Red White & Geeky

[merrily]

In honour of today, an open letter!

Dear Canada,

Among others, thank you for:

Autorickshaw, The Barenaked Ladies, Blue Rodeo, Measha Brueggergosman, Feist, Final Fantasy, Great Big Sea, The Great Lake Swimmers, The Guess Who, kd lang, Gordon Lightfoot, The McGonagle Sisters, Loreena McKennitt, The Parkas, Kevin Quain, The Rankin Family, The Rheostatics, Oliver Schroer, Martha & Rufus Wainwright

Kelly and Michael J. Fox, Paul Gross, Peter Gzowski, David Hewlett, William Hutt, Yanna McIntosh, Colin Mochrie, Sandra Oh, Adam & Jordan Pettle, Sarah Polley, Callum Keith Rennie, Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner, Jewel Staite, Enza Supermodel, Donald & Kiefer Sutherland, Kristin Thompson

House of Anansi, Margaret Atwood, Malcolm Gladwell, E. Pauline Johnson, Margaret Laurence, Jean Little, Alice Munro, Robert Munsch, Djanet Sears, David Suzuki, Pierre Trudeau

The ear-piercer, gingerale, IMAX, Pictionary, the snowmobile, table hockey, Trivial Pursuit, Winnie-the-Pooh, the zipper

I forgive you for:
Celine Dion, Jian Gomeshi, Corky & The Juice Pigs

Can we please talk about:
Stephen Harper, Ben Mulroney, Seth Rogen

Love and kisses,
Rachel

Comments

[waketosleep]

I would like to add:

The Trews, Wintersleep, Metric, the Headstones, and hell, our entire thriving independent music scene

Trailer Park Boys, SCTV, Kids in the Hall, Don McKellar, Cobie Smulders, Callum Keith Rennie (we can't thank you enough for him), Tahmoh Penikett (him either), Will Arnett, Tricia Helfer

Alexander Keith's, the Canadarm, CFL, Sesame Street in French

We do, however, need to have a chat about Nickelback. Seriously.

Happy Birthday and many happy returns,
Mer

[waketosleep]

PS. And Crown Royal. Thank you so much for Crown Royal.

[merrily]

Yes yes yes! Haha, you added The Headstones! And woe, I forgot Hugh Dillon! because damn, I am grateful for him.

[merrily]

We do, however, need to have a chat about Nickelback. Seriously.

WORD.