Happy slightly-belated Saint Patrick's Day to all. It's the day after, but today is the day of the parade and all the big celebrations, so I'm kind of justified in lateness ( Read more... )

Artists' reillustrations of children's drawings.

http://www.drawergeeks.com/Kid_Creatures/Kid_Creatures.html

I feel like I was just mauled by Jesus. Ye gods, it feels great ( Read more... )

...is knowing exactly what you need to do, and not doing it.

So apparently the FLQ is back, with threats to Montreal anglophones. Bombs and suchlike. It'll be like being back a few years ago, when Quebec was a lot more interested in hating English Canada. I didn't realize that people were still this upset over the whole cultural differences thing, especially since Quebec was officially declared "a nation ( Read more... )

I think I'm going to be in Kitchener for the next week. Work doesn't start until the 22nd, and I can't really start martial arts until I have a schedule. I haven't been getting any replies from the creative writing roundtable guy. I'm pretty much just wasting a lot of time. So there isn't much for me in Montreal right now ( Read more... )

Somebody linked me to the trailer for a new documentary, Nerdcore Rising, starring nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot. Suddenly I'm hooked ( Read more... )

So often, it seems like the entire Montreal venture was nothing short of a complete mistake.

Today I got an e-mail from McGill, telling me that they overpaid me for my scholarship, not only by the one pay period that they did do extra, but by $1,075. And they want it back. By the 29th ( Read more... )

I'm gradually approaching the point of getting my life back on its feet. My portfolio is put together, my letter written, hopefully my profs are sending in their reference letters and forms, and I've applied for one job so far (though it shouldn't be hard to get in, seeing as they're looking for 36 people). I'm nervous about it all, of course, ( Read more... )

I just bought a soft, ripened, raw milk cheese, and I can't decide whether I like it or hate it.

It has a creamy flavour, but with an odd hint of mushrooms and perhaps even mould. I'm not sure if this is the intended end, or if it's contaminated.