oh gosh, i had to really sucky days. nothing major really, but i'm used to everything just pulling together in the end and this time, well, that did not quite happen. it's mostly little nagging things that just make me want to go home, read my newspaper cook a bit and not do much.

to reverse that tendency, i've decided to jot down amusing tidbits of my past fews days, because they are worth the entertainment value.

- on my way back from work, i usually avoid the busy henri-bourassa boulevard and opt for the back alley. there is this apartment building close to the metro where the renters have set up this really elaborate garden, complete with (hang on to your hat!) all the characters from the bible. not life sized but close. i swear to god, they had something new every week. recently, they connected the garden hose to a shower head and hung it on a pole. one of the renters was showering out doors, in public and was spraying water at every girl who passed by. i guess he was trying to lure them to shower with him with, uh, no success. the day before, he serenaded the latin lady on the second floor lip-syncing to a tacky america redux of a spanish song. oh so lovely.

- quite a few of my neighbors have decided to hold garage sales every week. one woman in particular set ups her stall in front of the jean coutu. a couple of her friends come over to supervise the operations. one of them had brought over a box full of plastic lizzards and she said, as she pulled one out : 'look, i swear these things are worth 5 or 6 $ each.' the other one replied, without a blink, 'are you nuts? they sell them at the dollar store.' echoing my own thoughts as i was walking by. her only reply was, 'oh no, not these ones.' cute.

- in a clothing store a couple of weeks back, this mother was shopping with her two daughters. 'mama, what's your size?' one of them asked. 'i'm a size six' (which, in french, you'd really call six year old.) the younger of the two daughters raised her eyebrows and said, surprised: 'oh! that's just like me!'

hmm... that's all i can remember for now!