1. Today's A Softer World was photographed at the University of Toronto. I know this because I recognise it as the path I used to walk down to get to my film class. It's the path I was walking down the first day it started to properly snow.

( Here it is for those who're curious )

( My 2008 )

Today I:

Went shopping with mum and was bought a new skirt and two new blouses I intend on wearing to work. I will look teh shit. I also got a new bra, a new quilt-cover set and an Advent Calender. The lady at David Jones looked at me funny when I asked her where they were... Society is crumbling, I tell you. This is the first sign ( Read more... )

I'm still in Montreal, due to some dramas with Amtrak. Basically they suck. So I had to get the train on the 4th instead of on the 3rd, which ended up being a whole $5 more expensive. Buttheads. Assheads. Etc. So Betsy and I took Lauren to the bus stop and then visited McGill, which was starting up classes again so it was a bit more active a campus ( Read more... )

( GINGERBREAD COOKIES )

Christmas day has been pretty laid back all things considered. Woke up at 9:30ish, opened up presents, read Yuletide fics, including the one given to me: Aurora Borealis. Yuletide makes me so excited. I'm perhaps more excited about it than getting home at the moment, which as of today will be in three weeks time. I'm very excited. Anyway. Here come ( Read more... )

Sometimes Canada is so much like Australia it's like I hardly left. But sometimes, occasionally, they are so fucking weird...

( So weird. So so weird. )

I arrived safely in Montreal the day before yesterday, and spent most of yesterday in my pyjamas, watching Stardust and Spiceworld and reading the rest of my books ( Read more... )

( Frosty the Snowman... )

So 20-30cms of snow was forecast last night and boy did the heavens deliver. It's been snowing constantly since I woke up, quite heavy snow. At one point I looked out my window and all I could see was white. Instead of heading down to breakfast this morning when I first got up, I pulled on my ugg boots, my jacket and scarf, grabbed Jen and my ( Read more... )