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Snacksie and I saw Cyndi Lauper in concert Tuesday night at Massey Hall in Toronto. She is amazing live; I highly recommend seeing her if you get the chance. Oddly enough, we did not get our purple bracelets.


You see, our Cyn met Judy Shepard in October and is now on the honourary board of the Matthew Shepard Foundation. As part of the partnership, attendees of Cyndi's current tour receive the bracelet. Whatever the reason for the absent bracelets tonight, Lauper's commitment to the foundation is admirable. She performed her new song "Above the Clouds" which was inspired, in part, by Matthew. Introducing the song, Cyndi said that she wants a world without hatred for her son and for everyone... a world where "difference would be celebrated... so that if you saw a person who was different from you, you'd be more likely to approach that person, have a converstation, and find out that maybe you weren't so different after all."

Comments

Crucible said…
Glad you enjoyed the show. I'm all for causes but personally, how many bracelets can you fit on an arm? I think they will lose all meaning soon.
Jason said…
I want my bracelet. Judy Shepard gives me nothing.
Anonymous said…
I HATE THOSE STUPID BRACELETS...all of them....you don't need a bracelet to donate time and money to worthy causes....in fact they've become more of a fashion statement than anything else. who needs em?! be thankful you didn't get one. they're fugly.

glad u had a good time!!! and jason thanks you for his early xmas gift mloyd.
Unknown said…
I am also not a big fan of the bracelet. Especially on the over 45 crowd. It's just too cult like to me.
madamerouge said…
but I want a whole freakin' rainbow of bracelets, going right up to my elbow! and I want soap residue and gunk to build up underneath and maybe eventually for one to be caught in a piece of machinery, hauling me to my grisly death...
Jason said…
Alright, you can have that for Xmas.
Anonymous said…
Mlyod, someone special missed you on Saturday night...did he get a chance to leave you a message?
madamerouge said…
He did. I sure missed everyone at Brad & Marc's... especially my Air Canada peeps.
Jason said…
Who missed Mloyd???
toobusyliving said…
Boud, I dunno about you having those bracelets running up your arm - I'm pretty sure that they're made of latex, and oil-based lubricants like vaseline and crisco break down latex. I just don't think that they would last very long :(
Anonymous said…
his LUVA!!
Anonymous said…
Mloyd,
did you just spell 'commitment' with two t's? Oh MY God! WHAT is this world coming to?!

=)
madamerouge said…
lips: brilliant. However, it begs the question: which cause has a black band? (just a preference...)

natasha: thanks for having my back. The correction has been made.
Midniter said…
MR: I'm totally jealous that you got to see her in concert.

And I'm with Felonius...they do make great cockrings.

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