Got another Colour of Spring CD, this one is remastered while the other one is out of print, so I guess they are different CDs. Also got a $60 rebate from the insurance company, which goes to: $15 VISA, $15 HELOC, $15 Chequing, $15 Savings.

Listening to the Cocteau Twins. Amazing what sounded ace 20-25 years ago hurts the ears now, but Talk Talk from 1984-onward, Motorhead and the Dead Kennedys always sound excellent.

My new birthday year:
- read at least one Stanley Elkin book
- defy death and eat more oysters, liver and shellfish
- paint the railings and porch
- read one Michael Ignatieff nonfiction book
- read five banned/challenged books from Radcliffe Publishing's Top 100 list: one must be from an African-American author
- adopt as heroes those idolized by nerdy fifteen-year-old British boys
- read one book by each of: Steve Pavlina, Dick Davis, Dorothy Day, Hannah Arendt
- watch one Mizoguchi film
- watch one Kiarostami film
- get a new roof
- enroll in Yoga or Qi Gong course
- repaint living room, boy's room
- read either The Epic of Gilgamesh, two George Eliot novels or three Charles Dickens books
- reduce debt by $9606 (includes mtg, HELOC, interest due from mtg)
- increase savings by $9606 (includes reduced interest on loans, interest, dividends, profits, investment purchases)
- work on raising my vibrational frequency

Am buying one share of Procter & Gamble.