i am quite miserable in montreal

i am quite miserable in montreal. it has been raining the whole of yesterday and the whole of today. it has been icy rain all the time. kinda like blade runner. kinda like se7en. kinda of like brazil (i cannot remember. did it rain perpetually in the last film...). btw i am typing with a keyboard used for typing french characters and i cannot figure out how to type the question mark, the inverted comma and a few others.

and it will be flurries tomorrow - soft watery snow. and we have to drive back to the usa. i have prepared a cd case packed with cinerama, harper lee, lovejoy, cinerama and of cos, trembling blue stars to listen to and keep us cheery and introspective during the long rainy ride.

the best of montreal are the streets with their mix of intellectual and bohemian character, with vintage and antique shops, foreign groceries, bookstores, record stores, bakeries and lots of non-canadian eateries. but it will be crazy to walk in the chilling rain, to be out in the sub-zero weather, to be blown at by gales of wind...