in the words of king solomon
I'm going to camp tomorrow. It's our church camp-out/retreat at Camp Evergreen in Sundre, AB this weekend, and I'm going. It's going to rain and maybe even snow, so I'm bringing my gum boots. That's Albertan for "rubber boots." I guess it's all in the way you look at a name; does an object derive it's name from it's own physical characteristics, or from other physical objects it interacts with? Here's what I think.
Albertans, or at least many of them, work too hard and live too fast. I lived near Brooks for three summers, and from what I saw, work was life. That's why Albertans call rubber boots gum boots; they're focusing on the function of the boots, ie: toiling through thick, gummy mud, while irrigating a field, pumping mud on an oil well site, or mucking out corrals. People from Saskatchewan are a little more relaxed. They stop to smell the roses; to consider the essence of things. That's why they call rubber boots rubber boots; the boots are made of rubber. Saskatchewaners value those boots not for what they can do, but for what they are, what they're made of, valuing identity over purpose.
But remember, above all, the words of King Solomon in Eccelsiasties 1:2 ....
"Meaningless, meaningless ... Utterly meaningless!"
I get my own cabin at Camp Evergreen. I think I'm going to try out my new self-inflating matress because the mattresses are pretty much like vinyl-coated granite.
And here's a thought. If people ate rocks, vinyl-coated granite would sound like a sweet chocolate bar; "thick, crunchy granite, coated in rich, creamy vinyl; this bar will rock you."
One time my buddy Matt ate some small rocks to impress girls at camp.
It's safe to say this is going nowhere. Have a good weekend; I know I'm going to try.
Albertans, or at least many of them, work too hard and live too fast. I lived near Brooks for three summers, and from what I saw, work was life. That's why Albertans call rubber boots gum boots; they're focusing on the function of the boots, ie: toiling through thick, gummy mud, while irrigating a field, pumping mud on an oil well site, or mucking out corrals. People from Saskatchewan are a little more relaxed. They stop to smell the roses; to consider the essence of things. That's why they call rubber boots rubber boots; the boots are made of rubber. Saskatchewaners value those boots not for what they can do, but for what they are, what they're made of, valuing identity over purpose.
But remember, above all, the words of King Solomon in Eccelsiasties 1:2 ....
"Meaningless, meaningless ... Utterly meaningless!"
I get my own cabin at Camp Evergreen. I think I'm going to try out my new self-inflating matress because the mattresses are pretty much like vinyl-coated granite.
And here's a thought. If people ate rocks, vinyl-coated granite would sound like a sweet chocolate bar; "thick, crunchy granite, coated in rich, creamy vinyl; this bar will rock you."
One time my buddy Matt ate some small rocks to impress girls at camp.
It's safe to say this is going nowhere. Have a good weekend; I know I'm going to try.
posted by Simon at 5:44 PM
3 Comments:
have an awesome weekend at camp. you should have a letter by the time you get home...hopefully. miss you
O love the way you write (I know it's supposed to be and I, but I deleted the O about 5 times and kept on typing and O instead of an I so I decided it should stay there) You're so creative and entertaining in your writing. Many blessings
I remember eating those rocks. Yum.
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