I'm a student pursuing a doctoral degree in late medieval history. My main interests include but are not limited to Latin, Italian, cultural theory, educational curriculum, historiography, cognitive processes, language-theory, gender relations and THE WESTERN CANON (mwahaha); i am not particularly interesting, avant-garde or risque; My main hobbies include the exciting activities of cooking, baking, going to the gym, eating green apple-caramel lollipops, restaurant reviewing and acting as child-like and sassy as possible. I keep these entries from the years of my life - no matter how i feel about them today - available because i find it useful to revisit events i now interpret differently. My name is heather, i'm of Montreal and i was born in the nefarious, ominous year 1984.

Three jobs, a dissertation and a leg cramp

I started working at a Subway on Sunday, and although i have been telling my fellow workers that i worked at the busiest Subway in Quebec for three years, i worked at the second-busiest Subway three years ago for three years - three is a good number. I work lunches at a busy locale - [...]

Victoria Day/Fete des Patriotes

It’s the May Long Week-End and those of us with green thumbs can finally start gardening without fear of a frost ruining our hard work. This is the third consecutive Victoria Day i will be celebrating in Toronto - and i hope it is as pleasant as the last two which included a visit to [...]

Alligator: A Book Review

Lisa Moore, Alligator. Grove Press: 2006. 320 pgs.
My last BMV Books trip with Veronica included the purchasing of some Canadiana by Lisa Moore. I am usually opposed to buying something just because it is written by a Canadian author (and my strong dislike of Margaret Atwood and Alice Munroe continues this trend), but the cover [...]