Big Scary Eskimo with an Indian Name

You look like an abnormally large Japanese.

I think the title and the first line are the funniest things that one ugly person has ever wrote to me. I find them very funny. I'm sorry if you are very sensitive and find this offensive, because i am simply trying to express my joy in being called those things.

These awesomely funny words
might seem racist if you don't know me
and they might sound
insensitive and basically rude

But they are from a person, who has the same
awesome sense of humour as i do

I call him the most ugly person
this world has ever produced
that the world should be writing him
thank you letters for never producing an offspring.

But the thing is, we have a real understanding
what is acceptable and what is not
we are really good friends and unfortunately
he dates my little sister

He is an alright guy. He is pretty funny.
he paid for my dinner last time i had dinner with him
and then he ditched me couple nights in a row
so that he can hang out with my little sister
so that kinda makes me happy

You see, this world needs people like him,
who can take any insult and take it by stride
be proud of himself enough
that words can hurt him but knows
which words hurt and who they are coming from

This young man, I've said worst things to him
and he still want to be my friend.

Connection

Have you just ever been connected?

There are people we meet sometimes,
that we just feel connected to, from our thoughts
to our work, but most importantly
through love

I am completely connected to a person
we think the same way
we have the same sense of humour
we can feel each other's pain

from a single word uttered,
from a single text exchanged
from a single glance of faces

We know what the other is thinking
feeling and doing

I seriously have never had this connection
where the person means so much
where i am completely affected
where i finish the sentence
and think that's what we thought

I know that its love

often times, we have talked
and followed through with the same thought
just worded differently

our bodies seems were designed for each other
our laughs are followed by more laughter
our embrace followed by wanting more

I have never been more connected like that
love flows through so easily
words are connected like puzzle blocks

And i used to think i was in love before.

High And Mighty

There a comes a time in a man's employment
when he just has had enough of all the bullshit
when he just feels that it is too much and just writes about it on his blog.

Ok, i have been quiet about this.
I think i used to be like that before,
being racist and had an attitude towards other races
as if they don't deserve the respect

But, fortunately i have matured.
although, not by much. but i have much better understanding
and its in the matter of how you approach people
we all have jobs

i have co workers that just slam
the qallunaaq co workers
speak inuktitut to them as if they understand
when they really have no clue

but a rude attitude is a rude attitude
in any language

just because you live here and work here
as an inuk.
does not give you a right to be a bitch about it
does not give you a right
to talk down to people
in any language that you speak

you are not the absolute
these qallunaaq's you speak so rudely to,
are here because they want to be, not
because they want your job

they are genuine people, people with
hearts, heartbreaks, issues of their own,
children, family and spouses

sometimes, i seriously just want to slap you
because they're our friends, families and everything else in between
some people just really need to learn
the concept of love, generosity and empowerment

I Am Alive

I breathe,
My muscles twitch
my tendons sore

i slept too much
too little
too lightly

i feel
the sun,
the wind,

I hear the
goose
the small birds

I scan the horizon
for seals
of any kind

i sighted my rifle
shot at small rocks
shattered when hit

this is the life
i wanted
needed

whenever i hunt
i feel alive,
content:

there is a certain
fear that comes with hunting
uncertainty

but you fight it
because you have a goal
of catching food for family

there is a reward
adrenaline
pride

sweat starts pouring
down your back, face
and your senses become alive

i start breathing harder
my sight becomes better,
my hearing increases

you realize what you are doing
has been felt by ancestors
before me

its the feeling
this connection,
in return makes you feel alive

How Do You Do?

