Wednesday awake around 6am, worked two shifts, dropped off some excess material objects I didn't have time to put in my storage unit at job 1 with a coworker. Returned rental car, got some dinner, went to SFO, flight to YUL left around 23:32.
Landed in Montreal around 8am Thursday, couldn't check into the hotel until 16:00.
Discovered, much to my dismay: O-Taku Manga Lounge which I enjoyed last year? Has since closed!
Still found ways to fill the day (and my belly) before checking into the hotel. Shaved, realized I needed some things (such as a towel, which I decided, against my Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy better judgment not to pack) did some errands, napped for less than an hour, showered, went to AMP Festival pre party at Cabaret Berlin arriving not too much after the 22:00 start time.
I got to the bar for a sparkling water and Nicky, one of the bartenders asks me: "are you a ninja?" Which I have heard many times, along with: "are you a samurai?" And no, I am also not part of the tax collector caste of the shogunate of centuries past feudal Japan. It turned out, Nicky is Japanese Canadian and we have a wonderful conversation about the history of ethnicities and politics (did you know that the Canadians also interned Japanese Canadians during WWII? I did not! I had assumed that was an idiotic move only of the USA.) Turns out, Nicky is also a musician and in addition to being a percussionist does cymbol repairs (check it: https://trashgoblincymbals.com/index.html)
Being exhausted, I am not really up for dancing (despite being a deejay it really takes some marvelous music to make me move anyway) though I certainly enjoyed the tunes being spun and the eye candy of some dressed (or in various states of undress) to the nines.
Around 00:23 my friend from REcon last year who VJed at AMP last year and will be deejayin as LVX on Sunday shows up, introduces me to some folks, and other AMP Festival organizers, had some more good conversations and heard some more delightful dark tunes. Still very exhausted, a second sparkling water does help with hydration yet not sleep deprivation. The pre party goes until 03:00?
I couldn't keep up and walked back to my humble hotel around 01:30.
I think I only slept for around six hours? Still some rest is better than none!
Not sure how the rest of my morning and afternoon will go. Definitely more vegan food in Montreal, maybe I will manage a nap? Yet I'm looking forward to day 1 of AMP Festival which starts at 18:00, it's not quite noon.
Thankfully I have some time to be a little more leisurely without lugging everything with me at the moment!
Lost my GraphGear 1000 sometime last night (I was writing with it at Cabaret Berlin). Annoyingly, it was the 60th anniversary edition one in black. So, maybe I can find another mechanical pencil at some stationary store? Probably not that one. ;(
Hopefully something else decent?
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