sunshine and a half, in mile end

sunny days of above zero don't happen often here...these days...but when they do they are precious. (like, right now, it's supposed to be above zero but it's bleak. and last night it snowed again, dammit!). these pictures were taken on a walk/hangout in mile end with melanie, on the very day that by romanian tradition is meant to illustrate what my 2014 will be like (= march 7; because i'm born on a 7th. you're actually supposed to pick a day between 1 and 10, but i always pick 7.) it's the first time in a long time that march 7 was sunny and nice, so i'm choosing to believe that!

tami's flower shop on bernard st. i'm prospecting for more plants for my apartment...not buying anything yet, but i have a couple of ideas. the funny thing is i could probably buy them at the jean talon market...but i haven't been there since - gah, since it started snowing, i guess. i mean i only live 10 minutes away from it, why go there.

i have no idea what this contraption is, but we thought it picturesque enough to deserve attention. it has  wheels and cogs and stuff, so easy to attach a time/change of seasons theme to it.

no post is complete without a GOT reference. i like this pic cause you can see me laughing in the background as i take it  (i was probably telling melanie ~lemme explain to you what this all is about...again...and btw check out my new necklace...or something)

summer!!! in the city!!!! no, it's just m. being herself. i mean it is amazing to have a tank top picture happening in public  in montreal on march 7. and the sun IS really warm when it is, and it really warms one up. on the other hand, i should mention, in case it's not obvious, that i was sitting across from her wearing a thickish sweater and long-sleeved undershirt. ah, and also: drinking kombucha! probably my first time trying it? which, it tastes like my grandpa's homemade wine, which i'm sure is not a compliment to the wine. 

then my camera battery ran out.
duh.
things not photographed, which i would have loved to photograph: us having coffees and reading tarot at "social club". us getting into "olympico" before that and getting out because not only it was completely full, the line up was like 2 miles long. i do love it when people are all out on a sunny afternoon.
ah, and the "drawn and quarterly" - i'm not a comic book person, but i am a book person and therefore i do like going in there.
http://211blog.drawnandquarterly.com/

sonja, i got the book!

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html
i'll just leave this here, for people i haven't linked it to yet.
which, it's funny to integrate this into a post about sunshine, but it somehow makes sense.

the one i relate to the most, though? the motivation post.
"most people can motivate themselves to do things simply by knowing that those things need to be done. but not me. for me, motivation is this horrible scary game where i try to make myself do something while i actively avoid doing it. if i win, i have to do something i don't want to do. if i lose, i'm one step closer to ruining my entire life. and i never know whether i'm going to win or lose until the last second.

i'm always surprised when i lose.

but i keep allowing it to happen because, to me, the future doesn't seem real. it's just this magical place where i can put my responsibilities so that i don't have to be scared while hurtling toward failure at 800 miles per hour."

this is the very definition of my stage 2. wait, i think it might be the overarching theme of this blog too.

anyway: sunshine!!!