Of Moving Stars and Whirled Peace.

Thursday++
On Thursday, I went to my first club meeting of the year! It was for the Redpath Museum Club, we'll see if I'll stick around! Seems very interesting so far- apparently what you see in the Redpath Museum is just the tip of the iceberg, and that there are amazing hidden things in he reserves.

Before that though, I went up to McTavish and stood at the top starting up at the sky, waiting for 5:38pm to come. Because that was the time the International Satellite was supposed to fly over Montreal, on Jan 21, 2010, at 5:38pm. Which was a tad inconvenient, since the club meeting was supposed to start at 5:20pm in the SSMU building I was standing by. And around 5:40pm, it came! It was like a bright, white star that moved silently down the clear black sky from Mont Royal, down towards me, towards the left of the moon. It continued its silent progress down McTavish, and it was wonderful. I remember I saw something like that a few years ago, and I was describing this to someone because I couldn't figure out was it was! And no one believed me... it freaked me out! What I saw a few nights ago was the same- you'd think it was just a star, unmistakenly moving through the sky, a bit slower than an airplane- but it didn't have any red flashing lights, nor the shape of one. It was an awesome experience, and my geography "homework", as my professor excitedly told us.

Saturday++
I had my first Ben&Jerry's ice-cream today! I chose "Imagine Whirled Peace" hahaha! It was sooo good! What really pushed us into going in was that the sign that actually said 10% off for McGill students! LOL! Since it WAS on Rue St. Catherines/Du College, from which the school was visible down the street...

OH and I also discovered the central train station! It was right connected to the mall, which was right down the main street from McGill! I can't believe it was so close, all along! It connects to the Bonaventure metro line too. So awesome. The mall's called Ville-Marie, and I still can't believe how many malls are stuffed downtown... everything's connected, I'd get a headache with the endless stores that appear all the same!