Online-regeneration

Online: operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer. "A main computer" is what I want to point out here and is the object I had no access to for a while. Ok sure, I've been back for weeks now, but before you judge, you should try to go somewhere completely secluded (the bush) for a LONG time (month and a half) and return to your loved ones. In a sense, yes there were computers around in Montreal but not "a main computer".

Tree planting went how it goes. Sometimes we would plant more than one kind of tree. Oh no, the clear cuts weren't complete monocultures, we had spruce, pine AND balsam fir this year. I know this is all so exciting and interesting to you...
FYI- they were all covered in pesticides except for one contractor (but they were a university research centre). You should know that in comparison to most I am obsessed with trees but that also I am back and this blog will once again provide you with minutes of fun on a weekly basis.

Woohoo!
Round one: eating duck while playing duck hunt

Bingo daubers are a thing of the past

Wishing it were Wednesday...

And here I am, in Prince George, again. This year though, I am stuck doing nothing for three entire days. The only nice cafe and cool bar (the generator) shut their doors since last year. Fun. I see that the porn store XXXtreme is still open and doing well. And for those of you that might fight this useful, on Wednesdays can you get a two for one deal on movie rentals. This information was hard not to notice as the sights along the suburban roads are 'extremely' dull.

For the ones of us here sharing 5 double beds and a couch (in the same hotel room), we are discovering the fantastic things that PG has to offer:
-The most expensive beer in the world (I bought a 12 pack of Kokanee last night for 22$)
-Really expensive cigarettes AND 25 packs do not exist here
-An interesting variety of rednecks that enjoy displaying particular artistic images on their massive trucks that stand 2 metres of the road
-A bingo hall where you can enjoy hours fun for the low cost of 10$
-The most varied weather in the span of one day (the 7 day forecast actually predicts: rain/sunny, mix, mix, rain/showers, cloudy/ rain, mix, cloudy/rain)
-And a distinctive smell, a bad one

I actually can't wait to start planting.

Scopions and maize

It's the afternoon in Montreal and the rain seems to be making everyone down. Not me, I just finished my last exam for this year. I am feeling so happy, it just sucks that I have to work.

With the rain, I decide to take the bus home. All of a sudden, about 10 kids walk on to the bus. All you hear is the bus driver telling them: "hold your school bags in your hands". The little boys make their way into the back next to where I am sitting. They are puzzled as to why the bus driver would request such a thing.

The young ones were speaking in French and started to ask each other: "Est-ce-que toi t'a des ami ou des ami (e)"? Of course, none admitted that they had female friends and that was cute. But the cutest was yet to come. One of them stated his outrage with GMOs. "Moi je trouve sa degeulasse les OMG! Tu sait qu'il mettent de l'ADN de scorpion dans le mais?" I actually felt like turning over to him and start discussing the subject. He knew more about it than most adults a have to deal with on a daily basis. His outrage, for whatever the reason, gave me hope that the future generation will react negatively to GMOs. This made my day.

Cherry tomato

In honor of only having one class left to go in sociolinguistics I will discuss it my teacher's new record. Oh yes, she said 'ok' 72 times during last class. I'm afraid that I am not doing well in this class and no, there is no correlation between my grade and keeping track of her tag questions.

I did learn something in this class though: cherry tomatoes sink when in coffee. Cool ah? Who knew? You may be asking yourself: why would a sociolinguistics teacher be talking about cherry tomatoes? She wasn't (she's not that cool). My roommate did the experiment when one day I bought myself a sandwich that came with a cherry tomato. Jon asked me if he could have the tomato (being vegan and all) and I agreed. But Jon also had a coffee. Ploup. I laughed really hard when it sank and never came back up. It was the best sociolinguistics class ever...

Tom Hurtin's

Twice a year Tim's raise the living conditions of Canadians all over the country. The coffee chain teases us with the chance of winning fabulous prizes like a free coffee. In fact, all I really wanted was a free coffee or donut... but nothing. I must have bought 25 Tim's coffees during this roll up the rim season, still nothing... Furthermore, my roommate and I would be each other coffees in hope that either of us would win, at worst share half the prize. Neither of us won anything. I guess that'll teach me for buying coffees without my non-polluting takeout coffee mug.

Leon's quote of the day

S'a pousse pas dans les craques du sidewalk!!!