I said goodbye to David yesterday, as he walked through security to his flight to Vancouver. It's been a long time since I've been in any non-long-distance relationship and I've gotta say it's been quite the learning experience. Totally worth the effort though. It was a heartfelt goodbye and I miss him already.

I haven't had a computer at home for the past month or so, so I am vastly out of date with lots of things internet-related. That said, I'm kind of enjoying it, and I think I may go scrape my facebook list for every email address I might need in the next 20 years and then shut it down for good. I was kind of hanging on to it because every once in awhile I get in touch with someone I've been wanting to get back in touch with, but seriously, I have a hard enough time living in the present without getting messages for a million events I don't care to attend and already feel overwhelmed trying to make time for everyone in my very scattered network in Montreal (I should really have a big party so you can all become friends. ok? ok!). So yeah, Facebook's gonna go, in the name of living in the present and wanting to give more attention to the people that are most important to me.

Some of the things I've wanted to blog about during this time but haven't:

- hitchhiking to Gaspe. People were amazingly kind and we even got picked up by a guy who knows my uncle! We camped alongside the highway the first night and then beside the Fleuve at the Sea Shack in Ste-Anne des Monts. photos below.

- Wine and Keys with Wai-Yant. Yuval donated his loft for an evening and we had a small intimate show with our best friends. warm fuzzies all around and I love you all dearly.

- listening to lots of Wormwood. I decided awhile back I wanted to start podcasting so I went on a hunt for the best stuff out there. This is my best find so far. It's so good it's making me think twice about doing it myself... but come on, of course I will.

Photos from the trip to Gaspé!


taking the ferry to Levis from Quebec City


sunset a ways outside Quebec City


stopping for lunch alongside a river


more river




making friends along the way


camping spot outside Ste-Anne des Monts


wind energy along the peninsula. people actually complain about having these things in sight, if you can believe it.

first small adventure

David and I did our first traveling excursion together last weekend, just a hop, skip and a jump from Montreal to Toronto. We thought about thumbing it there, but it was raining and miserable and we got off to a late start, so we opted instead to take the bus.

We left on Monday morning, and it was a beautiful sunny day. In case you're ever thinking about doing the trip, the way to get out of town is to take the subway to Scarborough Center and go under McCowan to the 401 on-ramp. We tried a few spots around and it really was the best. We got two lifts and were home by the evening.



Well that's been the main thing in the last little while. Besides that life is pretty darned good. I finished my semester finally, and am just finishing up a contract for my dad. I am really looking forward to having some time to work on music for me, and am saving up for a ukulele before David and I go across Canada at the end of the summer. Maybe I'll even post some songs up here.