So what did you do?

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I got thrown out of Canada!

Why????

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I've seen Verlaine do this on a smaller scale before, of course -

"can I crash at your place?"
"sure"
"it'll only be for a few days"
"no problem"

- and then quite a while later it turns out he's still there. This is just him raising his game to the level of whole countries.

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well, you can't say it isn't an interesting life, eh.

did you forget to get a work permit?

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Hmph.

How come EVERYONE seems to have known about this "work permit" thing except me?

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Wow! I am now totally in awe of the fact you've been online playing drafts for most of the release week! Can nothing stop this man?!

Sad that they're keeping you away from Tessa though. Are Avaaz going to put a petition up to have you allowed back to Canada?

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I'm pretty sure that Seattle must be the motherlode of Magic the Gathering play in some capacity. I should really get out of this basement and investigate, once the paycheques start rolling back in...

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I hope they did not impound your WII, because I have one now you see, and we should MII!

Start eating meat again though, it's good.

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They did not impound it, but it is in Edmonton along with all the rest of my cool gear. Tessa has actually done REALLY WELL out of all this, now she doesn't even have to *take turns* on Wii Fit.

Meat-eating is totally philosophically unjustifiable! Mind you, I gave up being vegan after about 5 minutes of my pledge because it was too hard, so maybe I will turn out to be a pragmatist after all.

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Oh man. I had no idea it was possible for a citizen of the US of A to get evicted from Canada. Or is it just that they too would really like to read your novel?

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It was great actually, when the Canadians drove me back to the US border in virtual handcuffs and said "we caught this individual trying to enter Canada illegally" the Americans were all "Really? This is a first! Come in and I'll round up all the guys, we want to hear all about it!"

***PRIDE***

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Thrown out of Canananada. You can be a right blithering idiot sometimes.

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Gosh!
That is a lot more exciting than my life!
I can barely get thrown out of a pub!
xxx

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Ok, Verlaine Sweepstake people, who had "Deported?"

I had "got bored, moved to Poland" and was feeling pretty confident.

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Nope, no point here, I had "Woke up and discovered it was all a dream".

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I've been thinking: I've only ever been thrown out of a pub with you. I've only ever been thrown out of a club with you. If I ever get thrown out of a country, I'm sure it will involve you somewhere along the line.

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Well be evicted off this mortal coil together too, I'm sure. Possibly in a manner closely resembling the end of "Thelma & Louise".

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And I bet the dog didn't shed a single tear. I knew he was sourest-natured dog that lives as soon as I saw him. He is a stone. A very pebble stone.

I would watch out for your capon legs once you get to Victoria, if I were you.

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Oh nooooos!
A year!
That's a long train ride. Was there buffet?
Is that like coding sewer systems?
That's a long working day.
I have confidence you'll find some - mine is that I'm watching Bridezilla and surfing the interweb.
A green house? Made of glass?
Cooooool.
Oh noooos!
Hurrah!
Yay!
Can't they come to you?
Oh nooos! Don't do that!
Eeek!

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I like the sound of municipal codes - are they as exciting as barcodes?

Probably just as well we hadn't bought our plane tickets to Vancouver just yet. Don't go to Victoria, it's full of old people who will think you're silly! Also, it's in Canada.

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Tessa and I are kind of having the "Seattle!" "Victoria!" "But Seattle!" "No, Victoria!" argument in the subtext of our phone calls right now. You of course are absolutely right about Victoria, but she's bound to win anyway.

I think we should go ahead with the wedding date and venue as planned, though, if only because I desperately want to be the only person in history ever to be deported from his own Canadian wedding.

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Allowed back in June '09? One of your more successful emigrations, I'd say.

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kicked out of canada....manOman! no one could ever accuse you of having a boring life.

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Ejected from Canada? Try to work out how many other things you have in common with Dr Crippen.

I hope you told them as they dragged you away that LOVE would triumph in the end, just you see.

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Try to work out how many other things you have in common with Dr Crippen

Hmmm... I can only think of one off the top of my head, but it's a PRETTY BIG ONE.

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OMG are you working for Code Publishing? I used to work there! And I still see Margaret every week at our library volunteer gig!

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Yes I am! Freakishly small world!

You are still fairly local then I take it. We should meet up again sometime, three years on!

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if you're planning on sneaking into canada before a year is up, you'd better fucking well practice your fibbing.

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I'll have you know I HAVE been practicing, and I'm now REALLY GOOD at fibbing.

Go on, ask me a question, any question.

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I've been trying to come up with something either supportive or witty to say, but I'm stuck thinking that of all the people I pseudo-know, I would vote for you as being Most Likely To Be Kicked out of a Country.

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If they had yearbooks where I went to school, I think you can be sure that would've been under my gurning mugshot, yes.

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Why would a fair make you go off meat? At least Seattle should be condusive to your meatfree living. lots of choices, though really Edmonton isn't too bad for the vegetarian, much better than Mudson.

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Hi Hi Hi nantosvelta when are you next in Undeadmonton?

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hmpph! Damn Authorities took my bestest friend away!
garumph!

Seattle sounds great though!
Can you email me?
I meeeese you!

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Given that it was scheduled in Canada in May 09?
And why did you get bounced out? Loss of job or irregularities when they took you on?

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hugs

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I miss you already. Tonnes. *sighs*
Tessa and Finnegan are moving to Victoria? When?
I'm glad that Seattle is awesome... I'll have to go there sometime.

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