Where the heck have I been?!

Hey! So my life got busy, that is the only excuse I have. Last weekend was the first weekend I had off in a couple of weeks and I started this post but I didn't finish it. I have no excuse, but I'm going to post it today!

My random life.

I know I am behind on posting. I'm working on it. But I just had to share a couple of things I saw today.

Grandprix weekend in the sun [June 8-10]

Yup, I am posting this waaaay late. I've been working on it for a while and the pictures have been giving me a heck of a time. But here it is. haha

Of course this post will be wordy but I also have pictures!! See you after the jump...I hope. haha

People Watching week 3

Welcome to Week 3 of People Watching. [If you are new around here, week 1 & week 2.]

And to recap this will be a weekly, or bi-weekly series called People Watching. Since I am usually round the city by myself, I have a great a chance to witness all the interesting people around. I have seen some pretty interesting people. I was originally going make one post and just add to it with the people I see/saw but I figured a series would be easier to follow. I'm going to try and post weekly but I might not have something every week, so I've picked Sundays as post day.
I have a surprise this week, pictures!

People Watching week 2

Welcome to Week 2 of People Watching! If you are new around here or want a refresher, you can see it here: week 1.
And to recap this will be a weekly, or bi-weekly series called People Watching. Since I am usually round the city by myself, I have a great a chance to watch everyone around me. I have seen some pretty interesting people. I was originally going make one post and just add to it with the people I see/saw but I figured a series would be easier to follow. I'm going to try and post weekly but I might not have something every week, so I'm gonna post on Sundays when I have something to post.

People Watching week 1

I know, this is the third day in a row that I have posted, it's weird for me too. haha
I am starting a weekly, or bi-weekly series called People Watching. Since I am usually round the city by myself, I get a chance to sit back and watch everyone and all the goings-on. I have seen some pretty interesting people and I was going make a post and just add to it with the people I see/saw but I figured a series would be easier to follow. I'm going to try and post weekly but I might not have something every week, so I'm gonna post on Sundays when I have something to post.

the week of the HABS!!

So I was going to post about the latest tweetup in my last post but I think it works better here.

Since this was second tweet up I was less nervous to attend. I didn't arrive too early this time but there weren't many people there when I arrived. I sat beside the same guy as last time. But the couple sitting across from us were 'first timers'. The guy writes for AllHabs.net his girlfriend didn't even have a twitter account at the start of the night but that was amended before she left the pub! haha There was a guy that had traveled to Montreal from Ottawa just for the tweetup. Then I met a couple of girls from NB...Fredericton, more specially. They both moved to Quebec for school, one of them lives in Montreal, the other in Quebec City. After talking to them one of them for a while, we decided to try and get tickets to Tuesday's game against Florida. [The Habs lost the game on Saturday, which meant they were eliminated from the playoffs, which meant that I only had 3 chances to see them live before a long summer. So that combined with the fact that we figured that the Panthers aren't a huge draw we figured we could get tickets for a reasonable price.] Also I won 2 tickets to the Habs Hall of Fame, at the tweetup. The questions were about the Habs and Flyers, I have no idea how I won, haha. But I will do research for the next tweetup, there is a lot of history between the Habs and Leafs!

where have i been

I haven't really been anywhere, well aside from around Montreal. haha

Since my last post I went to a job fair. It was at this huge convention centre, in Old Montreal. There were a lot of people there and the exhibitors were offering jobs that I was in no way qualified for! I wandered around a few times and took a few websites but then I left.

this past week

Two jam packed fun weeks in a row would be asking for too much. This week was much much quieter. I didn't do much of anything, saw a movie Tuesday night [cheap night] and did some job searching, but didn't find anything.

Friday night I was getting a little stir crazy but all I ended up doing for excitement was heading up to Loblaws for milk and something for supper. I also got chips and a movie.

what a week! [in a good way]

Ever have one of those weeks where everything seems to go right?!

That was this week for me.

As I already posted Monday was everything [except the actual movie] Goon day!

