So today I set aside to write my 1000 word Jet essay, which is the last thing i need for this application. I need to find a computer with a word processing program and plunk down and do it. Honestly, though, I don't think I'm going to go to Japan. I just don't feel it enough, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle it mentally, and this scares ( Read more... )

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of the day where 50.6% of Quebeckers voted to remain in Canada. The federalists sighed a breath of relief, and the issues of separatism and national unity waned among most English Canadians. This weekend, the Bloc Quebecois met to re-elect Duceppe as their leader, and here in Montreal, several popular ( Read more... )

So here I go! I'm going to cover myself in paint and dress myself as Marilyn Monroe as done by Andy Warhol. Pink face, yellow wig, everything a little off-centre... Then I'm going to head to a place called Friendship Cove, the new loft-space show venue in a part of town I've never been. There, I will do my best as a human manifestation of a print ( Read more... )

I need a favour from anybody who studies and/or works at UVic: Revenue Canada's once again decided they want me to prove I wasn't lying when I said I went to University in 2003 and 2004. This means I have to send some T2202A forms to them, but alas, I only have the T2202A for 2004. I called Accounting Services, and they charge $4, which I have to ( Read more... )

So I've come to accept the fact that technicolor foliage is not going to play a part in this month's autumn. The leaves have been mostly turning brown around the edges and falling straight to the ground. And then November, the month of pessimism (this year will have the added drawback of not having Christmas to look forward to - pessimism, indeed ( Read more... )

It looks like I'll be staying in Montreal for the holidays this year. There's a first time for everything.

I feel like I've turned boring in the past week and a bit. I turn down opportunities to go out, and all I can talk about is home decorating. I've decided that it's time to take up a new hobby, because not only do I need to get out of the house, I need to make myself interesting again. I miss the days of lavish parties with wigs and robots and blue ( Read more... )

A cause to celebrate: I got a job! And it pays more than enough for a spring departure (actually, more than I've ever made before ( Read more... )

( The truth about shopping carts )

Sigh... the job hunt is difficult, but I've barely started. I did, however, post a "resume" on Craigslist, so maybe that'll get me started somewhere. This is really tough, and every little bit I try, I get twice as discouraged ( Read more... )