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Now turn to Channel NWO

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this cabbie grinned ear to ear listening in on our chat and general thunder bay observations then i told him to crank up the iggy pop. steph the cab was $25 fyi.

harvest moon came on. i belted it modestly then wanted a video but the magic of the moment was lost cos i had to ask for it to be captured. i request a more intuitive (filmogropher) partner for when i next candidly break into neil young on my favourite stretch of the ride into RR.

now listen to this gorgeous, haunting, perfect moment in time.

spellbinding!

hey email me raymi@raymitheminx.com if you want in on my RUTHLESS MOVING SALE goodies tomorrow. also melodie is selling a lot of great items and girl’s a hoarder so you are guaranteed a find. it’s caribana weekend too and adventurehouse is located right smack down there in the middle of all that hoopla (we rented/sold our parking spot last year for the weekend) so why not hey, make a day of it? have your lil saturday, go to easy, why not why not. it’s good to be back toronto. great to get away and helps you appreciate what you’ve got all the more. def still have the jetset bug though. next week it’s san diego!

no one hates a picture from below! i was smile grimacing from the impatient dorks queuing up behind teacher, no rush people i know it’s not yet 9am but chill kay. i was just subjected to hearing the only guy who still actually talks on a cellphone (TEXT MESSAGING HELLOOOOO!) in the lounge while you sucked on shortbread so now let me have my barbie runway moment and i’ll go back to ignoring your eyes all over me when i use the bathroom. woah i wasn’t expecting to start a classic blog post here so i’ll try and wrap it up now.

i flew home in the same pants and thankfully i brought lots of dirty laundry that i did none of. traveling skid esquire. my pink watch set off the detector but on the way to tbay it didn’t. maybe i took it off? can’t remember i was pretty retarded at the time and nervous of course. i have travel heebie jeebies. total marge.

steph was car hole plastered it was wicked. oh man we drank so much this trip. teacher has been put through the ringer i think we are going to lay off the booze for a bit now haha.

shitty photo and the ONLY ONE so yeah. we’re kind of into them anyway, being sexy all the time is exhausting and big pressure and when you, the nut, fall far from your tree, toronto, your special brand of, ah, eccentric, is all the more prominent. you make waves. i should keep a gross photo of myself in my purse on nights i go glam so that people can relax i’ll thrust it in a slit-eyed woman’s face and go LOOK AT WHAT I LOOK LIKE IN THE MORNING DON’T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT pull out another and go SEE CLEARLY I CAN REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF EPIC UGLY. that was in one of the shittier rooms of the hotel, still nice but not as swank as ours.

ok BYE! big brother time. more complaints and brags later! promise!

hilarious whoopsies

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gahh we checked the luggage and the ipod (no earbuds) is in it i’m in a hippie coffeeshop in town, at least the music is inoffensive. this is the only time i spent on the swing out back. this three second photo opp before we drove away hahaha.

this thing came with their house and steph goes oh cool we’ll put our records in it and the previous owner was all crestfallen like wicked idea never thunk of it hisself and now look. tight.

yup i do it’s true.

some of ‘em super hate the leafs, and toronto. it takes getting used to. being pissed off half the time is part of the experience.

i was inside working on my boom post and they were baking hangovers in the sun and conspired to play a trick on me about how no one wanted to go up the mountain just to see how pissed off i’d get and teacher was like i’ll be standing ten feet away when that happens. i already had suspicions they might puss out so was pre-defensive about this possibility so when steph said oh yeah we were going to play a trick on you i EXPLODED! hahahaha.

maybe a third way up, or half, pretty up there. we were all a little more nervous than year’s past and you get an adrenaline fear surge i know my brother is afraid of heights and during his fireman training you’re high high up on a ladder, anyway, shit like that goes through your head as you’re scaling a rockface and we accidentally took the hard part on the last stretch gone too far to turn back you just keep going up and don’t look down. we had to get totally blasted once we got up there and have a nice long sit just to chill out.

