So we went to see Get Smart, and it was pretty funny. I appreciate a movie with a running into a doorframe gag. (Not that I do that in real life or anything.) :D ( Read more... )

It was still snowing softly when I walked home from the library this evening. The snow is really beautiful once the sun goes down because light from the street lamps reflect off the snow and make it sparkle. Ideally, I'd love for all the snow to stay untouched. It makes the city look so clean. Of course, realistically, people have to get around, so ( Read more... )

Ever since I decided that I needed to adjust myself to temperatures in degrees Celsius, I have been living in a mystery climate. I wake up in the morning, and it's 15º. Sounds cold. Maybe it's a nice, sunny day, and it gets up to 28º in the afternoon. Still sounds cold. If I dressed for my perception of the weather, I'd be wearing sweaters and ( Read more... )

aka Why I got nothing done this week.

Many of the shows I used to follow aren't on anymore. Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars ended last season; The West Wing ended the year before that, and Bravo stopped showing reruns all the time. ER is still on, but I stopped caring after the cast changed yet again. So this week I decided to find some new shows to ( Read more... )

Still "church shopping." I'm looking for the right fit. This morning I went to the Anglican Cathedral. It's at University and Ste-Catherine, so it's actually pretty close to my house.

I was quite pleased with my choice. The service was a little longer than I'm used to, but that was partly because we sang every verse of every song, and there were ( Read more... )

Especially when you're a grad student with only $10 Canadian to your name.

Yesterday the Post-Graduate Student Society had a free wine and cheese night for first year grad students. It was held, of course, at Thomson House, the house reserved for McGill graduate students. We have our own restaurant and bar there. Because we are awesome.

Today the ( Read more... )

Yesterday a group of us walked down the street to Mount Royal Park to check out the Sunday Tam-Tams. The Tam-Tams are a weekly event through the summer. An informal group of drummers plays through the afternoon, and lots of others come to dance along or to simply relax and enjoy. While we were there, several of the roomies got palm readings. I'm ( Read more... )

Let's leave today! Or Friday, as it were. I'm all settled in my new place in Montreal, and I've met most of my housemates. So now I'm on to important business like starting classes starting a LiveJournal (because I need to spend more time on the internet, clearly). Classes officially start tomorrow, but apparently in SIS we do our own thing and don ( Read more... )