2013/06/01
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Rue Laval – 6 mai 2013Scènes de Montréal – Montreal Scenes 
Abyss
I was working on cleaning my rear balcony (and accessorily summer living quarters) last evening, it was past 19h00, the sun was still scorching with its 32°C, and suddenly the bandage I have covering the hole in my back started to unpeel and soon to fall apart, leaving the wound completely exposed. Since the next bandage replacement was only scheduled for Monday morning, I had to have a nurse come by and make a new one (there’s a special number to call for this type of event). She came a little after 20h00, and after she left, I went on the net to check things out and learned that Xanga was also falling apart, leaving a gaping hole in my life.
[repost from March 29, 2007]
LA CROQUEUSE DE 222
When I feel blue, baby
When I feel blue
I gobble a couple of 222s
Then everything’s blue, baby
Everything’s blue
I am the gobbler of 222sWhen I feel blue, baby
When I feel blue
I gobble a couple of 222s
And I’m on fire, baby
Yes, I’m on fire
The future belongs to the 222sIf I get up in the morn’, say
With my head in a vise
With one of those morning-after headaches
If my brains
Are heavy like a truck*
I open my hand bag
I pick up my little bottleThere’s all sorts of ‘em
They come in all sizes
Small pocket packs
Bottles of 200s
Me, personally, to see in color
Twelve tablets is exactly what I needWhen I feel blue baby,
When I feel blue
I take a couple of 222
Everything’s blue, baby
Everything’s blue
The world belongs to the 222When I feel blue, baby
When I feel blue
I gobble a couple of 222s
And I’m on fire, baby
Yes, I’m on fire
The future belongs to the 222sWhen friends come by, there
They allways have lots of fun
Watching me rambling with my tube
But me, really, I wonder what’s in it for them
To go hopping from a fancy bar to the next
I found my happiness
Right here in my house
Twelve little pills in a tiny little bottle
Why go out, there’s no reason
And everybody, everybody, should do the same
Everybody must get stoned!WOW!
I become all weird, I become all crooked
I’m cold, I’m hot, and I feel good
I hold my happiness in the bottom of my pocket
There’s nothing like the pills
Believe me, no there’s nothingWhen I feel blue, baby
When I feel blue
I gobble a couple of 222s
I have a love, a friend, I ache high
I am the gobbler of 222sWhen I feel blue, baby
When I feel blue
I gobble a couple of 222s
And I’m on fire, baby
Yes, I’m on fire
The future belongs to the 222sThe future belongs to the 222s
* Bold = In English in the text.
Sung (1977) by Pauline Julien, author, actress, songstress, Québec independence passionaria and lifetime companion of poet, writer, journalist, and government minister Gérald Godin. Both were imprisoned without warrant or accusations by the Québec motherfucker in chief Pierre E. Trudeau during the 1970 October Crisis. Godin died of cancer at 55 in 1994, and Pauline Julien, suffering from a degenerative disease, committed a planned and known by close friends suicide in 1998 after having lost what was the most important thing for her in life, the faculty of speech.
Never too late to learn
Michelle Bachman says she won’t go for re-election in Congress. Now that’s a fine move girl! The best way to clean the air is to get rid of the trash, isn’t it?
Explosives I
Read in my paper this morning that youth unemployment in the Euro Zone is at an all time high, like for example 62% in Greece, 56% in Spain, 42% in Portugal and 45% in Italy. It does not take a wizard to understand that such a situation is unbearable and could easily degenerate into social turmoil, to say the least. I don’t know what game Merkel is playing, but playing with matches is rarely a good idea.
I don’t know if the pic [© Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP] heading the article is related to a protest concerning this situation, but what strikes me is the total absence of women.
Explosives II
They’ve opened a gay friendly mosque in Paris. Oh my!
Yay! It’s summer time!
Thursday, I took a stroll in the Quartier des Spectacles after another of those vampire sessions at the hospital. For some reason, Ste-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance streets were closed to traffic in that area and people were lazying all around.
Both pics taken from the same standpoint: Ste-Catherine looking eastbound and then Jeanne-Mance and Place des Festivals looking northbound.
Da food section
I made this the other day (I guess it would be Thursday by the photo’s date stamp). It’s Pasta with anchovies and red bell peppers and a ton of garlic and olive oil. Quite basic but I managed to screw it. First, I used too much anchovies. Normally the sauce is clearer. Then I overcooked the peppers a little. Maybe the anchovies were not fresh enough. They were those sold in a small glass container and bathing in oil. I think they were from last year but that doesn’t matter since they are salted so much that no bacteria can survive. The quality of the anchovies is important because they must disintegrate in the olive oil heated at just the right temperature. If the oil is too hot, they just burn, and if it’s not hot enough, they just play dead.