this is where ryan said it wasn’t as scary on that part when they were kids, they call this table rock where you stop to have a drink if you want but there’s no need if you’re an adrenaline junky like me. i loved this. i utilized every single flexible toned athletic ability i have and it was awesome. i got shaky at parts and instead of just using my legpower i’d bend and scoot or go down on my ass during a rock slide i started ahhaha it was kind of a shit show, steph slipped like on a banana peel except a massive dark earth mud crater three foot narnia tree root drop i knew she was alright so i laughed my ass off then i did the splits going down some roots and my left leg tucked pointed into the back of my spine and i was stuck in the earth and jungle. hilarious whoopsies.

i think we sat for two hours?

we played the alphabet game naming canadian things. i forget what A was but B was Beaver, C – Canoe and so on good game to play while checking out the Canadian Shield.

so glad we took the camera. got over 300 pics. these are just random grabs i don’t know how interesting it is to look at leaves. sentimental forestry.

it’s something else to see an entire cloud shadow over a big plot of land. aweing.

my hair was so ratty, i had wanted to shower and then maybe maintain it but glad i didn’t cos there’s no way to maintain as you come out of that mountain a total fraggle rock catastrophy mess with dirt under your nails, shins, ass, sweaty, clammy ratty good ole fashion post hike disgusting. i am a professional at hiding the i’ve just climbed a mountain dirtbag glow but i knew the hike would all-out destroy my hair and during a cottage bender you either desperately try to maintain that sinking ship or you walk the plank and just take a shower bro! i felt SO much better afterward.

on the way up i said i was steve irwin scared and on the way home talking about all my pictures i said i was david hasselhoff pumped cos i have lots of shots from three years ago and now photos of me and steph posing with the same trees. what can i say, i fixate.

see how big the bottoms are on me now. diaper. i look like WWF, the ninja turtles, dog the bounty hunter and hulk hogan. sorry if it takes off.

wildflowers surround the mountain, drenched in sunlight. major summer to-do. afterward teacher rode in the back of a pick-up and jumped in lake superior while i transformed back into a game show host from swamp trash.

first night in red rock suckas! third year there. people were amazed, impressed, shocked, stunned. i told one person i was banging a local politician (are there any?) that’s why i keep coming back. everyone is telling me to move here hahaha.

grilling peppers.

shorelunch is fried pickerel. it’s a delicacy. women get the tail cos there’s no bones or littler bones. so cute. oh yeah and last night steph and i had a chat in the crazy woman room and now she can’t stop calling it that and said it makes her feel crazy i was like yeah fully while drinking red wine and the party insanity was in full-effect by then it was pretty funny, apt.

nice deck and your eyes just gobble the mountain up you can’t stop staring at it. the immensity and the trees all jammed up at the top with sun glaring though you’re so close you can make out the details of earth, rocks, trees. kind of like the lion king and you don’t take that for granted when you live in the concrete jungle.

this was my hulk hogan moment and i see that i am turning into my crazy uncle mike so that’s also good. had some skater fan boys sitting out front of the variety store so i did a couple laps around the car to thrill them. a couple braver ones walked over to the school to get a better view of our act 1: party ice into the mountain coolers.

that lululemon headband was the smartest idea i had all week. i put my hand down on to so many disgusting things up and down the mountain, slugs, damp soggy logs, ugh.

i think i wore red sunglasses the first time i went up it so now it’s a superstition that must eternally be fulfilled.

so much wood nymph material.

we drank from the mountain fountain of youth. super delicious and pure.

we conquered thee. loved it.

having a bit of a break here. went the wrong way. we were pretty bagged by this point.

solid ground made it! phewf.

i am going to have pan’s labyrinth dreams about this now.

en route to a bbq. a delicious one. i am sooo fat.

we were all julians.

we’ve been loitering in this coffeehouse for awhile now and it’s balls hot. feels weird for a friday we are in bizarro world still and it’s not like a fun friday feeling cos i have to pack and move tomorrow and i am zero per cent ready my dad and brother are gonna be so pissed. melodie too probably. hi guys!

new clothing scores from steph too yay. teeny string bikini. everything is teeny and fits my new body just right cos she is petite.

sayonara buddies. loads more photos to share and send another time.

this is where i’ve been parked for the last two hours my back is killing. one of my new shirts. ten bones! also got fruit loops. my dress is darling. see you soon toronto!

did it dudes!

