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.

Gilmore and Mashed Potatoes

When i had my wisdom teeth removed back in 2005, i spent a week-end teaching myself how to drive a stick-shift, drinking milkshakes, eating ice cream and being introduced to the Gilmore Girls. It was my lovely friend Lisa who lent me her boxed sets and pushed me into a love affair that continues to [...]

Confidentiality Issues

Watching the episode “Data’s Day” of Star Trek: The Next Generation, i came to a realization about my problems socializing with others. In this episode, Data documents his attempts at understanding human emotions in response to a researcher’s query.
Data has serious problems interpreting how people will react to behaviour… he cannot master irony. This led [...]