2003-05-26 - 6:19 pm
I am starting my "weekend" today. I left work a half hour early (because it was so slow) and have the next day and a half off. I have plans for projects and time spent reading. Basically I want to spend the next 48 hours having quality time with myself because it seems like I completely ignored my self-health for the last four days.
I've been doing a lot of complaining about work, basically due to boredom and PMS. I've been exaggerating my problems though, so things aren't really going badly at all. My manager is off for the next week and I'm working nonstop. My paycheck will be hefty, though, and I'm looking forward to that.
And I realize that I don't really have a whole lot to talk about so I will tell you about a weird incident that happened this afternoon.
We hired a new part-time girl who had her first day today. She's friendly, young, and very sweet. We were all standing around talking when traffic slowed down and I had mentioned something about being from Newfoundland and how I had lost my accent almost completely.
"Yea, Newfoundlanders have those funny accents, don't they?" she said, "You're just like us!"
My other coworker chimed in from the side, "Oh no, she's a Newfoundlander alright," and I concurred. I consider myself a Newfoundlander before I consider myself a Canadian, that's just the way things go with me.
"So you must hate the Liberals too, then?" the new girl asked. I couldn't believe she actually assumed that.
"Uh, no, actually. I don't," I said, a little worried about her response. She kind of scoffed at me in response. It was then I noticed the simple cross around her neck and the Jesus-fish bracelet on her wrist. I tried not to assume anything myself but it was just so strange for her to say that.
I encounter so many stereotypes about being a Newfoundlander. I suppose I would be confronted with much more of them if my accent were as strong as it was three years ago instead of sounding like my peers here on the Mainland. It's just so amazing to me that considering how tolerant Canada claims to be, every province holds a prejudice towards another province. I guess in that way I am lucky that I have had the opportunity to travel and live in different parts of the country because I can experience the dramatic lifestyle and cultural changes. I'm not as disillusioned as I once was and ultimately more well-rounded in understanding Canada as a whole.
This is yet another "Pro" point for my Calgary move that I wasn't anticipating.
Anyhow. That's my story. I'm going to go sew now.
