Wrestling Winter
So there I was... a professional women's wrestling match. If you find yourself wondering why, let it suffice to say I found myself asking the same question. The short answer? Because someone asked... and I thought it would make a good opening line for the blog. It was pretty interesting though, reinforcing the try anything once philosophy. For starters, the location was what appeared to be a converted school. It must be a community building now, since we could see a seniors line dancing class going on through the basement windows. I can only imagine the sounds they must have heard coming from above: ) The show itself definitely had its entertaining moments. If you can appreciate a good pratfall, then you could appreciate this - even if you don't speak a lick of French. One of the characters was "American", she spoke English and her "at bat" song was American Woman. My guide for the evening had gone once before and said that in the show he'd seen she tried to get the crowd to speak English and they all booed her. American villains aside, the audience was probably the most interesting part of the experience, at least for this social psychologist. I was amazed to see babies, small children, and then just a whole lot of thirtysomethingish men. While Montreal is generally exceedingly fashionable, this crowd was, well, not. Apparently blue collar fashion is binational (with fashion powerhouse Wal-Mart providing most of the attire).
In other news, today brought the first snowflakes. Too bad too, I'll miss all the people from the office this winter... I wish! But as it turns out, they expect people to go outside in the snow and negative thirtysomethingish degree weather. Anyone seen Doc Opp's fabulous winter hat? Cause I'm looking to steal it ; ) This also means that if you're wanting to come visit you should get on it! It isn't going to get any warmer, hockey season's in full swing, and the leaves are seriously beautiful. It cracks me up to see fallen maple leaves everywhere, some are even primary color red.
Muchlove from Montreal!
