CommonPrejudice

checking in

i only have a couple of minutes and this internet connection is not good at all. i have several fairly light things about life here that i would like to post and in december comes a mountain of what i hope to be fairly hard hitting stuff.

On the big election day i will select somewhere in the capital to watch the results come in and post on the reaction here...along with a story i hope.

a couple of notes for now:
- despite the well know change in laws regarding family contacts and sending money, many here seem to react as they would in any other election, ie it doesnt' matter who wins....though bush of course (like Argentina and Mexico) is especially despised. Some though are very aware of how important the election is.

- I've eaten lobster 6 times in 3 weeks....for 2 bucks a tail....MAN!!!

-I'll try to post soon on what it's like on the gua gua or bus here...quite an adventure for a foreigner..and not a comfortable one

- for the next few months there will be regular daily black outs...a normal occurence in the capital but not so much here, apparently some part that comes from the Czech republic broke and they need their help in fixing it.

- last sunday i went fishing on a catamaran. of course i didn't catch anything but i did film it. some interesting looking fish.

i hope to write more soon....but internet service is not good. and as i write this i fear the screen will disappear and i will lose what i wrote...oh and long live the expos!!!!!!!! fucking MLB...1994 destroyed us and I will never, ever root for 'the home team' again. They can all go to hell.

The Montreal Expos 1969-2004. R.I.P.

It was a very cold fall day in Montreal. It was our only chance to reach the World Series. Ray Burris had pitched a brilliant game and the Expos and Dodgers were tied at 1, to decide the National League representive to the world series. In a controversial move, Steve ´Jolly´Rogers was sent in to relieve instread of the dominant releiver, Jeff Reardon. I was in the tenth grade and had my head glued to a radio while our teacher gave a math lesson. Rick Monday came up to the plate... and my heart sunk as he hit a home run that barely cleared the centre field fence. That was and forever will be Stormy Monday.

In 1994 a strike cancelled the season. The Expos were the best team in baseball.

We never got close again, and the writing was on wall. The strike destroyed baseball in Montreal.

Rest in Peace.
(Long Live the Expos)