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shoes are dirty now. total marathon shoes. amazing adrenaline rush, scary hairy at points on the mountain and quite the accomplishment.

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summer p0rn!

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brb off to shower and bbq!

WHADYATHINK? Oh lotsa things!

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HALLO DAHHLINGS! Welcome to Raymi’s Guide to “being that girl” which entails being a spokesmodel for as many high quality, elite, fun and cutting edge things as one girl can manage. The prettier you are, the more they want you so go game show. Picture yourself as a 6 foot cardboard dork holding a tennis ball or something ahahhaha. now, REALIZE that vision!

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dress for a nightclub in the day.

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holy crap i am an amazon. tsk tsk my dress string.

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i suggested BOOM bikinis. guess where we’d put the yolks.

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i also named a new menu item they launched. it’s a pun. no one could guess what it was when i asked on twitter: spanish fun guy is A CHORIZO SAUSAGE ROLLED IN A MUSHROOM OMELETTE.

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i love that patio. very resort feeling.

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look at my deformed dancer’s toes.

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i brush up on norway and tony shows me a comic he posted that offended a customer that they had to take down. it was of a baby chick chirping at an egg yolk and well look.

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spanish fun guy comes with all the fixings. the potato frites are delicious, pre-salt seasoned with rosemary mmm deadly.

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i had the NICE WHITE TUNA – (delicious!) Albacore white tuna, hard boiled egg and guacamole dressed with lettuce and olives.

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it took awhile to finish. but that i did. then i went on a mental case run.

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i look like one of the muppets. don’t be jealous now.

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it is a delicious sandwich. i wanted to try for the iconic paris hilton hamburger photo but i was afraid the sandwich would accordion open onto the patio.

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testing the fun guy.

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it’s spicy. i likey.

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SHE’S A LADY WOAH OH OAH SHE’S A LAAADY!

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yum yum yum hey where did the other half of my sandwich go?

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hey where did my sunglasses go? hey where did my youth go? hahaa.

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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

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UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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that’s not flab it’s a rippling abdominal muscle but anyway on the way in colleague makes a nipple remark and i look down and go ohhhh riiiight. had a mini cardigan but i was kind of secretly resentful cos i typically play it sharon stone, why do people have to comment on that i don’t care if you see it i can have my shirt off altogether if i goddamn want right? i felt like he was slightly sabotaging my confidence in a manner and i merely swatted it away. don’t knock my game when the show is about to go on ever again dude seriously. also speaking of colleague, i read in a thread someone tried to slander me and say i don’t have any colleagues it’s just my friends taking my photos and yet if it was my friends why aren’t any of them in these photos with me? and if i don’t have a colleague who is hooking up all of my friends by proxy/way of/courtesy me? i love it when you try to make me your villain you swine.

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and now that i am finished my diva rant for the time being lets talk about the new WHADYATHINK? FEEDBACK app that BOOM has at all three locations and when you’re done (only takes a minute) you get to claim your prize. mine was a Cappuccino Freddo (a slushy coffee drink which also contributed to the most epic run of my LIFE afterward) aaand all you do is answer the questionnaire about the service you received at boom, it gets emailed directly to tony, awesome eh. no feedback cards i totally wish the hotel we just stayed at had one of these because now i have to fill out my complaint the old fashioned way that i’m sure some smug prick will just pitch. ok lets see me do it!

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WHADYATHINK RAYMI?

