However, in happier news, in five days I will be on vacation. I'm so excited. I will not have to go to the office for an entire two weeks. Now, the office is not so totally terrible, but, still, I will enjoy not being there for a while, and instead getting to hang out with my family, play in the SNOW (we had snow for, like, a second here in Vancouver), play music (including a gig with my old buddies - more on that in a moment), have someone else make me coffee (thanks, Mum), and generally relax. I do have lots of folk festivals to apply for, but that's more enjoyable than the office, I would say.
So I hope you are all well. I think this is a really insanely busy time of year, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, and it's hard sometimes to not get caught up in all the craziness. But, instead of dwell on being very very busy, you should look at this AWESOME picture that my friend took of a blow up santa near her house in Vancouver. As you can see, this is not just any santa. It's FACSIST SANTA. Yes, folks, we all now know who santa really is. I'm sure the people displaying this santa are unaware of how much he looks like a fascist (although I have no idea how), but I think it's such a great statement on commercialism and the disgusting ubiquity of Christian beliefs in our culture. Ah, Christmas will never really be Christmas without fascist santa.
In other news, as I mentioned above, I will be playing a gig in Ottawa over the holidays, with my old Alicide bandmate, Angie Karp, and our good buddy from high school, Shawna Caspi. I'm very excited. We're playing at our "home", as it were, Rasputin's Folk Cafe, where we all got our start. It will be a great homecoming/reunion, and I know it'll be really fun. Go to the dates page for more info on it. If you are planning on coming, you should definitely call and reserve space, because Rasputin's is pretty small. Woo!
Also, I am just about to turn 24. This is my champagne birthday, and, unlike many of my friends, I am lucky to have my champagne birthday at an age where I can, in fact, drink champagne should I so choose. I likely will choose to drink wine instead, since I don't really like champagne, and I like to avoid things I dislike on my birthday, but , it is exciting that I will turn 24 on the 24th. I feel that this bodes well for the year ahead, a year that will hold some pretty major changes for me, I think. Also, for those who don't know, my birthday is called Lesmas (it's the REAL holiday that everyone celebrates in December), and I had a party with my Vancouver friends last night to celebrate. I will prove to you that we did indeed celebrate Lesmas, by showing you this picture of me, wearing a crown and a ribbon and holding a cake with a star on it (I really like stars):
Hopefully I will not spend the whole next year looking this goofy. I'm not sure that would help my burgeoning music career at all.
As for a music update, here is the deal: I decided not to book any shows in Vancouver for December, because everyone is really just too busy, so I will hopefully play a solo show in January, and then I'll be playing some stuff at UBC in January and February, and then we'll see after that.
Anyways, I have to go and wrap presents and update other websites and so forth. And eat leftover cake. My plan is to eat steadily from now until my actual birthday next Saturday. That's the best part of hosting a potluck at your apartment: you never need to cook again.
I hope you all have a great holiday and if you are celebrating some sort of occasion during that time, that it is very enjoyable for you. As usual, I can be reached at info@lesleyhoyles.com, should you want to send me some birthday wishes. You could tell me things that you think I should accomplish during my special year. I will try my best to actually do them. Maybe.
Happy holidays.
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