Today my Canadian Studies class visited the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. It was the most wonderful gallery I've ever been to...not the building- the art. I mean the building was stunning but it was filled with visuals that made my chest heave. Actually there was a strong sense of being in an avalanche for a few moments while I stood in front of ( Read more... )

I'm doing a science degree ( Read more... )

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Today a young man purchased $1000 worth of white roses for his girlfriend. I said "She will be speechless! How long have you been dating?" And he replied: " Thirty Days ( Read more... )

Standing in a long line for a cup of coffee () holds two fingers to her throat without noticing. She stands and stares at the list of sugar frees and sizes and inadvertently feels for a pulse. This reminds her that some things continue, controlled but without focus. Someone is talking to her and she has a hard time hearing words over the loud ( Read more... )

I stare at a sideways horse field- sideways saddles, sideways blinders, sideways fences. There is dirt on my temple and my lips taste a little bloody. Seven or so feet away my favorite mug with Jesus Christ's face on the front lies in a dark circle of spilled coffee on the trail. Closing my left eye and then my right, I listen to the mallards ( Read more... )

This morning the sun was rising beside Mt. Douglas, the base of which plays out into these wonderful sprawling fields filled with fresh crops, ponds, deer and a few horses. I smell like an animal, which likely influences the group of deer on Lochside Drive in their decision to stay put as I run through their breakfast circle. They stare with ( Read more... )

You wake up to a comedian on the radio talking about leaving one's taxes until the last possible second. He uses the words: "...stab a pencil in your eye" and you moan because you, yes you, are that poor wanker. You sit up and say "why am I the perpetual wanker?"
No one can answer that but you, you dumbass.

After an exhaustive couple months of academic bingo, I've finally picked the correct card ( Read more... )

Hello internets ( Read more... )