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Dang, it feels good to be able to go to poetry slams and hip hop shows in my other langue maternelle. I went to see this here man last night on the strength of a newspaper article linking his music to that of Jacques Brel - and shit, that link is easily there to be made ( Read more... )

If you're thinking of visiting la belle province, sometime around September 21st would be real nice...

Though I've yet to spot Lennie from the block yet, St. Dominique offers an enticing combination of hustle/bustle, idyllic refuge, and sardinesque density. If you wanna be in touch, 514 670 1780.

Having had a good spam filter, I forgot how good it is to receive the occasional unsolicited email. Where else can you get a random person/corporate entity send you something saying ( Read more... )

Moving to le Plateau Mont-Royal in fewer than three weeks here... In the meantime, I've been trying to absorb as much French as possible, and came across a lovely compilation of Quebecois music from 1897-1997 at the CPL. Here's a nice little tune for you!

The time is NOW.

Been watching a lot of French movies lately, and here's an entirely charming (if not a bit unsettling...) little sequence from Truffaut's "Les quatre cent coups."

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Well, if anyone feels like reading it, go right ahead.

I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to plow through all of this, but if you want to know what I've been up to for the last ~8-9 months, the intro and epilogue might at least give you an idea.

Wow. I remember writing an entry, either on here or diaryland, a few years ago talking about how fucked up it felt to have a father making a lot of money in the oil industry and profiting from higher gas prices as a result of the Iraq War.

My brother sent me an email today with this article about the company my father works for. The CEO pled ( Read more... )