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don’t think too hard now you are not being graded on this. but it was hard to remember if we had been greeted or not within 1-5 minutes because they saw us coming a mile down the road, and then waiting at the lights. i kind of stood out a little up there on st. clair.

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30 seconds how’s about that!

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look i am pointing really good here right? it’s from all that imaginary holding a tennis ball practise. pays off.

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how clean is boom? spotless.

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then say something extra like I LOVE RAYMI! or RAYMI SUCKS! or THANKS FOR THE GENEROUS RAYMI D LIST COURTESY (DISCOUNT!) JUST BY SAYING HER NAME TO OUR SERVER. HST FREE! i can’t stop caps locking sorry.

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done and done they make the best coffee.

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my little pink swarovski bracelet exploded on me in the hotel :( i have all the beads still though.

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going in to collect my freddo. speaking of, don’t i belong on an italian gameshow shaking my behind and other such self-exploitative nonsense? yes? hell yes?

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i look like a halloween scarecrow creature.

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ZAP BLAMMO TADA!

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woah intense cuckomungo but yeah, get a classy diner joint under your belt girls and you’re gettin’ there.

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oh hey what’s up haha weird!

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if all else fails you can pick up a baby boomer at any of the locations take your pick. butter up tony, he’s eccentric, biting, endearing and kind. these are his glasses.

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til next time buddies. xoxo

wish me luck i’m climbing a mountain today!

Red Rock Raymi

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we’re pretty much wayne’s world 3 right now. good thing they’re both on vacation too. foursome couple expedition pretty funny.

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plus steph’s shirt puts it over the edge. i gave it to her. she already has one exactly like it but thicker for winter. i am getting rid of my possessions guy. bagism.

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persian’s. they’re a finnish doughnut, very airy and sugary and smothered with super rich sweet icing. thunder bay-centric make sure you have one. to be a puritan of one though is to have the raspberry cherry original flavour, this one was just a different flavour. cinnamon chocolate. we were insane after eating these, got a 6 pack. you can get the icing in tubs. this plus coffee holy crap.

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instant convert.

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this head sex shop was having a moving clearance. i kind of want these stripper heels but i feel that’s playing with kismet in a majorly strong way.

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we were into that hot dog making a flame race for the slutty bun.

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we saw terry fox for my second time. emotional holy place. the first time i saw it i got teary over terry.

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it’s pretty much where he ended his run across canada.

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great view.

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you throw quarters onto the monument as donations to cancer, to pay tribute, good luck and you aim for your hometown on the map of canada.

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that mountain over there is the sleeping giant. see his mongolian head staring up at the sky?

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too bad no sun today. tomorrow will be a scorcher. we will be climbing the mountain.

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they met cos of me. i guess i have to prepare a stupid gay speech now right? they also set the date too for next september. guess i’ll be subletting a house here bahahaa.

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i was hoping to find merchandise like a hooter’s uniform of terry’s notorious hipster short shorts and hippie vintage tee. no dice.

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i’m into rural and desolate and, the nothingness. a woman at the supermarket was mega impressed by my tri-summer residency here. everyone knows everyone it’s pretty cool. to be the outsider.

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this is not the mountain, but the one before it. OK NEVERMIND it is the right oNE! gaaah.

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that’s the inn. we almost went to a dance there once but we pre-drank for too long and missed it. we went to the legion and got sloshed. after dinner tonight we’re going to the car hole slash rehearsal space and we’ll sit on van double seats as couches hahah teacher is having a great time.

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their new place is beautiful.

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our room. so cozy. it’s like being in a cool cabin and you can see the mountain it’s ahhhhh so peaceful.

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the master.

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log pillow.

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steph’s crazy woman room ahahahha i mean her moon room. in the native world when women are on their period it’s called their MOON TIME and they don’t have to chop wood or forage for berries or make dinner or wash dishes until it’s over isn’t that amazing but that’s great too cos on our moon time we get the dropsies and are clumsy bumbling retards.

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this is the ugly room, or, the thinking room. the hang room.

