Aboard a Bombadier
November 7, 2009
And now I depart. Seat 14D on a tiny little plain with booms and propellers each side. I sit by the window and look at the quiet little airport, such a soft farewell to the (100,000 people, hugely spread) city of Thunder Bay.
This week has been a wonderful chapter in my Canada visit. I read two books, watched a few films, did some dishes. Quiet? Yes. I also dressed as a zombie, made a dozen brief friends in a night, visited four bars, blew up 100 balloons while giggling maniacally with Kat, was involved/implicated in the theft of a car, the pursuit of which resulted in a hunt around town, tried a local specialty that is actually delicious (there you go, Pratchett. Persians, from Thunder Bay), was mauled by a pomeranian, got high for a horror/thriller, helped steal a deer carcass from a river bed. Chatted up by a ghost buster drummer, found (and lost) a sexy grim reaper, met Steve Irwin & the Stingray that killed him, learned 1-20 in german, and had a generally fantastic time in very fine company.
So to Dave, and all his friends, a very big thankyou for a great week in Thunder Bay.
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Lake Superior stretches out like an ocean below us. The shape of its little islands show clearly how the ice once claimed this land.
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Never did try that 1813 Oliver Rd water. Hehe.
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C’est important pour moi de penser et parler en français tout le temps. Si je le fais, je peux comprende plus à Québec. Mon grammaire est terrible, mon vocabulaire aussi. Mais, il y a une chance ici pour moi pour évaluer ma langue et j’aime cette chance. Qu’and j’arrive à Montréal, je voudrais parler beaucoup en français, et essayer le Quebecois.
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One should celebrate the soldiers, not the war.
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I’m not as good at being alone as I thought. Tomorrow night I will make friends & though I know none of them will be such an amazing fluke, I can at least have travel companions here & perhaps in Québec. If all else fails, I can head back to Toronto and spend my days there. Am seriously considering buying a mac rather than another laptop. Just a little one.
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Montréal now for four very busy days. I’m hoping to buy a computer tomorrow, probably a mac, assuming I can find one with english software and an american keyboard and it will still work in Aus. Just a little one. Use it for editing video, for travel, for photo/music storage. Basically I am succumbing to peer pressure and collecting an accessory – and I really want a computer for travel which they seem to be great for.
Either way. Maybe computer, then to the Jardin Botanique, Insectarium & Biodome. Then back via supermarket for cooking/breakfast supplies, then the bar tour in the evening. Hopefully the computer will work out so I don’t have to think too hard on it.
Very busy few days ahead, and I am looking forward to Québec itself a great deal.
02-11-2009
November 16, 2009 at 5:31 am
Depends on the soldier, depends on the war.
November 16, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Of course not every soldier should be celebrated, but name me a war that should.
November 16, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I don’t know history, but hypothetically there’d be a war to celebrate
November 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I think the outcome of a war can be celebrated, but not the existence of the war itself.
November 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm
It’s too early to be discussing war.
I probably agree with you, but I’d still argue for it to be possible for there to be a war to celebrate. I’d argue that for a little while, at least.
November 16, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Well, I will join the argument if there’s some manner of example to be found.
November 17, 2009 at 9:07 am
As usual I’m not really sure what I’m trying to say, I probably agree with you.
But, my sense of destruction, my emotional sado-masochism/appreciation for catharsis through trauma and the way I am drawn to horror and violence tends to make me celebrate war in fiction.
So, I dunno, my hypocrisy and confusion amuses me. I’ll say, celebrate war as a tool for art, or inspiration for art, but otherwise it isn’t so lush.
It’s a horrible thing. blah, ignore me, I dunno which very different half of my opinions to agree with.
November 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm
“it’s early”