Posts from ‘April, 2011’

Had to share this song, I “love” it

So now that I’ve ranted about the misuse, abuse, and disuse of the word “love”, here’s why I “love” this city. (in no particular order…) 1. Poutine The quintessential Canadian meal. For those of you unfamiliar with this beauty of an idea, it’s a conglomerate of the following: delicious salty, oily french fries served with [...]

It’s my 3 month anniversary! I have officially been existing in Montreal for a full 3 months. And I realized I haven’t properly written about this city in any particular detail. But before I DO, a little rant about “love”. I recently asked my grade 11 math class whether they believed in true love. I [...]

No, I have not been sucked into a vortex. I have not been submarined into the depths of the ocean. I have not been carried off by a gigantic bat with sparkling blue eyes. I have not been catapulted to outer space by the trebuchet at Warwick Castle. I have not been hoisted away by [...]

While in Nepal, I bought a singing bowl. In order to choose the bowl, I stood in a store about 200 metres from Patan Square, holding one bowl after another in the palm of my hand, and rotating a wooden stick gently around its edges. Eventually it makes a sound…. it starts off quiet, and [...]

In case you wanted to do some energy work on your canine, here are the locations of the chakras (energy centres) on a typical dog. The purple one is the kibble center. Orange is the Dentabone Wheel of Life. Green is the Drooling energy vortex. Red is the chase-the-cat center of existence. Grey is the [...]

Cooking for one person is exceedingly annoying. I already mentioned how much I detest grocery stores, but I didn’t mention the “size” problem. Everything in the grocery store (besides the vegetables) is sized for two people or more. And when you live alone, finding things rotting in the fridge is a common occurrence. If you [...]

More snippets from the book I’m reading… I’ve become glued to it, reading for hours at a time. And yes, somehow I still manage to keep my job “Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, it’s the other way around.” “Fate gives all of [...]

I’m reading a great book given to me by an old man who works in a mattress store (and no, I didn’t even buy a mattress ) It’s full of insight, but this section in particular caught my eye: “The world is run by one million evil men, ten million stupid men, and a hundred [...]