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Guerilla Goodness

(Canada chronicles continued ...)

Yesterday I met a friend, Karen, at 3:00 p.m. to go on an art crawl. On the way up the subway steps, we bounced into a friend of hers, Kaspar. After standing and chatting for a while, we decided to continue our conversation over a meal. We ended up spending an enjoyable few hours in a Japanese restaurant, eating delicious food and mainly talking about art, since we're all artists.

Kaspar writing a message on a Post-It after dinnner

Toward the end of our time there, the topic of Post-It notes came up. I pulled out my blank Post-Its, explained the procedure and we each took turns writing positive messages on the notes (some of which were later surreptitiously stuck in places we visited). We gave it the name "Guerilla Goodness" ... in honour of secretly spreading goodness around the city.

From Post-It to Pavement ... more Guerilla Goodness

Interesting that the message Kaspar wrote on his Post-It was "Speak the Truth". Later, as Karen and I went art-gallery hopping, we came across a similar message in the above photo.

Yesterday's bill payments ... and a 'suncookie'

Yesterday none of the three stationery stores I went into had fluorescent pink Post-Its, so I ended up buying bright green ones to attach messages to the bills I was paying.

My credit card bill payment

My internet bill payment
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Later that day, as I drove to French conversational class (a new 6-week course we're doing with a woman from France called Aurelie), I actually found myself wondering with anticipation when next I would get a bill. Amazing that something as simple as Post-It notes can transform the bill payment process from a reluctant groan to an exciting event ... for me and perhaps also for the person processing the payment.

In other news, yesterday's heat was harsh. When electricity went off for the second time, I had just started dehydrating a batch of crackers (flax, sunflower, chive, onion, garlic). I took a piece and left it lightly wrapped (so birds wouldn't pick at it) in the sun on top of my car trunk. Within two hours, what was once a wet, spreadable mass, was quite firm to the touch.

How to enjoy paying bills (with update)

When I pay bills with a cheque and drop off in the FasDeposit at the bank, I enclose a note written on a pink Post-It. The last note I stuck on my TSTT bill was the one in the above photo.

I just got back the stamped bill in the mail. When I opened it, the same pink Post-It was stuck to my receipt. Whoever got it was returning the sentiment

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(Update ... next day):

... and I stuck this one on my TSTT bill today (22-05-09)