Leaving la Belle Province

Here today, gone tomorrow.

Miss Bijoux is gone to Ottawa to visit her family for the next few days. I'm a single, sad fellow. It's often when that happens that you realise you miss the person you live with a lot. But in her case, there's no need for that to happen : I miss her as soon as I set foot out of the house, every day. Strange it should happen to me at the tender age of 28.

She is coming back on Friday and it feels like weeks ahead. I know time will pass in a flash, but still...

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Some food court thoughts : I work in an office above the Eaton Center, and I don't always carry my lunch around, you know. So sometimes, when I do extra long shifts and my colleague Miss PMS isn't there to provide me with a lunch, I have to give in the food industry's wheel and go down and eat.



With time, you spot the best deals, and it's no longer a jungle with too many suits walking by.

I have found out, today, that there was a lebanese war going on. I was paying 4.55$ (taxes included) for a Shish Taouk at Amir. I used to go there because it's next to Subway and when there were too many people in line to get a 6", I'd opt for Amir. However, just under the stairs lies a Basha, a restaurant which was responsible for introducing me to lebanese food in the first place back when they still had a store in Laval, on Curé-Labelle street. Now, I believe it's an armenian hang-out where you can eat sheep brains in a pita - which I did last time I passed by.

So, to come back to where we must stay, I bought a Taouk at Basha's today and it cost me exactly 3.90$, taxes included !! They've got a new client - for life !

Subway is also a good choice for the small budgeted. Every day of the week they have a "Sub du Jour" special going on, with a 6" offered at 3.45$ taxes included. You, of course, do not have the choice of flavours. Since, most of the time, I am stuck with having to pay for a lunch only on Tuesdays (Rosbif) and Thursdays (Pizza), the flavors are not at all exciting. I'm more into the "cold meat" selection of their menu, usually.

I guess that's not very useful reading this if you don't work in the same area as me, ain't it ?

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Today's sky has seen an alternance of clouds, rain, and sun. Make up your mind already.

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It's been hard for me to accept, but my car's transmission is fucked, and it looks like I might not have it fixed over the summer, due to a lack of 3000$ to invest in that. I've been thinking about throwing a big party called "Fix my Car" where people, on top of paying a cover charge that would go directly in my pocket, would be able to - anonymously if needed, of course - donnate a few bucks for the good cause.

I ain't expecting much from that, of course.



It would be really cool if I personally knew a mechanic willing to work on that during his spare time, for some kind of minimal fees. So if a reader out there has an idea, a demented cousin that's into fixing old german transmissions, or a maniacal mechanic who would like to engage in a battle to the death with an old Porsche in the dusty heat of my garage over the summer, send him my way.

That would be really neat.