University On a Plane, or, The Zipper: The Ride of the Inconspicuous Hand-Job

School is coming pretty soon, at first I was dreading the day, but now I am excited. I am excited until exams, which are never fun, and it will not be blogged or spoken of again.

Martine's is playing On The Road as read by David Carradine on her radio show, with backing music from various "Boards of Canada" albums, and it is changing my life. If reading on the road in the middle of my first summer alone was not good enough, then BoC with OtR really takes the cake. If you have not read On the Road, I full suggest it. If you have ever wanted to travel accross a continent like a beatnik nomad, then this is the book for you. I personally rode from Calgary to Lethbridge more times that I could count, and everytime I just wanted to keep driving. North or South, it didn't even matter to me, I just wanted to get lost somewhere.

I personally find that the area around Lethbridge/Cardston/Ft. Mac has some really tempting road signs. There is Cardston, which has a giant Mormon temple which I really want to see, there are signs for the American border as well as Waterton. I really want to explore all of those places, but I always chicken out at the last minute when making the decision between the road I have travelled and the road I may never take.

I finally got to take a peek at "Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump", which has to be one of the most interesting things in the area (and if you didn't know, Lethbridge is hardly a stone's throw away from 2 World Heritage sites).

Well, enough for today, my intensity was all sucked away by the "Whoop-Up Days" midway, where I ate mini-donuts, and won 7 dollars on slot machines.