Can a Da bound?

[muckefuck]

If the weather weren't bad enough, I'm also suffering from the Facebook Effect: there was a Fabulous Bear Party last night that Everyone I Know But Me was invited to, even though it was right here in the neighbourhood. I was kind of unsure where I stood with one of the hosts. Well, that's cleared that up nicely. I wouldn't've been free to go anyway since I was already pledged to a housewarming party in Oak Park. But my getting there was pretty much contingent on making it to the Met simulcast of Walküre yesterday afternoon, so when I bagged on that my day was pretty much decided.

At least know I feel much more prepared for our trip to Toronto next week. I still haven't managed to get in touch with my old college buddies there, but paulintoronto came through with some fantastic tips on where to go. monshu and I spent a chunk of time plotting them using the MyMaps function of Google Maps (not as intuitive as you would think!) in order to get an idea of how they clustered. AGO, Chinatown, and Mocca all in the same day? Or maybe Queen St West merits a dedicated afternoon. So many lovely choices!

At least the most important single event has been scheduled: Our photo session with bitterlawngnome. If nothing else goes right--if they lose our luggage, cancel our hotel reservation, confiscate our booze at customs, mug us leaving Cawthra Square--and yet this still comes off, the entire trip will be a success in my mind. Conversely, if it doesn't work out for some reason, I don't want that to ruin the whole trip, so I'm trying not to get too hung up on it. But still--OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!

I'm not sure how we're going to communicate with anyone once we get there. My cell phone offers roaming in Mexico but not Canada and as much as I want to drop my provider, I'm not sure I can bring myself to pick a new one before we leave on Saturday. According to the website, the b&b monshu found in Moss Park offers "free local calls", but I'm not sure if there will be anyone there to take messages while we're out. So I guess we're putting our faith in wifi for a bit.

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[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I think I lost that in the last migration. It's just that @ gmail, is it? I'll send you a test message.