Atlantic Cod.

On Wednesday I saw Joel Plaskett in concert. He is not only amazing, but also super-duper. Just watch this. Brilliant and a tad wicked, n'est pas?

And I'm a big fan of buying made in Canada, so the fact that he was made in Canada is a bonus fo sho. Ha.

He's from the East Coast. I love the maritimes. I always wish I had been born there or lived there for a period of time so I could say I'm an East Coaster. They're just so nice and have the greatest laid back sense of humour (a dangerous generalization, I know, but whatever)....but their funniness may also have something to do with the accents they have. It doesn't matter, you could be the nicest person in the world, but if you were in a Kind Person competition against an East Coaster, they would win by default.

Which is kind on funny since Newfoundland was first settled by Vikings, who had a great sense of humour.... if you're into brutally pillaging villages and angry, hammer wielding gods. But even they couldn't handle living on a great giant rock, so they packed their horned helmets and braided beards and hit the road.

At one point during the show, Joel shouted "Any one here from out East?" and I almost, very nearly screamed "YAAA" along with a big portion of the audience. But a restrained myself. Barely.

It's just that saying I'm from Ontario is so ver ver boring, and anyone not from here basically hates it because, historically, governments have furnished trade policies and such that benefited Ontario manufacturers and made everyone else (farmers...lumber-jacks....and um, fishermen) poorer and poorer. Or maybe they don't hate it because of that, but rather because some stupid obnoxious Leaf fans make us all look dumb. And Senators fans are so busy jumping on and off "their" team's bandwagon it's ridiculous. I dunno.

But no I'm not a manufacturer. I don't build cars. I don't live anywhere near Toronto, thank you very much. Despite living in Ottawa, I don't have a government job and I'm not in high tech. I don't work for Nortel (but then really, who does anymore? O that's right, they're all in China).

So yes, I'd rather be a Newfoundlander, even though they are the runner ups just after blonds for being the butt of a joke.