An end to the silence...

I write this now from my new residence in that cultural coif that is Montreal. I have been here for almost two months, and strangely enough, the time has flown. I came here seeking something to challenge me, and that I have found in spades. Academically, I am pleased to report that I am encountering success, and this bolsters me. The future is bright, but the present is dim. I will admit it has been far more difficult making friends here than I had anticipated, although I seem to be making a fair number of acquaintances. Ah well, enough of the whining. I am confident things will get better, and in the mean time I keep myself occupied with little things that make me happy, such as reading a good book, wandering, bird loathing, and hiding.

Now I am sure you have many questions, such as, "Why does it take you so long to update your blog?", or, "What have you been up to since we last saw you?", and, "What's the deal with people not flushing toilets in public restrooms? Do people just sit down, do their thing and leave, thinking that is all that is required of them? That they have completed their job, and can't be bothered to even use their foot to hit the flusher? Are we not living in a society?" The answer to all three of these queries-madness.

Recently I was in New York as well. Both the city and the state. Perhaps thats why I brought up the public restroom thing. I had to use the restroom/bathroom/toilet in the downstairs of the hotel in which we were staying, and that in itself was an experience. I heard one little girl warning her father, "Daddy, be careful, it is PU-BLIC", stressing both syllables equally in the word public. And indeed it was. Every square inch of real estate in the stall walls had been used up to provide the reader with hate-filled and vulgar diatribes. Certainly, these people were spewing shit from every orifice. The manner of its writing reminded me of early man, communicating using paintings on the walls of caves. I can't help but think evolution is going backwards.