About squirrels, 'Scoop' and taxes

Ever met a squirrel in person? I have. It didn't like me. Those little animals that seem to control Toronto's every tree are absolutely not as harmless and cute as they seem. When I was heading towards Bram's place on Tuesday, I passed this street with trees on either side of it. All of a sudden a walnut landed within 10 cm of my head, which scared the living daylights out of me. Looking up I saw a black (yes, they also come in black) squirrel look at me with its beady eyes, obviously calculating how to hit me next time I decided to walk under its territory. I was shocked as to the evil of such a little cute looking animal! Ever since the incident I carefully avoid passing any walnut trees and I also don't try to come near another squirrel again.

Moving to happier topics, I all recommend you Woody Allen's Scoop starring Scarlet Johansson and Allen himself. A mix of a detective story and Woody's wit that really hit it off. Funny, gripping and a surprising end. Just go and see, you'll like it!

I had two new classes today. It took me 20 minutes to find the room of Studies in a Pre-1800 individual writer (Swift), but finally arriving at the tower (!) of University College (you can see a winter picture right here) the effort seemed worth it. The professor is one of a kind, British accent (I was dying for some real Oxford English!), witty, slightly shy and very oddly dressed! He had white trousers on, a pink shirt, which obviously wasn't his colour, and.... black sneakers! I couldn't believe my eyes, a complete clash of colours! Only partly recovered from this shock, another one hit me, when he stood up straight, his trousers were too short, revealing a very unappealing line of white socks. Well, I suppose you can't have it both ways, genius and fashion style rarely match!
The second class presented me with yet another (minor) shock! Francophone Literature is taught by a black professor, who is very enthusiastic about African literature. Therefore, we are going to discuss 4 books by African writers about decolonisation and slavery. When he heard I was from Belgium, Prof Tcheuyap immediately came to life. His eyes doubled in size, giving him this radiant glow that clearly showed his interest. He immediately mentioned things like Le roi Léopold II and Congo ou Zaïre...! Promises to be a good and interesting course, if you're asking me!
I'm definitely looking forward to more of these interesting and thoroughly good days!