Is that a MOUNTAIN in your city?

Went up the mountain again! This time it was on a full belly of Chez Cora chocolate crepes (thanks Jordan!) and with a full troupe of MTL lovelies, and something about seeing the city from above was, as always, a deeply sublime experience, especially when laughing so hard that I very nearly toppled over the edge. Four of us (the princess posse) went up and came back down older, wiser, and slightly achy in the joints... but ready for the first day of school! Which was today!


SO I have this little bottle of "blemish cream" (sounds lovely, I know) which I didn't know I had until a desperate search through my things-that-won't-fit-in-the-bathroom-cabinet shoebox - a search motivated by the unexplained phenomena of blemishes (I prefer to call them "spots," sounds less disease-ridden and reminds me of cute little puppies which makes me smile and forget about said "spots") AND also motivated by my swiss-cheese brain which let me forget my "usual" stuff in Ontario. ANYWAY this morning I get out that little wee bottle and am grimly uncapping the vile stuff for its daily application when, without apparent cause, the whole bottle jumps from my hands, takes an unlikely course through the air (is there a wind current in my bathroom? I never noticed) and lands neatly in the toilet! Then it totally slips from sight, right into the bowels (ha) of the plumbing! What does that mean?! Was God like, "pffft, enough of this crap! Yoink!" ...because that's what it seemed like! Anyway I am happy to be rid of the stuff, it was the early cause of a vicious skin-battle cycle, I could tell. Better to be free of such concerns. Until, at least, I manage to recover what I left in Ontario...

Other news of the world:
1. Jordan & Erin are back safe & sound from their flying/hiking/gambling adventure in the USofA
2. Edmonton-Mark is once again Edmonton-Mark-in-Vancouver (world order restored)
3. Someone who may or may not be my sister may or may not be going to South Africa this summer... but you didn't hear that here

OH ALSO, I bought tickets to see Camera Obscura on Jan 29th, with the dogged hope that I will find someone suitable to come with me! Criteria: must be full of beans, must love the live shows, must know where the Sala Rossa is (because I sure don't!).
Now accepting resumes!