and the world spins madly on

nolan arrived a week ago and has a job and a house and a group of pubs we can all call home. she met a friend in dublin (sarah maloney) who turned out to be a friend of a girl matty and know from school. it also turned out she was in the same residence building as mandy when she was a first year don "are-eh".

small world.

last night we had our staff christmas party and everyone took the opportunity to wish to everyone many more times than was necessary a happy christmas. we had dinner at captian america's and they all commented how "american" it was which got me thinking how flashy everyone must think america is. i also noticed how the restaurant resembled a kelsie's or boston pizza's on steriods. then i realised that it really was a kelsie's or boston pizza's except that it had captian ameria comic books on all the walls, not sports parifanalia or old wooden cart wheels.

small world.

i finished jPod the other day. i'm going to read on the road now. jPod is written by a west coast canadian and it was great to read a story that used names of cities i new of and associated with home even though i have never been to any of them. on the road is written by an american who was born in montreal and is his story of traveling across america. at least i think it is. is it ironic that i travel to another continent and read authors from home?


and the small world spins madly on.

miss you all.

--(bb)b