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bacon vodka. i introduced this homemade vodka brewing method my first year here.

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they’re gonna pitch it but funny eh it’s like sunday morning grossness on the kitchen counter.

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we’re having shorelunch for dinner. deep fried pickerel. i am so going for a run tomorrow on top of mountain climbing. also making a salad and grilling peppers and zucc.

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the backyard is super dreamy too.

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persianman!

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perfect fit.

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i pointed out the wolf ashtrays on our way in and then on our way out i bought one for them and she’s like we bought one for ourselves! hahahha.

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no regrets! regrets!

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i missed.

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down there was an amazing suspended train track like in stand by me. ancient.

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i liked the canadian pride coloured flowers.

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trucks flying by you like crazy evergreens everywhere it’s a nice drive. thrilling.

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i love discounts.

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me now. my hair is a disaster so i don’t think will be taking many more photos tonight. kay, dinner and bowie time now. sayonara.

just dickered

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mount mckay aka thunder mountain. this is my third consecutive thunder bay summer. why? the eternal search i suppose and turns out this place is swarming with norwegians, finnish, danish, scandinavians aaaand i recently learned there’s a possible (probable) scandinavian streak in me by way of my grandmother (rip) sheila, which explains the blond hair (brother and i were both born blond, i more so than him) and the, awesome?

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anyway we had a hotel crawl of this hotel that is based on a viking theme lay-out and they give you a map and it looks like middle earth, seriously, totally perfect LARP convention weekend, and the map only represents the first floor. there are five and multi-level bizarrely placed elevators. unfortunately not like willy wonka’s glass elevataors this one will not fly vertically to the adjacent tower where our room is. in short, we’ve been walking in circles through the shining. plus, the staff are aggressive. writing a letter.

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willy wonka shower though. we have a luxury suite. it’s gorgeous. we are practically ON the landing airway strip too i saw the hotel FROM the plane.

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there is celtic font words written with names like SCANDIA II gold gild wood dark hallways of rooms leading to weird bomb shelter plaster dorm-like cult compound lesser luxury suites, the room we got for steph & rye which is kind of amazing as it’s tree-level overlooking the courtyard, cottage treehouse cavernous.

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it’s a pretty wacky tripped out scene. we are annoying the hell out of this hotel they feel as if they are babysitting us. i wrote ahead and was assured VIP treatment and instead of that we are getting dog shit. maybe that’s the norm here apparently they have a thing against southern ontario which triggers a memory i stifled from last summer of how rude everyone was to me and i was in my own mega-depression so was aloof to it but now i’m kind of hyperly-focused (as teacher says) so i can’t not see it. anyway we’re having a great time so complaining is dumb. but that’s what canadians do. complain.

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but not in paradise.

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great sun. very quiet. a convention was going on and we walked by in our degenerate bathing suits robes smoking drinking while a reunion or club reception of sorts went on. we were in the pool watching and they watched us back, like cedar rapids (the movie, watch it it’s hilarious) and an older loner man read the longest winter by the pool while steph and i swam. why is he reading a depressing book about the longest winter in summer?

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it took them 4 hours to bus our table after we were done with this and they chastised us for being 2 minutes late to get it on this courtyard THE ONLY ONE IN ALLOF MIDDLE EARTH at this place. i was huffed at on the phone, CORRECTED, snarked with glee that it was 5 after eleven once the kitchen was closed. just ridiculous. vip my ass ian.

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mountains everywhere. or the same mountain.

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steph wore my jumper when i took us to see florence. i am giving it to her.

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see? kind of like being in a school.

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our room. we have a mountain view.

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that was stuck to the wall.

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so we had to order pizza. we watched hanna. half of it. amazing film.

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the best pizza. best. best i’ve had in a year? i’ll find outthe name again. also in part cos of the way i topping’d it but it was their pepperoni that put it over the edge of greatness.

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polluted. maybe we’ll climb the mountain today.

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they said my bubbles hat won.

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xoxoxo