Apartments

Looking at two places this evening. One in NDG, one here on the Plateau, oddly enough. (Pricey, but much included, so that sort of balances out.)

Wish me luck.

(Of course, there is once again the hint of possible employment outside this city as I do this, because the Universe finds such things amusing.)

[Story] - The Great Debate

As some of you know, I sometimes tell stories. I even tell these stories out loud from time to time.

Back around April 1st, I joined some other Montreal storytellers at 92 Degrees of Foolishness - a storytelling event celebrating the role of the Fool in our lives. There I told a story I learned from a terribly clever young man a fair number of you are acquainted with.

As it happens, the host of the event records the stories and sometimes puts them on his website. So for your edification (and since I am storytelling at Hurley's Irish Pub this Sunday), I present the (not at all original to me) Great Debate.

(Yes, this is more of a joke than a story and yes, it doesn't work as well without the hand gestures. Still, I figure I should get over my hesitancy to put any recording of me on the web, no matter how awful I always think I sound.)

Not great shakes on the apartment hunt

So the apartments I saw today weren't great. They weren't terrible, and as the wisdom goes, I may deserve better but I'm not actually entitled to better.

They are 3 1/2s and small ones at that. Still, the one here on the Plateau has decent room for a Queen-sized bed, and a long main room. The kitchen is miniscule but functional. The bathroom is tiny.

It does have everything included, is right on the park, and there is a terrase on the rooftop. One can go up and sit on the roof and have a drink, or use the stunning view of the park, the mountain, or the city as backdrops for photos.

Since I really need to get out of my parents place for the sake of my sanity, I don't really have time to shop around hoping I don't lose stuff by July 1, so unless somewhere else I've pinged gets back to me and I can check them out tomorrow, I'll probably just suck it up and live with lots of shelves up walls or something for a year.