I must admit I have a bit of a crush on Jian Ghomeshi. What’s not to like? The sonorous voice, the knack to carry an intelligent conversation, a cool drummer’s aura, and oh yes, fluid eyes that are bestowed exclusively by Persian gods. So when I heard that there are free rush tickets for a live audience for Q, I was so there. I lined up by 7:45 to snag one of the tickets. I knew full well that I was not going to be the only one in line. The original tickets were gone within 90 minutes.
Q started with Jian’s opening monologue about book censorship and Rohinton Mistry. As you readers may remember from earlier this week, I’m a real fan of Mistry’s writing. Montreal’s indie band, the Stars, were present as the special musical guests. I was impressed with Bob Rae (ex-premier of Ontario and currently Liberal member of parliament) and his intelligent thoughts.
Emma Donaghue, one of this year’s Man Booker prize nominees, talks about her first, and maybe last manicure, “Femininity takes too much time.” I agree wholeheartedly, never having been able to keep the polish neat as I can seldom spend a half hour doing nothing except wait for polish to dry.
Snow fell just outside the city last night and there is a definite chill in the air today. I am not ready to put my bike away for the winter so bundled up and headed out to the Leslie Spit for a nice long ride. The head wind provided more exercise than I bargained for.
Leslie Spit is a long arm that extends into Lake Ontario. It is temporary home to a great number of migratory birds. Yet today, there was not a bird around. They must have used their birdbrains and realized that this is no climate for birds and have fled south.
In fact, there was minimal fauna seen--just the 10 or so cyclists, who like me, decided that riding in the cold is better than no riding at all.
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