Get Paid, Get Laid

Thursdays in Montreal have always been the kind of days where the cops would go "Oh, I wish I stayed in bed this afternoon". A homeless guy would start screaming nonsense at people waiting for the bus, some drunk jocks would throw half empty beer bottles in storefront windows, and then fight for a 14 years old girl they need to take home at 11. Sleazy elderlies would walk the Village streets cruising for a young ass, and people from the north & south shore would arrive downtown in huge buses blaring cheap dance music from the 90's.

The clubs know it's pay day, and they know how to snatch your money. They give you the IMPRESSION you're getting a good deal, and slowly empty the last cent out of you, to leave you drunk and lonely on the sidewalk in front of the club at 3:30. You need to eat something, but you gave your last buck as a tip on your last beer.

Yeah, bar owners are the true kings of Thursday nights... So if you feel like putting some money in Greg's pockets, head over to Parking tonight as Jordan Dare & Mini will make you dance 'til the wee hours and Bruno will make you spend all your money with his excellent and rapidly served 2.75$ drinks. Six months ago today, I met someone that's very special to me at Parking. It was October 13th, a Thursday, and Jordan Dare was spinning as well. Strange coincidence, no ?

See you tonight, baby !!

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There is a very interesting article about the upcoming smoking ban in today's Mirror.



We learn that Peter Sergakis, the money-hungry owner of Sky, is taking the new law to court, stating it's anti-constitutional. He says : "We're not forcing non-smokers to come to our establishments. If you don't want to come, don't come." Which is exactly what I'll do, you fat fuck. Not that I went there often, but I definitly will not set foot at Sky again in the near future. A owner who doesn't care about more than 50% of his clients having their health compromised just to make profits off smokers is a menace II society. He's not out there pointing guns at people; his actions are more subtle - and dodgy. He's lobbying for one of the last of society's wrongs and that is unacceptable.

I'll never say it enough : cigarette stinks. It's not useful, it's not hip, it costs you money and makes you smell like an ashtray. It makes you impotent, makes your teeth brown, your fingers yellow, and it gives you cancer. It incomodates people around you. It stinks up the planet and it needs to go, or stay at your place if you insist on ruining your health.



Nick Robinson, Barfly owner, sums it up : "There's a realisation that it's time for it to end".

The article reveals that most of the bar owners agree with the ban, but think that the government's bill is hypocritical. Of course, government makes money off smokers, and banning them from "public" places seems like an irrelevant gesture, but that ideological revelation doesn't change the goddamn fact that the less smokers I come across, the better I feel. And when I go out clubbing, I don't want to come home smelling like shit and having to shower before going to bed. When I go to a restaurant, I would like to eat without having to breathe your thick smoke and being on the verge of puking, thank you.

May 31st will be a holy day, for sure.