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Does anyone know a librarian or archivist type with medical knowledge looking for a job? My company is considering creating a position for someone to organize and maintain a bank of medical images, animations, and references. It's all a bit up in the air right now, but we in the content department are pushing for hiring an actual trained person and not foisting it on an intern for two months with no follow through.

This would be Montreal-based.

We almost missed it because Kitty crashed from lack of sleep, but made it in the end. Given the vast amounts of unpreparedness of the organizers, we probably didn't even have to rush.

If I do this again, my group is planning to account for the organizers' lack of planning.

It was ok, in the end. The music was desperately bad and too loud, but overall it was fine and very pretty to see.

Also:
Intrigued, happy stares at me dressed all in elegant white last evening? Amusing
Slightly disapproving stares at me dressed all in elegant white coming home this morning? More amusing.

That's my black dress shirt, too.

Never got it back, either. Of course, she does go by the name Magpie.

In other news, not sure I will be trying out Gordon's new restaurant tonight after all.

(Seems he's not around, anyway, so it isn't like I can pick an argument with him.)

I will not have a working cell phone for the foreseeable future.

I am in quite desperate need of a second pair of hands. I cannot move the furniture or build my bed or desk alone, which means I can't really do anything in the new place.

to sign this lease.

So while the birthday picnic seems increasingly unlikely, at least next week I do have a photo job. The Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal+ has the first presentation of Les Cinq As on Wednesday the 4th.

Since they ended up using some of the photos I took of last year's Madame Merveille (the comic book opera based on my sister's libretto), they offered to hire me to shoot this performance. I'm excited to actually have a reason to rent a lens and try something new. (The rental will probably eat up my entire fee, but that's ok.)

For those interested in going and trying some contemporary music, I have some discount coupons.:

04 mai 2011, 19 h 30
Salle Pierre-Mercure, 300 boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal

So it is official, I will be leaving this apartment. I have a month to confirm that, but I should just probably warn them ASAP.

So, once again, I'm looking for a place. I'd like a 4 1/2 if possible, although a 3 1/2 is ok with decent storage and layout. I'd like not to go past $750, but am flexible for something lovely.

Near enough to public transport to make it worth my while, but otherwise flexible about what section of town. Am open to NDG down to Verdun, just because it seems I know more people there and it isn't like I'm hip enough for the Plateau anyways.

So keep your eyes out and if you know something, cool.

I am looking to not have a roommate, but have not ruled it out if it means a great place and someone cool.

Side note - yes, the lightcastle.net email is down. Hosting stopped while I was fighting with the bank and I will renew when I get the credit card. Then I will actually follow through and put up a site proper.

I went to the Melissa Auf der Maur show at La Tulipe last night.

It was part of the Festival Voix D'Ameriques. It was great (as one would expect) although you know I am likely to be fond of any piece that references Joseph Campbell, David Lynch, and a duet with a disembodied Danzig.

I tried getting pictures, but anyone who has taken a stab at concert photography knows how hard it is to get decent angles and decent light.





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I'll try to put up some shots of "In the Pines" later. They were the opening act - a folksong project based on the poetry of Alice Notley, and very interesting.

One of the persistent problems with living alone is that so many things require two hands. Also, since the bank won't even give me a secured credit card due to my destroyed credit score, my room to maneuver is somewhat constrained.

Given all that, here are some things I need:

- Someone to help me move my bed.
- Shelves
- Someone to help me put up shelves
- Computer desk
- Curtain rods to hang backdrops.
- Someone to help put up curtain rods

CTV did come, in fact, but it is for a segment on the production company that will air next week some time.

I leave you instead with Hipster Shrugged, for those of you who find such things amusing.