HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!

[the_vulture]

Proudly displaying some of my favourite moments of Canadianity:

First, the CLASSIC Molson Canadian commercial:

Second, a commercial broadcast during the 2010 Winter Olympics (TEAM  C A N A D A  ROCKS!!!) that really stirred me (and still does):

And, finally, 'O Canada', the Canadian National Anthem, as sung by several thousand hockey fans because no singular musical artist can really compare:

It took living in a foreign land for a number of years, to be apart from everything Canadian, for me to really understand what 'home' meant to me. In all its diversity and its vast distances, with all that it shares with the rest of the world, there is still something beyond description, but immensely powerful, that unites all of us who live here, that makes us CANADIAN. It is something you will find nowhere else on this planet.

This is the nation of my birth. This is the country of a thousand journeys. This is the land where my dreams take shape and soar. This is where my spirit calls home. This is the best place on earth and its name is CANADA!

Comments

[queen-dream.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada Day to you! I hope that you enjoy yourself! :)

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I will indeed! Gots me some bison steak, locally free-ranged, that I've been marinating overnight and will be going on to the BBQ sometime soon. Later it'll be downtown to indulge in the festivities and fireworks. :D

[blanhe2.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada day! You are right, a whole arena singing the national anthem is moving (and I am not even Canadian ;)).

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yeah, I noticed a couple film clips of different events where the singer does pretty much the first verse or two and then just holds up the mic for the rest of the auditorium to finish. It's pretty heady stuff! :)

[alias_chick.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a lovely Canada day! I have been contemplating a post like this myself.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I had a great one! I hope you got a chance to celebrate, too. I know how tough it can be to be living outside of the country on days like this. *hugs*

[cloudstarwolf.livejournal.com]

Happy Canada day! .... welcome home! your steak sounds GUD. <3

Finding your soul-place takes people decades. Good on you for it. ^^

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Although I wound up grilling instead of BBQing, the steak was most excellent! The marinade was flavorful, but not overpowering. Did it just right. :D