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[felis_ultharus]

So I made it in. On the trip from Calgary, I wasn't entirely sure. I suspect that plane was something the Red Baron shot down and Air Canada had refurbished, and that it gained the power of flight through happy thoughts.

I'm a slow reader, but I read all of a manga and two-fifths of Michel Tremblay's La Nuit des Prince Charmants. La Nuit is gorgeous so far, and I keep imagining it drawn by Fumi Yoshinaga. It's her style of story exactly.

(There's so much French in her manga I wonder if she reads in it? Maybe I should send her a copy?)

I'm in Victoria for two weeks. That includes New Year's Eve. Victoria doesn't have a nightlife. They used to say Victoria rolled up the streets at night. I suspect they also string up garlic, put up crucifixes, and bar their doors shut against the Nosferatu.

Comments

[montrealais.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're enjoying Nuit. The thing for me was how thoroughly it enrobes you in the sense of place: I remember a strong feeling of actually being in beatnik-era Montreal and being slightly disoriented upon realizing that the metro station I was in was built in 1978.

It's too bad the English translation didn't seem to be very good.

[maidenofirisa.livejournal.com]

I haven't read that one but I love Michel Tremblay. I like the way he writes and it also helps that he's really nice (of course, I only met him once)

The funny thing about him is that I've heard a lot of French people (from France) not liking him because he tends to use a lot of Quebec expressions in his novels and they say they can't understand what he's writing. It use to really annoy me when I worked at Indigo...

In any case, I should start reading some of his books again.

[rougemacabre.livejournal.com]

Well, enjoy your time there. ^_^ When you get back we'll have to get together for tea and games.

[hestia.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see some photos of your far flung adventures. :)

[infinitecomplex.livejournal.com]

Glad you made it safe and sound! I've never been convinced that anything other than happy thoughts keeps planes in the air.

We're really looking forward to catching up in a few days. Let us know if you need a Vancouver break while you're here. :)