Tuesday was a down day, that I spent looking up apartments, just in case.

This city, is my city...and I love it!

Since my last post I've been packing, fighting with my cellphone provider and desperately searching the internet for a place. Not to mention stressing and worrying like crazy!

Last night I found a few places but it was too late to call but I replied via email to one place. Surprisingly she wrote me back last night and I had an appointment for today. Long story short, I put a deposit on it and am wait to hear if I got it or not.

So instead of rushing home to look at different places, I took advantage of the spring like weather and went on an adventure.

same Metro, new line

I love days like today. I had a fairly productive morning [yes, even though I wasn’t up before 10:30 I still managed to be productive before noon]. After checking facebook, my email and the mailbox, I was trying to figure out something to do, the sun was shining and it was warm out. Naturally I found myself looking at the movie listings trying to find a good one to go see. There are three theatres in Montreal that I have been too, the movies playing there I had either seen already or just didn’t want to see. So I started looking at other theatres but none of them had any movies that interested me. Until I stumbled upon the Dollar Cinema, I had seen it before but at the time I wasn’t ready to travel to it. I don’t know what motivated me to go today but I’m glad I did.

Habs Tweetup

Let me start by saying a day doesn’t go by that I don’t check Facebook. If for some reason I can’t check it the next time I can I scroll all the way through to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

While I don’t have the same feeling for twitter (that might change), I get tweets sent to my phone by those that I wish not to miss what they have to say (Facebook probably does something the same but it’s just not the same to me). In case you don’t know, Twitter is a like a micro-blog. You have 140 characters to speak your peace (as you can tell if takes me a lot more than that). I don’t tweet much, I guess it’s because I have a hard time narrowing my thoughts down to 140 characters. (I’m at 550plus and haven’t even started about the tweet up, see what I mean. haha).

I think I would be on twitter more if I have a decent smart phone, but I don’t yet so I’ll just keep doing what I am doing.

old movies on the big screen

I wouldn't call myself a movie buff, but I do enjoy movies (especially on the big screen). This week there was a Digital Film Fest going on at one of the theatres, they were playing old movies. I decided to go to two of them, Spaceballs and Stand by me. I had seen Spaceballs years ago but didn't remember it, I just knew it would be entertaining. Which it certainly was, before the movie started they passed out 'saber rings' they make more sense if you've seen the movie but they too added entertainment. A ways into the movie the screen when black but we still had audio (for real, not at the joke part of the movie). It was then that the saber rings provided entertainment, while we were waiting for them to fix the video.

After the movie we were given a complimentary movie ticket because of the video errors. Then I stayed to see Stand by me, which I hadn't seen before. It was good too and amusing at times, at least I thought it was. It stared Wil Wheaton and as a fan of The Big Bang Theory, I couldn't help but laugh.

~believe.

edit:

On Friday, I went to see Star Wars Episode 1. It was the first screening at this particular theatre and it was probably not even half full. But those who were there were fans, clapping when the Lucas logo showed up and then when some of the characters showed up on screen and of course at the end. It was fun to experience it in 3D. I've seen all the Star Wars movies before, but I don't remember them really. After seeing episode 1, I want to watch the others again. But that will have to wait for another time.

birthdays

Birthdays are funny. A day to celebrate you, a day to celebrate your life and a day to just be you.

When you’re little they are an exciting day, usually involving a party with friends, gifts and cake.

With a birthday in early February, my parties centered around the snow and ice. Which was fine with me I love skating and the snow. [Come to think of it, that might be the reason that winter is my favourite season and might explain why I love hockey so much. In fact I’m sure it plays a huge part in it.]

