I just saw that Little Miss Higgins is coming to the Trailside Cafe next month. Awesome. Hopefully I can get her newest CD for a decent price (which can't be done online, as far as I've seen).

I'm working on finishing my application for a Master's program at UBC. It's for an MET degree, or Master's in Educational Technology.

I'm just finishing off the "professional and scholarly goals that you hope to achieve in this program" and "any other information you feel would be important to the Admission Committee in evaluating your application for this program" sections.

Any advice on what self-elevating information I should include?

After a couple of great concerts in the last few weeks (by the way, I went to see Ashley MacIsaac & Sierra Noble in Georgetown just a week ago), I dug out a Notepad file I'd started ages ago. Basically, it's just a list of all the musical acts I've seen in my life, to the best of my memory. I know I'm missing a lot of them (probably mostly local groups), but if I knew which ones I was missing, I'd have listed them, wouldn't I? So... here's who I've seen, as far as I can remember...

Rawlins Cross
Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra
Great Big Sea
Wide Mouth Mason
Big Sugar
Big Wreck
Jeff Healey
Thrush Hermit
Sloan
Burton Cummings
The Guess Who
The Miller Stain Limit
Moist
MAdE
Weird Al Yankovic
Pluto
Matt Good Band
Edwin
I Mother Earth
Todd Kearns
Static In Stereo
Shaye
Weeping Tile
Barra McNeils
Guy Davis
Treble Charger
54-40
Emm Gryner
Ron Sexsmith
The Amazing Crowns
The Flashing Lights
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Nickelback
Kim Mitchell
David Usher
Jimmy Rankin
Blue Rodeo
Nathan Wiley
Remy Shand
AC/DC
The Rolling Stones
Sam Roberts
The Trews
April Wine
Gordie Sampson
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
La Chicane
Sass Jordan
Kathleen Edwards
The Isley Brothers
Justin Timberlake
Belushi / Aykroyd
RUSH
The Tea Party
Hootie & The Blowfish
Live
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Dayna Manning
Ron Hynes
The Tragically Hip
Aerosmith
Ciara
Cheap Trick
Wil
Serena Ryder
Intoxicado
The Tom Fun Orchestra
Mark Trask & Mud Hill
Smothered In Hugs
The Sadies
Grady
The Divorcees
Ashley MacIsaac
Sierra Noble
Joel Plaskett
Billy Talent
State of Shock
Paper Lions
Chris Colepaugh & The Cosmic Crew
Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold
JJ Chaisson
Matt Andersen
The Rude Mechanicals
Eyes For Telescopes
Colin James
Craig Northey

This is how far the big piggy flu has reached.

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