Esthetic/Aesthetic

Oh Canada

 The perfect video to prove my point. 

Canadian Culture

You don't really think about Canadians having "patriotism", maybe because they seem like they're still a country in training.  They still have the queen on their money and involved in their government, for instance.  But they're so devoted to keeping Canadian "culture" intact that the government regulates it.  Its a little hard to wrap your head around, but basically the government gives enormous tax breaks for industries that promote Canadian culture, including television production.  They practically pay people to make television shows here as long as everyone and every piece of equipment is Canadian.  This may be why getting into the country to work on a television show was so insulting to the people at customs.  So, while Americans consider television production a competitive free industry, Canadians consider it a way to display national pride.  This may also be why they go about their shows with such a air of intelligence.  I can't imagine Canadians ever having a version of Jersey Shore. 

I can't get enough of this video.

Wayne Gretzky wine

One week down, 4 to go.

The Canadian accent is very strange. 

You can drive to Detroit in 4 hours from Toronto.

Chinatown is the best place to buy kitchen supplies, no matter what city you're in.

Rachel McAdams lives in Toronto and I now know the place she has brunch.  The guy at the phone store stalks her.

Canadians may offer iced tea or iced coffee, but either no one ever orders it or they were never told how to make it.  

Wayne Gretzky owns Ontario.

Wayne gretzky's

Day 6

The street I work on smells like weed.

People are not as into hockey as they portray themselves to be.

The theme song to "how to make it in America" is a real song and DJs play it.

They're not trams or trolleys but streetcars.

Beer Friday exists in Canada too.

My new goal is to be the mayor of a tim hortons.

Doing laundry and napping at the same time is amazing.

Elevators

So far every elevator I've come across has had buttons to indicate if you want to go up or down, but apparently no one told the elevators.

Day 3

What I've learned today:

The American version of Skins is being shot in Toronto.

Drug stores do not necessarily carry things like Q tips or cotton balls, but they do have Calvin Klein's newest fragrance.

I have a pack of guidos who live across the street from me who drink wine very daintily while wearing their Ed Hardy. 

Looking up the street. Lots of highrises followed by banks.