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.

If I had a million dollars

The songs that run through my pea-brain… yesterday it was The Big Comfy Couch themesong and today it’s obviously “If I Had a Million Dollars.” At least this time i can see a link between the incessant nattering and the news topics of the day.
Last Monday i walked up to the depanneur to buy a [...]

Chances of Winning the Lottery

I haven’t played the lotto in years, but since mid-June, i’ve found myself drawn to purchase 649 tickets. I have this elaborate plan of what i would do would i win, and somehow, the $4 a week (i play both draws) seems worth the dreaming possibilities. I think i would invest my winnings in real [...]