What’s worse is that I wanted to do this recipe because it uses penne lisce pasta, or so I thought. In fact, I don’t have penne lisce at home for the simple reason that the only recipe I had a use for them was this one, initially, and that with time I had moved to penne rigate because it was better and I even put a note about this in my cookbook. Oh well…
As forecasted, I made myself a quesadilla last evening. It was my first summer meal outside. The flour tortillas, bought at the supermarket, were not that great: too thin and flaked during cooking. Next time, i’ll buy them at a latino shop. I got my lesson. Inside, I put Monterey Jack cheese, bits of chipotle and sliced kalamata olives. Turned out good.
Comments (7)
I wouldn’t be too quick to lay the blame for the massive unemployment at Merkel’s feet. The first bit of blame goes to France, who ignored the euro-zone debt limits at the very beginning and got away with it. IMO, if there’d been a hefty fine back then, Spain and Greece et al. might not have spent themselves into their present predicament.
I guess we will just have to see what happens to Xanga. Can’t say I am impressed with its management for some time now; that is the first thing that needs to be revamped, IMO. As for Michelle Bachmann—finally! As in the rest of life, so in politics. Laughingstocks and incompetents can go a certain distance by virtue of popularity and good impressions, and unfortunately usually do better, compared to the truly worthy, for a while. But in the end everyone more or less gets what they deserve. I always wanted Bachmann to do well, actually, because even at her height she was never really viable in U.S. politics—i.e., the perfect vehicle for any party who backs her to get its comeuppance.
Beautiful tree in the header.(and of course the food pics are delicious)
We have to wait and see what happens with xanga. Just in case as Titus I’ve started a blog at Word Press.
http://atzenicarlo.wordpress.com/
The numbers are much inflated; as usual newspapers do, and I don’t know why (Actually I know, but prefer not to know for my peace of mind).
The European situation is very much confused. Germany is getting the best deal now. The Pigs lands, mostly South Europe – Italy, Spain,Portugal,Greece lived at higher standards that they could afford. Brel song: Don’t play to bee rich if you don’t have the money)Il ne faut pas jouer les riches si on n’as pas les sous.
Greece and Italy had people retiring at 35-40 years old; in Greece sometimes with 100% of the last salary.
Italy plaid the game of svalutation: When in trouble there was a svalutation, the Italian products (textiles, food, tourism) became cheaper and the economy could recover (Huge debt of course). Now with the Euro they cannot print money. Frankfurt got the keys now.
While the US are printing new money like crazy (QE) and Japan is doing the same thing, Europe that is ruled at this moment by Germany, – England just watches and says no to everything, but they always have done that- and the Germans are having a hell of a good time with all this.
it is starting to cause some social problems for sure. I think the leaders are trying to destroy the social welfare of the countries (Costs too much). I think the crisis has been created for a purpose, but how far they can go and how far they want to control everybody . Control is the key I think.
The quality of the anchovies is important. I prefer the old way the anchovies were sold – all and salted. We had to clean them, put them in water of even milk to get rid of the salt. I like to do this kind of peperonata in the oven to avoid the temperature going to high (electrical burners)
The photo looks good though.
@carlo - I left a comment on your new WordPress but I don’t think it showed up so I left another one. It says the comment is awaiting approval. I think you have to approve your comments unless you change the settings.
J ‘ admire le magnolia en fleurs, devant ton appartement? peut-être .
je suis désolé d ‘ apprendre que tu as eu des ennuis avec ton bandage . Heureusment l’ infirmière n’ a pas tardé .
Quant à Xanga , je suis vraiment navré . J ‘ ai rédigé une entrée dans laquelle je lance une sorte d ‘ appel . Bien sûr on peut aller sur WordPress mais cela n’ aura pas la convivialité de Xanga . Ce sera l’ éparpillement de gens qui se connaissaient seulement par leurs écrits et les photos et s ‘ appréciaient . Cela étant dit cela fait quelques années que j’ assiste à la fuite des “xangans”vers facebook et que le nombre de mes lecteurs a progressivement diminué au moins de moitié . Mais il restait un noyau dur.
J’ai connu Flickr, Myspace , Blogger, et Multiply (fermé maintenant ) mais cela n’ avait rien de convivial . Ce sont des sites assez cloisonnés .
On verra bien.
Amitié
Michel
Merci pour ton aide à propos de la mousse . Je suis d ‘ accord avec toi , il est des musiques françaises qui sont intraduisibles en anglais .
Finalement j’ ai laissé en état
Amitiés
Michel