The Scriptorium

Tonight, I had the opportunity to see inside the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, which is very rarely open to the public. In fact, this tour wouldn't have been possible at all if the founder of Muddy York Tours hadn't spent two years pleading his case to Toronto Parks & Rec. And I wouldn't have even known there was a tour if pyrateanny hadn't been kind enough to give me the heads up. ( Lots of pics of a haunted lighthouse this way! )

Before I say anything, I just want to thank njc2007 and lazigyrl for asking me to attend Polaris (again) and for being such warm and generous friends! I had an absolutely wonderful time and I'm sure they were the main reason for that! :-D ( MASSIVE geekfest ahead. )

( What happens at Polaris stays at Polaris, unless someone writes an LJ entry on the subject...Oooops. )

( Yes, I am *that* cruel. )

Rob Fuckin' Ford is mayor. Toronto is now completely DOOMED. :-(

On a purely selfish level, I'm pissed off because I had to stand in line at my polling station for about 35-40 minutes with this incredibly irritating little man who wouldn't stop talking to me. Even when I pulled out my book and started reading, he would be standing right beside me or practically be on my heels. After a while, I just stopped responding to anything he said, so he ended up making inane comments to himself about how long the line was, etc. The only break I got was when he'd see an empty chair along the wall and announce that he was going to sit down. As if I actually gave a shit.

I'm really tempted to pull a beer out of my fridge and down the whole thing. I need some way to cope with this horrible news.

( Weigh the anchor! )

It's been a rather strange day. ( For one thing, I seem to be using the word 'rather' a lot. )

The day hasn't started off well. ( Well, it is Monday, Einstein )

For this year’s annual Halloween ghost walk, I decided to go solo and not drag any friends along. I also decided to book with Muddy York Walking Tours instead of Tasty Tours because I had already gone on the ghost walk Shirley was offering a couple of years ago. And, while I knew I might be covering some of the same ground I had covered before, I thought Muddy York’s The Haunted Streets of Downtown Toronto should still be interesting.

( Let’s do the time warp again! )

( Or the day I finally tracked down a Master action figure! )