hole! I’m going to make you eat your parents.

Also saw the Rodney graham (BC Artist) exhibit today at the AGO. It was cool. Nice abstract new wave art stuff. Video and audio mostly. His music is hard to explain, but I would assume after listening to it that he was the rheostatics inspiration. Must download UJ3RK5.. (U jerks)

Yes I’m an official volunteer at the 2004 OM festival!
www.om festival.ca
What’s the OM festival? Hmmm. How do I explain that.

Well, it’s 4 day of camping up north, with about 4000 people from all over north America.
Everyones real friendly, and just looking to meet new people and have a good time. There’s also a lot of talk about our place in the environment and things we can do to help. Lost of bongos and mellowness..
By volunteering I don’t have to pay $100, just $30. Which is great for 4 days of camping plus food (vegan food no less).
I’ll be volunteering at the art gallery tent thing, 2 shifts of 4 hours and by volunteer I mean, sitting around meeting and talking to people. :). Plus I get a free HEMP shirt! Yay!