crows to burnaby

Well, I'm glad I posted about what's going on; it felt sort of burdensome to be keeping it quiet for the first while when we were working out more of the details, and I'm incredibly grateful for all the positive notes and thoughts I've gotten from people. I really, truly appreciate it: thank you.

I don't really know what to blog about now. Do I just pick up where I left off? Or tell you about what I'm feeling about the process of separating? Or some of the practical realities of it? That's a rhetorical question, by the way. I don't think anybody can answer it but me.

Here's one practical reality I should let you know about: I'll be reverting back to my old name of Kirsten Starcher. I went to Services Canada yesterday to change it on my SIN card, and it was funny how... easy it was. Birth certificate, current SIN card, and a few skill-testing questions about my family... and that's it. New card in the mail. Just like that. New identity (or old one? A variation on the theme, I guess).

Oh, and for those of you who have my home number (with 708 in it), that'll be cancelled, and I'll just be using my cell phone.

In the meantime, while I figure it all out, the show must go on. I'm playing at Wired Monk this coming Monday, Dec 17th along with a bunch of other fine local singer/songwriters types (I believe I'm the only one on bass, though). Show starts at 8:00 and cover is $5.

And if you're looking for something to do during that awkward lull between Christmas and New Year's, come see ARCTIC on Dec 28th at the Backstage Lounge, along with Slowpoke & The Smokes, The Price of Drugs These Days is Through The Roof, and Room Seven. Show starts at $10, cover is $10.

I have learned that it's important to be able to force yourself to focus on something else, not as a means of avoiding your problems, but as a mental break and a way of pulling yourself out of the bog. And it should be pretty obvious to anyone who knows me that music's going to be the most likely way for me to do this.