After all the 'kid birthdays' they start to be the same. Usually parties centred around booze, in my case around the SuperBowl as well [I'm not a football fan, never was and probably never will be, but I've kind of embraced SuperBowl weekend and shared the stage].

let's go to the movies

I have been to a few movies since I've been in Montreal (at least two a week). Why you might ask. Well it's sort of an easy way out. It's a relatively cheap activity, lasting about an hour and a half to two hours. I can get completely lost in a movie, which I could do in this city I guess, the later being more dangerous. haha. I usually learn something, about myself or it just makes me think. I've thought about becoming a movie critic, but I don't think I know enough about the actual movies, I'm sure it's something I could learn but that would take time. I've also been able to go as often as I have because I am still unemployed, I'm sure as soon as I become employed I will have less time to go or less cash to go. Unless of course I get a job at a theatre, which I have applied.

Another thing I like about the movies is the previews! Sometimes after seeing the previews I feel like walking out, cuz I feel I've seen the best show already. (did that make sense? haha) What I mean is that, I get so excited for the coming attractions that I forget what I am actually there to see and feel like it will be less than I expected.

A different Christmas for 2011

Happy Christmas!

If you have ever spent a Christmas away from home, I can only assume they get easier after the first one. Needless to say I had a bit of an emotional day and I sort of knew I would. Seeing as I know next to no one in this huge city I had decided that I would go to the movies. For years I seen movies with the release date of Christmas Day and always thought 'why would you go to the movies on Christmas Day'. After making this decision to go, I've found out that that lots of people go and I wasn't even the only one that was there alone. I might have been the only one that saw 2 movies at 2 different theatres though.

2 weeks!

I've officially been in Montreal for 2 full weeks!! It doesn't feel like it's been that long and I guess that really isn't a long time.

Anyway today I planned to go to the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, Contemporary Art, but after I looked it up online it didn't look like something I wanted to see. So I looked up other Art Galleries and I found the Museum of Fine Art. It looked more interesting and it was free to visit. By the time I left the apartment, it was mid afternoon. When I got off the Metro I went the wrong way down the street. After I got turned around and found where I was going it was 3:30ish. I wanted to see as much art as I could, but the place closes at 5. So I walked all the way up to the 4th level.

Forum!!

Today I took the Metro into the downtown area. I got off at the Atwater station and after leaving the ‘station area’ I was really overwhelmed, (I’ll get to that). Well first off all there was the panhandler that saw my Montreal Canadiens purse and said “I love Montreal, take me home with you” or something along those line, I didn’t even give him the time of day and just kept walking. There isn’t too many panhandlers I only have a couple other that stand out to me, the first day I was here there was a lady she looked like a witch, her eyes were sunken in with dark make up, she had bad teeth but what I had noticed first was the faux fur coat that had some sort of animal print but also had Mickey Mouse shapes on it. She approached me in French and I gullibly stopped and listened, she wanted money for a coffee and I almost considered it, but untimely said I didn’t have any and went on my way. Afterwards I thought to myself, why didn’t I just pretend I didn’t understand French. The other one that stands out was then I was wandering around downtown. I was approaching an intersection and there was a young couple washing windows, squeegee kids. I was already prepared to say I didn’t have change, incase they asked, the guy did approach me and said something along the lines of “wash your window for change” but before I actually realized what he said I said I didn’t have any. He just kinda laughed and continued on his way.

Biodome, Olympic Stadium and downtown!

Today I had a full day, I left home around 11. I wanted to miss the lunch rush on the Metro, and I succeeded! I'm not sure how long the trip was, but it didn't seem THAT long. I got off at Viau Station, which was right next to the Biodome! The Biodome was cool. I wish I had my camera but all the more reason to go back. After the Biodome, I went up the Olympic Tower, the view was great but the snowflakes got in the way. When I came down from the tower I took a tour of the Olympic Stadium. It was a private tour, because there was no one else there for the tour. haha My tour guide happened to be a Montrealer so after the tour, he told me places I should go and places I should not go. It was great because I really didn't know where or what I should see in the city. I needed that because I didn't really have a plan before. I just had a few things I wanted to see and he told me about other things to do. He also told me not to be afraid of the downtown so after I left the Big O, I got off the Metro downtown and just walked around. It was game day, but I don't think I was there late enough to fully enjoy the excitement. I did however, experience the packed Metro at 5 o'clock, it wasn't too bad though.

~believe.