I am sorry. i haven't attended this blog in a really long time. I have been having a great summer so far and I'm welcoming the fall to be. I last wrote sometime back in the spring. I really don't know what else to write either. I have been seeing this magnificent woman for the past 11 months now, so I have been gloriously occupied with her. I have been going out hunting. I have done nothing in the most part. i have just existed in the fringes of society, occasionally stepping out to say hi. Lastly, i have just been lazy to write. There are many things to report. Of course, I have no pictures. Only a few but not really willing to post them as well. Like i said, i am lazy. Where do i start before i start repeating myself. This summer, my cousin and I have been going out hunting. Seal hunting. Whaling. Fishing. i am rather proud to say that i did harpoon a whale. Not a very big beluga but a whale nonetheless. It was awesome. We did catch a bunch of seals as well. Not a lot of fish but we did catch some fish too. My cousin is awesome. My father also got a brand new aluminum boat from Newfoundland. So we put a new cabin onto it. We have been happy for the most time. My and my girlfriend also took a trip to Ontario for about ten days. It was tiring to say the least. Its a very complicated story that we rather not talk about. We did go shopping, which is kind of a tradition for anyone from Nunavut going down south. I am back to teaching this fall. I teach Aulajaaqtut in the local high school part time. Its a pretty good job. i like the students that i have. thats seems to be the extent of what i have done since i last wrote. I didn't go into detail at all. I think being in this community, being in a relationship, having awesome friends and being a step-father, has made me pretty busy and giving less time to write. Yours truly. P.S. I will try to write more often

Agressive Salmon Hoodie

It feels like it has been years since i last posted on my blog. Seriously, i have not been very busy. I have been teaching at the high school since February. I am a substitute teacher. I teach the Aulajaaqtut course. Its a pain explaining what the course is, but in a sentence, it is a course that offers healthy lifestyle choices. I sometimes debate myself if i am fit to teach the course. So, as part of my awesome job (i love it) i get to go on trips to the south. i chaperoned students, grades 10 and 11, to a very nice city called Rockland, Ontario. The students were up here in April and we went down there in May. It was a very good exchange, in most parts. As you know, if you work with students, there are parts where it is rather difficult with some students. And of course there were students that were just brats. The highlights of the trip were: zip lining, camping, rock climbing and roller coasters at leRonde. We had families in Rockland as well, our qallunaat families. They were very nice and very dedicated to our well being and enjoyment. They made sure everyone was enjoying their time in Rockland. There were times when something really funny happens. Like the time when one of the students screamed at the top of their lungs when a small bug flew or walked by her. She was terrified. She was funny. Or the time when one of the students wenbt boating and caught some fish or the same student was actually at the school studying with his "twin". i feel like i am just filling this page with something not such good writing. i am just writing. So now, i will say, working with students is awesome. you learn something about yourself, and the social structure of students. The interaction of students from different cultures is a real study in social interactions and conflict resolutions. As you will see, the title of my post has nothing to do with my trip. My good friend Mike, told me that my shirt, which is pink, was gay. I didn't like his comment, and i tried saying something along the lines of saying that its not gay, so he said it is an agressive salmon colour. That is my post!

I Shaved This Morning

Hello world!
I am just a skinny Eskimo
Not very fit either
i don't eat seal everyday
i don't like igunaq (fermented meat)
I don't even have my own ski-doo
nonetheless a dog team

Hello world!
this morning, i shaved.

If you've met some awesome
Eskimos in your life,
you'll notice we like to say
"the cold doesn't bother me"
"I like to go out hunting and camping"
"mmm, raw foods"
and so on

but rarely do we here of an Eskimo
say
"I shaved this morning"
because it's a pretty momentous
occasion, probably deserving
a round of applaus
or an announcement through the radio
or a status update on facebook

i am, as you can tell, rather proud
that i shaved this morning
because i do so only once a week
and it hasn't even grown fully
just a millimeter long
and its only a small mustache
even little kids make fun of it

for instance, in Ottawa
one of my good friend's son,
when he was a small boy, once asked:
can i touch your little mustache?
or when a student of mine drew a picture
of me with small dot representing my mustache

Hello world!
i shaved this morning
and it is a brand new day
i expect the brightest of days