changes

Dooly's in Sydney: 10:30 pm: Sydney has a large population of Mi'kmaq Indians both in the city and in the surrounding areas. Working with a Mi'kmaq native group, I was so excited to hear a group of girls talking in Mi'kmaq while I was in the bathroom, and decided that I would show them how much I appreciated their language with a little show of the few Mi'kmaq words I knew..which were two, (what I was thinking, I have no idea). So I come out of my stall, and I excuse myself for interrupting their conversation, and ask them if they were speaking Mi'kmaq. The girl closest to me starts off by looking at me as though I have 13 heads, and then says, yeah what is it to you? Great start already! I went on to explain that I worked with a Mi'kmaq group from Paq'tnkek (totally screwed up the pronunciation..they didn't have a clue what I was talking about), they finally figured out what I was talking about, and I went on to embarass myself further by saying that we worked a lot with K'at and it's cultural meaning to the Mi'kmaq...totally butchered the pronunciation on that one as well, and I think that I am seriously lucky that the girl closest to me didn't just knock me out on my stupid ass. She was very close I think. She was ranting a little, saying how nice it must be for the white girl to have an interest in the indians, she was very happy to know that I was happy "studying them like bugs". Sometimes I have to wonder why I even bother to open my mouth....especially in situations like that.