Quick bits

Newsflash 1: Montreal is hot. I mean like really, really, really hot. Yesterday it was only 29 or something, but the humidity kind of made it feel like a sauna and I hear it'll get a lot worse. So far so good, though, haven't managed to burn myself yet. They told me a part of my forehead was red last night, but now it seems to be vampire coloured again like usual. Gotta keep using that sunscreen. Fun fact: saw a tanned goth yesterday. How's that for an oxymoron?

Newsflash 2: I saw the biggest spider I have ever seen. To those who don't know, I do not like spiders. At all. The huge, monstrous spider was at Jon's place, happily climbing up a wall and I already felt the terrified screams of a 11-year-old girl trying to creep out of my mouth, when Jon swiftly destroyed the black, disgusting critter. Luckily for me Jon has laid out certain rules for spiders in his apartment, like they can only hang out in certain areas, and as this furry beast had wandered way off the acceptable area for spiders, the monster faced "a horrible death" as Jon so aptly put it.

Newsflash 3: I got cursed at in French. Being the stupid tourist that I am, I stopped to take a picture of the night-time city last night. Apparently a group of fine, French gentlemen behind me did not approve of this and unleashed their verbal fury at me. The good thing was that I don't speak French so I had no idea of this whole incident taking place and I just proceeded to take more photographs. I'm sure they appreciated this. Kudos to Jon's friend Andrew for telling me about this whole thing just, what, 45 minutes later so I wouldn't stop being a dumb tourist. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but Andrew really reminds me of Brucie from GTA4, although Andrew seems a little less juiced-up. I hope so anyway.

Newsflash 4: I discovered a completely new law of physics here in Montreal. Apparently if you stand still long enough in the park surrounding the mountain in the middle of the city, your mass will grow bigger and bigger until your gravitational pull is so strong that all the nearby pot dealers will unerringly gravitate towards you. I will get no Nobel Prize for finding out about this though as everyone else in Montreal seemed to know it already.

Newsflash 5: I have already injured myself here. There was blood involved, too. Now before my mom totally freaks out and attempts to come rescue me I'd like to inform that I merely broke my nail in the grocery store. The bad thing is that with this heat and humidity it's next to impossible to get the band-aid not fall off every two hours.

So I've got pictures from the last two of my trips, but I haven't had the time to post any pics here just yet. I'm off to celebrate Father's day in Chick's brother's place now (for some reason they have it in June here), but when I get back I hopefully have time to upload some pics, too. See ya.