I’m starting to panic. It’s the last day of school and I know that I haven’t done the work in several classes. Should I avoid them? Try to take the exams anyways? Can I get my money back this late in the semester if I never went to class?

On September 4th, 2015, three intrepid women in Montreal’s comedy scene launched the first edition of Ladyfest. Organized by Erin Hall, Katie Leggitt, and Lar Vi, the comedy festival ran for three days at Theatre Sainte-Catherine.

I'm a walker. I mean, I understand that doesn't sound meaningful, but I'm incapable of wheeled things, and too scared to deal with mechanical ones. Where possible I'd rather walk than wait for transit (waiting is awful), and I enjoy the people watching, flower smelling, and random cat petting it affords me.

Just after 6am on a random Tuesday in the spring of 2014, I exited the first Orange Line Metro of the day at De la Concorde Station in Laval. It didn’t take long to find who I was looking for. No one was there except for the people hanging around the multi-seat van.

I think about pickles: I can buy whichever ones I want, whenever I want. I can spring for the expensive ones. I have pickled green beans, and I'm adding pickled asparagus to the grocery list as I write this.

It was a winding concrete orgy of overpasses and underpasses. Treacherous and sketchy for pedestrians, confusing for motorists, and ultimately pointless for everyone.

DISCLAIMER: I have recently, upon an excellent recommendation, purchased a pair of Blundstones. This has, admittedly, influenced the piece you are about to read.

The Flamingos Pink play rock ‘n’ roll music in its purest form. No frills. No nonsense.

It had already taken us an extra 20 minutes for the pre-recorded footage to render, so we were late to go live. Our special guest, Velma Candyass of the Candyass Cabaret had been waiting patiently through the live intro banter, and the mini-movie pre-recorded segment. Then, just before the interview segment, my chair caught on fire.

A few weeks ago, I saw Lizzo live at the Bell centre…all by myself. Well, with an arena full of strangers, but fundamentally alone. While I have years of experience going to shows and events to write about them, this was the first time I'd ever gone to a show on my own for myself.