Some stuff I found and thought of all by myself

Photo: kid with an old camera.

Hey you,

Had a few thoughts today and tonight- nothing major, or groundbreaking, but just a few things I wanted to put down. Count to ten! Go!

One - I am going to give away, recycle, or trash half of the things I have collected over the years, as moving houses was a nightmare with all the junk I've packratted - yes I'm allowed to create words and misspell words on this forum - all my life - If it can't be used in some cut and paste project, or recall some grand vision of memory from the past, than it is going in the bin. Hooray, Calgary finally has blue bin recycling deals! Well, decades after the rest of Canada figured out it may be a good idea to provide that sort of service.

Two - Nothing has changed in Calgary since I left some months ago. Except there are more cranes and more cars. Good?

Three - I have barely written anything in six weeks. Nothing. Hope I'm doing okay.

Four - I'm too tired to read existentialist manifestos tonight, but I'm going to do it anyways.

Five - I need to go to the gym tomorrow because I'm a runt.

Six - On moving house, organizing things and deciding what to keep and throw away - All I really need are my books, pictures, music, a few clippings and souvenirs and perhaps an old ticket stub or two. I will also keep my priceless hockey cards and my 40-year old Bach silver trumpet as well.

Se7en - I also found a few things online tonight.

A - Breaking Turkey hearts. Potentially crushing EU dreams.

B - Anyone remember Bosnia? Or the Balkans?

C - To publish or not to publish: Photograph of a mortally wounded Marine in Afghanistan.

Does the public deserve to see these images, and should they be published in the mainstream media. Should we be subjected to this. The A.P. think so, and I would have to agree. Give me truth man.

And – a decision to publish. Topics like this were the subject of many discussion in a Media: Law and Ethics course I took last year. Sometimes shedding light on the cause, and what’s really happening in Afghanistan is greater than protecting a soldier’s family....sorry to say.

Figure Eight - It's funny,I think I just absorb news and world happenings without even realizing it these days. News mutant. When conversations come up about news headlines and current events, I seem to always have a good idea of what's going on without even turning on my podcasts or reading the newspaper. I missed a live online health care forum and discussion with Globe columnist Andre Picard today while I was running in Fish Creek Park this morning. Too bad. Everyone out there should subscribe to the 25-minute daily BBC world podcast.

It's what news and reporting is all about. Even coverage for every story no matter how big or small, insignificant or revolutionary.

- Nine, 0h! Nine -Today I was also gifted a stack of mail which had been piling on my desk since mid-April.

In this stack I found: five months of bank statements - although I'm signed up for paperless - five months worth of Maclean's, NG, NG Traveler and a few photography magazines, a notice from my university for having won a further two scholarships, a cheque for $246 from the same institution without an explanation for payment - who cares, I'm taking it - and notices from the government saying I would be arrested if I didn't pay my speeding tickets. There were, however, no handwritten letters from old friends. Too busy blogging and tweeting perhaps.

Ten - I'm going to bed, and so should you. Well, sleep when you're tired, eat when you're hungry, sail if the wind is right, climb when you want off the ground, walk your dog, eat your beans, tell me about your life, send me your favourite words and pictures, tell me if I'm crazy or being too quiet as always, meet me for coffee, run when your mind needs a break and celebrate tonight and the next night. I'm rambling, but you're listening.

Much love, from suburbia to wherever you are. Did you know the furthest North I've ever been in Ullapool, Scotland. Just thought of that. South you ask? Belize City, Belize. Cool. Right, goodnight. See you tomorrow. Dreaming tonight, flying away.

- Daniel is a Calgarian.