How Fast Things Change...

Apparently, a windstorm hit Montreal yesterday. My landlord came knockin' on my door this morning to collect the rent (the rent is due, yo, the rent is due...) and told me, upon seeing me dressed only in a short sleeved polo & jeans, that August was long gone and that it was freezing outside. Not being the kind of guy that shivers easily (unlike Cronenberg), I didn't take notice.

Then he told me that the wind blew so hard yesterday that it changed the face of our building. How ?

Half of the wall climbing plants that covered the huge wall facing West was ripped off !!! Can you imagine ? It was almost worse than when I saw a tree ripped off by Katrina a few weeks ago. My heart was bleeding.

There's also a guy whose brand new Honda Civic was crushed by a falling tree. Who cares ? Jock car. But my wall !?! Tragedy.

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I was supposed to give a shout out and represent Sherbrooke St at Main Hall, yesterday, where Chromeo & Devin the Dude were freshin' it up. But I felt trapped when I got home. I went to the grocery store, it was pretty chilly outside, and when I came back I didn't feel like leaving the house again. I cooked a bit, listened to some music while washing the dishes, and crawled in my bed to watch COMME UNE IMAGE, by the Jaoui / Bacri tandem.

Not too bad. Bacri is grumpier than ever, but there was something about the movie that kept me from getting too much into it. Maybe because I didn't feel any link to any character moving on my TV screen. I'm not like them.

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Seeing is believing. When I came to work, I read an article in MacLean's about the new maritime shipping route they're thinking of using in the Great White North. Boats would leave any part of Europe and sail to Churchill, Manitoba, at the North end of Hudson's Bay. That's fuckin' impressive. In '97, OmniTRAX bought the 1 300 km one-way railway going from The Pas to Churchill for about 10$.

Not a bad idea to exploit that, but the thing is that the route would be open only four months a year. The rest of the time... it's just ice. I was about to call Princess Cruises to propose setting up a cruise that would go from Alaska to, let's say, Quebec city, passing North of Canada, slaloming through the northern islands. A chilly cruise for sure, but an interesting one. North Pole Party People United.

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Tomorrow, on top of Mont Ste-Anne in Quebec city, there's a party called "Freeeaaak" where several DJ's, starting at noon, will be playing trance in the wide wild open air. Interesting concept. I shall be there. Sounds a lot like Piknic to me, without the good musical taste. Afterwards the party has a part 2, taking place at Galerie Rouje. THIS will be interesting, with electro blasting in my heart.

More on that later, I guess.